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Alpha/Omega

2017-02-27T06:22:15Z

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 47
|prev=Legacy (episode)
|next=Hard Knocks
|image=AlphaOmega-ohmy.jpg
|caption=Simba, you have forgotten me.
|title="Alpha/Omega"
|airdate=[[September 28]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[David McDermott]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Megatron takes extreme measures to harness the power of the Primes, while Optimus learns the secret of the Omega Keys.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] volunteers to counterattack the [[Autobot]]s, but [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] points out that with the power of the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] in the hands of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], the [[Decepticon]]s will not stand a chance against him and must find a means of meeting that power. As the Seeker mentions the [[Forge of Solus Prime]], Megatron counters that it will only work for a Prime, but then comes up with an idea.

Optimus telepathically communicates with [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]], or rather a recorded message from same, through the Star Saber. Alpha Trion tells Prime that through the [[Covenant of Primus]], he foresaw the battle against the Decepticons on [[Earth]] and intentionally transported the Iacon relics there for use by the [[Autobot]]s. He furthermore informs Prime of the most important of the relics: the [[Omega Key]]s which hold the power to restore [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After Optimus comes out of his trance, he tells the other Autobots about their new mission to retrieve the keys.

The ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' reaches Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], beyond which is the Decepticon [[space bridge]], hidden there after the Autobots discovered its previous location on Earth. Megatron and Dreadwing head through it to Cybertron.

The Autobots are overjoyed at the fact they're going to be able to go back to their homeworld and truly restore it, but quickly realize they will have to leave their [[human]] friends behind. [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] wonders if the keys can really restore Cybertron, and Optimus assures him that the [[Ancient]]s possessed knowledge beyond current sciences and so starts decoding the last four coordinates.

[[Image:AlphaOmegaPrimeTomb.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Insert Voldemort joke here.]]
On Cybertron, Megatron and Dreadwing break into a sealed [[Liege Maximo's tomb|tomb]] which contains the lifeless shell of a Prime. Though Dreadwing does not like the place, as it reminds him of his lost twin, Megatron has him crack open the coffin and "respectfully" takes what he needs.

[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] ponder if they really want to go back to Cybertron if it means leaving their friends on Earth, with Bulkhead wondering if he can do anything other than fight. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] suggests he go back to construction as the cities will still be in ruin. Arcee reminds everyone that they still need to locate the four Omega Keys first before leaving Earth.

Having returned to the ''Nemesis'', Megatron directs [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] to attach his new arm. Though the doctor suggests inducing [[stasis lock]] for the procedure, Megatron refuses and insists he witness the transplant.

Optimus finishes decoding the first Omega Key coordinates. Smokescreen immediately volunteers to go look and Arcee joins him to keep an eye on him. They arrive in [[Egypt]] and start tracking down the relic. As they search, Smokescreen attempts to apologise again for endangering [[Jack Darby|Jack]], but Arcee rebuffs him by saying that she does not want to lose a '''third''' partner.

Megatron tests his new appendage on the Forge and is elated to see it react to his touch. He starts using the Forge to pound out a new weapon from a chunk of [[Dark Energon]]. He is interrupted by [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], who has decoded more Iacon coordinates.

[[Image:AlphaOmegaDarkStarSaber.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Robert Epps|Why do the Decepticons always get the good shit?]]]]
Arcee and Smokescreen follow the signal through underground ruins until they pull aside a stone and find the Omega Key they're after. They're soon back in the open air, only to find Megatron waiting for them with a shiny new sword. He sends them flying with an energy wave and when Smokescreen tries to charge at him, the Autobot is sent flying into the side of a pyramid. Megatron spares Arcee so she can tell Optimus to come get the Omega Key personally. Returning to base, Arcee reports Smokescreen's death and the other Autobots are ready to exact revenge. Optimus insists on going alone with the Star Saber. When he arrives, he's shocked to see Megatron has a new arm and a [[Dark Star Saber]]. The pair use their swords to send energy waves at each other but each manages to dodge or dispel the energy waves. They move in to close combat but it doesn't take long before Megatron's sword smashes right through the Star Saber. Megatron's about to make the killing blow when Smokescreen speaks up, having grabbed the Omega Key while Megatron was occupied. Optimus takes advantage of Megatron's distraction to renew his assault on the Decepticon leader, but after a short struggle, Megatron throws him off and flings a wave of energy. The energy wave passes right through Prime and Smokescreen, who disappear through the [[GroundBridge]].

Back at base, Smokescreen reveals that he borrowed the [[phase shifter]] again, and that's how he escaped destruction. Ratchet says Smokescreen can keep the device, but Smokescreen's joy is short-lived as they contemplate the destroyed Star Saber. Optimus, however, is right back at work decoding coordinates.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (4)
*[[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] (5)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (7)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (1)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"So, did Alpha Trion ask about me?"
:—Ego, thy name is '''Smokescreen'''

"Yeah, I don't think I'd ever wanna leave Miko." 
"We've made friends here. Family." 
"We could always... 'text' them."
:—'''Bulkhead''', '''Arcee''', and '''Ratchet'''.

"By the AllSpark, Megatron, what have you done?!" 
"This? I find it affords me certain advantages, such as the use of the Forge of Solus Prime."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime''' discuss Megatron's new arm.

"My first creation, fashioned from the very blood of Unicron. I call it the Dark Star Saber, Slayer of Primes, if you will."
:—'''Megatron''' introduces his newest signature weapon.

"At last we take our rightful places, Optimus, as ''gods'', wielding the power of the cosmos." 
"I am but a soldier, Megatron, and you are a prisoner of your own twisted delusions."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime''' exchange banter during battle.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* While the green glow can be seen from Arcee's right side, there is no rupture sound when the GroundBridge portal opens while Megatron tells Arcee to send Optimus his challenge message.
*When asking Optimus about the validity of the Omega Keys, Smokescreen has his pre-earth paint job.
*At minute 17:24, When Megatron is holding Optimus by the neck with his left arm/hand, the top part of his thumb goes through the part it's connected with.

===Continuity errors===
*Megatron's eyes become purple when he's around Dark Energon due to the fact that he has Dark Energon within him, but this is not consistent in this episode.
* When Smokescreen and Arcee enter the groundbridge from the base, Smokescreen's wrists are bare. When they exit the groundbridge, Smokescreen is wearing the phase shifter. It is possible that he borrowed it from the vaults earlier and simply put it on while going through the groundbridge, but you would think that Arcee would have noticed.

===Continuity notes===
* The episode continues from the end of the [[Legacy (episode)|previous one]], showing the message from Alpha Trion.
* The Autobots learned the location of the second space bridge in "[[Orion Pax, Part 2]]", necessitating its relocation.
* Dreadwing feels uneasy being in a tomb due to [[Masters & Students|what happened]] to his twin brother [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]], and Megatron uses that and recalls Dreadwing's proclamation that [[Loose Cannons|every Autobot shall pay]] to egg Dreadwing on.
* Megatron uses the [[Forge of Solus Prime]], which he acquired in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]". The Dark Energon he uses it on was acquired in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]".
* Smokescreen uses the [[phase shifter]] [[New Recruit|again]], and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] allows him to keep it as a "signature weapon".

===Transformers references===
* The idea that the Covenant of Primus could give Alpha Trion a blurry glimpse into the future as well as be a recording of the past was belabored in ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''.
* The Omega Keys are an amalgam of the [[Omega Lock]] and [[Cyber Planet Key]]s from ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Transformers: Cybertron]]'', which together had the power to reawaken [[Primus]]. A singular Omega Key also appears in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]'', which grants access to Cybertron's core.
* Megatron and Dreadwing loot the tomb of an unnamed Prime. In ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus]]'', the Prime was revealed to be [[Liege Maximo]]. Strangely, though, the stolen arm is red, but Liege Maximo is not depicted as having any red coloration. However, the red on the arm could be some kind of funeral paint or rusting.
* The Dark Star Saber is most likely based on the Dark Sabers from ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Transformers: Armada]]'', one of which appeared in the comics as a form of the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] when held by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], and the other of which was used by [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]] which was ultimately renamed the [[Vorpal Saber]].

===Real-world references===
* The battle takes place at the pyramids of [[Giza (region)|Giza]], which was also the site for the [[Operation: Firestorm|final battle]] of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. The outdoor plaza in front of the tomb containing the Omega Key strongly resembles the area where [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] killed [[the Fallen]].

===Trivia===
* Smokescreen has a vague knowledge of Earth religion. Maybe Jack told him about it.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Omega-Schlüssel'''" ("The Omega-Keys")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 20|20 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yogen Henkei! Toki wo Koeta Message'''" (予言変形!時を超えたメッセージ, "Prophetic Transformation! A Message from Beyond Time")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 23|23 February]] [[2013]]
:*Like the Star Saber in the previous episode, the Dark Star Saber is renamed and said to be one of the Super Combo Weapons from the [[Arms Micron]] gimmick present in [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''Prime'' toyline. It's now called the "Dark Energon Saber", which in the toyline is an upgraded form of the [[Dark Matter Calibur]] included with [[Megatron (WFC)#Darkest|Final Battle Megatron]].

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Alfa/ Omega'''" ("Alpha/ Omega")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 15|15 July]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Minus One

2017-02-22T07:42:36Z

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 62
|image=MinusOne-facereflection.jpg
|caption=It took a Decepticon to show him the truth: Ratchet DOES have crazy-looking eyes.
|prev=Evolution
|next=Persuasion
|title="Minus One"
|airdate=[[July 5]], [[2013]]
|written by=[[Michael Cassutt]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots question a captured enemy for information regarding Megatron's plans.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] explains to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] that the combination of elements in the [[cyber-matter]] that was accidentally created in his lab would allow them to [[Eco-structuring|cyberform]] entire planets. [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] mocks what sounds like another "Shockwave plan", until Shockwave grabs him with an angry reminder about how Starscream recently left him to the mercy of the [[Autobot]]s. Megatron does not object as Shockwave forces Starscream's face closer and closer to a jagged protrusion of cyber-matter. Scrambling for a defense, Starscream notes that his actions made their current situation possible. Shockwave accepts the logic of this and lets Starscream go. Without missing a beat, Megatron asks Shockwave why the cyber-matter appears so chaotic, and the scientist pledges to correct the instability of the elements. Megatron notes that they will require a launch mechanism from which to use the cyber-matter, and declares that they will focus their resources on reconstructing the [[Omega Lock]].

[[File:MinusOne-UltraMagnus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Oh no! My Me Time hand!]]

At the [[Hangar E|Autobot base]], [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] finishes his repair of [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]' mangled right hand. Due to a lack of equipment and spare parts, the repair consists of an unsightly hook appendage that Ratchet says will be functional, but potentially unfit for battle. [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] tries to assure [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] that Ultra Magnus will overcome this setback. [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] bets that the hook will become Magnus' signature, making a comparison to [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s [[voice box]] that the scout doesn't appreciate. Bumblebee buzzes angrily and storms off. [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] explains to [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] that Bumblebee still misses the sound of his old voice. [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] tries to lighten the mood by focusing on the defeat of the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] cloning project, but [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] reminds them all of [[Predaking (Prime)|the Predacon who recently revealed his abilities in transformation]].

Aboard the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron tells Predaking that they will soon punish the Autobots for destroying his brethren. Predaking vows that revenge will come, but that Project Predacon was only ever a starting point. He says that if Megatron truly wishes to restore [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], this should include resurrecting the entire Predacon race from the remains that lie there, so that Predaking can lead them against their shared enemies. Megatron regards this request with skepticism.

Shockwave reports that they've salvaged the wreckage of the Omega Lock, but that the damage was severe, and Earth technology will be needed to retrofit its systems. Megatron orders Starscream to acquire whatever materials Shockwave requires.

The next day, [[William Fowler|Fowler]] reports that [[Decepticon]]s stole twenty tons of control rods from a nuclear plant during the night. Optimus wonders gravely what they're attempting to build.

Shockwave reports to Megatron that the [[Synthetic Energon|synthetic energon]] formula provided by [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] is incomplete, resulting in the instability of the cyber-matter. Megatron tells him to complete it quickly, citing the need for enough cyber-matter to restore Cybertron and cyberform [[Earth]]. Shockwave respectfully asks what the logic is in ruling two planets, to which Megatron replies that the two are linked, one [[Unicron]] and the other [[Primus]], and to rule only one would be ruling neither.

Fowler reports another Decepticon theft in progress. Ratchet opens a [[GroundBridge]], but stops Ultra Magnus when he tries to go through, citing the need for further rehabilitation. Optimus says that Ratchet has the final word in medical matters, to which Ultra Magnus reluctantly agrees. Wheeljack watches the exchange with discomfort.

[[File:MinusOne-staredown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|So, you Autobots about ready to give up yet?]]

The Autobots arrive on the scene and immediately advance on squad of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s, who are carrying away their spoils. [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] emerges from the sky in alt-form, opening a GroundBridge directly in front of the retreating Vehicons. [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] is deployed, and Optimus transforms and takes to the air with his [[jet pack]] to engage them both. The Vehicons escape through the bridge, but Optimus' gatling gun is able to bring Soundwave crashing to the ground. Laserbeak escapes, and Optimus contacts Ratchet to let him know they will be returning with a prisoner.

At the Autobot base, Soundwave finds himself secured to a table. Ratchet notes that the base's shielding will prevent the Decepticon from contacting his ship. Wheeljack gleefully says that they have all the time in the world to make Soundwave talk, and Miko wonders if he even does talk.

On the ''Nemesis'', Starscream asks Megatron if he's worried about what the captive Soundwave might say. Megatron states his confidence in Soundwave's ability to withhold information.

[[File:Soundwave Mocks.jpg|thumb|left|I punch those numbers into my calculator and it makes a happy face.|upright=1.4]]
Optimus asks Soundwave why the Decepticons have been stealing human technology. Soundwave mockingly plays back a remix of the question set to music, and punctuates it with a smiley face emoticon on his visor. Optimus threatens a less civil method of interrogation, and Soundwave broadcasts a sonic pulse throughout the room that causes humans and Autobots alike to double over in pain. Ratchet angrily suggests opening Soundwave up to get the information they need, but the Decepticon responds by erasing data directly from his own drives. With a final taunt spoken in his own voice, he says, "Soundwave superior, Autobots inferior." His visor blinks out and he slumps down on the table, off-line. An astonished Ratchet reports that the Decepticon's vital signs are stable, but that he crashed his own drives rather than allow them to be read.

Shockwave locates the only item on Earth with enough raw tonnage to power the rebuilt Omega Lock; a particle collider synchrotron. However, his efforts to complete the synthetic energon formula have met with less success. Megatron recalls that Knock Out obtained the formula from Ratchet, and muses that the simplest solution is to recruit him. Shockwave says that Laserbeak can upload the order to Soundwave after reconnecting with him, but Starscream notes that they don't know the location of the Autobot base. Shockwave recalls that Soundwave kept surveillance records on all the Autobots' human allies, not just the children.

From his car phone, Fowler tells Optimus that he's on his way to a meeting with [[Bryce|General Bryce]] about the recent Decepticon heists, and that he'll be back to the base as soon as possible. Behind the car, Laserbeak follows from the sky.

Megatron orders Predaking to be present at the Decepticons' next objective, as they expect the Autobots will interfere. Predaking says that he looks forward to facing the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] again. This cavalier attitude enrages Megatron, who screams at the Predacon about their dwindling forces. Predaking merely states that he will have to fight twice as hard.

On his way back to the base, Fowler contacts the Autobots and reports that the Decepticons are attacking the Solaris particle collider project at the South Pole. Optimus readies the Autobots for action. Ratchet attempts to hold Ultra Magnus back again, but Wheeljack declares that the commander is ready. Wearily, Ratchet relents and opens a GroundBridge. Optimus commands Bulkhead and Smokescreen to stay behind and help Ratchet guard Soundwave, then he and the others depart. While the younger Bots comment on the prone Decepticon, Ratchet wonders what Megatron wants with a device powerful enough to open a [[black hole]].

Outside, Fowler parks in front of the base, still followed by Laserbeak.

[[File:MinusOnePredaking.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|''I am the shadow on the moon at night'' ''Filling your dreams to the brim with fright!'']]
It dawns on Ratchet that enough power to swallow a world could also be enough power to create one. He contacts Optimus at the South Pole and relays his suspicion that Megatron plans to rebuild the Omega Lock. He wonders if they should let him, but Optimus knows Megatron will use the Lock to cyberform Earth as well as Cybertron. Disappointed, Ratchet says he understands.

Just then, Predaking strikes from the sky, firing blasts of flame breath that send the Autobots scattering. Optimus returns fire and orders the Autobots to stop the Decepticons from obtaining the collider while he faces the Predacon alone. As the Autobots race to the Solaris building, Optimus draws his gatling gun and engages in an aerial duel with the Predacon. Optimus pours on the firepower, but is unable to keep the beast at bay. With a final, savage swipe of his tail, Predaking sends Optimus crashing down to the ground far below.

Inside the building, the other Autobots find a squad of Vehicons lying in wait for them. As the two groups exchange fire, Shockwave oversees the retrieval of the particle collider in the next room.

At the Autobot base, Smokescreen is trying to convince Ratchet that they'll restore Cybertron somehow when Fowler walks in. He is followed a moment later by Laserbeak crashing through the window. The [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]]'s lasers keep the Autobots at bay long enough for him to sever Soundwave's bonds. Smokescreen returns fire, hitting Laserbeak's wing, but is unable to prevent the bird from reuniting with his master. Soundwave springs back to life and effortlessly dispatches Smokescreen, Bulkhead, and Fowler with his tentacles before advancing on Ratchet.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (6)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (7)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (8)
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (9)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (10)
*[[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] (11)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (2)
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] (3)
*[[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] (15)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (17)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (18)
*[[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] (19)

|c3=
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (12)
*[[Jack Darby]] (13)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (14)
*[[William Fowler]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"Master! Are you going to allow one lieutenant to harm another? Master?!" 
"I'm thinking."
:—'''Starscream''' discovers that '''Megatron''' has been reading ''The Hands-Off Manager''.

"I am tempted to force you to share my perception of things."
:—'''Shockwave''' really hates or really loves having one eye, as he tells Starscream.

"Exemplary teamwork."
:—'''Megatron''', after Starscream convinces Shockwave not to share his perspective.

"It has taken me quite some time to fully comprehend that Earth and Cybertron have always been linked. Two halves of one whole; Primus and Unicron. And that to rule only one, would be to never truly rule either."
:—'''Megatron''' on the significance of Earth.

"Whoa. Optimus Prime, the remix."
:—'''Miko''' comments on Soundwave's DJ skills.

''"Soundwave superior. Autobots inferior."''
:—'''Soundwave''' trolls the Autobots G1 style before taking the Cybertronian cyanide pill.

"Can't we throw a tarp over him? He's creeping me out." 
"Yeah, it's like he's watching. No matter where you go."
:—'''Bulkhead''' and '''Smokescreen''' are intimidated even by a deactivated Soundwave.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*After the Vehicons get away during the Autobots first call out, the other Autobots sit motionless in vehicle mode while Optimus engages Soundwave and Laserbeak, only transforming after Soundwave is shot down. What are they doing?
*[[Captain Fanzone's car|Fowler must have a bunch of the same car.]] It was wrecked back in "[[Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime]]", but the one he's seen driving sports the same [[license plate]].
*Smokescreen damages Laserbeak's wing, but the damage disappears once Laserbeak reattaches to Soundwave.

===Continuity Errors===
*Soundwave's arm was skinny enough to slide it's way through the energon restraints shortly after he crashed into the wires, and was imprisoned, struggling on the "slab." But I think it was made that way so it would be realistic, as if Soundwave couldn't escape.

===Continuity notes===
*The [[Omega Lock]] was destroyed by Optimus the last time Megatron tried using it to cyberform Earth, in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]".
*Ratchet managed to give Ultra Magnus a replacement hand (well, claw), which was mangled by [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] in the [[Evolution|previous episode]].
*The story of how Bumblebee lost his vocoder was established in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]" and the novel ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''.
*Megatron recalls how the formula for synthetic energon was collected from Ratchet in "[[Stronger, Faster]]".
*Unicron was discovered to be buried within the Earth in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]".
*The Decepticons tried to extract the location of the Autobot base from Fowler in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]".
*Ultra Magnus still wears the back hook for the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] as Optimus used for the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], the latter having been made by Ratchet in "[[Alpha/Omega]]".
*Optimus has learned his lesson about letting Laserbeak sneak up behind him as he did in "[[Project Predacon]]".

===Transformers references===
*Speaking with his own voice for the first time in the entire series, Soundwave paraphrases one of his most famous lines, directly from the [[The Transformers: The Movie|1986 movie]]. His voice is the same Dr. Claw-esque tone used for his [[Soundwave (ROTF)|live-action counterpart]] in the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|second]] and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|third]] films. The Soundwave from ''Transformers Animated'' states the same line only backwards, "Autobots inferior, Soundwave superior," in the episode "[[Human Error, Part I]]", and Aligned Soundwave previously uttered it (several times) in the ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' video game.
*Bulkhead and Smokescreen's quoted fretting about Soundwave is near identical to [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Professor Sumdac's]] fretting about the [[Headmaster unit]] in "[[Three's a Crowd]]" from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated.]].

===Trivia===
*Ultra Magnus appears unable to use the blaster in his right arm with his hand destroyed. This is similar to ''Animated'' [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] who could not use his hand if his wrecking ball cable was severed.
*Fowler wields a fire extinguisher against Soundwave, previously Jack's weapon of choice in both "[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]" and "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]".
*The particle collider base has halls high enough to accommodate Transformers.
*Transformers rear-view mirrors in their vehicle modes function as [[Sensors|optical sensors]]. This has previously been seen in episodes such as "[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]" and "[[Speed Metal]]".
*This is the last episode of the series to use an [[theme song|opening theme]]; all following episodes only show the show's title and the showrunners' names much like the pilot.
*Despite directly continuing the story from "Evolution", this episode features no recap sequence as the majority of episodes that formed a story arc had. This was no doubt cut to save time for the actual episode itself, due to the serialized plot coming to a close with the end of the series being nigh.
*UK TV guides for this episode incorrectly call Soundwave Shockwave.

===Foreign localization===

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Menos Um'''" ("Minus One")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 7|7 December]] [[2013]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Minus Eins'''" ("Minus One")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 11|11 October]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mínusz egy'''" ("Minus One")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 13|13 September]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Thirst

2017-02-22T06:25:11Z

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 60
|prev=Plus One (Prime)
|next=Evolution
|image=ThristEpisodeConZombie.jpg
|caption=There were demons in the base. He didn't see them, but had expected them now for years. His warnings to Cernel Joson were not listenend to and now it was too late. Far too late for now, anyway.
|title="Thirst"
|airdate=[[June 7]], [[2013]]
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Knock Out and Starscream's experiment with synthetic energon threatens to take over the Decepticon ship and unleash an old enemy.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Thirst1.jpg|left|thumb|300px|When he was young he watched the spaceships and he said to dad "I want to be on the ships daddy." Dad said "No! You will BE KILL BY DEMONS"]]

In [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s lab, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] bemoans his current situation, having to compete with [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] for [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s favor. His whining is interrupted by moans from [[Silas|Cylas]], who is strapped to a table and begging to be freed. Knock Out injects him with a derivative of the [[Synthetic Energon|synthetic energon]] he recovered from the [[Autobot]]s. The compound drives Cylas into a rage, which Knock Out notes is one of its erratic side effects. Starscream sees in Cylas' fury the makings of a super-soldier for Megatron.

Starscream attempts to inform Megatron of this discovery, but the [[Decepticon]] leader is only interested in discussing the status of the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] [[protoform]]s with Shockwave, who is reporting in from his off-site lab. Brushed off by his leader as unimportant, Starscream sulks on his way back to Knock Out's lab.

Cylas becomes more enraged with each new injection of Synth En. Knock Out discovers that the more the compound is administered, the faster Cylas burns through his own natural [[energon]] reserves. Starscream cannot see the use of having [[Predaking (Prime)|another]] unruly beast that can't be controlled, but then has an idea: [[Dark Energon]]. Knock Out objects, noting that the "Blood of [[Unicron]]" once [[Flying Mind|turned their own ship against them]], and that he would need approval from Shockwave in any case. Starscream assures the doctor that a controlled, minimal injection will merely place Cylas under Megatron's command, via their leader's symbiotic link with the substance, then asserts that "super-soldiers" are a military concern and thus fall under ''his'' jurisdiction.

Under orders and under protest, Knock Out injects Cylas with the Dark Energon-enhanced formula. Cylas temporarily powers down before rebooting in a rage and breaking free from his bonds. But after only a few steps, he crumbles to his knees, desperately low on energon. Then with a fierce roar, his lower jaw splits into monstrous mandibles and a long, bladed tongue emerges, which he attempts to use on Starscream to drain him of energon. Unable to subdue him, Starscream and Knock Out flee down the halls of the ship.

Once a safe distance away, Knock Out suggests sounding the alarm. Starscream disagrees, not wanting Megatron to learn of their actions. He claims that once Cylas attempts to feed upon the ship's highly-trained [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] troopers, they will take care of the threat.

Elsewhere, one of the Vehicons stumbles upon Cylas, who grabs the highly-trained trooper and begins draining his energon.

Starscream and Knock Out plan the disposal of Cylas' corpse when they find the Vehicon's corpse instead. While the two argue about who's to blame for their predicament, the dead Vehicon is reanimated by the Dark Energon in its system as a [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]] and reveals the same segmented jaw and bladed tongue that Cylas had. Starscream's blaster fire only staggers it, and Knock Out suggests destroying the Terrorcon's head, inspired by Human horror movies. Though Starscream's missile is successful in decapitating the creature, it doesn't stop it in the least, as the body lumbers forward with the tongue sticking out of the hole where the head used to be. A concentrated volley of blasts to the Vehicon's chest destroys the monster's revitalized spark, severing its link to the Dark Energon.

Knock Out posits that Cylas could infect the entire crew in the same manner, a theory that's borne out when they find themselves pursued by multiple energy-draining Terrorcons. Starscream and Knock Out lock themselves in a comm room to get a breather and assess the situation. Accepting that this may be the end, the two Decepticons exchange some awkward final pleasantries and step back into the hall…

[[File:Thirst-restinpeace.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"No! I must kill the demons" he shouted The radio said "No, John. You are the demons"]]
…Right into Megatron, who demands to know why the Dark Energon in his spark has been acting strangely as of late. Starscream provides a slanted explanation, but Megatron doesn't believe it until he's forced to destroy an attacking Terrorcon.

After a more extensive debrief of the situation, Megatron puts the ship on high alert and orders Starscream and Knock Out to seek and destroy Cylas. Around the ship, Vehicons and [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] battle the infected Terrorcons.

Cylas wanders into the ship's vault. Sensing energon within a [[stasis pod]], he breaks it open, freeing and reviving [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. Cylas attempts to drain her energon, though she ''barely'' ducks out of the way of his tongue, and a short battle ensues, but Airachnid is able to immobilize him with webbing long enough to deliver a fatal wound; ripping "[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]]" open in order to destroy his spark and make ''sure'' he's dead this time, Airachnid instead finds the mutilated real body of Cylas, who survives just long enough to thank her for freeing him from his tortured existence before dying. She immediately re-establishes her telepathic control over the Insecticons and commands them to return to her. Their sudden departure is noticed by [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]].

Starscream and Knock Out discover Cylas' corpse. Starscream is elated until Knock Out points out Airachnid's destroyed prison, followed by Megatron demanding a status update.

[[File:Thirst-Airachnidzombie.jpg|thumb|right|300px|And then John was a zombie.]]
Airachnid leads the Insecticons through the halls of the ship, ordering them to wipe out every Decepticon aboard. At the end of the hall, Soundwave calmly steps forward to face them. The bug-bots attack, and Soundwave opens a [[space bridge]] directly in front of him at the last second. Before they can react, Airachnid and the Insecticons are teleported away. As the bridge closes behind her, Airachnid realizes that they have been sent to a moon orbiting the abandoned [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and screams in rage.

Aboard the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron contacts Shockwave again to inform him they're implementing his containment protocol to prevent further outbreak. He also tells Shockwave to speed up the Predacon cloning project, as they have now lost more than half their military forces. Knock Out is sternly reminded that he is the ship's ''medic'' under Shockwave's command, and is forced to turn over all of his experimental projects to the scientist. Megatron then turns to Starscream, intent on teaching him a lesson the only way that seems to get through to him...

Back on the moon, an '''infected''' Airachnid drains the energon from one of her minions as the rest of the Insecticons line up obediently to await their turn.
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*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] (7)
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==Quotes==

'''Megatron''': ''[Talking to Shockwave over comm]'' Tell me of the Predacon protoforms. What is the status of their incubation? Mm-hm. Uh-huh. 
'''Starscream''': Master, if I do say so myself, I have made the most intriguing discovery. It appears that-- 
'''Megatron''': Not now! ''[Back to Shockwave]'' Please continue, Shockwave. No, no one important.
:—Megatron doesn't like to be interrupted when he's on the phone.

'''Starscream''': Megatron will undoubtedly hold us responsible. 
'''Knock Out''': But...WE ARE! 
'''Starscream''': Well, you are, mostly.
:—Starscream blames someone else, news at 11.

"Aim for the head!" 
"What? How do you know?" 
"I've seen human horror films." ''[Starscream looks at him curiously]'' "At drive-in theaters!"
:—'''Knock Out''' schools '''Starscream''' on how to survive a zombie apocalypse.

"I find it rather ironic that after battling Autobots all these years, getting smacked down, shot at, blown up, ''this'' is how our lights go out?" 
"Drained of our precious fluids. If this is indeed the end, if we are to become Terrorcon-chow, it has been an honor serving Lord Megatron with you." 
"You're no Breakdown. Though I must confess, I have always admired your lustrous finish." 
''[Awkward pause]'' 
"''*mm-hmm*'' Well, then." 
"Should be going."
:—'''Knock Out''' and '''Starscream''' begin a beautiful friendship… and remind us of [[Arcee (WFC)|some]][[Optimus Prime (WFC)|one's]] words on [[Scrapheap (episode)|another day]].

'''Megatron''': Would either of you like to tell me what exactly is going on? 
'''Starscream''': Yes, absolutely nothing, my liege. 
'''Knock Out''': All is quiet, too quiet. One could even say dull! 
'''Megatron''': Funny, because the Dark Energon within my spark has been pulsing. 
'''Starscream''': (To Knock Out) Allow me to handle this. (To Megatron) IT'S KNOCK OUT'S FAULT! 
'''Knock Out''': Precisely my-WHAT?!
:—Knock Out somehow manages to be surprised by Starscream yet again passing the buck.

"Silas? Whatever have they done to you? But more importantly, thank you for freeing me." 
"No. Thank…you… ''[Dies]'' 
"Whatever."
:—'''Airachnid''' is unmoved by '''Cylas'''' final words.

"Soundwave! I vow that on this day, the world will hear the sound of your screams."
:—'''Airachnid's''' mouth writes a check that her abdomen can't cash.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* Airachnid lost one of her spider legs to the closing pod door when she was put in stasis, but all six are intact in this episode.
* Starscream's missile cleanly beheads a Vehicon, leaving no burn marks or exposed circuitry of any kind. For that matter, the headless Vehicon reveals that there is no "joint" on the model for the head to attach to, just a completely flat surface with a hole for the tongue. You normally don't see it because the neck just goes straight into the base of the collar, as if the collar form-fits around the neck.

===Continuity errors===
* Knock Out discusses the events of "[[Stronger, Faster]]" and "[[Flying Mind]]" with Starscream, even though Starscream wasn't part of the Decepticon ranks when either took place. While it is conceivable that Starscream learned of the events of both episodes through the ship's logs or another source, Knock Out speaks as if they were both witness to them.

===Continuity notes===
* ''Yowza'', this would be a tough episode to start watching the series.
* Airachnid was frozen in stasis in "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]" and was retrieved from the Autobot base by the Decepticons in "[[Darkmount, NV]]".
* The [[polarity gauntlet]] can be seen in the vault, in the first of the five containment fields. It was left on Cybertron by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]", and can be assumed to have been recovered by Knock Out's salvage team offscreen in "Darkmount, NV". This leaves only the [[Immobilizer]] unaccounted for. There is also the [[Resonance Blaster]] but everyone seems to have forgotten about that by now.
* [[Silas]], the formerly 100% human commander of [[MECH]], was surgically combined with Breakdown's corpse in "[[The Human Factor]]". He changed his name to Cylas (Cybernetic Life Augmented by Symbiosis) and became a reluctant guest of the Decepticons in the same episode.
* Cylas (then Silas) entered into a partnership of convenience with Starscream in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]" and conveniently stole his [[transformation cog|T-cog]] in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".
* Cylas (then Silas) once had Breakdown pinned to his operating table in "[[Operation: Breakdown]]".
* Knock Out recovered some of [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]'s synthetic energon in "[[Stronger, Faster]]".
* Shockwave has been working from an off-site laboratory since "[[Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command]]".
* Megatron previously used Dark Energon to reanimate and control the dead in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]".
* Dark Energon awakened a dangerous, self-serving intelligence within the Decepticon warship in "[[Flying Mind]]".
* Cylas' eyes turn green, then purple, when he is injected with synthetic energon and Dark Energon, respectively. This is consistent with previous applications of the substances. ("[[Stronger, Faster]]", "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]")
* Airachnid killed Breakdown and discovered her telepathic control of the Insecticons in "[[Crossfire]]".
* Airachnid knows Cylas (then Silas) from their brief partnership in "[[Crisscross]]".
* Airachnid's desire to have Soundwave scream likely stems from the very one-sided beatdown she received from him in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]".
* Starscream refers to the Decepticon soldiers as "Vehicons" confirming it as their real designation. [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] previously used that term in to describe them in "[[Plus One (Prime)|Plus One]]"
* Megatron alludes to the beatings he bestowed on Starscream in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]" and in-between the episodes "[[Out of His Head]]" and "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]" when he prepares to punish Starscream "the only way he understands".
* Starscream took a fragment of Dark Energon and used it to raise [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] from the dead as his first "re-animated warrior" in [[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]], all of which Megatron revealed he knew about through surveillance provided by Soundwave in [[Rock Bottom]].
*We now know the way Arachnid got infected and sucked the energon out of an insecticon on the dark moon she was commanding was the first person shot of Infected Breakdown (Silas/Cylas') tongue coming at Arachnids neck, which got a bite, and quicky sucked out her energon, or atleast infected her, before she jumped and threw the webbing on Breakdown. For those confused, see minute 17:04 - 17:07 in this episode. Transformers Prime, Season 3 episode 8 thirst.

===Transformers references===
* Protoforms are the first stage of Transformer life in many continuities.
* Megatron again refers to his upcoming Predacon army as [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machine]] super-soldiers.

===Real-world references===
* Knock Out's proclamation of "It's alive" echoes the famous words spoken in ''[[Frankenstein]]''.
* In addition to the segmented jaw and barbed tongue, the Terrorcons' [[teeth]] also transform into vampiric fangs.
* As Knock Out indicated, destroying the head is the traditional way to kill zombies in many horror movies. But only human ones.
* This episode heavily pays homage to the 1985 zombie film ''The Return of the Living Dead'' where two humans (Frank and Freddie) cause a gas to spread across a cemetery that revives dead corpses into zombies and then plays comedy with the two trying to control the situation while blaming each other for the zombie apocalypse, much like Starscream and Knock Out in this episode. The zombies in ''The Return of the Living Dead'' couldn't be killed by headshots, either.
* There is also some homage to the film ''Blade II'', specifically in the physiological effects of the virus. The Reapers, genetically-engineered vampire mutants, possessed the same type of unfolding jaw and feeding tendril, as well as a greatly increased blood appetite due to a heightened metabolism.
* Starscream and Knock Out's conversation while hiding from the zombies is reminiscent of a scene in ''[[wikipedia:Dr. Strangelove|Dr. Strangelove]]'' wherein General Ripper and Group Captain Mandrake are hunkered down as a firefight rages around their base, and Ripper explains his fear that communists are out for his "precious bodily fluids".
* Knock Out places his fingers on the neck of the first Vehicon that fell victim to Cylas to check for life signs. This is often done to test a seriously injured person for a [[wikipedia:pulse|pulse]] in their [[wikipedia:carotid artery|carotid artery]].

===Trivia===
* This is the first episode which doesn't feature the [[Autobot]]s in any capacity. Previously, "[[Patch (episode)|Patch]]", the last Decepticon-centric episode, had flashbacks which contained Autobots even though none appeared in person. [[Peter Cullen]], however, gets to voice the zombified Vehicon trooper Megatron puts down.
* Starscream says that the ship is crawling with "highly-trained Vehicon troopers". Kinda makes you wonder what a poorly-trained one is like, huh?
* On-the-move teleportation seems as if it's becoming Soundwave's signature move, having used it to dispatch [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] in "[[Orion Pax, Part 1]]" and to claim the Predacon fossil in "[[Project Predacon]]".
* [[Steve Blum]] is credited as "Insecticon #1" instead of [[Bombshock (Prime)|Bombshock]] this time.
* The last thing Silas/Cylas did to Starscream was knock him out and steal his T-Cog, so it's no surprise Starscream has no desire to help him at the beginning of the episode.
* Starscream alludes to having collected "dozens of Predacon bones", and Shockwave has already grown a batch of protoforms. This implies a significant timeskip between this episode and the last, since Shockwave had only just just established an off-site laboratory in "[[Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command]]" and "[[Plus One (Prime)|Plus One]]" takes place immediately after that episode. Furthermore, the amount of bones collected, assuming it's not hyperbole on Starscream's part, suggests a rather bad run of luck for the Autobots.
* While there have been several offscreen and implied deaths of humans in ''Transformers Prime'', this is the first full "watch the light die from his eye" death, not only in ''Prime'' but in western Transformers animation.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Durst'''" ("Thirst")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 9|9 October]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Szomjúság'''" ("Thirst")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 11|11 September]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Sede'''" ("Thirst")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 22|22 November]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Thirst

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|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 60
|prev=Plus One (Prime)
|next=Evolution
|image=ThristEpisodeConZombie.jpg
|caption=There were demons in the base. He didn't see them, but had expected them now for years. His warnings to Cernel Joson were not listenend to and now it was too late. Far too late for now, anyway.
|title="Thirst"
|airdate=[[June 7]], [[2013]]
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Knock Out and Starscream's experiment with synthetic energon threatens to take over the Decepticon ship and unleash an old enemy.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Thirst1.jpg|left|thumb|300px|When he was young he watched the spaceships and he said to dad "I want to be on the ships daddy." Dad said "No! You will BE KILL BY DEMONS"]]

In [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s lab, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] bemoans his current situation, having to compete with [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] for [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s favor. His whining is interrupted by moans from [[Silas|Cylas]], who is strapped to a table and begging to be freed. Knock Out injects him with a derivative of the [[Synthetic Energon|synthetic energon]] he recovered from the [[Autobot]]s. The compound drives Cylas into a rage, which Knock Out notes is one of its erratic side effects. Starscream sees in Cylas' fury the makings of a super-soldier for Megatron.

Starscream attempts to inform Megatron of this discovery, but the [[Decepticon]] leader is only interested in discussing the status of the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] [[protoform]]s with Shockwave, who is reporting in from his off-site lab. Brushed off by his leader as unimportant, Starscream sulks on his way back to Knock Out's lab.

Cylas becomes more enraged with each new injection of Synth En. Knock Out discovers that the more the compound is administered, the faster Cylas burns through his own natural [[energon]] reserves. Starscream cannot see the use of having [[Predaking (Prime)|another]] unruly beast that can't be controlled, but then has an idea: [[Dark Energon]]. Knock Out objects, noting that the "Blood of [[Unicron]]" once [[Flying Mind|turned their own ship against them]], and that he would need approval from Shockwave in any case. Starscream assures the doctor that a controlled, minimal injection will merely place Cylas under Megatron's command, via their leader's symbiotic link with the substance, then asserts that "super-soldiers" are a military concern and thus fall under ''his'' jurisdiction.

Under orders and under protest, Knock Out injects Cylas with the Dark Energon-enhanced formula. Cylas temporarily powers down before rebooting in a rage and breaking free from his bonds. But after only a few steps, he crumbles to his knees, desperately low on energon. Then with a fierce roar, his lower jaw splits into monstrous mandibles and a long, bladed tongue emerges, which he attempts to use on Starscream to drain him of energon. Unable to subdue him, Starscream and Knock Out flee down the halls of the ship.

Once a safe distance away, Knock Out suggests sounding the alarm. Starscream disagrees, not wanting Megatron to learn of their actions. He claims that once Cylas attempts to feed upon the ship's highly-trained [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] troopers, they will take care of the threat.

Elsewhere, one of the Vehicons stumbles upon Cylas, who grabs the highly-trained trooper and begins draining his energon.

Starscream and Knock Out plan the disposal of Cylas' corpse when they find the Vehicon's corpse instead. While the two argue about who's to blame for their predicament, the dead Vehicon is reanimated by the Dark Energon in its system as a [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]] and reveals the same segmented jaw and bladed tongue that Cylas had. Starscream's blaster fire only staggers it, and Knock Out suggests destroying the Terrorcon's head, inspired by Human horror movies. Though Starscream's missile is successful in decapitating the creature, it doesn't stop it in the least, as the body lumbers forward with the tongue sticking out of the hole where the head used to be. A concentrated volley of blasts to the Vehicon's chest destroys the monster's revitalized spark, severing its link to the Dark Energon.

Knock Out posits that Cylas could infect the entire crew in the same manner, a theory that's borne out when they find themselves pursued by multiple energy-draining Terrorcons. Starscream and Knock Out lock themselves in a comm room to get a breather and assess the situation. Accepting that this may be the end, the two Decepticons exchange some awkward final pleasantries and step back into the hall…

[[File:Thirst-restinpeace.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"No! I must kill the demons" he shouted The radio said "No, John. You are the demons"]]
…Right into Megatron, who demands to know why the Dark Energon in his spark has been acting strangely as of late. Starscream provides a slanted explanation, but Megatron doesn't believe it until he's forced to destroy an attacking Terrorcon.

After a more extensive debrief of the situation, Megatron puts the ship on high alert and orders Starscream and Knock Out to seek and destroy Cylas. Around the ship, Vehicons and [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] battle the infected Terrorcons.

Cylas wanders into the ship's vault. Sensing energon within a [[stasis pod]], he breaks it open, freeing and reviving [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. Cylas attempts to drain her energon, though she ''barely'' ducks out of the way of his tongue, and a short battle ensues, but Airachnid is able to immobilize him with webbing long enough to deliver a fatal wound; ripping "[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]]" open in order to destroy his spark and make ''sure'' he's dead this time, Airachnid instead finds the mutilated real body of Cylas, who survives just long enough to thank her for freeing him from his tortured existence before dying. She immediately re-establishes her telepathic control over the Insecticons and commands them to return to her. Their sudden departure is noticed by [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]].

Starscream and Knock Out discover Cylas' corpse. Starscream is elated until Knock Out points out Airachnid's destroyed prison, followed by Megatron demanding a status update.

[[File:Thirst-Airachnidzombie.jpg|thumb|right|300px|And then John was a zombie.]]
Airachnid leads the Insecticons through the halls of the ship, ordering them to wipe out every Decepticon aboard. At the end of the hall, Soundwave calmly steps forward to face them. The bug-bots attack, and Soundwave opens a [[space bridge]] directly in front of him at the last second. Before they can react, Airachnid and the Insecticons are teleported away. As the bridge closes behind her, Airachnid realizes that they have been sent to a moon orbiting the abandoned [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and screams in rage.

Aboard the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron contacts Shockwave again to inform him they're implementing his containment protocol to prevent further outbreak. He also tells Shockwave to speed up the Predacon cloning project, as they have now lost more than half their military forces. Knock Out is sternly reminded that he is the ship's ''medic'' under Shockwave's command, and is forced to turn over all of his experimental projects to the scientist. Megatron then turns to Starscream, intent on teaching him a lesson the only way that seems to get through to him...

Back on the moon, an '''infected''' Airachnid drains the energon from one of her minions as the rest of the Insecticons line up obediently to await their turn.
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*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (6)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] (7)
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==Quotes==

'''Megatron''': ''[Talking to Shockwave over comm]'' Tell me of the Predacon protoforms. What is the status of their incubation? Mm-hm. Uh-huh. 
'''Starscream''': Master, if I do say so myself, I have made the most intriguing discovery. It appears that-- 
'''Megatron''': Not now! ''[Back to Shockwave]'' Please continue, Shockwave. No, no one important.
:—Megatron doesn't like to be interrupted when he's on the phone.

'''Starscream''': Megatron will undoubtedly hold us responsible. 
'''Knock Out''': But...WE ARE! 
'''Starscream''': Well, you are, mostly.
:—Starscream blames someone else, news at 11.

"Aim for the head!" 
"What? How do you know?" 
"I've seen human horror films." ''[Starscream looks at him curiously]'' "At drive-in theaters!"
:—'''Knock Out''' schools '''Starscream''' on how to survive a zombie apocalypse.

"I find it rather ironic that after battling Autobots all these years, getting smacked down, shot at, blown up, ''this'' is how our lights go out?" 
"Drained of our precious fluids. If this is indeed the end, if we are to become Terrorcon-chow, it has been an honor serving Lord Megatron with you." 
"You're no Breakdown. Though I must confess, I have always admired your lustrous finish." 
''[Awkward pause]'' 
"''*mm-hmm*'' Well, then." 
"Should be going."
:—'''Knock Out''' and '''Starscream''' begin a beautiful friendship… and remind us of [[Arcee (WFC)|some]][[Optimus Prime (WFC)|one's]] words on [[Scrapheap (episode)|another day]].

'''Megatron''': Would either of you like to tell me what exactly is going on? 
'''Starscream''': Yes, absolutely nothing, my liege. 
'''Knock Out''': All is quiet, too quiet. One could even say dull! 
'''Megatron''': Funny, because the Dark Energon within my spark has been pulsing. 
'''Starscream''': (To Knock Out) Allow me to handle this. (To Megatron) IT'S KNOCK OUT'S FAULT! 
'''Knock Out''': Precisely my-WHAT?!
:—Knock Out somehow manages to be surprised by Starscream yet again passing the buck.

"Silas? Whatever have they done to you? But more importantly, thank you for freeing me." 
"No. Thank…you… ''[Dies]'' 
"Whatever."
:—'''Airachnid''' is unmoved by '''Cylas'''' final words.

"Soundwave! I vow that on this day, the world will hear the sound of your screams."
:—'''Airachnid's''' mouth writes a check that her abdomen can't cash.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* Airachnid lost one of her spider legs to the closing pod door when she was put in stasis, but all six are intact in this episode.
* Starscream's missile cleanly beheads a Vehicon, leaving no burn marks or exposed circuitry of any kind. For that matter, the headless Vehicon reveals that there is no "joint" on the model for the head to attach to, just a completely flat surface with a hole for the tongue. You normally don't see it because the neck just goes straight into the base of the collar, as if the collar form-fits around the neck.

===Continuity errors===
* Knock Out discusses the events of "[[Stronger, Faster]]" and "[[Flying Mind]]" with Starscream, even though Starscream wasn't part of the Decepticon ranks when either took place. While it is conceivable that Starscream learned of the events of both episodes through the ship's logs or another source, Knock Out speaks as if they were both witness to them.

===Continuity notes===
* ''Yowza'', this would be a tough episode to start watching the series.
* Airachnid was frozen in stasis in "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]" and was retrieved from the Autobot base by the Decepticons in "[[Darkmount, NV]]".
* The [[polarity gauntlet]] can be seen in the vault, in the first of the five containment fields. It was left on Cybertron by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]", and can be assumed to have been recovered by Knock Out's salvage team offscreen in "Darkmount, NV". This leaves only the [[Immobilizer]] unaccounted for. There is also the [[Resonance Blaster]] but everyone seems to have forgotten about that by now.
* [[Silas]], the formerly 100% human commander of [[MECH]], was surgically combined with Breakdown's corpse in "[[The Human Factor]]". He changed his name to Cylas (Cybernetic Life Augmented by Symbiosis) and became a reluctant guest of the Decepticons in the same episode.
* Cylas (then Silas) entered into a partnership of convenience with Starscream in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]" and conveniently stole his [[transformation cog|T-cog]] in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".
* Cylas (then Silas) once had Breakdown pinned to his operating table in "[[Operation: Breakdown]]".
* Knock Out recovered some of [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]'s synthetic energon in "[[Stronger, Faster]]".
* Shockwave has been working from an off-site laboratory since "[[Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command]]".
* Megatron previously used Dark Energon to reanimate and control the dead in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]".
* Dark Energon awakened a dangerous, self-serving intelligence within the Decepticon warship in "[[Flying Mind]]".
* Cylas' eyes turn green, then purple, when he is injected with synthetic energon and Dark Energon, respectively. This is consistent with previous applications of the substances. ("[[Stronger, Faster]]", "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]")
* Airachnid killed Breakdown and discovered her telepathic control of the Insecticons in "[[Crossfire]]".
* Airachnid knows Cylas (then Silas) from their brief partnership in "[[Crisscross]]".
* Airachnid's desire to have Soundwave scream likely stems from the very one-sided beatdown she received from him in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 3]]".
* Starscream refers to the Decepticon soldiers as "Vehicons" confirming it as their real designation. [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] previously used that term in to describe them in "[[Plus One (Prime)|Plus One]]"
* Megatron alludes to the beatings he bestowed on Starscream in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]" and in-between the episodes "[[Out of His Head]]" and "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]" when he prepares to punish Starscream "the only way he understands".
* Starscream took a fragment of Dark Energon and used it to raise [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] from the dead as his first "re-animated warrior" in [[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]], all of which Megatron revealed he knew about through surveillance provided by Soundwave in [[Rock Bottom]].
*We now know the way Arachnid got infected and sucked the energon out of an insecticon on the dark moon she was commanding was the first person shot of Infected Breakdown (Silas/Cylas') tongue coming at Arachnids neck, which got a bite, and quicky sucked out her energon, or atleast infected her, before she jumped and threw the webbing on Breakdown. For those confused, see minute 17:04 - 17:07 in this episode. Transformers Pprime, Season 3 episode 8 thirst.

===Transformers references===
* Protoforms are the first stage of Transformer life in many continuities.
* Megatron again refers to his upcoming Predacon army as [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machine]] super-soldiers.

===Real-world references===
* Knock Out's proclamation of "It's alive" echoes the famous words spoken in ''[[Frankenstein]]''.
* In addition to the segmented jaw and barbed tongue, the Terrorcons' [[teeth]] also transform into vampiric fangs.
* As Knock Out indicated, destroying the head is the traditional way to kill zombies in many horror movies. But only human ones.
* This episode heavily pays homage to the 1985 zombie film ''The Return of the Living Dead'' where two humans (Frank and Freddie) cause a gas to spread across a cemetery that revives dead corpses into zombies and then plays comedy with the two trying to control the situation while blaming each other for the zombie apocalypse, much like Starscream and Knock Out in this episode. The zombies in ''The Return of the Living Dead'' couldn't be killed by headshots, either.
* There is also some homage to the film ''Blade II'', specifically in the physiological effects of the virus. The Reapers, genetically-engineered vampire mutants, possessed the same type of unfolding jaw and feeding tendril, as well as a greatly increased blood appetite due to a heightened metabolism.
* Starscream and Knock Out's conversation while hiding from the zombies is reminiscent of a scene in ''[[wikipedia:Dr. Strangelove|Dr. Strangelove]]'' wherein General Ripper and Group Captain Mandrake are hunkered down as a firefight rages around their base, and Ripper explains his fear that communists are out for his "precious bodily fluids".
* Knock Out places his fingers on the neck of the first Vehicon that fell victim to Cylas to check for life signs. This is often done to test a seriously injured person for a [[wikipedia:pulse|pulse]] in their [[wikipedia:carotid artery|carotid artery]].

===Trivia===
* This is the first episode which doesn't feature the [[Autobot]]s in any capacity. Previously, "[[Patch (episode)|Patch]]", the last Decepticon-centric episode, had flashbacks which contained Autobots even though none appeared in person. [[Peter Cullen]], however, gets to voice the zombified Vehicon trooper Megatron puts down.
* Starscream says that the ship is crawling with "highly-trained Vehicon troopers". Kinda makes you wonder what a poorly-trained one is like, huh?
* On-the-move teleportation seems as if it's becoming Soundwave's signature move, having used it to dispatch [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] in "[[Orion Pax, Part 1]]" and to claim the Predacon fossil in "[[Project Predacon]]".
* [[Steve Blum]] is credited as "Insecticon #1" instead of [[Bombshock (Prime)|Bombshock]] this time.
* The last thing Silas/Cylas did to Starscream was knock him out and steal his T-Cog, so it's no surprise Starscream has no desire to help him at the beginning of the episode.
* Starscream alludes to having collected "dozens of Predacon bones", and Shockwave has already grown a batch of protoforms. This implies a significant timeskip between this episode and the last, since Shockwave had only just just established an off-site laboratory in "[[Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command]]" and "[[Plus One (Prime)|Plus One]]" takes place immediately after that episode. Furthermore, the amount of bones collected, assuming it's not hyperbole on Starscream's part, suggests a rather bad run of luck for the Autobots.
* While there have been several offscreen and implied deaths of humans in ''Transformers Prime'', this is the first full "watch the light die from his eye" death, not only in ''Prime'' but in western Transformers animation.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Durst'''" ("Thirst")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 9|9 October]] [[2013]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Szomjúság'''" ("Thirst")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 11|11 September]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Sede'''" ("Thirst")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 22|22 November]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Inside Job

2017-02-21T06:04:45Z

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 49
|prev=Hard Knocks
|next=Patch (episode)
|image=InsideJobSmokescreenfreefall.jpg
|caption="This isn't flying! It's falling, with sty-HOLY SCRAP HEEEELLLP!!!"
|title="Inside Job"
|airdate=[[October 12]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Bob Skir|Robert N. Skir]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''When Smokescreen is captured, he learns the location of the Omega Key and attempts to retrieve all the other stolen keys.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] recovers consciousness to find himself on a slab in the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon warship]] with [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] standing over him. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] demands the final relic, pointing out [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s work decrypting the Iacon database has revealed an image of Smokescreen, but Smokescreen is merely confused as to what it means. Knock Out scans the [[Autobot]], and finds the last relic is hidden inside.
[[Image:InsideJobKnockOutSmokescreen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Having fun, Knock Out?]]
The other Autobots, meanwhile, realize that the Decepticons must have decoded the last coordinates and speculate that Smokescreen holds the [[Omega Key]] inside him, largely due to being installed within him while unconscious by [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]].

Knock Out advances on the alarmed Smokescreen with a rotary saw, only to reveal he's actually going to use the [[phase shifter]] to do the operation. He reaches inside Smokescreen and soon has the Omega Key in hand. Smokescreen refuses to tell the Decepticons what the Omega Keys are, but Megatron has ways of finding out.

[[Image:InsideJobStarscream.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Cue evil laugh in 3, 2, 1...]]
[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] ruminates on the one Omega Key he possesses, while talking to his [[Starscream clone (Prime)|dead clone]]. Imagining himself in charge of a reborn [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], he quickly realizes that he doesn't have the resources he would need to rule it.

Megatron listens in on Prime's briefing about the Omega Keys, thanks to a [[cortical psychic patch]] hooked up to Smokescreen. Once they've learned all they need, Knock Out unplugs the pair and Megatron orders Knock Out to use the patch to find the location of the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] so they can retrieve the other Omega Keys. After Megatron leaves to put their new key in a safe place, Knock Out moves in, only for Smokescreen to grab the phase shifter attached to his wrist and uses it to free himself. The pair grapple until Smokescreen manages to pull the device from his opponent's wrist, leaving Knock Out embedded in a bulkhead. Though Knock Out points out Smokescreen has no means of escape from the ship, Smokescreen has plans of his own. Through use of the phase shifter, he manages to catch up with Megatron near the storage area, where he snatches back the Omega Key and takes the one in storage as well. The Decepticons attempt to stop him, but their firepower passes straight through him. He eventually reaches the outer hull, only to be confronted by Megatron. With no other choice, the Autobot bails the ship.

At the Autobot base, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] picks up Smokescreen's signal, but has trouble locking on due to the fact that Smokescreen is plummeting through the air. Harried by [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]], Smokescreen drops towards the [[GroundBridge]] Ratchet opens, only to be knocked off-course by Megatron. He uses the phase shifter to pass through the ground. Moments later, Megatron lands and demands his subordinates search the wreckage. Smokescreen bridges back to base, where the Autobots congratulate him, but wonder where the fourth key is. Their query is answered a moment later when they get a message from Starscream offering the key in return for the replacement of his [[transformation cog|T-Cog]]. Having considered it, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] decides it's too important to not take Starscream up on his offer.

Optimus, Ratchet and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] bridge to a forested location and approach Starscream, only to find him apparently dead. It is, of course, just the dead clone, as the real Starscream uses his [[Red Energon]] to nip through the GroundBridge into the Autobot base. Moving too fast to be seen, he is tempted at first to finish off the slow-moving Autobots, but goes back to finding the Omega Keys first. The Autobots in the field realize they've been deceived just as Starscream blows open the vault holding the keys. Though Optimus orders [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to close the GroundBridge, it is too slow to prevent Starscream from escaping the base. He stops to mock Optimus, Ratchet and Bulkhead, only for the Red Energon to wear off right at the worst possible moment. After firing a missile at the Autobots, he frantically opens his own GroundBridge and escapes back to the ''[[Harbinger]]'', much to Optimus's despair. Though Bulkhead and Ratchet believe they can get the keys back Optimus grimly announces the fate of Cybertron is now in Starscream's hands.

[[Image:InsideJobKnockOut.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Well, this is awkward.]]
Despite Knock Out's pleas, Megatron refuses to release him from the wall. Megatron and [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] return to the bridge, where they find Starscream who has come with a peace offering of all four Omega Keys.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (2)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (7)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (1)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (4)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (11)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] (12)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (14)
|c4=
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Trippy."
:—'''Knock Out''' thinks the phase shifter is like, totally groovy, man.

"Get your stinkin' hand out of my gears!"
:—'''Smokescreen''' obviously doesn't like operations.

"Tell me the function of these relics." 
"Door stop? Shavers? Bling? Beats me."
:—'''Megatron''' asks a question and '''Smokescreen''' gives a vague answer.

"Fliers! I need Fliers!"
:—'''Megatron''' shortly after tossing a Vehicon trooper off the warship in pursuit of '''Smokescreen'''

"How easy it would be to gut you [Arcee]... to gut all of you."
:—Well, '''Starscream's''' already making plans.

"Autobots, maintain positions!" (said in '''very''' slow motion) 
"I'm sorry, what was that? Mblemblemble!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' is taunted by a '''Starscream''' who's hopped up on [[Red Energon]].

[[Image:TFP Inside Job Starscream fistful of keys.jpg|thumb||250px|Beware Starscream bearing gifts...]]
"We ''will'' locate the Autobot base, invade it, and retrieve the Omega Keys!" 
"Been there, done that."
:—'''Megatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s thunder is stolen by '''Starscream'''.

==Notes==

===Animation and technical errors===
*Megatron's vehicle mode still has his fusion cannon, despite the arm it was attached to being removed. Furthermore, if one watches Megatron's transformation scene, it's blocked off by smoke, making it impossible to see what exactly happens with his fusion cannon and his different arm.
*An early external shot of the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' has its "eyes" and running lights illuminated in [[Dark Energon]] purple; later in the episode they are their normal red.

===Continuity errors===
*The bots in Smokescreen's memory are in different places than i

===Continuity notes===
*This episode continues from [[Hard Knocks|the previous one]], starting not long after Smokescreen's capture and subsequent restraint.
*The [[cortical psychic patch]] is used to extract information from Smokescreen, having been used previously in "[[Sick Mind]]" and "[[Out of the Past]]".
*The scene which Megatron watches in Smokescreen's mind is from "[[Alpha/Omega]]".
*Starscream lists off numerous items he's acquired or stolen in previous episodes; the Omega Key from "Hard Knocks", the processed Red Energon (which he acquired in "[[New Recruit]]" and refined in "Hard Knocks"), his GroundBridge remote first seen in "[[Triangulation]]", his murdered clone from "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]", and the T-cog he scavenged from said clone in "Triangulation".
*Starscream previously referred to himself as an "[[Emperor of Destruction]]" in "[[Masters & Students]]".
*Ratchet recalls Starscream's lack of a T-cog, which he learned about in "[[Crossfire]]". Starscream lost his in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".
* Once again, Starscream sends an embedded message to the Autobots, asking Ratchet to bring a medical kit. This time around, it didn't work out very well for the Autobots.
*Starscream still seems to be holding a grudge against Arcee from the events of "[[Partners]]", given his comments about gutting the Autobots start with her.
*While Starscream is looking for the Omega Keys in the Autobots' Vault, he comes across [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] in stasis, which occurred back in "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]". The last time they interacted was in "Crossfire".
*Even though the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] was destroyed in "Alpha/Omega", Optimus still wears the hilt Ratchet made him.

===Transformers references===
* One of Starscream's self-proclaimed titles as the new ruler of Cybertron is "[[Emperor of Destruction]]". He also refers to himself as Cybertron's [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]], which originated in the Marvel UK story "[[State Games]]" as the pre-war rulers of Cybertron.

===Real-world references===
*A brain pan is real. Scientists use it to study brains of corpses without the confines of a skull.
*Arcee uses the human phrase of sounding like a broken record.

===Trivia===
*This episode explains why the phase shifter doesn't phase the user through everything, neatly tying up the issues of how it can be used with such versatility. (Well, neatly in the sense that the narrative says, "It just ''does'', okay?")
*While in Smokescreen's mind, Megatron's avatar has his own arm rather than the Prime's arm that he's since attached.
*Looks like Bulkhead finally gets to see Optimus "[[One Shall Fall|lose his cool]]."
*It would seem Megatron cannot tell which of his own soldiers are fliers or ground troopers. Then again, there's not much difference in appearance.
*When Knock Out removes the Omega Key from within Smokescreen, the Autobot's chest appears to be rising and falling rapidly much like a human's would when breathing harshly.
*Apparently it takes a long time to put the Omega Key in a pod and launch it off planet. It's shorter to knock a bot out, put the Omega Key inside him, and modify the Iacon Database entry to point back to said bot… Yeah, that makes no sense. Perhaps Alpha Trion was desperate.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Innere Angelegenheiten'''" ("Internal Affairs")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 22|22 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bukū Henkei! Kesshi no Skydive'''" (舞空変形!決死のスカイダイブ, "Sky Dance Transformation! The Suicidal Skydive")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 9|9 March]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Trabalho Sujo'''" ("Dirty Work")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 17|17 August]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Vehicon (Prime)

2017-02-20T02:56:53Z

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{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Vehicon}}
:''Vehicons are [[Decepticon]]s from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Eradicons Group Darkness Rising 2.jpg|thumb|upright=2.5|There are many copies, and they have a plan: to look ''bitchin'.'']]

'''Vehicons''' may be [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s cannon fodder and suffer from particularly poor marksmanship, but they do possess sweet alternate modes, be they sports cars, jets (a [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] variant), helicopters, or tanks.

If they're not slagged by an [[Autobot]], they can be used for experimentation or even simply recycled for parts by a superior, but that's their lot in life, and by and large, they accept this. Their primary motivation is the thought that someday they might make a name for themselves —literally— and rise to the upper ranks. Thus they have a tendency to follow orders blindly, and are highly expendable.

They can appear in a large variety of colors, including black, silver, blue, red, green, yellow, and purple.

Many of them were placed on board the ''[[Alchemor]]'' after the defeat of [[Unicron]] and Megatron's self-exile.

They are also known as '''Eradicons'''.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
The ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' had a complement of Vehicons, who were knocked unconscious by the ship's explosive [[space bridge]] journey. They were some of the last crew members to awaken in the aftermath. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

[[Superion (Prime)|Superion]] battered his way through hordes of Vehicons after crashing into the Nemesis while he made his way towards the engines to sabotage them. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===IDW ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Three Vehicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|GO, GO, Vehicon Rangers!]]
Vehicons were stationed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], building [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s space bridge. They captured [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and were visibly agitated when he refused to translate [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s encrypted message for them. They were prevented from executing him when [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] came and killed them all. The rest of Starscream's troops in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] were killed when she blew up the space bridge. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] / [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] / [[Frank Welker]] / [[Daran Norris]] / [[Josh Keaton]] / [[David Kaye]] / [[David Sobolov]] / [[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Yūki Tai]] (Japanese)|[[Jaime Roca]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Klaus Lochthove]] (German), [[Uwe Jellinek]] (German)}}

[[File:DecepticonTrooperCar.jpg|thumb|left|Possibly the most beautiful [[army-building|army-builder]]s ever.]]
[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] had a couple of Vehicons at her disposal on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. They captured [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]], and were later blasted by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] during Arcee's rescue. {{storylink|Predatory}} The ''Nemesis'' had a complement of Vehicons on board. Starscream took them with him when he visited [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

When Starscream arrived on Earth, he brought a ''scrapload'' of Vehicons with him. A large squad of them jumped Cliffjumper and took him prisoner, and two were later sent to take out Arcee. They proved quite powerful opponents when it came to physical combat, able to get both Arcee ''and'' Bumblebee on the ropes without much difficulty; only [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead's]] arrival caused them to withdraw. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

[[File:Bulkhead Eradicon Darkness Rising 3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Drones are people too!]]

When first Bulkhead and later other Autobots made an assault on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', the drones did their best to hold them off but, while still doing damage, were taken down after a drawn-out battle. One managed to capture [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], while another came close to murdering the kids. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

When Megatron wanted to defend his space bridge, he sent in a squad of Vehicons with space-jet modes. In a pitched battle, the Autobots flattened them. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

In the aftermath of Megatron's demise, Starscream delivered a stirring speech to the Vehicon troopers, only for one of them to question how they'd defeat the Autobots without Megatron's leadership. Starscream's pronouncements met with a lackluster response from the Vehicons, leading him to seek [[Skyquake (Prime)|alternate help]]. The troops must have been pleased when Starscream recovered Megatron's body and placed him in sickbay. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[File:PrimeVehiconJets.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang's deadlier cousins.]]

Some flying Vehicons shot down [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]'s ship, before he hacked them to bits with his swords. A bunch more presumably overwhelmed him so that [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] could take his place. Makeshift finished off two of the Vehicons once Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee arrived, in order to maintain his disguise. Poor disposable Vehicons. Starscream prepared a battalion of Vehicons to go through the [[GroundBridge]] once Makeshift opened it, however Wheeljack killed his Vehicon guard and attacked them atop the Decepticon ship before escaping through the GroundBridge itself. When the GroundBridge opened a second time, the Vehicons rushed into it, only to be knocked over by Makeshift being thrown through it in the other direction. Yet more Vehicons were taken out a short time later when a bomb attached to Makeshift exploded. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[File:WingedVehicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"The Danger Zone looks greener than I was expecting."]]
A squadron of flying Vehicons were sent to search out and destroy the Autobots during a mission. They succeeded in destroying Prime's [[trailer]] before landing and confronting the Autobots themselves. Then they mostly got pounded, but one managed to ram Prime in the face with a tree, sending him over the edge and temporarily knocking him offline. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

Dissatisfied with the progress of Megatron's recovery, the crew voted to bring in outside help, and Starscream summoned [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] to repair their leader. One single Vehicon was with Starscream, Knock Out, and Breakdown when they were going to drain an energon seam using the recently stolen [[Energon Harvester]]. When Knock Out tried to correct Starscream on who was responsible for obtaining the device, Starscream demonstrated the Harvester's abilities by using it on the Vehicon, draining it of its energon. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

A couple of Vehicons were present when Starscream chewed out (and subsequently punished) Knock Out for his going out on a street racing escapade one too many times. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

The Vehicons were put to work repairing the ship's electromagnetic shielding after it failed, and despite working as fast as they could, it was taking a while. Partly because Starscream was drawing them from their duties to smack them around. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} While controlling Bumblebee, Megatron trashed a bunch of Vehicons in the Decepticon ship. Another batch of them came running when Megatron revived in his own body, and were promptly ordered to destroy [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

A lone Vehicon was manning the Decepticon [[GroundBridge]] when Starscream requested an emergency bridge back to the ship. Starscream yelled at it to keep quiet about his activities, and it silently watched him leave the room. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}} Four Vehicons accompanied Starscream in an attempt to rescue Breakdown, who had been captured by [[MECH]]. By the time they arrived, Breakdown had already been rescued by Bulkhead. They prepared to attack the Autobot, who flattened them by throwing Breakdown at them. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

Several Vehicons were fighting Bumblebee and Arcee when the latter had to leave suddenly. Luckily Bumblebee was more than capable of taking care of the rest of them on his own. {{storylink|Crisscross}} Breakdown was escorted to the bridge by a couple of Vehicons when he returned to the ''Nemesis'' with Airachnid. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}} A couple of Vehicons were on guard on the ''Nemesis'' bridge when Megatron ordered Airachnid and Starscream to go find the wreck of the ''[[Harbinger]]''. {{storylink|Partners}}

[[File:Tfprime vehicon vehicle.jpg‎|left|thumb|upright=1.4|The Black Baron]]
Knock Out and Breakdown were assisted in their quest to grab a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] by a squad of Vehicons. Another squad accompanied Megatron when he attempted to capture Bulkhead who had the data from the cylinder in his head. The Autobots pretty much trashed those Vehicons, after which Megatron decided no one was having the cylinder and flew off. {{storylink|T.M.I.}} Vehicons played a large role in the collection of more energon. A number of them aided Knock Out and Breakdown during a transport mission, and were pounded by Ratchet. Others of them protected a [[Decepticon Miner|miner]], though not very well as they were trashed by the Autobots. Yet more Vehicons in an energon mine were smashed up when the Autobots went to rescue Ratchet. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

Several squads of Vehicons attacked a military base to retrieve a power source for the Decepticons' new space bridge, and were wiped out by Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead before they could get away. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} None of the Vehicons were particularly keen to go against Airachnid when she decided Megatron probably wasn't coming back from his trip to see [[Unicron]]. A group of them were on the bridge to bow subserviently when Megatron eventually did return. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

Megatron informed the Vehicons to be careful with their words around the amnesiac Optimus Prime. Some of them accompanied Knock Out and Breakdown in a raid on a military installation to get a power source. Arcee busted up a bunch of them when she got on board and hunted for Optimus. Starscream encountered a good number of them when he sneaked on board to steal [[energon cube]]s too. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} The Vehicons caught up with Starscream, but were unable to stop him escaping the ship. The Autobots mowed their way through the Vehicons guarding the Decepticon space bridge. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

Two Vehicons were assigned to guard Orion after he discovered the truth. He appealed to them to help him warn the Autobots of Megatron's plans, and they responded by beating him. They didn't do so well after he worked out he had guns. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}} Megatron used Vehicons to unearth the [[Spark extractor|Spark Extractor]], but abandoned them to be trashed by the Autobots in order to return to the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

Two Vehicons accompanied Knock Out when he presented his latest find, a powerful force-field generator, to Megatron. When Megatron performed an impromptu test of the device by shooting at Knock Out, his companions quickly scampered away. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

Vehicons could be seen going about their regular duties as Dreadwing first pledged his loyalty to Megatron.{{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] and a squadron of flying Vehicons came to Megatron's aid when he was surrounded by Autobots. Though Dreadwing promised to let the Autobots go if they spared Megatron, Megatron himself ordered the Vehicons to destroy the Autobots. Naturally, that didn't work out for the Vehicons. {{storylink|Crossfire}} The Vehicons later responded to a Decepticon beacon Bulkhead had triggered on the Nemesis. They approached what they thought was [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream]] and pursued him instead. They later helped Megatron fight against incoming [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

The Nemesis later crashed and Megatron used Dark Energon to bring it back online. As a consequence, the ship started having a mind of its own and Megatron sent the entire ship's crew to stop the ''Nemesis''. They failed and were stasis locked. The Vehicons and the rest of the Decepticons started regaining consciousness when Jack disabled the ship's Dark Energon influence. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

Four of them were dispatched to [[Antarctica]] with Dreadwing to find one of the relics. They mostly ended up guarding Starscream, and were all dispatched during the course of a fight with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Triangulation}} Only Soundwave was successful in retrieving the relic he was sent to fetch, and the Vehicons manning the bridge once more got an earful of Megatron chewing out the rest of his subordinates for their failures. {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}} A couple of Vehicons made their feelings about the Insecticons clear within earshot of [[Hardshell (Prime)|Hardshell]], resulting in a brawl between the two groups. {{storylink|Hurt}} Some Vehicons and Insecticons were sent to investigate a crashed Decepticon escape pod. Those that weren't killed by the Autobots perished when the pod exploded. {{storylink|New Recruit}} A bunch of them attempted to defend a military base while Soundwave hacked the computer. They pretty much all got slagged, including one who was blasted by the orbital death laser Soundwave was controlling. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}

Megatron had some with him when he was trying to recover the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. Amazingly several actually escaped destruction when the Autobots attacked and returned to the ship with their leader. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}} [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] found them easy to evade with the [[phase shifter]], though once he jumped off the ''Nemesis'', an enraged Megatron flung a Flyer and a Trooper after him before ordering more Flyers after him. Two Flyers crashed once Smokescreen phased through the ground while the screaming Trooper blew up after them. Two Flyers accompanying Megatron surveyed the wreckage. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

[[File:PrimeDarkestHourStarscreamsArmadaGroup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Starscream cosplayers are a terrible force to be reckoned with.]]
Megatron and a large number of Vehicons went to Cybertron with the Omega Keys to find the [[Omega Lock]]. They were ambushed by the Autobots, and the Vehicons who survived the attack were taken out by the [[spark extractor]] that Smokescreen dropped in their midst. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Vehicon reinforcements surrounded the Autobots after they were forced to drop their weapons, but didn't last long once Optimus grabbed the Star Saber again. Many flying Vehicons with spanking new paint jobs took part in the attack on the Autobot base. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

They were tasked with searching through the rubble of the Autobot base for bodies, but found only Airachnid and the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. A couple were sent to attack Arcee and Jack Darby, and were blown up in a gas station explosion. Some more of them accompanied Knock Out to Cybertron and managed to dig up the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]]. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} A Vehicon execution team totally failed to execute Wheeljack, but as it turned out, this was part of Starscream's plan as he had counted on them failing. Oddly enough, the flying Vehicons he sent to dispatch Wheeljack and Bulkhead failed too, as they fell into a trap and were blown up. {{storylink|Scattered}}

A squad of Vehicons bore witness to Shockwave bringing his [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] [[Predaking (Prime)|experiment]] to Earth, and unleashing it to track down Wheeljack. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} The Vehicon forces were subsequently spread thin all over America as Starscream dispatched them to investigate "Autobot mischief." Those that remained at Darkmount had to deal with various fronts of attack from the Autobots, the invaders were all eventually taken prisoner... until Optimus returned in an upgraded body. The tide of the battle turned once more, and the Vehicons were defeated en masse by the Autobots. Though Megatron planned to use the fortress's fusion cannons to destroy nearby metropolises, this plan when to scrap as well when Optimus threw his nemesis into the cannons' power core. With the battle ultimately lost, Starscream ordered a couple of Vehicons to escort Megatron back to the warship, despite their leader's protests. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

Shockwave had a squad of Vehicons with him in [[Texas]], while digging up [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] remains. They didn't last particularly long against Bumblebee and Smokescreen. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} A team of Vehicons searching for Predacon fossils in [[Scotland]] was taken out by [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and the Wreckers. Starscream took two seekers with him to investigate the team's disappearance, and both of them somehow managed to survive an encounter with [[Miko Nakadai]] in the Apex Armor. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}}

Arcee and Wheeljack managed to bridge into the middle of a squad of Vehicons in [[New Mexico]] ''and'' took the lot of them out without breaking a sweat. Meanwhile, Starscream attempted to have a couple of Vehicons repair the communication dish on the ''Nemesis'' with little success. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

When [[Silas|Cylas]] was turned into a sort of energon zombie in an experiment, Starscream was confident that the highly trained Vehicons would be able to deal with it. Surprise! They didn't. A bunch of them got infected and turned into more energon zombies instead. A cleanup team headed by Soundwave eventually eradicated the infected Vehicons. {{storylink|Thirst}} As a result of the infection, Vehicon numbers were cut by a half. That didn't stop the Decepticons using a number of them as bait to lure the Autobots to Shockwave's off-site laboratory. {{storylink|Evolution}}

A group of Vehicons accompanied Shockwave to the [[Solaris particle collider]] installation. {{storylink|Minus One}} They all died. Five Seeker Vehicons joined Starscream in an attack on the Autobot base and all managed to survive, despite the US military sending a squad of [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystriker]]s against them. {{storylink|Persuasion}} They didn't survive an encounter with Optimus Prime when they were sent out with Starscream to intercept a signal though. The Vehicons on the ''Nemesis'' meanwhile had to cope with first one of [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]'s rampages, and then an invasion of Autobots. {{storylink|Synthesis}} Though they put up a desperate defense, the Vehicons were unable to fight off the Autobot assault. Their remaining numbers presumably evacuated the ''Nemesis'' in escape pods. {{storylink|Deadlock}}

A handful of Vehicons (ineptly) attempted to help Bulkhead build a new space port for those who returned to Cybertron. Most of the others were kept locked up with Knock Out. When Starscream arrived and freed them all, the Vehicons attempted to help him retake the warship, only to be blasted by the Autobots. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}
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===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Titan4.1 Vehicon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Have you seen Blue, my puppy?"]]
After the Autobots accidentally uncovered a nuclear warhead, a group of Vehicons mistook the energy signature for an energon trace and headed toward [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] to investigate. They were welcomed to the neighbourhood by Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee, who comprehensively dismantled them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

After a hypnotised Raf opened the GroundBridge, the Decepticons sent wave after wave of Vehicons through it into the Autobot base. The Autobots valiantly kept them at bay until Raf recovered and reconfigured the GroundBridge to suck the Vehicons back through, though there were a few loose parts left behind. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}} The Vehicons had trouble flying the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' through a storm when Megatron tasked Starscream with finding a way to flush out the Autobots. Starscream took a bunch of them with him to then take [[Air Force One]] hostage, and secured the plane's passengers within the Grand Canyon. Though the Autobots took the bait, they easily dispatched all of Starscream's troops in their rescue attempt. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

Megatron forced the Vehicons to engage in a series of deathmatches in a cave below the [[Erta Ale volcano]]. This included pitting Starscream against one of the larger Vehicons, [[Fearstorm]], however Starscream used his wits to defeat his foe. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.7|Megatron's Law}} Some land and air Vehicons accompanied [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] to [[Zhejiang Province]], [[China]] to test his [[neuron refractor]] on Optimus Prime. They actually managed to subdue Bulkhead and Arcee when the pair came looking for their leader, but once Optimus was back on his feet, the surviving Decepticons fled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} After Bulkhead destroyed an energon store, Megatron and six Vehicons tracked him through the forest, eventually dog-piling him and taking him back to the ''Nemesis''. Later, a couple of the Vehicons found the Autobots' kids trying to free the prisoner, but were dispatched by Optimus before they could do anything about it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

[[File:Titan4.14 Vehicon mummies.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|He ain't no dummy, He's chummy, And he's myyyyyyy mummy!]]
Many Vehicons took part in a battle against the Autobots in [[The Wave]]. Some of them tried to outflank Team Prime, only to be smashed to pieces by Bulkhead's wrecking ball. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}} A good number of them accompanied Megatron in an attack on the [[Statue of Liberty]], only to be smashed up by Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. The final indignity came when Bumblebee threw a lifeless Vehicon in an attempt to knock Megatron off the statue. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.13|Protecting the Lady}} When Knock Out and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] took over the TV show ''[[Down and Out]]'', they were accompanied by four Vehicons who disguised themselves as mummies to fit with the show's muddled Aztec/Egyptian theme and attacked Optimus and Bulkhead. Bulkhead took care of them while Optimus rescued the human hostages. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}
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===Decepticon's Storytime Theater===
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Hamill]]}}
A jet Vehicon [[narrator|told his audience]] about the sad tale of [[Stumble Bee]]. {{storylink|Decepticon's Storytime Theater - The Story of Stumble Bee|The Story of Stumble Bee}}

===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic===
[[Vehicon 367]] complained about being under-appreciated by Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime issue 44|Issue #44}}
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=== 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon ===
{{voiceactor|[[Jim Cummings]] (English), [[Fred Tatasciore]] (English)}}
[[Glowstrike]] had a number of colorful Vehicons at her command, {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}} using them to guard her Minicon prisoners. {{storylink|Portals}}

Two Vehicons who are guarding Decepticon Island are very impressed with the supposed captures made by Grimlock who is sadly forced to knock his admirers out when they got suspicious. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Vehicons were some of the many Decepticons helping Steeljaw in his attempt to capture the Autobots. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
Three Vehicons, designated XL-917, XL-571, and [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]] were assigned by Starscream to establish an energon mine. Many years later, unaware that the Decepticon army had been defeated, the trio continued to toil until they were discovered by [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]. Steeljaw convinced them that he was a superior officer, and had them help him kidnap [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] and [[Russell Clay]]. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}}

Together with Steeljaw's men, the Vehicons set about mining the energon. When Bumblebee and his team arrived, the Vehicons joined in the combat, revealing the bomb which Starscream had left them. Optimus Prime arrived and revealed that the war was over, the Decepticon army defeated, and Steeljaw was not part of Starscream's command, at which point the Vehicons turned on their would-be leader. Though Optimus offered them an olive branch, they instead opted to go back into hiding and await Megatron's inevitable return. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

===e-HOBBY comics===
During an intrusion from [[Cloud World]] into his universe, a Vehicon witnessed the bloodthirsty [[Drift (G1)#Cloud|Deadlock]] shoot a downed [[Override (Adventure)|Override]] in the head. {{Storylink|Decepticon Jaeger Deadlock}}

==Commercial appearances==
*After Optimus and Bumblebee received some new secret weapons from Ratchet, they turned their new acquisitions on legions of Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Weaponizers|Weaponizers commercial}}

*Ratchet and Bumblebee used the [[Optimus Maximus (Prime)|Optimus Maximus]] mech to blast legions of Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Optimus Maximus|Optimus Maximus commercial}}

*A bunch of a Vehicons watched video footage from [[wikipedia:The Super Hero Squad Show|various]] [[wikipedia:Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation|strange]] [[wikipedia:Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters|realms]], and one realm [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|vaguely familiar]], along with footage from their own universe on a screen somewhere on the Nemesis while chanting "[[Huboom!]]" {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Huboom!|Huboom! Saturdays}}

*A couple of Vehicons reacted to Megatron's answers as he took questions from his adoring public. They mostly seemed dismayed at his replies. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Ask Megatron|Ask Megatron}}

*As Megatron read ''[[wikipedia:A Visit from St. Nicholas|A Visit from St. Nicholas]]'', three Vehicons discussed the stirring preferences of mice, landing on Egg Nog. Megatron then threatened to put them on the naughty list. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Naughty List|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Naughty List"}} Several Vehicons sang about figgy pudding until Megatron shouted them down. One of the Vehicons then asked for a pony. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Pudding|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Pudding"}} Two rogue Vehicons decorated the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' in Christmas lighting. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Holiday Schmoliday|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Holiday Schmoliday"}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
Wave after wave of Terrorcons attacked the town of [[Jasper]] and its surrounding area in a bid to amass as much Dark Energon as possible before launching an assault against the Autobots' headquarters. They were defeated by Bumblebee, Arcee and Optimus Prime. {{Storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense|Terrorcon Defense}}

=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' ===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English, Car and Truck), [[Josh Keaton]] (English, Car and Jet), [[Fred Tatasciore]] (English, Helicopter and Tank)}}
[[File:Transformers prime the game vehicon.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|The Fabulous Adventures of [http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/383647-minor-character-fandom Steve the <s>Eradicon</s> Vehicon]]]
There's also helicopter and tank Vehicon types. Who knew?
{{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
Eradicons pestered Bulkhead on his missions inside a Dark Energon cave, the Nemesis, and the Autobot headquarters. They blasted incessantly at the Autobot until they were themselves destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Hordes upon hordes of Vehicons weaved across the sky before Optimus Prime, pestering him with weapons' fire, as the Autobot leader fought his way through Megatron's troops. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

===''Transformers Universe''===
[[File:TFU-Vehicon.JPG|thumb|right|450px]]

Due to the game mechanics, Vehicons generally never miss (unless the player has a miss effect) along with the fact due to their special abilities, they tend to be challenging to take on alone. Vehicons occasionally scout for Autobots, sometimes they appear in [[High Grand]]. When a player first enters the game the Vehicons will appear in the tutorial, informing [[Switchblade (Prime)|Switchblade]] a new recruit has arrived. {{storylink|Transformers Universe}}
There are many types of Vehicons for example:
*Vehicon Captain: Wields a large sword and noticeably taller than other vehicons
*Vehicon Scorcher: Carries a flamethrower (similar to [[Sparkscape]]). This Vehicon's special ability allows it to deal spark damage over an area.
*Vehicon Bombardier: Carries a grenade launcher (similar to [[Astraea]]).
*Vehicon Gunner: Carries a rifle (similar to [[Duststorm (Prime)|Duststorm]]). This Vehicon's special ability allows it to spawn a Smoke/"miss" field on the next hit by the rifle.
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==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
[[File:Prime-toy VehiconCyberverse.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|For the cheapskate [[Army-building|army-builder]].]]
*'''Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Series / Number:'' '''2 / 002'''
**''Japanese number:'' '''EZ-07'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''2012-[[March 31|03-31]]
**''Accessories:'' Blaster

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse#Series 2|Series 2 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, the Vehicon transforms into a sports car resembling a Cadillac Ciel, and comes with a soft translucent purple blaster that features two [[C joint|3mm post]]s and a hole, allowing it to mount onto his hands, doors/arms, and roof/back, as well as combine with other ''Cyberverse'' weapons.

: There is a [[Variant#Tooling|molding variation]] with the Vehicon's weapon. In the initial run of figures, the "shield" piece on the side was thicker. Later waves thinned the shield a bit, tapered the ends, plus added a few more sculpted details. This weapon, in varying colors, was also used by [[Soundwave (ROTF)#CyberverseBlue|Soundwave]] and [[Flamewar (Prime)|Flamewar]].

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version is, for no apparent reason, labeled as "'''Decepticon Vehicon'''". He comes with the later weapon variant and is virtually identical to the Hasbro release, with the exception of the [[tampograph]]ed production code on his right arm ("#37982" for the Hasbro version, "B2412" for the TakaraTomy version).

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/LegVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Cyberverse Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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[[File:PrimeEZCollectionDecepticonSet.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Decepticon Set''' (EZ Collection 6-pack, 2012-[[November 24|11-24]])
**''ID number'': '''EZ-SP2'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster

: This Vehicon redeco is cast in metallic purple plastic. He was only available in a TakaraTomy ''[[EZ Collection]]'' six-pack with [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#EZ6pack|Megatron]], [[Breakdown (WFC)#EZ6pack|Breakdown]], [[Starscream (WFC)#EZ6pack|Starscream]], [[Knock Out (Prime)#EZ6pack|Knock Out]], and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#EZ6pack|Terrorcon Cliffjumper]].

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-AirVehicon.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
*'''Air Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
**''Series / Number:'' '''3 / 011'''
**''Accessories:'' Hooksaw Cannon

: Part of the fourth wave of ''Prime: [[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, the Air Vehicon is an all-new mold, and transforms into a "hoverjet" as seen on the show. He comes with a Hooksaw Cannon which can peg and be pegged via its three 3mm posts and two ports, allowing it to mount onto his hands, wrists, and the tops of his wings.

: The cannon, in various colors, was also used by [[Smokescreen (Prime)#Cyberverse|Smokescreen]], [[Soundwave (WFC)#Cyberverse|Soundwave]], [[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)|Hun-Gurrr]], and [[Bluestreak (Prime)|Bluestreak]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CybLegAirVehicon/airvehicon.htm More information on Air Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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*'''Jet Vehicon''' (EZ Collection, 2013-[[October 26|10-26]])
**''ID number'': '''EG-10'''
**''Accessories'': Hooksaw Cannon

: Part of the second wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[EZ Collection#Transformers: EZ Collection|EZ Collection]]'' single packed figures, Jet Vehicon is a redeco of Hasbro's Legion Class Air Vehicon figure, replacing the purple base plastic color with black while retaining the same paint mask including all the various paint colors.

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-AceVehicon.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You're making my cannon angry. You wouldn't like it when it's angry.]]
*'''Ace Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''3 / 015'''
**''Accessories:'' Hooksaw Cannon

: A [[redeco]] of the Air Vehicon in "Seeker" colors, being cast in white and dark silver, with orange highlights. His Hooksaw Cannon is now red. The paint operations are nearly the same as for Air Vehicon and ''EZ Collection'' Jet Vehicon aside from some color changes (the head and the chest are painted in a darker metallic gray, rendering the tampographed Decepticon insignia nearly invisible; and the details on the shoulders and on the alternate mode's sides are now orange instead of purple). The only differences are the lack of the paint operation on the abdomen and the addition of another tampographed Decepticon insignia on the "driver" side next to the windshield. Curiously, the [[stock photography|stock photo]] of his hoverjet mode from the back of his packaging clearly shows a prototype figure, as it is completely unpainted. Furthermore, the last step of his instructions oddly shows his vehicle mode from behind.

:Due to being released after the Christmas season and before the launching of the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|''Age of Extinction'' toy line]], Ace Vehicon and the other figures of his [[wave]] were ultimately only available in Europe, Australia and South America, in [[multilingual packaging|European packaging]] in all instances (an unusual occurrence for Australia).
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===Prime: First Edition===
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[[File:Primetoy-VehiconDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Is that a Danny Elfman score playing?]]
*'''Vehicon''' (First Edition Deluxe, 2011)
**''Number:'' '''006'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''2011-[[December 28|12-28]]'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun, stand (Hasbro only)

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#First Edition (2011)|Prime: First Edition]]'' Deluxe Class toys, this larger-scale Vehicon comes with a gun that can be tabbed and mounted on his hood or stored underneath in vehicle mode, or be (loosely) held by his hands in robot mode. He features a [[5mm post|5mm port]] on the foldable door panels just below each of his hands, and flipping either hand back into his arms reveals ''another'' port behind each of them, allowing the gun to be mounted directly onto his arms, giving the appearance of integrated weaponry. The Hasbro version features a removable cardboard stand assembled within the packaging.

: His [[instructions]] tell [[you]] to swing down his rear wheels from his shoulders for robot mode, bringing them closer to his elbows, when they are actually meant to be kept in his shoulders for [[show-accuracy]]. His [[stock photography]] also depicts him with blue hands and knee spikes, when the former are black and the latter are purple in the final product.

: His mass-retail release in Hasbro's US markets was canceled, so for about a year, he was only available in Hasbro's Asian markets and in the Japanese [[TakaraTomy]] version of the toyline. Later, [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] picked up the Vehicon, along with a ''lot'' of other items, as part of a large number of holiday-time [[exclusive]]s in the US market for 2012.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/PrimeVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on ''First Edition'' Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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===Prime===
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[[File:Primetoy-VehiconRevealers.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|My backpack went to my legs.]]
[[File:Prime-toy VehiconTakTom.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Extra holes ''not'' added by Autobot artillery.]]
*'''Vehicon''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''1 / 008'''
**''Japanese releases date'': '''2012-[[June 30|06-30]]'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AM-14'''
**''Accessories:'' Blaster Cannon (Hasbro only), "Noji" Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Deluxe Class toys, this new, sleeker, smaller version of the Vehicon has much less backpack [[kibble]] due to featuring a transformation that has the entire spoiler, trunk, roof, and hood panels of the vehicle mode fold into each other to form his heels and calves. He has an [[Automorph Technology|automorph]] head-reveal when transforming to robot mode activated by pulling down his rear bumper and pushing it into his back. He comes with a blaster cannon that can peg onto his hands and the sides of his rear wheel-wells/shoulders. It also features a clip that allows it to be tabbed onto the sides of his front, as well as be tabbed onto his arms with his hands flipped in.

: In wave six of the "Robots in Disguise" toyline, the Vehicon was put into new packaging, which came with a DVD featuring the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' episode "[[Loose Cannons]]".

: His stock photography depicts purple [[paint operation|paint detail]]s on his cannon, vehicle front, and robot feet that were omitted in the final product. It also depicts the cannon being pegged underneath the figure's hands instead of on top.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version, part of the fourth assortment of Japanese ''Prime'' toys, is dubbed "'''Decepticon Vehicon'''", has a much more clear translucent purple-ish [[light-piping]] plastic for his visor, and has been [[retool]]ed to include new 5mm post-holes just before his front wheel-wells and on his back bumper as a booster of sorts. Many of his paint operations have been removed and replaced with customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s... including, rather annoyingly, some painted details ''under'' the clear-plastic parts, like the [[Insignia|faction symbol]] in his chest and the purple details in his headlights. The chest-window can actually be popped out by applying pressure to the pegs through the figure's back, enabling you to place the chest-sticker under the plastic... the headlamps, well, pretty much no.

: Instead of the [[Hasbro]] version's clip-on blaster, the TakaraTomy Vehicon comes with the [[Arms Micron]] [[Noji]], a robotic boar who turns into the Vehicon's distinctively-shaped blaster. Noji cannot clip onto the Vehicon's arm, however, and must be used as a hand-held weapon.

: This mold was also used for the [[BotCon 2014]] [[Pounce]]-type pirate in the [[Dread Pirate Crew]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Vehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Deluxe Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-JetVehicon.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|"Butterfly of '''DOOM!''' ...Okay, it's mostly ''my'' doom, but ''still''..."]]
*'''Jet Vehicon''' (Deluxe, 2012-[[July 28|07-28]])
**''ID number'': '''AM-16'''
**''Accessories'': "Igu" Arms Micron

: Part of the fifth assortment of TakaraTomy ''Prime'' toys, the Jet Vehicon is a redeco and ''extensive'' retooling of the normal Vehicon mold, and also transforms into a "hoverjet", with additional transformation steps for his new wings, new stickers for his headlights and wings, and with the Jet Vehicon having metallic pink plastic, paint details, and robot mode stickers instead of purple. He comes with his Arms Micron partner, [[Igu]], who transforms from a robotic iguana into the same blaster as seen on the show, but with the blaster's barrel being considerably longer than the previous Micron.

: The Jet Vehicon is currently [[exclusive]] to the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, making him rather hard to find for American fans who want him.

: This version of the mold was also used for the [[BotCon 2014]] [[Wingspan]]-type pirate in the [[Dread Pirate Crew]].

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[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-JetVehiconGeneral.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Jet Vehicon General''' (Deluxe, 2013-[[February 23|02-23]])
**''ID number'': '''AM-34'''
**''Accessories'': "Igu S" Arms Micron

: Part of the eleventh and final assortment of TakaraTomy ''Prime'' toys, the Jet Vehicon General is a silver redeco of the Jet Vehicon mold. He now comes with [[Igu#Silver|Igu S]], a silver redeco of Igu.

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===Kre-O===
[[Image:KreO-Toy VehiconKreons.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Decepticon Ambush''' (2012)
**''Set number'': '''38781'''
** ''Pieces'': '''80'''
** ''Kreons'': Cliffjumper, 3 [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicons]]

: This set featuring [[Cliffjumper (Kre-O)|Cliffjumper]] busting through a Decepticon checkpoint comes with three Vehicon Kreons. While each one uses the same base body and [[tampograph]]s, each one is slightly different from the others; one comes with wheels on his legs, another has a [[Shockwave (Kre-O)|Shockwave]] wrist-mounted blaster, and one has [[Wheeljack (Kre-O)|Wheeljack]] wings on his back and the [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] arm-mounted blasters.

: All three Vehicons use the same helmet as [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 1 at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon2/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 2 at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon3/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 3 at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Kre-O-Toy Vehicon.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
* '''Vehicon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2013)
**''Collection'': '''2'''
**''Bag number'': '''***** 71'''
**''Accessories'': Large Rifle

: Part of the second regular collection of [[Micro-Changer]] [[Kreon]]s, Vehicon is a [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] mini-figure. He comes with extra parts to convert him into a car.

: This Collection was still in circulation at "dollar" stores and drug stores up through 2015. They eventually lost the individual-identifying bag codes, but other changes were hidden inside the bag. The 2015 releases replaced the 2x4 logo stand-brick with a new 3x4 logo plate. The Kreon was also given the slight [[retool]]ing to the arm seen in the 2014 Kreons, making the "cuff" parts more sharp-cornered and better adapted to being used as studs. Some of the add-on pieces may also be slightly off-color, possibly due to a change in factories in mid-production.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Micro-Changer Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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*'''Brick Box''' (2015)
**''Set number'': '''B2579'''
**''Pieces'': '''82'''
**''Accessories'': Scoped pistol, "Ultimate [[Dark Energon]] weapon" cannon part

:Part of the "red box" line for discount stores in the US like Dollar General and Big Lots, this "[[Brick Box]]" is just the "Decepticon Ambush" set repackaged and sold for a mere $5. Good deal! As with all the Brick Boxes, this set lacks the [[instructions|instruction manual]]. It does retain the decals for the ATV and light post, however.

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* '''Vehicon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2016)
**''Collection'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo plate, large rifle

:In 2016, Micro-Changers Collection 2 was re-released in a whole new production run for Dollar General stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released ''Kre-O'' sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.) Vehicon's [[tampograph]]s underwent a slight color change, replacing the light gray with shiny silver, changing the black Decepticon symbol to purple, and making the blue on his legs a darker shade.

:Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.

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===Adventure===
[[File:TAV28-Ground-Vehicon-General.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Ground Vehicon General''' (Deluxe, [[2015]]-[[September 19|09-19]])
**''ID number:'' '''TAV28'''
**''Accessories:'' Blaster

:Released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Japanese toyline|Adventure]]'' toyline, the Ground Vehicon General is a redeco of the ''Prime: Robots in Disguise'' car Vehicon mold in a silver color scheme based on the Jet Vehicon General. As ''Adventure'' doesn't make use of the Arms Micron gimmick, the General uses the Hasbro version of the mold without the added 5mm pegs and comes with the original blaster.

:The Ground Vehicon General features a scan-badge on its hood which is compatible with TakaraTomy's Transformers Adventure app.

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==Merchandise==

===Eaglemoss cards===
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==Notes==
[[File:DecepticonTroopers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Is this gonna happen every week?" "Pretty much."]]
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderVehicon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Vehicon: Code Red.]]
*The Vehicons were among the first ''Prime'' Transformers shown, in a preview clip from "Darkness Rising, Part 1" shown at [[San Diego Comic-Con|Comic-Con]] 2010: two Vehicons walk under a bridge and one shows its hand to the camera, before [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] arrives to heroically beat up the two guys who aren't doing anything.
*The Vehicons weren't referred to as such in the ''Prime'' cartoon until episode 59, "[[Plus One (Prime)|Plus One]]", only being referred to as "Decepticon Troopers" in the episodes prior to then. A single image on the [[The Hub|Hub]] website refers to a trooper as "Eradicon" instead, and closed captions refer to the troopers as such. Though, they have always been referred to as Vehicons in Titan Magazine's [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|''Prime'' comic]].
*While they have been referred to as mere drones, Vehicons do appear to be sentient somewhat. Voting for Knock Out to be brought in for Megatron's repairs, questioning Starscream's leadership, and even insulting the Insecticons. Another factor to consider is that the [[Spark extractor]] actually worked on them.
**At the Transformers Prime panel from [[San Diego Comic-Con]] International [[2013]] (included as a bonus feature on the [[Shout! Factory]] DVD release of [[Transformers:_Prime_(cartoon)#Season_3:_Beast_Hunters|Beast Hunters]]), an audience member asked if the Vehicons were meant to be drones or individuals. Apparently, season 2, episode 10 "[[Armada_(episode)|Armada]]" was [[authorial intent|meant]] to suggest the Vehicons' being [[Cloning|clones]], "birthed"{{sic}} similarly to [[Starscream_clone_(Prime)|Starscream's clones]], as [[personal canon|evidenced]] by the Vehicons having faceplates similar to the "mono-eyed" [[protoform]]s found aboard the ''[[Harbinger]]''.
*Vehicon body parts are available to use in the Hub website's ''[[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]]'' online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Vehicon parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop.
*Although officially the Vehicons aren't in ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'', many Decepticon foot soldiers look extremely similar to them. This can be seen in greater comparison when Optimus Prime finds decapitated Decepticon heads in [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s locker.
*''The Art of Prime'' revealed that originally the Vehicons were not going to speak, with the decision being made late in production, hence the lack of mouth.
*At [[BotCon 2012]], concept art for a Tank Vehicon and a Helicopter Vehicon was released. They have so far been used in ''[[Transformers: Prime - The Game]]'' along with a Truck version. They haven't been used anywhere else yet, which is unfortunate because they are ''awesome''.
*As of episode 54, "[[Scattered]]", the silver Jet Vehicon General types have been referred to as "[[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s" by both Starscream and the episode's end credits. Whether the same applies for the normal-colored, non-General Jet Vehicons hasn't been confirmed, though the end credits referred to one of those as a "Trooper" instead.
*Both the ground and air Vehicons' designs were later used in [[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More Than Meets the Eye'']] as generic members of the [[Titan Hunter]]s. The Vehicon design was also used for a [[Badgeless]] officer in the [[Choose Me|''Windblade'' Holiday Special]].
*It's questionable if Vehicons actually have optics or mouths behind their face. It turns out they have voice boxes. It's also qeustionable where they come from since there's so many of them.

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, the Vehicons have named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Sky Attack Mode''' (スカイアタックモード ''Sukai Atakku Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Gora, Gul, Noji
: The normal Vehicon's box-back Arms Up mode is just him using the [[Flame Cannon]]. Oooooh.

*'''Jet Attack Mode''' (ジェットアタックモード ''Jetto Atakku Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Gora, Igu, Zamu
: The Jet Vehicon's box-back Arms Up mode is simply him using the [[Debris Hammer]]. Yeah. Real elaborate.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vehicon''' (ビーコン ''Bīkon'')

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Scattershot (disambiguation)

2017-02-20T02:44:04Z

Transformerfan: /* Major Scattershots */

{{disambig}}
'Bots called '''Scattershot''' / '''Scattorshot''' tend to be packing some serious firepower.

==Major Scattershots==
<center><gallery widths="150px" heights="200px">
File:DWMTMTE Scattershot.jpg|[[Scattershot (G1)|"Generation 1" Scattershot]]
File:ScattorshotPromo01.jpg|[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Scattorshot]]
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Scattershots==
{{disamb|y=[[1987]]|[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] the [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] leader and Cybertronic gunship from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]], whose toys' names are sometimes spelled "Scattorshot" for [[trademark]] reasons.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2004]]|[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] the Autobot armored assault vehicle from ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'', sometimes spelled "Scattershot".}}
{{disamb|y=[[2009]]|[[Scattorshot (SG)|Scattorshot]] the evil Autobot [[Technobot (SG)|Technobot]] leader and Cybertronic gunship from ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2009|[[Scattorshot (ROTF)|Scattorshot]] the Autobot armored truck from ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2010]]|[[Scattershot (WFC)|Scattershot]] the Autobot tank from ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2010|[[Scattershot Major]], the Autobot from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2014]]|[[Scattershot (Kre-O)|Scattershot]], the name of two Autobots in ''[[Kre-O]]''.}}

==Not to be confused with...==
*[[Scattor (Armada)|Scattor]] the [[Night Attack Mini-Con Team]] missile truck from ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''.
*[[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] the [[Energon Saber]] Cybertronic plane from ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]''.
*[[Scattorbrain]] the [[Lunar Assault Mini-Con Team]] arctic tracker from ''Cybertron''.
*[[Sixshot|Other]] [[Six Shot|names]] [[Greatshot|containing]] [[Hot Shot (disambiguation)|the]] [[Big Shot|word]] "shot".

Scattershot (disambiguation)

2017-02-20T02:43:41Z

Transformerfan: /* Major Scattershots */

{{disambig}}
'Bots called '''Scattershot''' / '''Scattorshot''' tend to be packing some serious firepower.

==Major Scattershots==
<center><gallery widths="150px" heights="200px">
File:DWMTMTE Scattershot.jpg|[[Scattershot (G1)|"Generation 1" Scattershot]]
File:ScattorshotPromo01.jpg|[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Scattorshot]]
</gallery></center>
File:WFC_Scattorshot_bot.jp|[[Scattershot_WFC|"WFC" Scattershot]]

==Full list of Scattershots==
{{disamb|y=[[1987]]|[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] the [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] leader and Cybertronic gunship from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]], whose toys' names are sometimes spelled "Scattorshot" for [[trademark]] reasons.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2004]]|[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] the Autobot armored assault vehicle from ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'', sometimes spelled "Scattershot".}}
{{disamb|y=[[2009]]|[[Scattorshot (SG)|Scattorshot]] the evil Autobot [[Technobot (SG)|Technobot]] leader and Cybertronic gunship from ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2009|[[Scattorshot (ROTF)|Scattorshot]] the Autobot armored truck from ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2010]]|[[Scattershot (WFC)|Scattershot]] the Autobot tank from ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2010|[[Scattershot Major]], the Autobot from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2014]]|[[Scattershot (Kre-O)|Scattershot]], the name of two Autobots in ''[[Kre-O]]''.}}

==Not to be confused with...==
*[[Scattor (Armada)|Scattor]] the [[Night Attack Mini-Con Team]] missile truck from ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''.
*[[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] the [[Energon Saber]] Cybertronic plane from ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]''.
*[[Scattorbrain]] the [[Lunar Assault Mini-Con Team]] arctic tracker from ''Cybertron''.
*[[Sixshot|Other]] [[Six Shot|names]] [[Greatshot|containing]] [[Hot Shot (disambiguation)|the]] [[Big Shot|word]] "shot".

Humanization

2017-02-20T02:39:37Z

Transformerfan: /* Breathing */

Throughout the various Transformers [[canon]], there have been several instances of [[Transformer]]s with humanistic traits and having very [[human]] actions that possibly conflict with their status as mechanical robots. Many of these instances can be dismissed as stylistic choices by the artists or as gags not to be taken seriously.

==Glandular, digestive, and respiratory==
===Sweating===
[[File:LandsharkWOH-energondelivery.jpg|thumb]]

*In [[Prime Time!|issue twelve]] of the original [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel US comic]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] is seen leaking lubricant from his head during a stressful confrontation with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (as Shockwave points out), in a manner resembling sweating.
*Numerous times in the Marvel UK comic, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] can be seen "sweating".
*[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)]] and ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' featured Transformers displaying the traditional anime "sweat drop", a giant bead of liquid appearing at the side of the head to convey embarrassment or exasperation.
*[[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] sweatdrops upon seeing a particularly scary expression on [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]]'s face. {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}}
*[[Leozack]] sweatdrops oil when [[Landshark (G1)|Landshark]] attacks him. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

===Coughing===
*In the G1 episode "[[Roll for It]]", when the Autobots emerge from the ruins of a demolished [[antimatter]] laboratory, they are coughing.
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] coughs when [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] surrounds him with smoke.{{storylink|Triple Takeover}}
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] coughs while infected with Cosmic Rust. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}
*In "[[Call of the Primitives]]", a fiery blast from [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] causes both the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to cough.
*In ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] begins to cough for no reason while making a triumphant speech. Much like Powerglide's "heart", this could be a one-shot joke. He also coughs while sleeping, and when amidst the smoky remains of an electrical fire.
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] fake-coughed in the episode "[[Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege]]" of the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Machines'' cartoon]] to draw [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s attention to the matter of [[Noble (BM)|Noble]].
*In [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|the 2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] episode "[[Secret Weapon: D-5]]", [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]], and [[Dark Scream]] all cough after inhaling smoke.
*In the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' episode "[[Mortal Combat]]", right after Optimus Prime says "I wish I could accommodate you," he coughs silently.
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] visibly coughs after [[Sam Witwicky]] uses the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to restore him to life in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', even expelling what appears to be dust.
*In "[[Rock Bottom]]", [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] coughs after escaping the collapsed mine. Ironically, Bulkhead later claims ''in the same episode'' that Autobots don't need to breathe.
*[[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]] coughs once he activates himself in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''

===Breathing===
On ''[[Wikia:c:memory-alpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', it was explained that the android [[wikia:c:memory-alpha:Data|Data]]'s breathing served to cool his inner components, but mostly so that he doesn't appear unnatural to the humans he was designed to resemble. He also blinks for this reason. It could be argued that breathing serves the same "cooling" purpose in Transformers, as it is possible for their internal systems to overheat with use, but this explanation is always going to smack of desperation.

*In an ''Energon'' episode, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] instructs [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] that they have to synchronize their breathing before they can [[Powerlinx|powerlink]].
*At the climax of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] tries to strangle [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], complete with sounds of Hot Rod gagging and struggling to breathe. It's possible that Galvatron was trying to compress Hot Rod's neck until the Autobot's head popped off, but that isn't likely.
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], calling for help as a python constricts him, says he can't breathe. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}}
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] is shown to be breathing heavily after trying to chase down Blurr, even though he quips in a previous episode that not needing to breathe is useful for an Autobot. {{storylink|Velocity (episode)|Velocity}}
**Blurr did the same thing when he had completed running all the way back to Cybertron. {{storylink|TransWarped}}
*On the [[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream's]] breath can be seen due to condensation in the cold ship. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
*[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] breathes heavily as he runs in fear from [[Chaos (alien)|Chaos]] and the slave mines on [[Dread (planet)|Dread]]. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] is visibly breathing while in stasis. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}
*"[[A Team Effort]]" confirms that Transformers require ventilation airways in their neck to prevent system overheating, as when [[Charger]] strangles [[Roadgrabber]] in a fit of rage.
*When [[Vigil]] filled the atmosphere with a sleeping agent, [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] melodramatically held his breath until [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] assured him that the air was safe for Autobots to breathe. {{storylink|No Place Like Dome}} Air does not seem to be a requirement, however, as Rescue Bots operate perfectly well in space. {{storylink|Space Bots}} {{storylink|Unfinished Business}}
*The sound effect Optimus makes in this episode of Transformers Prime when smokecreen was with him (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scattered) is identical to a dying or a recovering person breathing in an oxygen mask, as if Optimus had lungs.

===Spitting===
*Throughout his term on the Marvel UK comic letters page, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] would regularly say "(Puttup)" after mentioning the Autobots or an Autobot's name to represent him spitting in disgust. This habit made an in-story appearance, with him spitting at [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]] despite his [[mouthplate]]. {{storylink|Second Generation!}}
*After [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] escapes from the Decepticons's New Jersey base via a sewer, he spits as he complains about their poor choice of back door.{{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}
*In the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Tangled Web]]", [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] "spits" after reissuing his challenge to tangle with [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]], despite the fact that, like Soundwave, he has no apparent mouth.
*In ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] repeatedly spits while talking to [[Sam Witwicky]] and his companions. [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] also has to spit his mouth clean after being blasted across a forest by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] spits thrice: once at Sam while in the [[Broadwater Metal Works]] foundry, again when he mentions Prime's name and lastly when facing down Sam in Chicago. [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] also spits, albeit for no real reason, when addressing Sam and the humans outside of [[Chicago]] in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]].''
*[[Galvatron II]] is seen spitting and drooling while explaining the situation.{{storylink|Out of Time!}} Both Megatron and Galvatron II are seen both spitting on each other. Gross!.{{storylink|Exodus!}}

===Crying===
[[File:Omega Supreme tears up.jpg|thumb|Tissue: desired.]]

*A twinkle of light that may not literally be a tear, but is clearly intended to imply one, can be seen in [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]'s eye at the end of "[[The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme]]".
*When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] dies in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] is seen to dab at her eyes.
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] told his colleagues he was about to "leak optical lubricant" when they wouldn't stop about giving up on [[Operation: Volcano]]. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}
*In "[[The Burden Hardest to Bear]]", [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] has tears falling from his eyes, presumably in pain, during his monstrous disfigurement after he gains the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]].
*There is a teardrop on young [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]]'s face after being beaten by Deathsaurus. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jan and Star Saber!}}
*At the end of "[[Heroic! The Victory War]]", some Decepticons are crying over their defeat.
*As he mourns his dead friend [[Snowstalker]] and decides he can never fight again, [[Tigatron]] cries a single tear in beast mode.
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] wiped a fake tear when [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] put on the heroic act. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}
*When pondering [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]'s fate in ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] is shown to shed a single tear from one of her spider eyes. This may be due to her technoganic nature though. {{storylink|Revelations Part I: Discovery}}
[[File:Bw2 ep6 twinwaterfalls.jpg|thumb|Surf's up—and I'm talkin' ''up''!]]
*Throughout ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]'' and [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|the 2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]], and occasionally in the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon, several characters are seen crying in hyperbolic anime fashion.
*Tears can be seen welling up in [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]'s eyes and falling to the ground in ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' as he mourns a fallen comrade.
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] told [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] to "cry him a river". {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}
*Ratchet ''actually'' cries tears of defeat when outwitted by Megatron. {{storylink|Warrior School!}}
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] cries over [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s death in [[The Art of War issue 5|''The Art of War'' #5]].
*In ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers: Animated]]'', [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] cries, though this "ability" could be part of her partially organic nature. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] cries after [[Sam Witwicky]] tells him cars are not allowed on campus, although he was exaggerating his sorrow and was likely deliberately leaking fluids to enhance the visual. ''{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}''
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] was crying in the corner for not being in the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]] game. [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] had to talk to him. Again. {{Storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12#Law and Disorder|Law and Disorder}}
*[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] sometimes manifests streams of light from his optics resembling tears. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon}}
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] cries after the death of [[Chela]]. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}}
{{note|In the IDW continuity, [[Authorial intent]] is that this is an overheating of the optical gauze covering their eyes.[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/396070452738535424]}}
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] was crying while watching a cowboys movie with [[Russell Clay|Russell]] and a childlike [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!}}
*Windblade cried after [[Maxima]]'s death. {{storylink|The Fall}}

===Eating===
[[File:Optimusprime-mom.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Probably contains [[energon goodie]]s in the shape of a happy face.]]

*There are references to [[Cybertronian food]].
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] has been known to eat Autobots as well as humans and other organics, despite not needing to do so to survive. Other Decepticons are disgusted by this practice.
*There are Pepsi and [[Destron Pizza|pizza]] in the refrigerator in [[Pepsi Convoy]]'s home.
*In ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', the Maximals and Predacons are shown to eat:
**[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] even displays something of a voracious appetite, eating rats and leaving webs to catch prey. At one point, he captures Cheetor and prepares to drain the Maximal's fluids, claiming that it is the act he prefers over the nourishment (which adds just another level of creepy to the already creepy Tarantulas). {{storylink|The Web}}
**[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] eats apples. {{storylink|The Web}}
**And garbage. {{storylink|The Web}}
**[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] eats a bird. {{storylink|Power Surge (episode)|Power Surge}}
**[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] eats [[Clone One|his clone]]. [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] remarks that he is "disgusting". {{storylink|Double Dinobot}}
**While suffering from an [[Energon discharge virus]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] eats wild beans to build up his power. This later ends disastrously for [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Low Road}}
*In ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] wants to eat the underground tree's fruit; [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] protests that "we don't eat food, we process [[energon]]—PERIOD!", but is overruled. {{storylink|Forbidden Fruit}}
*According to [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] eats [[Autobot]] [[Protoform]]s for breakfast. But of course that could just be a rumour. {{Storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}
*[[Brains]] is seen chewing on a screw, while [[Igor]] and the [[hatchling]]s are clearly shown to be ingesting minerals. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon (film)}}

===Flatulence===
*In the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[The Low Road]]", Rhinox lets out an extreme amount of flatulence after consuming wild bean vines. This could be due to Maximals having organic parts in their makeup.
*In the ''Beast Wars'' episode "[[Bad Spark]]", [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] also lets out flatulence, blaming it on a large buildup of energy from his [[Transmetal]] body.
*Just go watch ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. Happens every five minutes. You can set a clock by it.
*One of the [[Mini-Constructicon]]s "cuts one", causing the others to laugh and request someone to open a window in "[[Spotlight: Ramjet]]".

===Urination===
*[[Tasmania Kid]] urinates (in beast mode) to put out a fire.
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] performs a similar action on [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] by popping off his automobile oil filter in [[robot mode]]. Optimus Prime claims that 'Bee is just leaking [[lubricant]]s on him. Presumably, this action was inspired from witnessing a [[Mojo|similar incident]].
*[[Scoop (SG)|Scoop]] apparently urinates himself in [[Do Over]].
*In Beast Wars II, [[DJ (BWII)|DJ]] is known for wetting himself whenever he drinks too much oil.
*[[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]] claims that he "sprung a leak" after freaking out about [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]'s goal to take on [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}
*In Transformers Prime, when [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] shot at [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] to test an energy shield he retrieved, Knock Out claimed that the trauma caused him to "leak some transmission fluid." {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}
*A brain-damaged [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] "drains his tank" on the floor, much to the dismay and disgust of his fellow [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]]. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}}

===Defecation===
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] defecates on [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] in ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' from Marvel UK issue [[Robo-Capers issue 87|#87]].

===Use of bathrooms in general===
*In the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' short "[[Fixit Jam]]", [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] is at one point seen running into an outhouse. It isn't clear which of the previously covered wastes he needs to excrete.

===Blushing===
[[File:SeaChange Seaspray Blush.JPEG|thumb]]
*In the G1 episode "[[Sea Change]]", [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] has his whole face turn bright red, even before he jumps into the [[Well of Transformation]] and gets turned into a humanoid.
*''Transformers Animated'' Bumblebee has also been shown to be able to blush in a few episodes. {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}} {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}
*''Transformers Cybertron'' Override blushes when speaking to Lori, which is an indication of the character's original male gender in ''Galaxy Force''. {{storylink|Honor}}

===Intoxication===
*In the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]] episode "[[Microbots]]", the [[Decepticon]]s behaving in a noticeably intoxicated fashion after consuming high-grade [[energon]]. [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] refers to this as "over-energizing".
*In the UK comic, the [[Wrecker]]s frequent a "bar" on Cybertron called [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], where they consume high-grade energon, presumably for the purposes of getting intoxicated. [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing]] pay a visit to this establishment in a later story, and get so hammered that they don't even notice [[Quickswitch]] fighting with some [[Mecannibal]]s.
*In ''Beast Wars II'', [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] gets "drunk" on numerous occasions.
*In the ''Beast Wars II'' manga, [[Lio Convoy]] gets drunk once and messes up [[Apache]]'s room.{{storylink|Recover the Bonds Lost!}}
*The [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]] in ''Animated'', whose personalities are shout-outs to construction worker stereotypes, seem to drink oil the way humans drink beer. However, they never actually get drunk.
**However, the Autobots did feel dizzy after a mini Soundwave spiked the oil nog. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}

===Miscellaneous===
[[File:Cigarchomping.jpg|125px|thumb|You can't get the really good ones anymore thanks to Castrol.]]
*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] once gets a cold, causing him to cough and have a fever, in an issue of the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (manga)|''Victory'' manga]]. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jan and Star Saber!}}
*[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] got a bump on his head after being hit by Deathsaurus with a staff when they were young boys. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jan and Star Saber!}}
*In ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'', [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] chomps on a [[cy-gar|cy-]][[Cigar|gar]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron}}
*''Transformers Animated'' [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] has bandages wrapped around his middle after Sari is knocked out and the Autobots return to their base. {{storylink|TransWarped}}
*''Transformers Animated'' [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] wore a cast over his arm after being hit by a falling building. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

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==Body parts==
===Mouths/teeth/tongues===
{{Main|Teeth|Tongue|Mouthplate}}
*The [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon series]] is the only major piece of fiction to ''not'' present Transformers as possessing [[teeth]] and/or [[tongue]]s. The features appear in both the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] and [[Dreamwave Productions]] comics, [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (manga)|''The Battlestars'' manga]], the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' animated series (where teeth would even be knocked out on occasion), the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]], and the [[Unicron Trilogy]] cartoons and comics.
*In an episode of [[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]], [[Browning]] sticks his tongue out at [[Wilder (Masterforce)|Wilder]] and [[Bullhorn (Masterforce)|Bullhorn]] after they insult [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]].
*In the [[live-action film series]], the more human-like the robot, the more they are likely to have teeth. In the case of, say, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], his teeth are mechanical cubes overlaid on each other, while [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] has bona fide fangs. Optimus spits out a piece of his shattered faceplate in the second film, which is intended to resemble a boxer spitting out a tooth after a brutal match. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
*One of the most prevalent examples of this tradition is the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (manga)|''Kiss Players'' manga]], in which a [[Legion]] character is equipped with a distinctive prehensile (and phallic) tongue.

===Eyeballs/eyelashes===
[[File:AutoBerserk OptimusPrime closedeyes.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Oh, my eyes!!]]

*Most Transformers have eyes. They see with them.
*In the episode "[[Auto Berserk]]", Optimus Prime's eyes are closed (apparently to shield them against the smoke) much like a human's when the Autobots stagger out of the fire and smoke of the Negavator's destruction.
*While dying from life force depletion, [[Elita One]] occasionally closes her eyes. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] clench their eyes shut when their ship is grabbed by a claw. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}
*Cyclonus also closes his eyes when Galvatron is about to go through the [[Alya]] treatment and he cannot bear to watch. {{storylink|Webworld}}
*[[Lyzack (Victory)|Lyzack]] sports some pretty heavy-duty eyelashes for her brief appearance in the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (manga)|Victory]]'' manga. So does [[Esmeral (Victory)|Esmeral]]. {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] clenches his eyes shut when [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] shines blinding headlights in his face. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}
*In [[Spotlight: Hot Rod]], Hot Rod is shown to have what appears to be blast shields for his optics when he passes out after landing. Dealer's optics are mostly covered by his eyelids, so he looks half-passed out. ''Per an email query to IDW, their response is that Transformers do not have eyelids, that it's just artistic license.''
*The robots in the [[live-action film series]] have eyes designed to resemble cameras, enabling them to dilate and blink.
*''Animated'' [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] has eyelids. He also blinks frequently.
*The cyborg [[GoBots (franchise)|GoBots]], as portrayed in the animated cartoon, do in fact possess eyelids (when the eyes aren't covered by a visor) and frequently blink. Some also have visible pupils.
*Most robots in ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' possess camera-like eyes similar to those seen in the live-action films, which dilate, contract, and blink in a highly human-like fashion. Notably, they also replicate the involuntary saccades of the human eye when idle.

<center><gallery>
File:Esmeral-manga.jpg|She puts it on with a paint roller.
File:LyzackEyelashes01.jpg|About 15 gallons of mascara for those things.
File:HotRodOpticShields.jpg|Hey, wake up!
File:Dealerseyelids.jpg|Got munchies?
</gallery></center>

===Obesity===
[[File:AOE-HoundStuck.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|"911, what's the nature of your emergency?" "I'm looking at twenty tons of fat robot ass stuck in my window!"]]
Although Transformers come in all shapes and sizes anyway, some characters have particularly round appearances that suggest something equivalent to human obesity.

*In [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Grim Grams #94]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] mentioned that [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] weighs a little over 90 tons and "could stand to lose a little around the fuel storage system".
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] complained that the Decepticons had grown "fat and complacent" under [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s rule. {{storylink|Surrender!}}
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] is virtually as wide as he is tall and is depicted as extremely round, with very short, stubby legs. It gives him more than a passing resemblance to a heavily obese person, or at best one of those huge, flabby, off-season wrestlers.
*Much the same could be said of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Being big-chassised is no excuse to let yourself go.
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|''Animated'' Ratchet]] has a prominent gut that resembles a human paunch. Although ordinarily this might be considered merely a feature of his [[transformation scheme]] (ala [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]), he is specifically designed to be a crotchety "old man" character, and in flashback sequences to his younger days in the Great War, he notably ''lacks'' said paunch.
*[[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]]. Well, all the [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]], really, but seriously. It's kind of comically appropriate that the robots which do absolutely nothing but hang out and eat stuff all day are so roly-poly.
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] has a set of metal plates that form the front of his Alt mode forming a sort of "beer gut" on his abdomen. His buddy [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], a fat ballerina, is also pretty darn bulbous, and though it got him stuck in a building once, his weight doesn't really slow him down too much.

===Masculine characteristics===
====Facial hair====
{{Main|Facial hair}}
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Unicron]], and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] all sport "facial hair" in the G1 cartoon. In addition to that, ''Energon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]], the films' Optimus (who has a goatee), [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] and ''Animated''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]], [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]], and [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|the other Wreck-Gar]] all have varying amounts of facial hair. (The last of these was modeled after [["Weird Al" Yankovic|his voice actor's]] own, prior to his appearance's overhaul.) The ''Shattered Glass'' versions of [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus Prime]] also have "facial hair", probably as a homage to Evil [[Spock]]'s appearance in ''[[Star Trek]]''.
*Many characters in the live-action series have facial hair, like [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel]], and [[The Fallen]].

====Nuts, bolts, and screws====
[[File:LightfootDramaticEncounter Gilmer's injury.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Hit a Decepticon in its voonerables, he said, and you've killed it.]]
*[[Gilmer]] got rammed in his crotch by [[Lightfoot (Masterforce)|Lightfoot]], causing it to become red and Gilmer to clutch it, groaning he got "kicked in the balls". {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}}
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] kicks [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] in the groin, causing apparent pain and giving him a high-pitched voice. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}}
*[[Stampy (BWN)|Stampy]] once suggested a kick to the "unmentionables" as a workable battle tactic. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}
*[[Heinrad (BWN)|Heinrad]] has a set in [[Beast mode|tanuki mode]]. Since tanuki are known for their massive testicles, his equipment's existence actually makes sense.
*[[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]] interpreted the word "[[AllSpark Key|key]]" in "[[Wikipedia:Ghostbusters|keymaster]]" a little differently than [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] intended. {{storylink|Bee in the City}}
*[[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] has a pair of dangling wrecking balls in a... very unfortunate place. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
*[[Dickbot the blender guy|Blenderbot]] has a... well... [[:File:Appliancebots2.jpg|just look for yourself (NSFW?)]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
*In ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' one of [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s takedown animations has him kicking a Decepticon Sharpshooter in the crotch.
*The same animation is used for [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] in his fight with [[Sharpshot]] in ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark]]'' if the player chooses to preform a stealth takedown.

===Feminine characteristics===
[[File:CrossingtheRubicron-newbody.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|And her beast mode isn't even mammalian!]]
{{main|Female Transformer}}

====Breasts====
Some female Transformers, such as [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and [[Elita One]] (not to mention the ''other'' [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]]) have a protruding chest area that bears no apparent relation to their [[alternate mode|alt mode]] [[kibble]], but bears some vague resemblance to clothed human breasts, or a "monoboob", if you will. Some females even have two separate and even more distinctly rounded breast-like protuberances, particularly in their fictional depictions. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Antagony (BW)|Antagony]] and [[Beta (G1)|Beta]] all fall into this category. One, [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]], even has [[:File:ThunderblastBoobsAndNipples01.jpg|visible nipples]]. ''(You're going to look, aren't you...?)''

====Lips====
[[File:G1 Silverbolt cartoon.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Though not female, [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]'s got <s>sexy</s> nice lips.]]
Another common feature to denote gender in female Transformers is distinctly fuller, plumper lips than is standard, such as Blackarachnia's in ''Beast Wars''. Sometimes, however, they will additionally have red or otherwise different/darker coloration to their lips, with an evident similarity to human lipstick. Such paint-mouthed femmes include Blackarachnia in ''Beast Machines'', her [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|''Animated'' cousin]], and the [[Female Autobots|G1 Female Autobots]].

As far as males go, none of them have differently colored lips, but some do have noticeably thicker lips. Generation 1 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Orion Pax]], [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]], [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] and [[Shouki]], for instance, have lips that can easily compete with the females', as does [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|''Animated'' Optimus Prime]].

====Hips====
[[File:SpacePirates Arcee Bunsofsteel.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Dan Reed, you perv.]]

Alike to humans, many a female Transformer has a distinctly more curving hipstructure and sports smoother, more shapely thighs.

:''See also the '''[[Humanization#Sexuality|Sexuality]]''' section below.

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===Questionable body parts===
[[File:Powerglide heart.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Not [[Wikipedia:Astroboy|Astroboy]], we swear!]]

*Nearly all Transformers seem to possess noses for no discernible functional reason, ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' characters and movieverse [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] being exceptions. Movie [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] also notes that he can smell [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] when the latter is trying to escape from him, and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] remarks that he can "smell" [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]]. This would seem to imply that movieverse Transformers have a form of olfactory systems. The idea of noses is somewhat 'fixed' in ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers Prime]]'' by having the noses be a visible part of the robot's helmet as opposed to being part of their face.
*At the end of the G1 episode "[[The Girl Who Loved Powerglide]]", [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] is seen to have the LED outline of a cartoon heart within his chassis. This is somewhat nonsensical even within in the context of the show (the contents of Transformers chest cavities had been shown several times before), and is doubtless merely meant as a one-off sight gag.
*Although listed separately above, breasts and "nuts, bolts and screws" would also fit under this category quite well, seeing as there doesn't appear to be any use for them on Transformers, other than to show them off.
*''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' and its eyebrows... my God, the eyebrows...
*''Transformers: Prime'' also has Megatron (and sometimes other Decepticons) referring to consumed Dark Energon "flowing through my veins!" Whether they were being poetic, or if it was part of ''Prime's'' attempt to redefine the technobiological nature of the Transformers, is unknown.
*''Animated'' [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] have buttcracks.

;Brains
[[File:PredaBrain1.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Predaking: All brawn AND brains!]]

*[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] has an organic brain when he is sliced in half in the [[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|''Zone'' cartoon]].
*[[Unicron]] also has an organic brain in the G.I. Joe crossover, [[Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2|Black Horizon Part 2]]. Later handwaved by explaining that the particular Unicron in the crossover came from the [[universal stream]] Gargent 984.08 Alpha and had taken on an organic brain in a similar fashion as the native [[GoBots]].
*[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|''Dark of the Moon'']]'s Sentinel Prime seemed to have something in his head resembling a brain after Optimus executed him.
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==Other biological functions==
===Sleep===
*In the Marvel G1 comic, [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] plays a prank on [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] while he is in "rest mode." {{storylink|The Transformers Universe|Trailbreaker's ''Universe'' profile}} [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] falls asleep and dreams (or rather, has a nightmare), an experience Prime refers to as an "involuntary systems shutdown". {{storylink|Back from the Dead}} Kup later attempts to rouse a vision-struck Optimus Prime by urging him to "wake up"—then reminds himself that "we don't sleep!" {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}} When [[Donny Finkleberg]] remarks that unlike machines, humans need to rest, [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] informs him Transformers need to as well to conserve fuel. Skids also has an on/off button in his dashboard. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}
*In the [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|''The Headmasters'' cartoon]], [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] is able to use a form of hypnotism on the Autobots, which can include lulling them to sleep. In the [[Omni Productions]] dub, [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] notes the strangeness of a robot feeling sleepy.
*This ability is also shown by [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]] in the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|''Victory'' cartoon]].
*In ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', it has been firmly established that (perhaps partially due to their organic components), all Transformers within the cartoon sleep. Some prime examples of this are:
**Megatron has been shown to sleep in the command chair of the ''Darksyde'', while his dino head mounted on the end of his arm stays awake, looks around, and smiles slyly. Wonder what it thinks about...
**Cheetor has been shown asleep at many points, complete with (occasionally prophetic) dreams. In "[[Feral Scream Part 2]]", he also purrs when he's asleep. How cute!
**In "[[Call of the Wild]]", the Maximals are kept awake for two days by the Predacons' non-stop attacks on their base, which exacerbate their beast instincts overriding their logic circuits.
*In ''Beast Wars II'', [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] often nods off in a narcoleptic-like fashion.
*In the ''Beast Wars II'' manga, Lio Convoy sleeps and has a nightmare at one point.
*''Armada'' [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] is quite fond of catching forty winks when possible. [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] does the same on one occasion. Armada Megatron is also seen asleep twice in the episode "Rebellion".
*''Animated'' [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] enters a form of sleep he calls a "stasis nap", during which he gets several parking tickets. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}
*Also in ''Animated'', when the Autobots feel tired after drinking an oil-nog (which Soundwave had spiked), they decide to go to sleep, pardon, to take a stasis nap. [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] even yawns. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}
*[[Nightstrike]]'s screams put his victims in a sleep-like state, while also stimulating the "fear centers" of their [[processor]] and forcing them to have nightmares based on their worst fears. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}}
*[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] falls asleep and has a bad dream about the [[Dark Dawn]]. {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}}.

===Aging===
{{main|Life cycle}}
Some Transformers have been depicted as aging.

*[[File:Alpha Trion through the epochs.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]][[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] has been depicted in three different eras: 11 million years in the past, 9 million years in the past, and the present day. Though his [[character model]] undergoes many changes, his facial hair changes seem to mimic human aging. In his (chronologically) earliest depiction, he has a small black mustache. In his second depiction, his mustache has turned white. By the modern era, he sports a long mustache and beard.

*The [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]] was so old that his body needed a regular energy supply to keep him functioning. {{storylink|State Games}}

[[File:MangaYoungDeathyStarSaber.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Young and Innocent]]
*[[Xaaron]] couldn't transform anymore because he was old.

*In an issue of the Marvel UK G1 comics, Kup's systems are going to shut down because he is too old.

*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] and [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] are depicted in flashbacks as "child" Transformers, complete with childlike temperaments. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jan and Star Saber!}}

*[[Cohrada]] is depicted as "child" in his flashback in the issue "[[A Battle Fought Alone]]".

*Movieverse [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] has a cane and is rusting. Some parts even fall off him when he transforms! However, he states that the reason for his decrepit condition is not just that he is very, very old, but mainly due to the fact that his Energon supplies are very low.

*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] claimed to have been a classic car when he was younger, and a tricycle when he was even younger in [[Sideburn's Obsession]]. While he was lying, his story was plausible enough for [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]]. On the other hand, Slapper is an idiot.

*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] states to have grown up on [[Luna 1]] in the short "[[The Tragedy of Slipstream]]" and is even depicted as a child in flashback.

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===Sexuality===
[[File:Sideburnhearts.jpg|thumb|Sorry, Side Burn, I don't think Wedge rolls that way.]]
{{Main|Transformer romance|Reproduction}}

One of the most controversial aspects of Transformers is the idea of sexuality. While it is established in most continuities that Transformers do not reproduce sexually, most continuities nonetheless have distinctive male and [[Female Transformer|female characters]] and sometimes drops a hint Transformers may engage in (recreational) sex.

The [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]] brought the first official female Transformers into the canon, including [[Elita One]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. The characters are noticeably more feminine in design and some have clearly defined romantic relationships with male Transformers. In contrast, such relations between two individuals of the same gender are [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|virtually]] [[Airazor (BW)#Gender|unheard]] of, outside of the IDW continuity, where it's [[Conjunx Endura|commonly accepted]].

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==Accents==
{{Main|Accent}}

==Notes==
[[File:TFLegends-ElitaOne-Before&After.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|LMAO.]]
*[[Mobage]] wound up on the wrong end of the "feminine characteristics" conversation over [[Elita One]]'s character art in the [[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|''Transformers Legends'']] game. The initial art featured what can only be described as a "boobs and butt" pose, complete with shiny pink "underboob" and a very defined gluteal region. Following outcry from users, the game art was modified to a less obviously sultry version.

==See also==
*[[:Category:Transformer anatomy|Transformer anatomy]]
*[[Anatomic euphemism]]
*[[Relatives]]
*[[Transformer clothing|Clothing]]

==External links==
*[http://transfans.co.uk/comics_guide_detail.php?id=106&page=5 Transformers #94 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]

[[Category:Transformer anatomy]]

Humanization

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Transformerfan: /* Breathing */

Throughout the various Transformers [[canon]], there have been several instances of [[Transformer]]s with humanistic traits and having very [[human]] actions that possibly conflict with their status as mechanical robots. Many of these instances can be dismissed as stylistic choices by the artists or as gags not to be taken seriously.

==Glandular, digestive, and respiratory==
===Sweating===
[[File:LandsharkWOH-energondelivery.jpg|thumb]]

*In [[Prime Time!|issue twelve]] of the original [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel US comic]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] is seen leaking lubricant from his head during a stressful confrontation with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (as Shockwave points out), in a manner resembling sweating.
*Numerous times in the Marvel UK comic, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] can be seen "sweating".
*[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)]] and ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' featured Transformers displaying the traditional anime "sweat drop", a giant bead of liquid appearing at the side of the head to convey embarrassment or exasperation.
*[[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] sweatdrops upon seeing a particularly scary expression on [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]]'s face. {{storylink|Ambush (episode)|Ambush}}
*[[Leozack]] sweatdrops oil when [[Landshark (G1)|Landshark]] attacks him. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

===Coughing===
*In the G1 episode "[[Roll for It]]", when the Autobots emerge from the ruins of a demolished [[antimatter]] laboratory, they are coughing.
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] coughs when [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] surrounds him with smoke.{{storylink|Triple Takeover}}
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] coughs while infected with Cosmic Rust. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}
*In "[[Call of the Primitives]]", a fiery blast from [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] causes both the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to cough.
*In ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] begins to cough for no reason while making a triumphant speech. Much like Powerglide's "heart", this could be a one-shot joke. He also coughs while sleeping, and when amidst the smoky remains of an electrical fire.
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] fake-coughed in the episode "[[Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege]]" of the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Machines'' cartoon]] to draw [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s attention to the matter of [[Noble (BM)|Noble]].
*In [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|the 2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] episode "[[Secret Weapon: D-5]]", [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]], and [[Dark Scream]] all cough after inhaling smoke.
*In the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' episode "[[Mortal Combat]]", right after Optimus Prime says "I wish I could accommodate you," he coughs silently.
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] visibly coughs after [[Sam Witwicky]] uses the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to restore him to life in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', even expelling what appears to be dust.
*In "[[Rock Bottom]]", [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] coughs after escaping the collapsed mine. Ironically, Bulkhead later claims ''in the same episode'' that Autobots don't need to breathe.
*[[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]] coughs once he activates himself in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''

===Breathing===
On ''[[Wikia:c:memory-alpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', it was explained that the android [[wikia:c:memory-alpha:Data|Data]]'s breathing served to cool his inner components, but mostly so that he doesn't appear unnatural to the humans he was designed to resemble. He also blinks for this reason. It could be argued that breathing serves the same "cooling" purpose in Transformers, as it is possible for their internal systems to overheat with use, but this explanation is always going to smack of desperation.

*In an ''Energon'' episode, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] instructs [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] that they have to synchronize their breathing before they can [[Powerlinx|powerlink]].
*At the climax of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] tries to strangle [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], complete with sounds of Hot Rod gagging and struggling to breathe. It's possible that Galvatron was trying to compress Hot Rod's neck until the Autobot's head popped off, but that isn't likely.
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], calling for help as a python constricts him, says he can't breathe. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}}
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] is shown to be breathing heavily after trying to chase down Blurr, even though he quips in a previous episode that not needing to breathe is useful for an Autobot. {{storylink|Velocity (episode)|Velocity}}
**Blurr did the same thing when he had completed running all the way back to Cybertron. {{storylink|TransWarped}}
*On the [[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream's]] breath can be seen due to condensation in the cold ship. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
*[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] breathes heavily as he runs in fear from [[Chaos (alien)|Chaos]] and the slave mines on [[Dread (planet)|Dread]]. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] is visibly breathing while in stasis. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}
*"[[A Team Effort]]" confirms that Transformers require ventilation airways in their neck to prevent system overheating, as when [[Charger]] strangles [[Roadgrabber]] in a fit of rage.
*When [[Vigil]] filled the atmosphere with a sleeping agent, [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] melodramatically held his breath until [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] assured him that the air was safe for Autobots to breathe. {{storylink|No Place Like Dome}} Air does not seem to be a requirement, however, as Rescue Bots operate perfectly well in space. {{storylink|Space Bots}} {{storylink|Unfinished Business}}
*The sound effect Optimus makes in this episode of Transformers Prime: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scattered is identical to a dying or a recovering person breathing in an oxygen mask, as if Optimus had lungs.

===Spitting===
*Throughout his term on the Marvel UK comic letters page, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] would regularly say "(Puttup)" after mentioning the Autobots or an Autobot's name to represent him spitting in disgust. This habit made an in-story appearance, with him spitting at [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]] despite his [[mouthplate]]. {{storylink|Second Generation!}}
*After [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] escapes from the Decepticons's New Jersey base via a sewer, he spits as he complains about their poor choice of back door.{{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}
*In the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Tangled Web]]", [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] "spits" after reissuing his challenge to tangle with [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]], despite the fact that, like Soundwave, he has no apparent mouth.
*In ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] repeatedly spits while talking to [[Sam Witwicky]] and his companions. [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] also has to spit his mouth clean after being blasted across a forest by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] spits thrice: once at Sam while in the [[Broadwater Metal Works]] foundry, again when he mentions Prime's name and lastly when facing down Sam in Chicago. [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] also spits, albeit for no real reason, when addressing Sam and the humans outside of [[Chicago]] in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]].''
*[[Galvatron II]] is seen spitting and drooling while explaining the situation.{{storylink|Out of Time!}} Both Megatron and Galvatron II are seen both spitting on each other. Gross!.{{storylink|Exodus!}}

===Crying===
[[File:Omega Supreme tears up.jpg|thumb|Tissue: desired.]]

*A twinkle of light that may not literally be a tear, but is clearly intended to imply one, can be seen in [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]'s eye at the end of "[[The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme]]".
*When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] dies in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] is seen to dab at her eyes.
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] told his colleagues he was about to "leak optical lubricant" when they wouldn't stop about giving up on [[Operation: Volcano]]. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}
*In "[[The Burden Hardest to Bear]]", [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] has tears falling from his eyes, presumably in pain, during his monstrous disfigurement after he gains the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]].
*There is a teardrop on young [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]]'s face after being beaten by Deathsaurus. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jan and Star Saber!}}
*At the end of "[[Heroic! The Victory War]]", some Decepticons are crying over their defeat.
*As he mourns his dead friend [[Snowstalker]] and decides he can never fight again, [[Tigatron]] cries a single tear in beast mode.
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] wiped a fake tear when [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] put on the heroic act. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}
*When pondering [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]'s fate in ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] is shown to shed a single tear from one of her spider eyes. This may be due to her technoganic nature though. {{storylink|Revelations Part I: Discovery}}
[[File:Bw2 ep6 twinwaterfalls.jpg|thumb|Surf's up—and I'm talkin' ''up''!]]
*Throughout ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]'' and [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|the 2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]], and occasionally in the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon, several characters are seen crying in hyperbolic anime fashion.
*Tears can be seen welling up in [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]'s eyes and falling to the ground in ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' as he mourns a fallen comrade.
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] told [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] to "cry him a river". {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}
*Ratchet ''actually'' cries tears of defeat when outwitted by Megatron. {{storylink|Warrior School!}}
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] cries over [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s death in [[The Art of War issue 5|''The Art of War'' #5]].
*In ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers: Animated]]'', [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] cries, though this "ability" could be part of her partially organic nature. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] cries after [[Sam Witwicky]] tells him cars are not allowed on campus, although he was exaggerating his sorrow and was likely deliberately leaking fluids to enhance the visual. ''{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}''
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] was crying in the corner for not being in the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]] game. [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] had to talk to him. Again. {{Storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12#Law and Disorder|Law and Disorder}}
*[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] sometimes manifests streams of light from his optics resembling tears. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon}}
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] cries after the death of [[Chela]]. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}}
{{note|In the IDW continuity, [[Authorial intent]] is that this is an overheating of the optical gauze covering their eyes.[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/396070452738535424]}}
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] was crying while watching a cowboys movie with [[Russell Clay|Russell]] and a childlike [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!}}
*Windblade cried after [[Maxima]]'s death. {{storylink|The Fall}}

===Eating===
[[File:Optimusprime-mom.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Probably contains [[energon goodie]]s in the shape of a happy face.]]

*There are references to [[Cybertronian food]].
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] has been known to eat Autobots as well as humans and other organics, despite not needing to do so to survive. Other Decepticons are disgusted by this practice.
*There are Pepsi and [[Destron Pizza|pizza]] in the refrigerator in [[Pepsi Convoy]]'s home.
*In ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', the Maximals and Predacons are shown to eat:
**[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] even displays something of a voracious appetite, eating rats and leaving webs to catch prey. At one point, he captures Cheetor and prepares to drain the Maximal's fluids, claiming that it is the act he prefers over the nourishment (which adds just another level of creepy to the already creepy Tarantulas). {{storylink|The Web}}
**[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] eats apples. {{storylink|The Web}}
**And garbage. {{storylink|The Web}}
**[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] eats a bird. {{storylink|Power Surge (episode)|Power Surge}}
**[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] eats [[Clone One|his clone]]. [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] remarks that he is "disgusting". {{storylink|Double Dinobot}}
**While suffering from an [[Energon discharge virus]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] eats wild beans to build up his power. This later ends disastrously for [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Low Road}}
*In ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] wants to eat the underground tree's fruit; [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] protests that "we don't eat food, we process [[energon]]—PERIOD!", but is overruled. {{storylink|Forbidden Fruit}}
*According to [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] eats [[Autobot]] [[Protoform]]s for breakfast. But of course that could just be a rumour. {{Storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}
*[[Brains]] is seen chewing on a screw, while [[Igor]] and the [[hatchling]]s are clearly shown to be ingesting minerals. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon (film)}}

===Flatulence===
*In the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[The Low Road]]", Rhinox lets out an extreme amount of flatulence after consuming wild bean vines. This could be due to Maximals having organic parts in their makeup.
*In the ''Beast Wars'' episode "[[Bad Spark]]", [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] also lets out flatulence, blaming it on a large buildup of energy from his [[Transmetal]] body.
*Just go watch ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. Happens every five minutes. You can set a clock by it.
*One of the [[Mini-Constructicon]]s "cuts one", causing the others to laugh and request someone to open a window in "[[Spotlight: Ramjet]]".

===Urination===
*[[Tasmania Kid]] urinates (in beast mode) to put out a fire.
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] performs a similar action on [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] by popping off his automobile oil filter in [[robot mode]]. Optimus Prime claims that 'Bee is just leaking [[lubricant]]s on him. Presumably, this action was inspired from witnessing a [[Mojo|similar incident]].
*[[Scoop (SG)|Scoop]] apparently urinates himself in [[Do Over]].
*In Beast Wars II, [[DJ (BWII)|DJ]] is known for wetting himself whenever he drinks too much oil.
*[[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]] claims that he "sprung a leak" after freaking out about [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]'s goal to take on [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}
*In Transformers Prime, when [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] shot at [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] to test an energy shield he retrieved, Knock Out claimed that the trauma caused him to "leak some transmission fluid." {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}
*A brain-damaged [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] "drains his tank" on the floor, much to the dismay and disgust of his fellow [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]]. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}}

===Defecation===
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] defecates on [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] in ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' from Marvel UK issue [[Robo-Capers issue 87|#87]].

===Use of bathrooms in general===
*In the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' short "[[Fixit Jam]]", [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] is at one point seen running into an outhouse. It isn't clear which of the previously covered wastes he needs to excrete.

===Blushing===
[[File:SeaChange Seaspray Blush.JPEG|thumb]]
*In the G1 episode "[[Sea Change]]", [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] has his whole face turn bright red, even before he jumps into the [[Well of Transformation]] and gets turned into a humanoid.
*''Transformers Animated'' Bumblebee has also been shown to be able to blush in a few episodes. {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}} {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}
*''Transformers Cybertron'' Override blushes when speaking to Lori, which is an indication of the character's original male gender in ''Galaxy Force''. {{storylink|Honor}}

===Intoxication===
*In the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]] episode "[[Microbots]]", the [[Decepticon]]s behaving in a noticeably intoxicated fashion after consuming high-grade [[energon]]. [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] refers to this as "over-energizing".
*In the UK comic, the [[Wrecker]]s frequent a "bar" on Cybertron called [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], where they consume high-grade energon, presumably for the purposes of getting intoxicated. [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing]] pay a visit to this establishment in a later story, and get so hammered that they don't even notice [[Quickswitch]] fighting with some [[Mecannibal]]s.
*In ''Beast Wars II'', [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] gets "drunk" on numerous occasions.
*In the ''Beast Wars II'' manga, [[Lio Convoy]] gets drunk once and messes up [[Apache]]'s room.{{storylink|Recover the Bonds Lost!}}
*The [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]] in ''Animated'', whose personalities are shout-outs to construction worker stereotypes, seem to drink oil the way humans drink beer. However, they never actually get drunk.
**However, the Autobots did feel dizzy after a mini Soundwave spiked the oil nog. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}

===Miscellaneous===
[[File:Cigarchomping.jpg|125px|thumb|You can't get the really good ones anymore thanks to Castrol.]]
*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] once gets a cold, causing him to cough and have a fever, in an issue of the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (manga)|''Victory'' manga]]. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jan and Star Saber!}}
*[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] got a bump on his head after being hit by Deathsaurus with a staff when they were young boys. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jan and Star Saber!}}
*In ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'', [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] chomps on a [[cy-gar|cy-]][[Cigar|gar]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron}}
*''Transformers Animated'' [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] has bandages wrapped around his middle after Sari is knocked out and the Autobots return to their base. {{storylink|TransWarped}}
*''Transformers Animated'' [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] wore a cast over his arm after being hit by a falling building. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

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==Body parts==
===Mouths/teeth/tongues===
{{Main|Teeth|Tongue|Mouthplate}}
*The [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon series]] is the only major piece of fiction to ''not'' present Transformers as possessing [[teeth]] and/or [[tongue]]s. The features appear in both the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] and [[Dreamwave Productions]] comics, [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (manga)|''The Battlestars'' manga]], the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' animated series (where teeth would even be knocked out on occasion), the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]], and the [[Unicron Trilogy]] cartoons and comics.
*In an episode of [[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]], [[Browning]] sticks his tongue out at [[Wilder (Masterforce)|Wilder]] and [[Bullhorn (Masterforce)|Bullhorn]] after they insult [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]].
*In the [[live-action film series]], the more human-like the robot, the more they are likely to have teeth. In the case of, say, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], his teeth are mechanical cubes overlaid on each other, while [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] has bona fide fangs. Optimus spits out a piece of his shattered faceplate in the second film, which is intended to resemble a boxer spitting out a tooth after a brutal match. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
*One of the most prevalent examples of this tradition is the [[Transformers: Kiss Players (manga)|''Kiss Players'' manga]], in which a [[Legion]] character is equipped with a distinctive prehensile (and phallic) tongue.

===Eyeballs/eyelashes===
[[File:AutoBerserk OptimusPrime closedeyes.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Oh, my eyes!!]]

*Most Transformers have eyes. They see with them.
*In the episode "[[Auto Berserk]]", Optimus Prime's eyes are closed (apparently to shield them against the smoke) much like a human's when the Autobots stagger out of the fire and smoke of the Negavator's destruction.
*While dying from life force depletion, [[Elita One]] occasionally closes her eyes. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] clench their eyes shut when their ship is grabbed by a claw. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}
*Cyclonus also closes his eyes when Galvatron is about to go through the [[Alya]] treatment and he cannot bear to watch. {{storylink|Webworld}}
*[[Lyzack (Victory)|Lyzack]] sports some pretty heavy-duty eyelashes for her brief appearance in the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (manga)|Victory]]'' manga. So does [[Esmeral (Victory)|Esmeral]]. {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] clenches his eyes shut when [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] shines blinding headlights in his face. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}
*In [[Spotlight: Hot Rod]], Hot Rod is shown to have what appears to be blast shields for his optics when he passes out after landing. Dealer's optics are mostly covered by his eyelids, so he looks half-passed out. ''Per an email query to IDW, their response is that Transformers do not have eyelids, that it's just artistic license.''
*The robots in the [[live-action film series]] have eyes designed to resemble cameras, enabling them to dilate and blink.
*''Animated'' [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] has eyelids. He also blinks frequently.
*The cyborg [[GoBots (franchise)|GoBots]], as portrayed in the animated cartoon, do in fact possess eyelids (when the eyes aren't covered by a visor) and frequently blink. Some also have visible pupils.
*Most robots in ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' possess camera-like eyes similar to those seen in the live-action films, which dilate, contract, and blink in a highly human-like fashion. Notably, they also replicate the involuntary saccades of the human eye when idle.

<center><gallery>
File:Esmeral-manga.jpg|She puts it on with a paint roller.
File:LyzackEyelashes01.jpg|About 15 gallons of mascara for those things.
File:HotRodOpticShields.jpg|Hey, wake up!
File:Dealerseyelids.jpg|Got munchies?
</gallery></center>

===Obesity===
[[File:AOE-HoundStuck.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|"911, what's the nature of your emergency?" "I'm looking at twenty tons of fat robot ass stuck in my window!"]]
Although Transformers come in all shapes and sizes anyway, some characters have particularly round appearances that suggest something equivalent to human obesity.

*In [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Grim Grams #94]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] mentioned that [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] weighs a little over 90 tons and "could stand to lose a little around the fuel storage system".
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] complained that the Decepticons had grown "fat and complacent" under [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s rule. {{storylink|Surrender!}}
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] is virtually as wide as he is tall and is depicted as extremely round, with very short, stubby legs. It gives him more than a passing resemblance to a heavily obese person, or at best one of those huge, flabby, off-season wrestlers.
*Much the same could be said of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Being big-chassised is no excuse to let yourself go.
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|''Animated'' Ratchet]] has a prominent gut that resembles a human paunch. Although ordinarily this might be considered merely a feature of his [[transformation scheme]] (ala [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]), he is specifically designed to be a crotchety "old man" character, and in flashback sequences to his younger days in the Great War, he notably ''lacks'' said paunch.
*[[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]]. Well, all the [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]], really, but seriously. It's kind of comically appropriate that the robots which do absolutely nothing but hang out and eat stuff all day are so roly-poly.
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] has a set of metal plates that form the front of his Alt mode forming a sort of "beer gut" on his abdomen. His buddy [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], a fat ballerina, is also pretty darn bulbous, and though it got him stuck in a building once, his weight doesn't really slow him down too much.

===Masculine characteristics===
====Facial hair====
{{Main|Facial hair}}
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Unicron]], and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] all sport "facial hair" in the G1 cartoon. In addition to that, ''Energon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]], the films' Optimus (who has a goatee), [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] and ''Animated''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]], [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]], and [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|the other Wreck-Gar]] all have varying amounts of facial hair. (The last of these was modeled after [["Weird Al" Yankovic|his voice actor's]] own, prior to his appearance's overhaul.) The ''Shattered Glass'' versions of [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus Prime]] also have "facial hair", probably as a homage to Evil [[Spock]]'s appearance in ''[[Star Trek]]''.
*Many characters in the live-action series have facial hair, like [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel]], and [[The Fallen]].

====Nuts, bolts, and screws====
[[File:LightfootDramaticEncounter Gilmer's injury.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Hit a Decepticon in its voonerables, he said, and you've killed it.]]
*[[Gilmer]] got rammed in his crotch by [[Lightfoot (Masterforce)|Lightfoot]], causing it to become red and Gilmer to clutch it, groaning he got "kicked in the balls". {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}}
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] kicks [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] in the groin, causing apparent pain and giving him a high-pitched voice. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}}
*[[Stampy (BWN)|Stampy]] once suggested a kick to the "unmentionables" as a workable battle tactic. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}
*[[Heinrad (BWN)|Heinrad]] has a set in [[Beast mode|tanuki mode]]. Since tanuki are known for their massive testicles, his equipment's existence actually makes sense.
*[[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]] interpreted the word "[[AllSpark Key|key]]" in "[[Wikipedia:Ghostbusters|keymaster]]" a little differently than [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] intended. {{storylink|Bee in the City}}
*[[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] has a pair of dangling wrecking balls in a... very unfortunate place. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
*[[Dickbot the blender guy|Blenderbot]] has a... well... [[:File:Appliancebots2.jpg|just look for yourself (NSFW?)]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
*In ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' one of [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s takedown animations has him kicking a Decepticon Sharpshooter in the crotch.
*The same animation is used for [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] in his fight with [[Sharpshot]] in ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark]]'' if the player chooses to preform a stealth takedown.

===Feminine characteristics===
[[File:CrossingtheRubicron-newbody.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|And her beast mode isn't even mammalian!]]
{{main|Female Transformer}}

====Breasts====
Some female Transformers, such as [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and [[Elita One]] (not to mention the ''other'' [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]]) have a protruding chest area that bears no apparent relation to their [[alternate mode|alt mode]] [[kibble]], but bears some vague resemblance to clothed human breasts, or a "monoboob", if you will. Some females even have two separate and even more distinctly rounded breast-like protuberances, particularly in their fictional depictions. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Antagony (BW)|Antagony]] and [[Beta (G1)|Beta]] all fall into this category. One, [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]], even has [[:File:ThunderblastBoobsAndNipples01.jpg|visible nipples]]. ''(You're going to look, aren't you...?)''

====Lips====
[[File:G1 Silverbolt cartoon.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Though not female, [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]'s got <s>sexy</s> nice lips.]]
Another common feature to denote gender in female Transformers is distinctly fuller, plumper lips than is standard, such as Blackarachnia's in ''Beast Wars''. Sometimes, however, they will additionally have red or otherwise different/darker coloration to their lips, with an evident similarity to human lipstick. Such paint-mouthed femmes include Blackarachnia in ''Beast Machines'', her [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|''Animated'' cousin]], and the [[Female Autobots|G1 Female Autobots]].

As far as males go, none of them have differently colored lips, but some do have noticeably thicker lips. Generation 1 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Orion Pax]], [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]], [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] and [[Shouki]], for instance, have lips that can easily compete with the females', as does [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|''Animated'' Optimus Prime]].

====Hips====
[[File:SpacePirates Arcee Bunsofsteel.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Dan Reed, you perv.]]

Alike to humans, many a female Transformer has a distinctly more curving hipstructure and sports smoother, more shapely thighs.

:''See also the '''[[Humanization#Sexuality|Sexuality]]''' section below.

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===Questionable body parts===
[[File:Powerglide heart.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Not [[Wikipedia:Astroboy|Astroboy]], we swear!]]

*Nearly all Transformers seem to possess noses for no discernible functional reason, ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' characters and movieverse [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] being exceptions. Movie [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] also notes that he can smell [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] when the latter is trying to escape from him, and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] remarks that he can "smell" [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]]. This would seem to imply that movieverse Transformers have a form of olfactory systems. The idea of noses is somewhat 'fixed' in ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers Prime]]'' by having the noses be a visible part of the robot's helmet as opposed to being part of their face.
*At the end of the G1 episode "[[The Girl Who Loved Powerglide]]", [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] is seen to have the LED outline of a cartoon heart within his chassis. This is somewhat nonsensical even within in the context of the show (the contents of Transformers chest cavities had been shown several times before), and is doubtless merely meant as a one-off sight gag.
*Although listed separately above, breasts and "nuts, bolts and screws" would also fit under this category quite well, seeing as there doesn't appear to be any use for them on Transformers, other than to show them off.
*''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' and its eyebrows... my God, the eyebrows...
*''Transformers: Prime'' also has Megatron (and sometimes other Decepticons) referring to consumed Dark Energon "flowing through my veins!" Whether they were being poetic, or if it was part of ''Prime's'' attempt to redefine the technobiological nature of the Transformers, is unknown.
*''Animated'' [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] have buttcracks.

;Brains
[[File:PredaBrain1.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Predaking: All brawn AND brains!]]

*[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] has an organic brain when he is sliced in half in the [[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|''Zone'' cartoon]].
*[[Unicron]] also has an organic brain in the G.I. Joe crossover, [[Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2|Black Horizon Part 2]]. Later handwaved by explaining that the particular Unicron in the crossover came from the [[universal stream]] Gargent 984.08 Alpha and had taken on an organic brain in a similar fashion as the native [[GoBots]].
*[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|''Dark of the Moon'']]'s Sentinel Prime seemed to have something in his head resembling a brain after Optimus executed him.
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==Other biological functions==
===Sleep===
*In the Marvel G1 comic, [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] plays a prank on [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] while he is in "rest mode." {{storylink|The Transformers Universe|Trailbreaker's ''Universe'' profile}} [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] falls asleep and dreams (or rather, has a nightmare), an experience Prime refers to as an "involuntary systems shutdown". {{storylink|Back from the Dead}} Kup later attempts to rouse a vision-struck Optimus Prime by urging him to "wake up"—then reminds himself that "we don't sleep!" {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}} When [[Donny Finkleberg]] remarks that unlike machines, humans need to rest, [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] informs him Transformers need to as well to conserve fuel. Skids also has an on/off button in his dashboard. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}
*In the [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|''The Headmasters'' cartoon]], [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] is able to use a form of hypnotism on the Autobots, which can include lulling them to sleep. In the [[Omni Productions]] dub, [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] notes the strangeness of a robot feeling sleepy.
*This ability is also shown by [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]] in the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|''Victory'' cartoon]].
*In ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', it has been firmly established that (perhaps partially due to their organic components), all Transformers within the cartoon sleep. Some prime examples of this are:
**Megatron has been shown to sleep in the command chair of the ''Darksyde'', while his dino head mounted on the end of his arm stays awake, looks around, and smiles slyly. Wonder what it thinks about...
**Cheetor has been shown asleep at many points, complete with (occasionally prophetic) dreams. In "[[Feral Scream Part 2]]", he also purrs when he's asleep. How cute!
**In "[[Call of the Wild]]", the Maximals are kept awake for two days by the Predacons' non-stop attacks on their base, which exacerbate their beast instincts overriding their logic circuits.
*In ''Beast Wars II'', [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] often nods off in a narcoleptic-like fashion.
*In the ''Beast Wars II'' manga, Lio Convoy sleeps and has a nightmare at one point.
*''Armada'' [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] is quite fond of catching forty winks when possible. [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] does the same on one occasion. Armada Megatron is also seen asleep twice in the episode "Rebellion".
*''Animated'' [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] enters a form of sleep he calls a "stasis nap", during which he gets several parking tickets. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}
*Also in ''Animated'', when the Autobots feel tired after drinking an oil-nog (which Soundwave had spiked), they decide to go to sleep, pardon, to take a stasis nap. [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] even yawns. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}
*[[Nightstrike]]'s screams put his victims in a sleep-like state, while also stimulating the "fear centers" of their [[processor]] and forcing them to have nightmares based on their worst fears. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}}
*[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]] falls asleep and has a bad dream about the [[Dark Dawn]]. {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}}.

===Aging===
{{main|Life cycle}}
Some Transformers have been depicted as aging.

*[[File:Alpha Trion through the epochs.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]][[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] has been depicted in three different eras: 11 million years in the past, 9 million years in the past, and the present day. Though his [[character model]] undergoes many changes, his facial hair changes seem to mimic human aging. In his (chronologically) earliest depiction, he has a small black mustache. In his second depiction, his mustache has turned white. By the modern era, he sports a long mustache and beard.

*The [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]] was so old that his body needed a regular energy supply to keep him functioning. {{storylink|State Games}}

[[File:MangaYoungDeathyStarSaber.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Young and Innocent]]
*[[Xaaron]] couldn't transform anymore because he was old.

*In an issue of the Marvel UK G1 comics, Kup's systems are going to shut down because he is too old.

*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] and [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] are depicted in flashbacks as "child" Transformers, complete with childlike temperaments. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jan and Star Saber!}}

*[[Cohrada]] is depicted as "child" in his flashback in the issue "[[A Battle Fought Alone]]".

*Movieverse [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] has a cane and is rusting. Some parts even fall off him when he transforms! However, he states that the reason for his decrepit condition is not just that he is very, very old, but mainly due to the fact that his Energon supplies are very low.

*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] claimed to have been a classic car when he was younger, and a tricycle when he was even younger in [[Sideburn's Obsession]]. While he was lying, his story was plausible enough for [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]]. On the other hand, Slapper is an idiot.

*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] states to have grown up on [[Luna 1]] in the short "[[The Tragedy of Slipstream]]" and is even depicted as a child in flashback.

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===Sexuality===
[[File:Sideburnhearts.jpg|thumb|Sorry, Side Burn, I don't think Wedge rolls that way.]]
{{Main|Transformer romance|Reproduction}}

One of the most controversial aspects of Transformers is the idea of sexuality. While it is established in most continuities that Transformers do not reproduce sexually, most continuities nonetheless have distinctive male and [[Female Transformer|female characters]] and sometimes drops a hint Transformers may engage in (recreational) sex.

The [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]] brought the first official female Transformers into the canon, including [[Elita One]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. The characters are noticeably more feminine in design and some have clearly defined romantic relationships with male Transformers. In contrast, such relations between two individuals of the same gender are [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|virtually]] [[Airazor (BW)#Gender|unheard]] of, outside of the IDW continuity, where it's [[Conjunx Endura|commonly accepted]].

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==Accents==
{{Main|Accent}}

==Notes==
[[File:TFLegends-ElitaOne-Before&After.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|LMAO.]]
*[[Mobage]] wound up on the wrong end of the "feminine characteristics" conversation over [[Elita One]]'s character art in the [[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|''Transformers Legends'']] game. The initial art featured what can only be described as a "boobs and butt" pose, complete with shiny pink "underboob" and a very defined gluteal region. Following outcry from users, the game art was modified to a less obviously sultry version.

==See also==
*[[:Category:Transformer anatomy|Transformer anatomy]]
*[[Anatomic euphemism]]
*[[Relatives]]
*[[Transformer clothing|Clothing]]

==External links==
*[http://transfans.co.uk/comics_guide_detail.php?id=106&page=5 Transformers #94 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]

[[Category:Transformer anatomy]]

The Human Factor

2017-02-20T02:33:05Z

Transformerfan: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the episode of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]''|the story originally published in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (Marvel US)]] #68|The Human Factor!}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 45
|prev=New Recruit
|next=Legacy (episode)
|image=TheHumanFactor Cylas and Megatron.jpg
|caption=Soundwave! Tell [[Frankenstein|Dr. Frankenstein]] he forgot something!
|title="The Human Factor"
|airdate=[[September 14]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Bob Skir|Robert N. Skir]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''After Silas is integrated into Breakdown's body, he approaches Megatron with a plan to join the Decepticon ranks.'''

==Synopsis==
In a [[MECH]] base, a small team of surgeons and technicians hook [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]]'s reassembled remains up to their computer and infuse them with electricity and Energon. Breakdown awakens, only it's not Breakdown—MECH has implanted [[Silas]] within the Decepticon's corpse. Silas is impressed with their ingenuity, but decides that, as he is no longer human, he no longer needs their services, and slaughters them.

[[Image:TheHumanFactorCylas.jpg|thumb|left|250px| [[Brainmaster|BRAIN SET!]]]]
Some time later, Silas drives up to the entrance to a military facility, stopping at the gate to introduce himself. Meanwhile in the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]], [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] are trying to encourage [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] to keep up his recuperation, despite the Wrecker's belief that he is being replaced. [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] suggests he uses the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]] for extra strength and power, but Bulkhead sees it as a crutch and knocks it aside, causing it to damage the computer system. As Ratchet grumbles over the negative atmosphere, [[Jack Darby|Jack]] talks with [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] on the phone and is surprised to learn that Raf's been grounded for his slipping grades.

[[Image:TPrime-Season2Ep19-The_Human_Factor_-_COL_Leland_Bishop.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Would you buy a used Decepticon from this man?]]
The Decepticons on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', namely [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]], are likewise surprised when Breakdown's signal shows up on their scanners. Knock Out and some [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] are sent to investigate and find the military base wrecked. Moments after they arrive, what appears to be Breakdown strides out of the smoke. In response to the Decepticons' reaction to his marred appearance, "Breakdown" asks in Silas's voice to be taken to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]].

[[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] briefs the Autobots on the theft of the [[Project Damocles]] satellite apparently by Breakdown assisted by a human whom Fowler believes is Silas. Ratchet strongly dismisses the idea of Decepticons and humans pairing together, rebuffed only by Jack's reasoning of the alliance working for the Autobots. Aboard the warship, Megatron is introduced to the Breakdown/Silas combo, now calling himself Cylas: "Cybernetic Life Augmented by Symbiosis". Though Megatron is disgusted by such an abomination and Knock Out is keen to dissect Cylas as revenge for Breakdown's torture and the subsequent desecration of his body, the MECH commander wants to strike a deal with the Decepticons and offers the Damocles weapon as a token of friendship, telling him it's the best he has to offer. As Fowler's briefing in the Autobot base ends, the Autobots realize they must protect the satellite's interface codes, currently stored on servers in [[Colorado]].

[[Image:TheHumanFactorDamoclesInAction.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''I SEND THE THUNDER FROM THE SKY'' ''I SEND THE FIRE RAINING DOWN'']]
[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] has already gotten to the Colorado base, clearing it using a recording of Fowler's voice, and by the time the Autobots get there, the place is already heavily guarded by Decepticons. Cylas points out to Megatron that since Soundwave is now connected to the mainframe, he can operate the satellite. The Damocles satellite is duly launched from the ''Nemesis'', and Soundwave starts targeting the Autobots on the ground. His first shot narrowly misses Smokescreen, and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] contacts base for backup. Bulkhead is ready to go but Ratchet stops him as Optimus is actually after ''technical'' help to disable the satellite. Ratchet decides Raf is required for this mission and so Raf gets unexpected visitors in the form of Fowler, Miko and Jack.

While the Autobots try to keep Soundwave distracted, Bulkhead attempts to talk Ratchet into sending him to help. Ratchet finally concedes, but has his own ideas. While Raf works on a way to crash the satellite and Fowler tries to work out a way to get to the toilet without Raf's mom seeing, the Decepticons detect Raf's hacking attempt. When they track the source to [[Jasper]], Megatron sends Cylas to deal with the matter, despite Cylas's chagrin. Cylas soon hauls up outside Raf's house and takes aim, only for Bulkhead to come barreling down the street and slam him into a nearby drainage canal. After a tense reintroduction, Bulkhead realizes his opponent is not Breakdown — and is shocked to find that it is actually Silas/Cylas operating the Con's body. The pair start fighting, but Bulkhead's weakness quickly begins to show.

[[Image:TheHumanFactorProjectDamocles.jpg|thumb|right|250px| It's a bird! It's a plane! It's none of the above!]]
Ratchet contacts Optimus who is still running from the Damocles beam, to report that Bulkhead needs backup. Indeed, the Wrecker is still not operating fully and not doing well against Cylas, but the addition of Smokescreen to the fight helps. Megatron, impatient at Cylas's failure, orders Soundwave to target the source of the hack. The Autobots take advantage of the cessation of the Damocles attack to try to storm the command center. The kids, meanwhile, see that the satellite has moved and is now aiming at them. Raf manages to get the satellite's thrusters under his control, and the shot does little more than knock the corner off the [[KO Burger]] sign before the satellite starts reentry. Their celebration is interrupted by Raf's mom, but luckily they break out the "study group" defense. Meanwhile, the Autobots break into the command center in time to see Soundwave leaving. Elsewhere, Cylas begins to lose his fight and is called back to the ''Nemesis''. Bulkhead and Smokescreen see the satellite's reentry and congratulate each other.

Back on the ship, Megatron announces that Cylas has earned his place at the table—Knock Out's dissection table, that is—explaining that the MECH commander was correct about the human factor tipping the war's scales, but in the Autobots' favor. Cylas is then zapped from behind and dragged away for "study", much to his fearful displeasure and Knock Out's delight.

==Featured characters==
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*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (7)
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (8)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (17)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (18)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (19)

|c2=
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (12)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (14)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (15)

|c3=
*[[MECH Commando]]s (1)
*[[MECH Surgeon]] (2)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (6)
*[[Jack Darby]] (9)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (10)
*[[Raf's mom]] (11)
*[[William Fowler]] (16)

|c4=
*[[Silas|Cylas]] (4)
}}

==Quotes==
"Thank you all for your dedication and a life time of service. But I now seem more suited to keep the exclusive company... of titans"
:—'''"Cylas"''' before killing his own men. Cold.

"Bulkhead! I ''needed'' that!"
:—'''Ratchet''' ''still'' hasn't learned that saying that phrase won't change anything.

'''Jack''': You've got to be kidding, Raf! You of all people, grounded? 
'''Raf''': Big time. I misplaced some homework and blew a couple of tests. 
'''Miko''': Translation, A- instead of A.
:—'''Miko''' thinks '''Raf''' is Mr. Perfect when it comes to school, unlike herself.

"Breakdown may act the brute, but he's a maestro behind a rotary buffer!"
:—'''Knock Out''' gives us his little secret for auto-detailing - a pal skilled with a rotary buffer.

"This is the human who dissected Breakdown!" 
''*Knock Out activates his circular saw*'' 
"Please, my liege, allow me to return the favor."
:—'''Knock Out''', finally confirming the fans' belief that he ''does'' care about his former partner.

"Megatron, relax." 
''*Megatron glares at Cylas*'' 
"''Lord'' Megatron."
:—'''Cylas''' learns that Megatron doesn't want to be his friend.

"What? No! If my mom sees you..." 
"Relax, I trained in covert ops." 
"I don't care if you were trained by a ninja! My mom has eyes in the back of ''your'' head."
:—'''Raf''' tells '''Agent Fowler''' why he can't use the restroom.

"FYI, you're low on T.P."
:— Somehow '''Agent Fowler''' found a way to use the restroom discretely.

"Looks like [[Silas|someone's]] big plan just burned up in re-entry." 
(''Bulkhead and Smokescreen give each other a high five'') 
"For the record, I studied every one of the Wreckers' battles." 
"There's hope for you yet. Newbie." 
:—'''Bulkhead''' and '''Smokescreen''' earn each other's respect.

'''Megatron''': Cylas, you have earned your place at the table. 
'''Cylas''': Lord Megatron, I am honored. 
'''Megatron''': Knock Out's dissection table! 
'''Knock Out''': Breakdown would be tickled.
:—Well, '''Knock Out''' finally got ''his'' wish.

"He will be a fascinating case for study." 
"I will leave no fiber or ''fiber optic'' unexamined."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Knock Out''' get a new science project.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*On the same screen as Breakdown's image, the map of the United States shows the state of Louisiana inside Texas, with an empty spot where it's supposed to be. The same map error reappears when Soundwave begins operating the Damocles satellite.
*When Cylas targets Raf's house, he initially zooms in on one of the front windows, but the view showing the room's occupants is of one of the side windows.
*The final shot of the satellite fires parallel to Raf's house. To do this, the satellite would have to be in position below the equator. When it fires, it is shown to be above North America, and burns up in the skies above Jasper not long after. In addition, the beam is constant, even though it should be changing position with the satellite.

===Continuity errors===
*When Knock Out detects Breakdown's signal, the image of Breakdown on the screen shows his current appearance, when logically the last image they should have had on file would be one with his optic patch. However, this may not be a mistake, since it is unclear how such images are obtained in the first place. Cybertronian self-portraits may well update themselves, much like real life technology is capable of similar things.
*Raf's house, previously seen in "[[Out of His Head]]", now has a lamp post in the pavement in front of it.

===Continuity notes===
*The base in which Silas is revived is the same one used in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".
*During Cylas's revival, one of the console's screens depicts the blueprints shown during Breakdown's dissection during "[[Operation: Breakdown]]".
*MECH was preparing to save Silas using Breakdown's corpse at the end of "[[Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime]]".
*Silas refers to his merger with Breakdown's corpse as "the perfect meld of man and machine", the same line he used to describe [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] in its eponymous episode.
*Smokescreen offers Bulkhead the use of the Apex Armor, which he took from Starscream in the [[New Recruit|previous episode]]. Bulkhead's resentment of the newbie also started in that episode, but he seems to have resolved it by this one's end.
*Bulkhead uses the [[Cybertronian sport#Lobbing|lobbing]] ball from "[[Con Job]]" as a medicine ball.
*Cylas uses his real name (Leland Bishop) to introduce himself to the guard at the military base, which was first revealed by Fowler in the episode "[[Grill]]". Likewise, Project Damocles was first mentioned in that episode.
*After taking crippling injuries in "[[Toxicity]]", Bulkhead is finally well enough to go out in the field. He's far from 100%, but he can put up a fight.
*Knock Out references the events of "[[Operation: Breakdown]]" and wants vengeance for it.
*The place in which Cylas, Bulkhead and Smokescreen fight is the same place Arcee and Bumblebee engaged the Vehicons back in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]", and it is shown to be - as Raf said in that episode - "right up the street" from Raf's house.
*Before fighting Bulkhead, Cylas states that the former will never again interfere with his operations, which references "Operation: Breakdown".
*Soundwave displays the picture he took of Jack, Miko, and Raf back in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]".


===Transformers references===
*This isn't the [[Autobot Spike|first time]] a human mind was placed in a robot body to preserve it.
*Nor is this the [[Novo|first MECH operative]] who would control a mechanical body.
*Nor is it the [[Attack from Outer Space|first]] [[Crisis (Armada)|time]] the Decepticons attempted to target Autobots from space.
*Silas/Cylas' position in [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown's]] corpse is nearly identical to where the [[Brainmaster]]s merge with their [[Transtector]]s.

===Real-world references===
*The surging electricity and twitching hand during Silas' revival reflects toward the animation of [[Frankenstein's monster]].
*The missing-eye appearance on Breakdown's face resembles that of the ''Terminator''.
*Cylas' request of "take me to your leader" is a stereotypical phrase used in early sci-fi movies involving aliens arriving to Earth from another world.
*The satellite's name, Damocles, refers to the ancient anecdote referred to as "[[wikipedia:Damocles|the Sword of Damocles]]". Fittingly, the satellite itself resembles the hilt of a sword (with the laser as its "blade").

===Trivia===
*Aww, Knock Out is willing to avenge Breakdown.
*We learn Raf's full name in this episode.
*Silas tells Knock Out to "Take me to your leader." A term, ironically, that is known for being quoted by aliens to humans.
*One of Silas' biological eyes appears to be permanently dilated, known medically as [[wikipedia:Anisocoria|anisocoria]]. Not only does it match Breakdown's uneven eye look, a permanently dilated pupil can also be a sign of serious cranial injury.
*It's ironic that someone like Silas, who has spent most of his time and activity dissecting Autobots and Decepticons just to see how they tick, ends up becoming someone else's experiment instead. Especially since it's Knock Out who's doing the operating! (More ironically in Hong Kong, Knock Out and Silas's Cantonese dubber is the same person.)
*Silas renaming himself Cylas ("Cybernetic Life Augmented by Symbiosis") is reflected in the end credits.
*The episode title is also a song by the band Metal Church. Along with Toxicity, Speed Metal and possibly Hurt, it would appear someone on the episode naming team is a big heavy metal fan.
*It's unknown why Raf's mother's face was hidden and only part of her hair and face was shown.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der menschliche Faktor'''" ("The Human Factor")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 16|16 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jinzō Henkei! Kaettekita Hakai Senshi'''" (人造変形!帰ってきた破壊戦士, "Manmade Transformation! The Warrior of Destruction is Back")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 9|9 February]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Fator Humano'''" ("The Human Factor")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 27|27 June]] [[2013]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Human Factor}}
[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Convoy (episode)

2017-02-20T02:29:43Z

Transformerfan: /* Trivia */

{{disambig3|Convoy}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 9
|prev=Con Job
|next=Deus ex Machina
|image=TFP Convoy highway hijack.jpg
|caption=Ain't it a beautiful sight?
|title="Convoy"
|airdate=[[March 4]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Joseph Kuhr]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''The Autobots assist Fowler with transporting a nuclear device.'''

==Synopsis==
The Autobots get an angry call from [[William Fowler|Fowler]]. [[Fowler's V-tol|His plane]]'s been shot down while transporting the hi-tech [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]], or the "Dingus", a volatile nuclear device, and he needs help in completing his mission. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] says that using the [[GroundBridge]] to transport it would be too dangerous, so instead they'll have to take it by road. They soon have it loaded into a [[trailer]] which Prime starts hauling, with [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] as an escort. Fowler's disappointed he doesn't get to drive. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and the kids monitor their journey from [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]].

Optimus is irritated by Fowler's enthusiasm with the horn. Unknown to any of them, the convoy is being observed by a helicopter. Fowler and Optimus are discussing whether there was any evil on Earth before the Decepticons came, when they spot the helicopter, which Fowler believes is a [[Decepticon]]. Five green sportscars move in on the convoy, but Optimus warns everyone to maintain their cover and stay in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]. Ratchet's surprised that they're not showing up on his sensors. All is made clear when one of the cars draws level with Optimus's cab, and a masked human aims a gun at Fowler. Optimus orders the other Autobots to use non-lethal force only. Bumblebee knocks one of the cars, flipping it over, but another drives up alongside Optimus. One of the masked goons climbs onto Optimus and starts attempting to sever the trailer. After Prime knocks the car off the mountainside road, Fowler climbs out and grabs the masked goon, but loses him before he can start the interrogation.
[[File:Prime-Silas.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|I want this mission high and tight. I wanna be home for dinner.]]
The fellow in the helicopter makes contact over the walkie and introduces himself as [[Silas]], part of the [[MECH]] organization, who intend to steal the Dingus for their own use. One of the cars pulls up behind Optimus and the MECH goons blow the trailer's back door open, only for [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to jump out in motorcycle mode and flip their car, causing it to explode. While Optimus warns Fowler not to take Silas lightly (due to [[Megatron (WFC)|personal experience]]), Ratchet informs them they're nearing the rendezvous point.

On the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] has intercepted the communications, and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] sends a bunch of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] to join the party.

The Autobots reach the rendezvous point and duck into a rail tunnel alongside a train. Bulkhead seals off the incoming end. A short time later, they and the train emerge from the other end of the tunnel, and Silas continues to follow the Autobots. As luck would have it, the Vehicons take this opportunity to appear and open fire on the convoy. The Autobots avoid getting hit, but Prime's trailer is shaken loose and explodes. The Vehicons transform and move in, forcing Optimus to inform Fowler that they're going to have to break cover to survive. Silas observes the fight and notes that the rumors he's heard of living technology are true. He lets Fowler know that he's aware the Dingus was transferred onto the train while the Autobots were in the tunnel, and the helicopter moves off to intercept the cargo. Unfortunately, while Fowler's giving Optimus the bad news, the Autobot leader takes a tree trunk to the face and falls off a nearby cliff.

The kids have a frantic discussion about a plan B. [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]]'s in favor of Ratchet ground-bridging the kids onto the train so they can fight the MECH goons. With [[Raf Esquivel|Raf's]] help, [[Jack Darby|Jack]] and Miko are soon on the train. As the MECH helicopter tries to land on top of the train, Raf flips a point switch to make the train go off along another line. In response, the helicopter's pilot hacks Raf's laptop, causing it to short out. On the second try, the helicopter lands atop the carriage the Dingus is in, and the MECH guys start cutting through the carriage roof.

Not far away, the Autobots continue their fight with the Vehicons. Optimus comes around and sees the train in trouble.
[[File:Convoy-trainstop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|More powerful than a locomotive!]]
Miko and Jack grab weapons, which they wave at the MECH guys when the ceiling's opened. Back in the chopper, Silas spots Optimus running alongside and sounds a retreat. As the helicopter heads away, he fires a missile and takes out the track ahead of the train. Due to Raf's laptop being out of commission, Ratchet no longer has the train's coordinates and can't bridge the kids out. They prepare to jump, but Optimus [[Maximum overdrive|zooms past]], grabs the front of the train and brings it to a halt in the nick of time. Hovering in the helicopter nearby, Silas promises that next time the playing field will be leveled. Optimus reports back to Ratchet that the kids and the Dingus are safe, but notes that a new player has entered the game...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (3)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (4)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (9)

|c2=
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (14)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (15)

|c3=
*[[William Fowler]] (1)
*[[Jack Darby]] (5)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (6)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (7)
*[[MECH]] goons (10)
*[[Silas]] (11)
*[[MECH Navigator]] (12)

}}

==Quotes==
"Ah-ah, no need, Agent Fowler. I will handle the driving." 
"It's going to be a long trip."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' lets '''Agent Fowler''' in on his no-touch policy.

"Agent Fowler. Is that really necessary?" 
"Oh, don't tell me you're one of them 'textbook drivers'."
:— '''Optimus Prime''' isn't very keen on '''Agent Fowler's''' use of the horn.

"How about some radio? You seem like a Nashville sound kinda guy."
:—'''Agent Fowler''' to Optimus Prime.

"That's the one! The 'Con who shot me down! Who is he? Wingnut? Dingbat? Skyguy?"
:—'''Fowler''' shares some awesome Transformer name ideas.

"Gentlemen, stop their engines."
:—'''Silas'''

"Is that so? Tell me, Sy, what's the market price for a Dingus these days?" 
"What makes you think we intend to sell it, Agent Fowler?"
:—'''Agent Fowler''' and '''Silas''' discussing the value of Fowler's Dingus.

"After a long road trip, feels good to get out of the car, stretch my legs, and kick some tailpipe!"
:—'''Bulkhead''', the reigning king of one-liners.

"You want me to not only bridge you into a confined space, but one traveling at 90 miles per hour? I can't even count the number of things that can go wrong—mass displacement trauma, twisted limbs, metal burn!... Well, maybe not the last one."
:—Overly-attached '''Ratchet''' to the kids.

"First rule of combat: Never leave the enemy with the spoils."
:—'''Silas'''

"Maximum overdrive!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' coining a new catchphrase.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* While Silas delivers his last line, the straps that cross his chest clip into each other.
* At the beginning of the episode, when Ratchet asks Agent Fowler why Starscream would bother with "such primitive technology" (i.e., the Dingus), a small light can be seen inside his open mouth, as if the light coming from his left optic sensor can be seen through it.
* When the Autobots first transform in front of the platoon of Eradicon Jets and reveal themselves to MECH in the process, there is no plateau near their right side to safely place Fowler on, but in the very next shot, it is right next to them, even though the Autobots never moved from their position.

===Continuity errors===
[[File:Convoy-kablooie.jpg|thumb|upright|"I used minimum force. That was the minimum force necessary to ensure they ''never bother us again.''"]]
* The Autobots have a curious definition of "minimum force". During the short battle, they flip over three cars and blow up a fourth. The latter most likely killed the passengers. It's amazing the others came out unharmed, considering one was hanging out of the sunroof of his car at the time.
** The force could be justified by the Autobots being used to fighting Decepticons; the destructive blows they land on MECH's cars ''would'' be little more than a deterrent to the Vehicons. Even after they identify their pursuers as humans, the 'Bots might just not know how to limit their strength enough to avoid totaling MECH's vehicles.
* On the monitor inside the Autobot base, the fork is shown to be on the right side of the rails. When the scene changes to show the running train, it is shown to be on the left.
* The number of MECH cars is somewhat inconsistent, as are their positions. Three cars initially pull up behind and to the sides of Bulkhead. An additional car appears to replace the one that pulls ahead to block Bumblebee, and another appears to replace the one that pulls up to Optimus' driver side to force him to pull over. When the Autobots begin applying force, the car that was in front of Bumblebee has moved to Optimus' passenger side. After this, four of the pursuing cars are dispatched through various means, leaving only one, yet three cars are chasing the Autobots when they reach the train tunnel. The cars vanish from the story completely after this.
* Silas deems the Autobots' use of the train tunnel a tactical error because it only has one exit, but then makes no effort to stop them on the other side.
* In the beginning of the episode Optimus tells Fowler he will handle the driving but later on in the episode we see Fowler driving. It might be that Agent Fowler just kept his hands on the steering wheel or that Optimus was just being kind.

===Continuity notes===
*The plane Fowler was transporting the Dingus on is the same one he had in "[[Masters & Students]]". And he's ''still'' flying without any kind of pilot gear on. Dude is ''hard core''.
*Miko makes reference to that episode when she follows up Fowler's comment that he had been shot out of the sky with an "again?"

===Transformers references===
*Optimus's [[trailer]] is adorned with the same paint scheme as his [[Optimus Prime (G1)|''Generation 1'' counterpart]]'s [[Combat Deck (G1)|trailer]].

===Real-world references===
* This episode is the first in ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' to feature a reproduction of an actual real-world vehicle: The locomotive depicted hauling the 'Phase II' train is a very accurate model of a four-axle GP series model produced in La Grange, Illinois (Later London, Ontario) by [[wikipedia:Electro-Motive Diesel|Electro-Motive Diesel]].

===Trivia===
*The train set piece germinated from [[Alex Kurtzman]]'s desire to have a Train Transformer, which would have been too expensive.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Pb3MeUDdY Roundtable interview with ''Prime'' staff at BotCon 2011]</ref>
*The fact that the Autobots were battling humans rather than Decepticons - a not insignificant twist in the plot - was spoiled by the next-episode preview shown during the Hub's airing of "Con Job". What is this, [[Ultra Magnus Dies!!|Japan?]]
*As was previously featured in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]", this episode features an Autobot transforming while carrying a human passenger. Fowler somehow ends up sitting in Optimus's hand rather than inside him, though.
[[File:JackFireExtinguisherMikoAxe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|So I married an axe murderer.]]
*On board the train, Jack and Miko each pick a "weapon" of choice to face the MECH goons. Appropriately, Miko happens to take an axe, like she did [[Darkness Rising, Part 5|to face Soundwave's tentacle]], while Jack takes a [[fire extinguisher]], like he did [[Scrapheap (episode)|a couple of episodes ago]].
*When Jack and Miko grab the fire extinguisher and the fire axe to fight MECH, they apparently forget that there is a gun on the floor, dropped by the immobilized soldier. However, neither (presumably) has had firearms training, and it's unlikely that Optimus would appreciate trigger-happy allies.
*Silas' attempt to destroy the Dingus at the end of the episode seems a bit reckless, given its nuclear core. However, there's no indication he's aware of just how nasty that thing going up would be; when the decoy trailer goes up, the MECH pilot merely indicates there's no detectable radiation. If they knew about the five-state irradiation deal, they'd probably be just a ''wee'' bit more on edge and wondering why they weren't dead.
*This episode ''might'' imply that Jack has feelings for Miko. So far, however, it seems to be kinda one-sided. But Miko was seen a few times grabbing Jack's arm.
*This episode may contain human [[death]]. After Arcee jumps off one of MECH's vehicles, it rolls right into another vehicle and the two explode. No humans are seen exiting the vehicles during the accident, so it is likely that they perish in the explosion.
*This episode is the first to feature a human enemy to the Cybertronians (both Autobots and Decepticons). However, they do not meet the leader, Silas, until much later; the Autobots only hear him speak this episode.
*Adaptations of this episode include a prose version in ''[[Optimus Under Threat]]'' titled "Off the Rails", and a storybook version for younger readers as ''[[Optimus Prime and the Secret Mission]]''.
*It's odd that a piece of a vehicon can be seen on top of Bulkhead when all the Vehicon's grab him to keep him hostage. Maybe the Vehicon was on top of him?

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Konvoi'''" ("Convoy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 25|25 November]] [[2011]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Konvoj'''" ("Convoy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 19|19 January]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Pengamanan Senjata Penghancuran Masal'''" ("Saving of the Weapon of Mass Destruction")
:*''Original airdate:'' 12 September [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Convoglio'''" ("Convoy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 22|22 October]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' '''Bōsō Henkei! Dingus o Mamore!''' (暴走変形!ディンガスを守れ!, ''Reckless Transformation! Protect the Dingus!'')
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 2|2 June]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hosong Jakjeon'''" (호송 작전, "Operation Convoy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 26|26 September]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 15|15 December]] [[2011]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Comboio'''" ("The Convoy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 4|4 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 2|2 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Convoy'''" ("Convoy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 29|29 October]] [[2011]]

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Nemesis Prime (episode)

2017-02-20T02:24:45Z

Transformerfan: /* Continuity Errors */

{{disambig3|Nemesis Prime}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 34
|prev=Crossfire
|next=Grill
|image=NemesisPrime-NemesisPrime.jpg
|caption=The first person to suggest [[A Prime Problem|a race]] gets banned.
|title="Nemesis Prime"
|airdate=[[April 7]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[David McDermott]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''When Optimus Prime appears to attack Agent Fowler, the Autobots discover MECH's ultimate plan.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:NemesisPrime truck vs car.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Pardon me, coming through..."]]
[[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] drives out of a military base, listening to [[The Touch|a few tunes]], when a semi truck begins to tailgate him too close for comfort. He realizes that it's more than a case of road rage when the truck rams him. Fowler notices a familiar symbol on his attacker's grille-the [[Autobot]] [[insignia|symbol]]. He contacts the Autobot base, where [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] is not present. The apparent Optimus Prime continues to attack, and as Fowler comes upon a bridge, he pushes his car through the divider, where it hangs precariously. The Autobots receive his message and bridge in, causing Prime to flee and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to give chase. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] catches Fowler's car as it falls, but the bumper detaches, and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] catches it before it hits the ground. Arcee comes upon Optimus, but is knocked out when he runs her over.

The next thing she knows, she's back at base, being checked up on. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] doubts Arcee's assertion that Optimus ran her down, and the big 'bot arrives at base. The team goes on guard, but as Optimus offers proof that he's been at an underground energon site, the team stands down.

[[Image:NemesisPrime Nemesis Prime truck in base.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Trust doesn't rust, but trucks do.]]
The other "Optimus" drives full speed into [[Alden Military Base]], wrecking helicopters and prompting chase until he stops. As soldiers surround him and open the door to find no driver, he transforms, and aims a weapon at them. Speaking in Prime's own voice, the double clearly announces himself as Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, before laying waste to the base around him. The other Prime tears through lines of soldiers, prompting Optimus, Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead to bridge to his position. The fake retreats, and arriving military helicopters fire on the Autobots. They retreat to base.

Fowler fields a call asking about the attack, and receives the news that all Transformers, regardless of allegiance, are to be shot on sight. The team realizes that [[MECH]] has finally succeeded in replicating Cybertronians, inside and out, using human-made parts after studying Transformer anatomy so carefully.

[[Image:NemesisPrime Silas at controls.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Silas shows off his incredible seat-balancing powers.]]
Meanwhile, the false Prime arrives at a MECH bunker, where it is revealed that the robot is a remotely operated drone unit, with [[Silas]] in the control seat, expressing extreme satisfaction at the test run.

In attempting to locate the MECH base, Optimus notes that, unlike them, the duplicate (dubbed "Nemesis Prime" by Miko) must rely on its vehicle mode to travel, having no access to a [[GroundBridge]]. This places its lair within driving distance of both incidents, giving a range for them to search. The 'bots fan out, and Bumblebee comes upon a large complex. Optimus and the rest plan to rendezvous at his position. He enters, while Silas watches him. He powers up Nemesis Prime, and sends it out. Bumblebee is briefly fooled by the fake, until Silas slips and reveals he cannot understand Bumblebee's speech. The scout attacks but is quickly overpowered by the more imposing robot.

The rest of the Autobots enter the compound, cautious of any lookalikes. Bulkhead and Arcee are both taken out individually, leaving Optimus for the final showdown with his doppelganger.

At base, Ratchet attempts to isolate the control frequency of Nemesis Prime to pinpoint the location of its operator. He does, and Fowler insists on bridging in, citing that he is the one best equipped to deal with the "human element".

[[Image:NemesisPrime Nemesis vs Optimus.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"One shall stand, one shall... oh, slag it."]]
Nemesis squares off against Optimus, showing equal strength and agility. Fowler bridges in, and makes for the control bunker as the two Primes continue to spar. Nemesis catches Optimus, and shoves its blade into the Autobot leader. Silas gloats, commenting that he cannot feel pain through the robot, unlike his opponent, and revealing his intentions to build an army of these soldiers, when Fowler enters. They spar as well, and Fowler falls to Silas' superior hand-to-hand combat skills, only to reveal that he was just buying time for Optimus to beat the now-directionless copy. The real Prime dominates Nemesis, and their fight collapses the ceiling of the bunker, sending Silas's creation and a ton of rubble crashing down on top of him, putting Nemesis Prime out of commission in the process.

Optimus meditates on MECH's seemingly impaired functionality, now that it lacks a leader. However, Fowler brings him troubling news — in the pile of wreckage, no body was found.

Elsewhere, a group of MECH scientists monitor Silas' condition, noting that his injuries are terminal by normal standards — yet MECH is anything but, as they have the body of [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] all wired up to their leader.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (10)
|c2=
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown's body]] (15)
|c3=
*[[William Fowler]] (1)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (7)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (8)
*[[Jack Darby]] (9)
*[[Silas]] (11)
*[[MECH|MECH soldiers]] (12)
*[[MECH Surgeon]] (13)
*[[MECH Commando]] (14)
|c4=
*[[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Yes, that's it. Follow the light." 
"Wait, what? Not the best choice of words, Ratchet."
:—'''Ratchet''' and '''Arcee'''

"I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, and I bring you this message." [produces cannon and opens fire]
:—'''Nemesis Prime''' steals one of Optimus's catchphrases.

"They actually did it. Those butchers managed to crack the code!"
:—'''Ratchet''' realizes that [[Project Chimera]] has produced results.

"Be on your guard. My double could be anywhere." 
''*Bumblebee beeps a reply*'' 
"I'm sorry. What?"
:—'''Nemesis Prime''' tries and fails to fool Bumblebee.

"Look [[Ratchet (WFC)|doc]], I don't plan on dancing with any bots, but there's a human element in play here. And in case you haven't noticed, I happen to be a highly-trained, government-grade, human."
:—'''Agent Fowler'''; accept no substitutes!

"My robot chassis possesses all your strength, speed...and firepower!" 
''*Optimus lunges at Nemesis Prime, only to be thrown off with ease*'' 
"Add my extensive combat training, and MECH has clearly achieved the perfect meld of man and machine!"
:—'''Silas''' brags about his new toy.

"This is only the beginning. Imagine an army of transforming robots! No one will stand against the newly rebooted MECH!" 
"Think again, Sy!"
:—'''Silas''''s gloating is interrupted by '''Agent Fowler''''s arrival.

"The internal damage to his organs is massive, and beyond the scope of conventional medicine. Fortunately for our leader, MECH is [[Breakdown (WFC)|anything]] but conventional."
:—A '''MECH Surgeon''' on Silas's future.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Due to model reuse, Fowler's car has the same [[license plate]] number as June Darby's.
*After calling the Autobots to ask about Optimus, Fowler is seen approaching a bridge at least a half mile away. But, when the camera shifts, it shows him already on the bridge.
*No matter what size, shape, weight, or speed a car is going, it will ''never'' be possible to break through a concrete barrier and come out with as little damage as Fowler's car had.
*Bulkhead is somehow able to fall faster than Fowler's car, despite dropping from the bridge later than it, but it is perhaps because Bulkhead weighs more than Fowler and his car combined, due to the fact that heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects.
*Before Optimus Prime climbs the tower, you can't hear his blaster turn back into his hand.
*Despite being ordered by Optimus to go covert, Arcee does not have her holographic driver on when in her motorcycle form.
*Nemesis Prime's mouthplate is retracted when he recoils from Optimus' attack and before climbing the silo.
*How exactly did MECH extract Silas from under several tons of robot with the US military overhead and Fowler in the room?

===Continuity Errors===
*When Optimus threw his punch at Silas which he was successful in, and the latter retreated up the pipe, why didn't the former grab his foot since he was so close behind him when climbing up the pipe? (This was on the tank that they both climbed if anyone is confused, shortly before Optimus was stabbed by Silas.)

===Continuity notes===
*With the construction of Nemesis Prime, MECH has finally yielded results from [[Project Chimera]].
*MECH has Breakdown's reassembled remains, which they collected after [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] killed him in "[[Crossfire]]".
*Ratchet recalls MECH's study of Breakdown in "[[Operation: Breakdown]]".
*Optimus recalls the theft of Starscream's T-Cog, which they learned about in "Crossfire" after it happened in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".
*Silas took a scan of Optimus at the end of "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]", which is evidently how he was able to produce a nearly-identical copy of him in this episode.
*Optimus's right sword, which was broken in "[[One Shall Fall]]" and last seen still broken in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", has been repaired at some point.
*This is the [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|second time]] Bumblebee has tried and failed to save a car on screen. Only this time, someone was inside the car when he loses part of it.
*As this is Fowler's first time in the GroundBridge, he experiences nausea, similar to the effect on the children in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]".

===Transformers references===
*Fowler listens to an instrumental version of "[[The Touch]]" on his car radio.
*The first transformation of the fake Prime on the military base is in a similar animation layout to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|another Optimus Prime]]. The attack itself bears no small resemblance to [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]'s attack on the [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base|base]] in the first film.
*Miko and Ratchet refer to the false Optimus Prime as "Nemesis Prime", a name first established in ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' as indicating an evil version of Optimus Prime and used [[Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)|a number of times since]].
*Optimus claimed he was away at subterranean Energon deposit and pulls out a shard to prove it. Around this time in ''Rescue Bots'' (though the episodes aired over two years after this episode), Optimus Prime shows up to mine Energon with [[What Lies Below|the Rescue]] [[What Rises Above|Bots underground]]. He also got trapped underground with the Rescue Bots, which would explain his "out of communication" statement.
*Nemesis Prime's purple and black color scheme, complete with yellow highlights, is a reference to [[Optimus Prime (SG)|a previous evil incarnation of Optimus Prime]].

===Real-world references===
*The opening scene with Fowler references [[Steven Spielberg]]'s 1971 film ''Duel'', starring an evil truck.
*Nemesis Prime's eyes and weapons glow yellow, similar to the yellow glowing "eye" on K.A.R.R, the evil version of K.I.T.T from the TV show, ''Knight Rider''. (K.A.R.R was also, in one episode, voiced by Peter Cullen. Peter Cullen later voiced K.A.R.R again in the 2009 remake of ''Knight Rider''. The remake's K.A.R.R could transform.)

===Trivia===
*Silas gloats about his combat training, but Optimus has been fighting an unending war for millions of years. However, it's possible that human combat techniques are different from Transformers', and Silas' control interface appears to aid him by identifying unguarded parts of Prime's body at any given moment.
*Silas is a former member of the Special Tactics branch of the military, while Fowler is an ex-Army Ranger.
*Nemesis Prime's transformation uses a modified version of the regular transformation sound effect, which makes it sound as if the transformation is not as smooth as that of an actual Cybertronian.
*Nemesis Prime's body is tarnished and dirty-looking, with heavily faded colors. The overall effect makes it look [[Zombie|undead]], even though it's more of a puppet than anything.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der falsche Prime'''" ("The Wrong Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 5|5 November]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gekitotsu Henkei! Yami no Shireikan Arawaru'''" (激突変形!闇の司令官あらわる, "Clashing Transformation! The Dark Commander Appears")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 24|24 November]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Prime do Mal'''" ("Evil Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 12|12 June]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Nemesis Prime (episode)

2017-02-20T02:24:11Z

Transformerfan: /* Continuity Errors */

{{disambig3|Nemesis Prime}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 34
|prev=Crossfire
|next=Grill
|image=NemesisPrime-NemesisPrime.jpg
|caption=The first person to suggest [[A Prime Problem|a race]] gets banned.
|title="Nemesis Prime"
|airdate=[[April 7]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[David McDermott]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''When Optimus Prime appears to attack Agent Fowler, the Autobots discover MECH's ultimate plan.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:NemesisPrime truck vs car.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Pardon me, coming through..."]]
[[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] drives out of a military base, listening to [[The Touch|a few tunes]], when a semi truck begins to tailgate him too close for comfort. He realizes that it's more than a case of road rage when the truck rams him. Fowler notices a familiar symbol on his attacker's grille-the [[Autobot]] [[insignia|symbol]]. He contacts the Autobot base, where [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] is not present. The apparent Optimus Prime continues to attack, and as Fowler comes upon a bridge, he pushes his car through the divider, where it hangs precariously. The Autobots receive his message and bridge in, causing Prime to flee and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to give chase. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] catches Fowler's car as it falls, but the bumper detaches, and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] catches it before it hits the ground. Arcee comes upon Optimus, but is knocked out when he runs her over.

The next thing she knows, she's back at base, being checked up on. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] doubts Arcee's assertion that Optimus ran her down, and the big 'bot arrives at base. The team goes on guard, but as Optimus offers proof that he's been at an underground energon site, the team stands down.

[[Image:NemesisPrime Nemesis Prime truck in base.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Trust doesn't rust, but trucks do.]]
The other "Optimus" drives full speed into [[Alden Military Base]], wrecking helicopters and prompting chase until he stops. As soldiers surround him and open the door to find no driver, he transforms, and aims a weapon at them. Speaking in Prime's own voice, the double clearly announces himself as Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, before laying waste to the base around him. The other Prime tears through lines of soldiers, prompting Optimus, Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead to bridge to his position. The fake retreats, and arriving military helicopters fire on the Autobots. They retreat to base.

Fowler fields a call asking about the attack, and receives the news that all Transformers, regardless of allegiance, are to be shot on sight. The team realizes that [[MECH]] has finally succeeded in replicating Cybertronians, inside and out, using human-made parts after studying Transformer anatomy so carefully.

[[Image:NemesisPrime Silas at controls.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Silas shows off his incredible seat-balancing powers.]]
Meanwhile, the false Prime arrives at a MECH bunker, where it is revealed that the robot is a remotely operated drone unit, with [[Silas]] in the control seat, expressing extreme satisfaction at the test run.

In attempting to locate the MECH base, Optimus notes that, unlike them, the duplicate (dubbed "Nemesis Prime" by Miko) must rely on its vehicle mode to travel, having no access to a [[GroundBridge]]. This places its lair within driving distance of both incidents, giving a range for them to search. The 'bots fan out, and Bumblebee comes upon a large complex. Optimus and the rest plan to rendezvous at his position. He enters, while Silas watches him. He powers up Nemesis Prime, and sends it out. Bumblebee is briefly fooled by the fake, until Silas slips and reveals he cannot understand Bumblebee's speech. The scout attacks but is quickly overpowered by the more imposing robot.

The rest of the Autobots enter the compound, cautious of any lookalikes. Bulkhead and Arcee are both taken out individually, leaving Optimus for the final showdown with his doppelganger.

At base, Ratchet attempts to isolate the control frequency of Nemesis Prime to pinpoint the location of its operator. He does, and Fowler insists on bridging in, citing that he is the one best equipped to deal with the "human element".

[[Image:NemesisPrime Nemesis vs Optimus.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"One shall stand, one shall... oh, slag it."]]
Nemesis squares off against Optimus, showing equal strength and agility. Fowler bridges in, and makes for the control bunker as the two Primes continue to spar. Nemesis catches Optimus, and shoves its blade into the Autobot leader. Silas gloats, commenting that he cannot feel pain through the robot, unlike his opponent, and revealing his intentions to build an army of these soldiers, when Fowler enters. They spar as well, and Fowler falls to Silas' superior hand-to-hand combat skills, only to reveal that he was just buying time for Optimus to beat the now-directionless copy. The real Prime dominates Nemesis, and their fight collapses the ceiling of the bunker, sending Silas's creation and a ton of rubble crashing down on top of him, putting Nemesis Prime out of commission in the process.

Optimus meditates on MECH's seemingly impaired functionality, now that it lacks a leader. However, Fowler brings him troubling news — in the pile of wreckage, no body was found.

Elsewhere, a group of MECH scientists monitor Silas' condition, noting that his injuries are terminal by normal standards — yet MECH is anything but, as they have the body of [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] all wired up to their leader.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (10)
|c2=
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown's body]] (15)
|c3=
*[[William Fowler]] (1)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (7)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (8)
*[[Jack Darby]] (9)
*[[Silas]] (11)
*[[MECH|MECH soldiers]] (12)
*[[MECH Surgeon]] (13)
*[[MECH Commando]] (14)
|c4=
*[[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Yes, that's it. Follow the light." 
"Wait, what? Not the best choice of words, Ratchet."
:—'''Ratchet''' and '''Arcee'''

"I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, and I bring you this message." [produces cannon and opens fire]
:—'''Nemesis Prime''' steals one of Optimus's catchphrases.

"They actually did it. Those butchers managed to crack the code!"
:—'''Ratchet''' realizes that [[Project Chimera]] has produced results.

"Be on your guard. My double could be anywhere." 
''*Bumblebee beeps a reply*'' 
"I'm sorry. What?"
:—'''Nemesis Prime''' tries and fails to fool Bumblebee.

"Look [[Ratchet (WFC)|doc]], I don't plan on dancing with any bots, but there's a human element in play here. And in case you haven't noticed, I happen to be a highly-trained, government-grade, human."
:—'''Agent Fowler'''; accept no substitutes!

"My robot chassis possesses all your strength, speed...and firepower!" 
''*Optimus lunges at Nemesis Prime, only to be thrown off with ease*'' 
"Add my extensive combat training, and MECH has clearly achieved the perfect meld of man and machine!"
:—'''Silas''' brags about his new toy.

"This is only the beginning. Imagine an army of transforming robots! No one will stand against the newly rebooted MECH!" 
"Think again, Sy!"
:—'''Silas''''s gloating is interrupted by '''Agent Fowler''''s arrival.

"The internal damage to his organs is massive, and beyond the scope of conventional medicine. Fortunately for our leader, MECH is [[Breakdown (WFC)|anything]] but conventional."
:—A '''MECH Surgeon''' on Silas's future.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Due to model reuse, Fowler's car has the same [[license plate]] number as June Darby's.
*After calling the Autobots to ask about Optimus, Fowler is seen approaching a bridge at least a half mile away. But, when the camera shifts, it shows him already on the bridge.
*No matter what size, shape, weight, or speed a car is going, it will ''never'' be possible to break through a concrete barrier and come out with as little damage as Fowler's car had.
*Bulkhead is somehow able to fall faster than Fowler's car, despite dropping from the bridge later than it, but it is perhaps because Bulkhead weighs more than Fowler and his car combined, due to the fact that heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects.
*Before Optimus Prime climbs the tower, you can't hear his blaster turn back into his hand.
*Despite being ordered by Optimus to go covert, Arcee does not have her holographic driver on when in her motorcycle form.
*Nemesis Prime's mouthplate is retracted when he recoils from Optimus' attack and before climbing the silo.
*How exactly did MECH extract Silas from under several tons of robot with the US military overhead and Fowler in the room?

===Continuity Errors===
*When Optimus threw his punch at Silas which he was successful in, and the latter retreated up the pipe, why didn't the former grab his foot since he was so close behind him when climbing up the pipe? (This was on the tank that they both climbined if anyone is confused, shortly before Optimus was stabbed by Silas.)

===Continuity notes===
*With the construction of Nemesis Prime, MECH has finally yielded results from [[Project Chimera]].
*MECH has Breakdown's reassembled remains, which they collected after [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] killed him in "[[Crossfire]]".
*Ratchet recalls MECH's study of Breakdown in "[[Operation: Breakdown]]".
*Optimus recalls the theft of Starscream's T-Cog, which they learned about in "Crossfire" after it happened in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".
*Silas took a scan of Optimus at the end of "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]", which is evidently how he was able to produce a nearly-identical copy of him in this episode.
*Optimus's right sword, which was broken in "[[One Shall Fall]]" and last seen still broken in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", has been repaired at some point.
*This is the [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|second time]] Bumblebee has tried and failed to save a car on screen. Only this time, someone was inside the car when he loses part of it.
*As this is Fowler's first time in the GroundBridge, he experiences nausea, similar to the effect on the children in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]".

===Transformers references===
*Fowler listens to an instrumental version of "[[The Touch]]" on his car radio.
*The first transformation of the fake Prime on the military base is in a similar animation layout to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|another Optimus Prime]]. The attack itself bears no small resemblance to [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]'s attack on the [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base|base]] in the first film.
*Miko and Ratchet refer to the false Optimus Prime as "Nemesis Prime", a name first established in ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' as indicating an evil version of Optimus Prime and used [[Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)|a number of times since]].
*Optimus claimed he was away at subterranean Energon deposit and pulls out a shard to prove it. Around this time in ''Rescue Bots'' (though the episodes aired over two years after this episode), Optimus Prime shows up to mine Energon with [[What Lies Below|the Rescue]] [[What Rises Above|Bots underground]]. He also got trapped underground with the Rescue Bots, which would explain his "out of communication" statement.
*Nemesis Prime's purple and black color scheme, complete with yellow highlights, is a reference to [[Optimus Prime (SG)|a previous evil incarnation of Optimus Prime]].

===Real-world references===
*The opening scene with Fowler references [[Steven Spielberg]]'s 1971 film ''Duel'', starring an evil truck.
*Nemesis Prime's eyes and weapons glow yellow, similar to the yellow glowing "eye" on K.A.R.R, the evil version of K.I.T.T from the TV show, ''Knight Rider''. (K.A.R.R was also, in one episode, voiced by Peter Cullen. Peter Cullen later voiced K.A.R.R again in the 2009 remake of ''Knight Rider''. The remake's K.A.R.R could transform.)

===Trivia===
*Silas gloats about his combat training, but Optimus has been fighting an unending war for millions of years. However, it's possible that human combat techniques are different from Transformers', and Silas' control interface appears to aid him by identifying unguarded parts of Prime's body at any given moment.
*Silas is a former member of the Special Tactics branch of the military, while Fowler is an ex-Army Ranger.
*Nemesis Prime's transformation uses a modified version of the regular transformation sound effect, which makes it sound as if the transformation is not as smooth as that of an actual Cybertronian.
*Nemesis Prime's body is tarnished and dirty-looking, with heavily faded colors. The overall effect makes it look [[Zombie|undead]], even though it's more of a puppet than anything.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der falsche Prime'''" ("The Wrong Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 5|5 November]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gekitotsu Henkei! Yami no Shireikan Arawaru'''" (激突変形!闇の司令官あらわる, "Clashing Transformation! The Dark Commander Appears")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 24|24 November]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Prime do Mal'''" ("Evil Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 12|12 June]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Nemesis Prime (episode)

2017-02-20T02:22:54Z

Transformerfan: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{disambig3|Nemesis Prime}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 34
|prev=Crossfire
|next=Grill
|image=NemesisPrime-NemesisPrime.jpg
|caption=The first person to suggest [[A Prime Problem|a race]] gets banned.
|title="Nemesis Prime"
|airdate=[[April 7]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[David McDermott]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''When Optimus Prime appears to attack Agent Fowler, the Autobots discover MECH's ultimate plan.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:NemesisPrime truck vs car.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Pardon me, coming through..."]]
[[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] drives out of a military base, listening to [[The Touch|a few tunes]], when a semi truck begins to tailgate him too close for comfort. He realizes that it's more than a case of road rage when the truck rams him. Fowler notices a familiar symbol on his attacker's grille-the [[Autobot]] [[insignia|symbol]]. He contacts the Autobot base, where [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] is not present. The apparent Optimus Prime continues to attack, and as Fowler comes upon a bridge, he pushes his car through the divider, where it hangs precariously. The Autobots receive his message and bridge in, causing Prime to flee and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to give chase. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] catches Fowler's car as it falls, but the bumper detaches, and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] catches it before it hits the ground. Arcee comes upon Optimus, but is knocked out when he runs her over.

The next thing she knows, she's back at base, being checked up on. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] doubts Arcee's assertion that Optimus ran her down, and the big 'bot arrives at base. The team goes on guard, but as Optimus offers proof that he's been at an underground energon site, the team stands down.

[[Image:NemesisPrime Nemesis Prime truck in base.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Trust doesn't rust, but trucks do.]]
The other "Optimus" drives full speed into [[Alden Military Base]], wrecking helicopters and prompting chase until he stops. As soldiers surround him and open the door to find no driver, he transforms, and aims a weapon at them. Speaking in Prime's own voice, the double clearly announces himself as Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, before laying waste to the base around him. The other Prime tears through lines of soldiers, prompting Optimus, Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead to bridge to his position. The fake retreats, and arriving military helicopters fire on the Autobots. They retreat to base.

Fowler fields a call asking about the attack, and receives the news that all Transformers, regardless of allegiance, are to be shot on sight. The team realizes that [[MECH]] has finally succeeded in replicating Cybertronians, inside and out, using human-made parts after studying Transformer anatomy so carefully.

[[Image:NemesisPrime Silas at controls.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Silas shows off his incredible seat-balancing powers.]]
Meanwhile, the false Prime arrives at a MECH bunker, where it is revealed that the robot is a remotely operated drone unit, with [[Silas]] in the control seat, expressing extreme satisfaction at the test run.

In attempting to locate the MECH base, Optimus notes that, unlike them, the duplicate (dubbed "Nemesis Prime" by Miko) must rely on its vehicle mode to travel, having no access to a [[GroundBridge]]. This places its lair within driving distance of both incidents, giving a range for them to search. The 'bots fan out, and Bumblebee comes upon a large complex. Optimus and the rest plan to rendezvous at his position. He enters, while Silas watches him. He powers up Nemesis Prime, and sends it out. Bumblebee is briefly fooled by the fake, until Silas slips and reveals he cannot understand Bumblebee's speech. The scout attacks but is quickly overpowered by the more imposing robot.

The rest of the Autobots enter the compound, cautious of any lookalikes. Bulkhead and Arcee are both taken out individually, leaving Optimus for the final showdown with his doppelganger.

At base, Ratchet attempts to isolate the control frequency of Nemesis Prime to pinpoint the location of its operator. He does, and Fowler insists on bridging in, citing that he is the one best equipped to deal with the "human element".

[[Image:NemesisPrime Nemesis vs Optimus.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"One shall stand, one shall... oh, slag it."]]
Nemesis squares off against Optimus, showing equal strength and agility. Fowler bridges in, and makes for the control bunker as the two Primes continue to spar. Nemesis catches Optimus, and shoves its blade into the Autobot leader. Silas gloats, commenting that he cannot feel pain through the robot, unlike his opponent, and revealing his intentions to build an army of these soldiers, when Fowler enters. They spar as well, and Fowler falls to Silas' superior hand-to-hand combat skills, only to reveal that he was just buying time for Optimus to beat the now-directionless copy. The real Prime dominates Nemesis, and their fight collapses the ceiling of the bunker, sending Silas's creation and a ton of rubble crashing down on top of him, putting Nemesis Prime out of commission in the process.

Optimus meditates on MECH's seemingly impaired functionality, now that it lacks a leader. However, Fowler brings him troubling news — in the pile of wreckage, no body was found.

Elsewhere, a group of MECH scientists monitor Silas' condition, noting that his injuries are terminal by normal standards — yet MECH is anything but, as they have the body of [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] all wired up to their leader.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (10)
|c2=
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown's body]] (15)
|c3=
*[[William Fowler]] (1)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (7)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (8)
*[[Jack Darby]] (9)
*[[Silas]] (11)
*[[MECH|MECH soldiers]] (12)
*[[MECH Surgeon]] (13)
*[[MECH Commando]] (14)
|c4=
*[[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Yes, that's it. Follow the light." 
"Wait, what? Not the best choice of words, Ratchet."
:—'''Ratchet''' and '''Arcee'''

"I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, and I bring you this message." [produces cannon and opens fire]
:—'''Nemesis Prime''' steals one of Optimus's catchphrases.

"They actually did it. Those butchers managed to crack the code!"
:—'''Ratchet''' realizes that [[Project Chimera]] has produced results.

"Be on your guard. My double could be anywhere." 
''*Bumblebee beeps a reply*'' 
"I'm sorry. What?"
:—'''Nemesis Prime''' tries and fails to fool Bumblebee.

"Look [[Ratchet (WFC)|doc]], I don't plan on dancing with any bots, but there's a human element in play here. And in case you haven't noticed, I happen to be a highly-trained, government-grade, human."
:—'''Agent Fowler'''; accept no substitutes!

"My robot chassis possesses all your strength, speed...and firepower!" 
''*Optimus lunges at Nemesis Prime, only to be thrown off with ease*'' 
"Add my extensive combat training, and MECH has clearly achieved the perfect meld of man and machine!"
:—'''Silas''' brags about his new toy.

"This is only the beginning. Imagine an army of transforming robots! No one will stand against the newly rebooted MECH!" 
"Think again, Sy!"
:—'''Silas''''s gloating is interrupted by '''Agent Fowler''''s arrival.

"The internal damage to his organs is massive, and beyond the scope of conventional medicine. Fortunately for our leader, MECH is [[Breakdown (WFC)|anything]] but conventional."
:—A '''MECH Surgeon''' on Silas's future.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Due to model reuse, Fowler's car has the same [[license plate]] number as June Darby's.
*After calling the Autobots to ask about Optimus, Fowler is seen approaching a bridge at least a half mile away. But, when the camera shifts, it shows him already on the bridge.
*No matter what size, shape, weight, or speed a car is going, it will ''never'' be possible to break through a concrete barrier and come out with as little damage as Fowler's car had.
*Bulkhead is somehow able to fall faster than Fowler's car, despite dropping from the bridge later than it, but it is perhaps because Bulkhead weighs more than Fowler and his car combined, due to the fact that heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects.
*Before Optimus Prime climbs the tower, you can't hear his blaster turn back into his hand.
*Despite being ordered by Optimus to go covert, Arcee does not have her holographic driver on when in her motorcycle form.
*Nemesis Prime's mouthplate is retracted when he recoils from Optimus' attack and before climbing the silo.
*How exactly did MECH extract Silas from under several tons of robot with the US military overhead and Fowler in the room?

===Continuity Errors===
*When Optimus threw his at Silas, and he retreated up the pipe, why didn't Optimus grab his foot since he was so close behind him when climbing up the pipe? (This was on the tank that they both climbined if anyone is confused, shortly before Optimus was stabbed by Silas.)

===Continuity notes===
*With the construction of Nemesis Prime, MECH has finally yielded results from [[Project Chimera]].
*MECH has Breakdown's reassembled remains, which they collected after [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] killed him in "[[Crossfire]]".
*Ratchet recalls MECH's study of Breakdown in "[[Operation: Breakdown]]".
*Optimus recalls the theft of Starscream's T-Cog, which they learned about in "Crossfire" after it happened in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".
*Silas took a scan of Optimus at the end of "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]", which is evidently how he was able to produce a nearly-identical copy of him in this episode.
*Optimus's right sword, which was broken in "[[One Shall Fall]]" and last seen still broken in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", has been repaired at some point.
*This is the [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|second time]] Bumblebee has tried and failed to save a car on screen. Only this time, someone was inside the car when he loses part of it.
*As this is Fowler's first time in the GroundBridge, he experiences nausea, similar to the effect on the children in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]".

===Transformers references===
*Fowler listens to an instrumental version of "[[The Touch]]" on his car radio.
*The first transformation of the fake Prime on the military base is in a similar animation layout to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|another Optimus Prime]]. The attack itself bears no small resemblance to [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]'s attack on the [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base|base]] in the first film.
*Miko and Ratchet refer to the false Optimus Prime as "Nemesis Prime", a name first established in ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' as indicating an evil version of Optimus Prime and used [[Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)|a number of times since]].
*Optimus claimed he was away at subterranean Energon deposit and pulls out a shard to prove it. Around this time in ''Rescue Bots'' (though the episodes aired over two years after this episode), Optimus Prime shows up to mine Energon with [[What Lies Below|the Rescue]] [[What Rises Above|Bots underground]]. He also got trapped underground with the Rescue Bots, which would explain his "out of communication" statement.
*Nemesis Prime's purple and black color scheme, complete with yellow highlights, is a reference to [[Optimus Prime (SG)|a previous evil incarnation of Optimus Prime]].

===Real-world references===
*The opening scene with Fowler references [[Steven Spielberg]]'s 1971 film ''Duel'', starring an evil truck.
*Nemesis Prime's eyes and weapons glow yellow, similar to the yellow glowing "eye" on K.A.R.R, the evil version of K.I.T.T from the TV show, ''Knight Rider''. (K.A.R.R was also, in one episode, voiced by Peter Cullen. Peter Cullen later voiced K.A.R.R again in the 2009 remake of ''Knight Rider''. The remake's K.A.R.R could transform.)

===Trivia===
*Silas gloats about his combat training, but Optimus has been fighting an unending war for millions of years. However, it's possible that human combat techniques are different from Transformers', and Silas' control interface appears to aid him by identifying unguarded parts of Prime's body at any given moment.
*Silas is a former member of the Special Tactics branch of the military, while Fowler is an ex-Army Ranger.
*Nemesis Prime's transformation uses a modified version of the regular transformation sound effect, which makes it sound as if the transformation is not as smooth as that of an actual Cybertronian.
*Nemesis Prime's body is tarnished and dirty-looking, with heavily faded colors. The overall effect makes it look [[Zombie|undead]], even though it's more of a puppet than anything.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der falsche Prime'''" ("The Wrong Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 5|5 November]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gekitotsu Henkei! Yami no Shireikan Arawaru'''" (激突変形!闇の司令官あらわる, "Clashing Transformation! The Dark Commander Appears")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 24|24 November]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Prime do Mal'''" ("Evil Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 12|12 June]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Inside Job

2017-02-20T02:14:05Z

Transformerfan: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 49
|prev=Hard Knocks
|next=Patch (episode)
|image=InsideJobSmokescreenfreefall.jpg
|caption="This isn't flying! It's falling, with sty-HOLY SCRAP HEEEELLLP!!!"
|title="Inside Job"
|airdate=[[October 12]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Bob Skir|Robert N. Skir]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''When Smokescreen is captured, he learns the location of the Omega Key and attempts to retrieve all the other stolen keys.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] recovers consciousness to find himself on a slab in the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon warship]] with [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] standing over him. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] demands the final relic, pointing out [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s work decrypting the Iacon database has revealed an image of Smokescreen, but Smokescreen is merely confused as to what it means. Knock Out scans the [[Autobot]], and finds the last relic is hidden inside.
[[Image:InsideJobKnockOutSmokescreen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Having fun, Knock Out?]]
The other Autobots, meanwhile, realize that the Decepticons must have decoded the last coordinates and speculate that Smokescreen holds the [[Omega Key]] inside him, largely due to being installed within him while unconscious by [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]].

Knock Out advances on the alarmed Smokescreen with a rotary saw, only to reveal he's actually going to use the [[phase shifter]] to do the operation. He reaches inside Smokescreen and soon has the Omega Key in hand. Smokescreen refuses to tell the Decepticons what the Omega Keys are, but Megatron has ways of finding out.

[[Image:InsideJobStarscream.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Cue evil laugh in 3, 2, 1...]]
[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] ruminates on the one Omega Key he possesses, while talking to his [[Starscream clone (Prime)|dead clone]]. Imagining himself in charge of a reborn [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], he quickly realizes that he doesn't have the resources he would need to rule it.

Megatron listens in on Prime's briefing about the Omega Keys, thanks to a [[cortical psychic patch]] hooked up to Smokescreen. Once they've learned all they need, Knock Out unplugs the pair and Megatron orders Knock Out to use the patch to find the location of the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] so they can retrieve the other Omega Keys. After Megatron leaves to put their new key in a safe place, Knock Out moves in, only for Smokescreen to grab the phase shifter attached to his wrist and uses it to free himself. The pair grapple until Smokescreen manages to pull the device from his opponent's wrist, leaving Knock Out embedded in a bulkhead. Though Knock Out points out Smokescreen has no means of escape from the ship, Smokescreen has plans of his own. Through use of the phase shifter, he manages to catch up with Megatron near the storage area, where he snatches back the Omega Key and takes the one in storage as well. The Decepticons attempt to stop him, but their firepower passes straight through him. He eventually reaches the outer hull, only to be confronted by Megatron. With no other choice, the Autobot bails the ship.

At the Autobot base, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] picks up Smokescreen's signal, but has trouble locking on due to the fact that Smokescreen is plummeting through the air. Harried by [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]], Smokescreen drops towards the [[GroundBridge]] Ratchet opens, only to be knocked off-course by Megatron. He uses the phase shifter to pass through the ground. Moments later, Megatron lands and demands his subordinates search the wreckage. Smokescreen bridges back to base, where the Autobots congratulate him, but wonder where the fourth key is. Their query is answered a moment later when they get a message from Starscream offering the key in return for the replacement of his [[transformation cog|T-Cog]]. Having considered it, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] decides it's too important to not take Starscream up on his offer.

Optimus, Ratchet and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] bridge to a forested location and approach Starscream, only to find him apparently dead. It is, of course, just the dead clone, as the real Starscream uses his [[Red Energon]] to nip through the GroundBridge into the Autobot base. Moving too fast to be seen, he is tempted at first to finish off the slow-moving Autobots, but goes back to finding the Omega Keys first. The Autobots in the field realize they've been deceived just as Starscream blows open the vault holding the keys. Though Optimus orders [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to close the GroundBridge, it is too slow to prevent Starscream from escaping the base. He stops to mock Optimus, Ratchet and Bulkhead, only for the Red Energon to wear off right at the worst possible moment. After firing a missile at the Autobots, he frantically opens his own GroundBridge and escapes back to the ''[[Harbinger]]'', much to Optimus's despair. Though Bulkhead and Ratchet believe they can get the keys back Optimus grimly announces the fate of Cybertron is now in Starscream's hands.

[[Image:InsideJobKnockOut.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Well, this is awkward.]]
Despite Knock Out's pleas, Megatron refuses to release him from the wall. Megatron and [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] return to the bridge, where they find Starscream who has come with a peace offering of all four Omega Keys.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (2)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (7)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (1)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (4)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (11)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] (12)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (14)
|c4=
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Trippy."
:—'''Knock Out''' thinks the phase shifter is like, totally groovy, man.

"Get your stinkin' hand out of my gears!"
:—'''Smokescreen''' obviously doesn't like operations.

"Tell me the function of these relics." 
"Door stop? Shavers? Bling? Beats me."
:—'''Megatron''' asks a question and '''Smokescreen''' gives a vague answer.

"Fliers! I need Fliers!"
:—'''Megatron''' shortly after tossing a Vehicon trooper off the warship in pursuit of '''Smokescreen'''

"How easy it would be to gut you [Arcee]... to gut all of you."
:—Well, '''Starscream's''' already making plans.

"Autobots, maintain positions!" (said in '''very''' slow motion) 
"I'm sorry, what was that? Mblemblemble!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' is taunted by a '''Starscream''' who's hopped up on [[Red Energon]].

[[Image:TFP Inside Job Starscream fistful of keys.jpg|thumb||250px|Beware Starscream bearing gifts...]]
"We ''will'' locate the Autobot base, invade it, and retrieve the Omega Keys!" 
"Been there, done that."
:—'''Megatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s thunder is stolen by '''Starscream'''.

==Notes==

===Animation and technical errors===
*Megatron's vehicle mode still has his fusion cannon, despite the arm it was attached to being removed. Furthermore, if one watches Megatron's transformation scene, it's blocked off by smoke, making it impossible to see what exactly happens with his fusion cannon and his different arm.
*An early external shot of the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' has its "eyes" and running lights illuminated in [[Dark Energon]] purple; later in the episode they are their normal red.

===Continuity errors===
*The bots in Smokescreen's memory are in different places than in "Alpha/Omega". In that episode, Smokescreen and Ratchet are on Optimus's right side, and Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee are on his left. In this episode, Bulkhead and Ratchet are on his right, Bee is in the middle, and Arcee and Smokescreen are on his left.
*How exactly was Smokescreen able to transform into his vehicle mode with an Omega Key in his chest? Sure seems as though it would have either been damaged by the transforming sequence, or disrupted said sequence entirely. And wouldn't either the key or his insides get destroyed?
*In real life physics, either Knockout or the door, or both would collide with each other, and "implode," but the cartoonish effect made Knockout still able to just simply be stuck in the door and survive, with the inability to move fully, just like the same thing above.
*Once again, how did Knockout be able to grab the Omega Key and pull it out of Smokescreen's chest, because if he reached into his chest, wouldn't Knockout's hand go through the key aswell?

===Continuity notes===
*This episode continues from [[Hard Knocks|the previous one]], starting not long after Smokescreen's capture and subsequent restraint.
*The [[cortical psychic patch]] is used to extract information from Smokescreen, having been used previously in "[[Sick Mind]]" and "[[Out of the Past]]".
*The scene which Megatron watches in Smokescreen's mind is from "[[Alpha/Omega]]".
*Starscream lists off numerous items he's acquired or stolen in previous episodes; the Omega Key from "Hard Knocks", the processed Red Energon (which he acquired in "[[New Recruit]]" and refined in "Hard Knocks"), his GroundBridge remote first seen in "[[Triangulation]]", his murdered clone from "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]", and the T-cog he scavenged from said clone in "Triangulation".
*Starscream previously referred to himself as an "[[Emperor of Destruction]]" in "[[Masters & Students]]".
*Ratchet recalls Starscream's lack of a T-cog, which he learned about in "[[Crossfire]]". Starscream lost his in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".
* Once again, Starscream sends an embedded message to the Autobots, asking Ratchet to bring a medical kit. This time around, it didn't work out very well for the Autobots.
*Starscream still seems to be holding a grudge against Arcee from the events of "[[Partners]]", given his comments about gutting the Autobots start with her.
*While Starscream is looking for the Omega Keys in the Autobots' Vault, he comes across [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] in stasis, which occurred back in "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]". The last time they interacted was in "Crossfire".
*Even though the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] was destroyed in "Alpha/Omega", Optimus still wears the hilt Ratchet made him.

===Transformers references===
* One of Starscream's self-proclaimed titles as the new ruler of Cybertron is "[[Emperor of Destruction]]". He also refers to himself as Cybertron's [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]], which originated in the Marvel UK story "[[State Games]]" as the pre-war rulers of Cybertron.

===Real-world references===
*A brain pan is real. Scientists use it to study brains of corpses without the confines of a skull.
*Arcee uses the human phrase of sounding like a broken record.

===Trivia===
*This episode explains why the phase shifter doesn't phase the user through everything, neatly tying up the issues of how it can be used with such versatility. (Well, neatly in the sense that the narrative says, "It just ''does'', okay?")
*While in Smokescreen's mind, Megatron's avatar has his own arm rather than the Prime's arm that he's since attached.
*Looks like Bulkhead finally gets to see Optimus "[[One Shall Fall|lose his cool]]."
*It would seem Megatron cannot tell which of his own soldiers are fliers or ground troopers. Then again, there's not much difference in appearance.
*When Knock Out removes the Omega Key from within Smokescreen, the Autobot's chest appears to be rising and falling rapidly much like a human's would when breathing harshly.
*Apparently it takes a long time to put the Omega Key in a pod and launch it off planet. It's shorter to knock a bot out, put the Omega Key inside him, and modify the Iacon Database entry to point back to said bot… Yeah, that makes no sense. Perhaps Alpha Trion was desperate.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Innere Angelegenheiten'''" ("Internal Affairs")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 22|22 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bukū Henkei! Kesshi no Skydive'''" (舞空変形!決死のスカイダイブ, "Sky Dance Transformation! The Suicidal Skydive")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 9|9 March]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Trabalho Sujo'''" ("Dirty Work")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 17|17 August]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Inside Job

2017-02-20T02:11:20Z

Transformerfan: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 49
|prev=Hard Knocks
|next=Patch (episode)
|image=InsideJobSmokescreenfreefall.jpg
|caption="This isn't flying! It's falling, with sty-HOLY SCRAP HEEEELLLP!!!"
|title="Inside Job"
|airdate=[[October 12]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Bob Skir|Robert N. Skir]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''When Smokescreen is captured, he learns the location of the Omega Key and attempts to retrieve all the other stolen keys.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] recovers consciousness to find himself on a slab in the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon warship]] with [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] standing over him. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] demands the final relic, pointing out [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s work decrypting the Iacon database has revealed an image of Smokescreen, but Smokescreen is merely confused as to what it means. Knock Out scans the [[Autobot]], and finds the last relic is hidden inside.
[[Image:InsideJobKnockOutSmokescreen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Having fun, Knock Out?]]
The other Autobots, meanwhile, realize that the Decepticons must have decoded the last coordinates and speculate that Smokescreen holds the [[Omega Key]] inside him, largely due to being installed within him while unconscious by [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]].

Knock Out advances on the alarmed Smokescreen with a rotary saw, only to reveal he's actually going to use the [[phase shifter]] to do the operation. He reaches inside Smokescreen and soon has the Omega Key in hand. Smokescreen refuses to tell the Decepticons what the Omega Keys are, but Megatron has ways of finding out.

[[Image:InsideJobStarscream.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Cue evil laugh in 3, 2, 1...]]
[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] ruminates on the one Omega Key he possesses, while talking to his [[Starscream clone (Prime)|dead clone]]. Imagining himself in charge of a reborn [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], he quickly realizes that he doesn't have the resources he would need to rule it.

Megatron listens in on Prime's briefing about the Omega Keys, thanks to a [[cortical psychic patch]] hooked up to Smokescreen. Once they've learned all they need, Knock Out unplugs the pair and Megatron orders Knock Out to use the patch to find the location of the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] so they can retrieve the other Omega Keys. After Megatron leaves to put their new key in a safe place, Knock Out moves in, only for Smokescreen to grab the phase shifter attached to his wrist and uses it to free himself. The pair grapple until Smokescreen manages to pull the device from his opponent's wrist, leaving Knock Out embedded in a bulkhead. Though Knock Out points out Smokescreen has no means of escape from the ship, Smokescreen has plans of his own. Through use of the phase shifter, he manages to catch up with Megatron near the storage area, where he snatches back the Omega Key and takes the one in storage as well. The Decepticons attempt to stop him, but their firepower passes straight through him. He eventually reaches the outer hull, only to be confronted by Megatron. With no other choice, the Autobot bails the ship.

At the Autobot base, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] picks up Smokescreen's signal, but has trouble locking on due to the fact that Smokescreen is plummeting through the air. Harried by [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]], Smokescreen drops towards the [[GroundBridge]] Ratchet opens, only to be knocked off-course by Megatron. He uses the phase shifter to pass through the ground. Moments later, Megatron lands and demands his subordinates search the wreckage. Smokescreen bridges back to base, where the Autobots congratulate him, but wonder where the fourth key is. Their query is answered a moment later when they get a message from Starscream offering the key in return for the replacement of his [[transformation cog|T-Cog]]. Having considered it, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] decides it's too important to not take Starscream up on his offer.

Optimus, Ratchet and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] bridge to a forested location and approach Starscream, only to find him apparently dead. It is, of course, just the dead clone, as the real Starscream uses his [[Red Energon]] to nip through the GroundBridge into the Autobot base. Moving too fast to be seen, he is tempted at first to finish off the slow-moving Autobots, but goes back to finding the Omega Keys first. The Autobots in the field realize they've been deceived just as Starscream blows open the vault holding the keys. Though Optimus orders [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to close the GroundBridge, it is too slow to prevent Starscream from escaping the base. He stops to mock Optimus, Ratchet and Bulkhead, only for the Red Energon to wear off right at the worst possible moment. After firing a missile at the Autobots, he frantically opens his own GroundBridge and escapes back to the ''[[Harbinger]]'', much to Optimus's despair. Though Bulkhead and Ratchet believe they can get the keys back Optimus grimly announces the fate of Cybertron is now in Starscream's hands.

[[Image:InsideJobKnockOut.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Well, this is awkward.]]
Despite Knock Out's pleas, Megatron refuses to release him from the wall. Megatron and [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] return to the bridge, where they find Starscream who has come with a peace offering of all four Omega Keys.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (2)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (7)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (1)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (4)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (11)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] (12)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (14)
|c4=
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Trippy."
:—'''Knock Out''' thinks the phase shifter is like, totally groovy, man.

"Get your stinkin' hand out of my gears!"
:—'''Smokescreen''' obviously doesn't like operations.

"Tell me the function of these relics." 
"Door stop? Shavers? Bling? Beats me."
:—'''Megatron''' asks a question and '''Smokescreen''' gives a vague answer.

"Fliers! I need Fliers!"
:—'''Megatron''' shortly after tossing a Vehicon trooper off the warship in pursuit of '''Smokescreen'''

"How easy it would be to gut you [Arcee]... to gut all of you."
:—Well, '''Starscream's''' already making plans.

"Autobots, maintain positions!" (said in '''very''' slow motion) 
"I'm sorry, what was that? Mblemblemble!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' is taunted by a '''Starscream''' who's hopped up on [[Red Energon]].

[[Image:TFP Inside Job Starscream fistful of keys.jpg|thumb||250px|Beware Starscream bearing gifts...]]
"We ''will'' locate the Autobot base, invade it, and retrieve the Omega Keys!" 
"Been there, done that."
:—'''Megatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s thunder is stolen by '''Starscream'''.

==Notes==

===Animation and technical errors===
*Megatron's vehicle mode still has his fusion cannon, despite the arm it was attached to being removed. Furthermore, if one watches Megatron's transformation scene, it's blocked off by smoke, making it impossible to see what exactly happens with his fusion cannon and his different arm.
*An early external shot of the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' has its "eyes" and running lights illuminated in [[Dark Energon]] purple; later in the episode they are their normal red.

===Continuity errors===
*The bots in Smokescreen's memory are in different places than in "Alpha/Omega". In that episode, Smokescreen and Ratchet are on Optimus's right side, and Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee are on his left. In this episode, Bulkhead and Ratchet are on his right, Bee is in the middle, and Arcee and Smokescreen are on his left.
*How exactly was Smokescreen able to transform into his vehicle mode with an Omega Key in his chest? Sure seems as though it would have either been damaged by the transforming sequence, or disrupted said sequence entirely. And wouldn't either the key or his insides get destroyed?
*In real life physics, either Knockout or the door, or both would collide with each other, and "implode," but the cartoonish effect made Knockout still able to just simply be stuck in the door and survive, with the inability to move fully, just like the same thing above.

===Continuity notes===
*This episode continues from [[Hard Knocks|the previous one]], starting not long after Smokescreen's capture and subsequent restraint.
*The [[cortical psychic patch]] is used to extract information from Smokescreen, having been used previously in "[[Sick Mind]]" and "[[Out of the Past]]".
*The scene which Megatron watches in Smokescreen's mind is from "[[Alpha/Omega]]".
*Starscream lists off numerous items he's acquired or stolen in previous episodes; the Omega Key from "Hard Knocks", the processed Red Energon (which he acquired in "[[New Recruit]]" and refined in "Hard Knocks"), his GroundBridge remote first seen in "[[Triangulation]]", his murdered clone from "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]", and the T-cog he scavenged from said clone in "Triangulation".
*Starscream previously referred to himself as an "[[Emperor of Destruction]]" in "[[Masters & Students]]".
*Ratchet recalls Starscream's lack of a T-cog, which he learned about in "[[Crossfire]]". Starscream lost his in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".
* Once again, Starscream sends an embedded message to the Autobots, asking Ratchet to bring a medical kit. This time around, it didn't work out very well for the Autobots.
*Starscream still seems to be holding a grudge against Arcee from the events of "[[Partners]]", given his comments about gutting the Autobots start with her.
*While Starscream is looking for the Omega Keys in the Autobots' Vault, he comes across [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] in stasis, which occurred back in "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]". The last time they interacted was in "Crossfire".
*Even though the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] was destroyed in "Alpha/Omega", Optimus still wears the hilt Ratchet made him.

===Transformers references===
* One of Starscream's self-proclaimed titles as the new ruler of Cybertron is "[[Emperor of Destruction]]". He also refers to himself as Cybertron's [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]], which originated in the Marvel UK story "[[State Games]]" as the pre-war rulers of Cybertron.

===Real-world references===
*A brain pan is real. Scientists use it to study brains of corpses without the confines of a skull.
*Arcee uses the human phrase of sounding like a broken record.

===Trivia===
*This episode explains why the phase shifter doesn't phase the user through everything, neatly tying up the issues of how it can be used with such versatility. (Well, neatly in the sense that the narrative says, "It just ''does'', okay?")
*While in Smokescreen's mind, Megatron's avatar has his own arm rather than the Prime's arm that he's since attached.
*Looks like Bulkhead finally gets to see Optimus "[[One Shall Fall|lose his cool]]."
*It would seem Megatron cannot tell which of his own soldiers are fliers or ground troopers. Then again, there's not much difference in appearance.
*When Knock Out removes the Omega Key from within Smokescreen, the Autobot's chest appears to be rising and falling rapidly much like a human's would when breathing harshly.
*Apparently it takes a long time to put the Omega Key in a pod and launch it off planet. It's shorter to knock a bot out, put the Omega Key inside him, and modify the Iacon Database entry to point back to said bot… Yeah, that makes no sense. Perhaps Alpha Trion was desperate.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Innere Angelegenheiten'''" ("Internal Affairs")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 22|22 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bukū Henkei! Kesshi no Skydive'''" (舞空変形!決死のスカイダイブ, "Sky Dance Transformation! The Suicidal Skydive")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 9|9 March]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Trabalho Sujo'''" ("Dirty Work")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 17|17 August]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Inside Job

2017-02-20T02:07:54Z

Transformerfan: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 49
|prev=Hard Knocks
|next=Patch (episode)
|image=InsideJobSmokescreenfreefall.jpg
|caption="This isn't flying! It's falling, with sty-HOLY SCRAP HEEEELLLP!!!"
|title="Inside Job"
|airdate=[[October 12]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Bob Skir|Robert N. Skir]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''When Smokescreen is captured, he learns the location of the Omega Key and attempts to retrieve all the other stolen keys.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] recovers consciousness to find himself on a slab in the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon warship]] with [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] standing over him. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] demands the final relic, pointing out [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s work decrypting the Iacon database has revealed an image of Smokescreen, but Smokescreen is merely confused as to what it means. Knock Out scans the [[Autobot]], and finds the last relic is hidden inside.
[[Image:InsideJobKnockOutSmokescreen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Having fun, Knock Out?]]
The other Autobots, meanwhile, realize that the Decepticons must have decoded the last coordinates and speculate that Smokescreen holds the [[Omega Key]] inside him, largely due to being installed within him while unconscious by [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]].

Knock Out advances on the alarmed Smokescreen with a rotary saw, only to reveal he's actually going to use the [[phase shifter]] to do the operation. He reaches inside Smokescreen and soon has the Omega Key in hand. Smokescreen refuses to tell the Decepticons what the Omega Keys are, but Megatron has ways of finding out.

[[Image:InsideJobStarscream.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Cue evil laugh in 3, 2, 1...]]
[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] ruminates on the one Omega Key he possesses, while talking to his [[Starscream clone (Prime)|dead clone]]. Imagining himself in charge of a reborn [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], he quickly realizes that he doesn't have the resources he would need to rule it.

Megatron listens in on Prime's briefing about the Omega Keys, thanks to a [[cortical psychic patch]] hooked up to Smokescreen. Once they've learned all they need, Knock Out unplugs the pair and Megatron orders Knock Out to use the patch to find the location of the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] so they can retrieve the other Omega Keys. After Megatron leaves to put their new key in a safe place, Knock Out moves in, only for Smokescreen to grab the phase shifter attached to his wrist and uses it to free himself. The pair grapple until Smokescreen manages to pull the device from his opponent's wrist, leaving Knock Out embedded in a bulkhead. Though Knock Out points out Smokescreen has no means of escape from the ship, Smokescreen has plans of his own. Through use of the phase shifter, he manages to catch up with Megatron near the storage area, where he snatches back the Omega Key and takes the one in storage as well. The Decepticons attempt to stop him, but their firepower passes straight through him. He eventually reaches the outer hull, only to be confronted by Megatron. With no other choice, the Autobot bails the ship.

At the Autobot base, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] picks up Smokescreen's signal, but has trouble locking on due to the fact that Smokescreen is plummeting through the air. Harried by [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]], Smokescreen drops towards the [[GroundBridge]] Ratchet opens, only to be knocked off-course by Megatron. He uses the phase shifter to pass through the ground. Moments later, Megatron lands and demands his subordinates search the wreckage. Smokescreen bridges back to base, where the Autobots congratulate him, but wonder where the fourth key is. Their query is answered a moment later when they get a message from Starscream offering the key in return for the replacement of his [[transformation cog|T-Cog]]. Having considered it, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] decides it's too important to not take Starscream up on his offer.

Optimus, Ratchet and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] bridge to a forested location and approach Starscream, only to find him apparently dead. It is, of course, just the dead clone, as the real Starscream uses his [[Red Energon]] to nip through the GroundBridge into the Autobot base. Moving too fast to be seen, he is tempted at first to finish off the slow-moving Autobots, but goes back to finding the Omega Keys first. The Autobots in the field realize they've been deceived just as Starscream blows open the vault holding the keys. Though Optimus orders [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to close the GroundBridge, it is too slow to prevent Starscream from escaping the base. He stops to mock Optimus, Ratchet and Bulkhead, only for the Red Energon to wear off right at the worst possible moment. After firing a missile at the Autobots, he frantically opens his own GroundBridge and escapes back to the ''[[Harbinger]]'', much to Optimus's despair. Though Bulkhead and Ratchet believe they can get the keys back Optimus grimly announces the fate of Cybertron is now in Starscream's hands.

[[Image:InsideJobKnockOut.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Well, this is awkward.]]
Despite Knock Out's pleas, Megatron refuses to release him from the wall. Megatron and [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] return to the bridge, where they find Starscream who has come with a peace offering of all four Omega Keys.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (2)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (7)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (1)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (4)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (11)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] (12)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (14)
|c4=
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Trippy."
:—'''Knock Out''' thinks the phase shifter is like, totally groovy, man.

"Get your stinkin' hand out of my gears!"
:—'''Smokescreen''' obviously doesn't like operations.

"Tell me the function of these relics." 
"Door stop? Shavers? Bling? Beats me."
:—'''Megatron''' asks a question and '''Smokescreen''' gives a vague answer.

"Fliers! I need Fliers!"
:—'''Megatron''' shortly after tossing a Vehicon trooper off the warship in pursuit of '''Smokescreen'''

"How easy it would be to gut you [Arcee]... to gut all of you."
:—Well, '''Starscream's''' already making plans.

"Autobots, maintain positions!" (said in '''very''' slow motion) 
"I'm sorry, what was that? Mblemblemble!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' is taunted by a '''Starscream''' who's hopped up on [[Red Energon]].

[[Image:TFP Inside Job Starscream fistful of keys.jpg|thumb||250px|Beware Starscream bearing gifts...]]
"We ''will'' locate the Autobot base, invade it, and retrieve the Omega Keys!" 
"Been there, done that."
:—'''Megatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s thunder is stolen by '''Starscream'''.

==Notes==

===Animation and technical errors===
*Megatron's vehicle mode still has his fusion cannon, despite the arm it was attached to being removed. Furthermore, if one watches Megatron's transformation scene, it's blocked off by smoke, making it impossible to see what exactly happens with his fusion cannon and his different arm.
*An early external shot of the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' has its "eyes" and running lights illuminated in [[Dark Energon]] purple; later in the episode they are their normal red.

===Continuity errors===
*The bots in Smokescreen's memory are in different places than in "Alpha/Omega". In that episode, Smokescreen and Ratchet are on Optimus's right side, and Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee are on his left. In this episode, Bulkhead and Ratchet are on his right, Bee is in the middle, and Arcee and Smokescreen are on his left.
*How exactly was Smokescreen able to transform into his vehicle mode with an Omega Key in his chest? Sure seems as though it would have either been damaged by the transforming sequence, or disrupted said sequence entirely.
*In real life physics, either Knockout or the door, or both would collide with each other, and "implode," but the cartoonish effect made Knockout still able to just simply be stuck in the door and survive, with the inability to move fully.

===Continuity notes===
*This episode continues from [[Hard Knocks|the previous one]], starting not long after Smokescreen's capture and subsequent restraint.
*The [[cortical psychic patch]] is used to extract information from Smokescreen, having been used previously in "[[Sick Mind]]" and "[[Out of the Past]]".
*The scene which Megatron watches in Smokescreen's mind is from "[[Alpha/Omega]]".
*Starscream lists off numerous items he's acquired or stolen in previous episodes; the Omega Key from "Hard Knocks", the processed Red Energon (which he acquired in "[[New Recruit]]" and refined in "Hard Knocks"), his GroundBridge remote first seen in "[[Triangulation]]", his murdered clone from "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]", and the T-cog he scavenged from said clone in "Triangulation".
*Starscream previously referred to himself as an "[[Emperor of Destruction]]" in "[[Masters & Students]]".
*Ratchet recalls Starscream's lack of a T-cog, which he learned about in "[[Crossfire]]". Starscream lost his in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".
* Once again, Starscream sends an embedded message to the Autobots, asking Ratchet to bring a medical kit. This time around, it didn't work out very well for the Autobots.
*Starscream still seems to be holding a grudge against Arcee from the events of "[[Partners]]", given his comments about gutting the Autobots start with her.
*While Starscream is looking for the Omega Keys in the Autobots' Vault, he comes across [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] in stasis, which occurred back in "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]". The last time they interacted was in "Crossfire".
*Even though the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] was destroyed in "Alpha/Omega", Optimus still wears the hilt Ratchet made him.

===Transformers references===
* One of Starscream's self-proclaimed titles as the new ruler of Cybertron is "[[Emperor of Destruction]]". He also refers to himself as Cybertron's [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]], which originated in the Marvel UK story "[[State Games]]" as the pre-war rulers of Cybertron.

===Real-world references===
*A brain pan is real. Scientists use it to study brains of corpses without the confines of a skull.
*Arcee uses the human phrase of sounding like a broken record.

===Trivia===
*This episode explains why the phase shifter doesn't phase the user through everything, neatly tying up the issues of how it can be used with such versatility. (Well, neatly in the sense that the narrative says, "It just ''does'', okay?")
*While in Smokescreen's mind, Megatron's avatar has his own arm rather than the Prime's arm that he's since attached.
*Looks like Bulkhead finally gets to see Optimus "[[One Shall Fall|lose his cool]]."
*It would seem Megatron cannot tell which of his own soldiers are fliers or ground troopers. Then again, there's not much difference in appearance.
*When Knock Out removes the Omega Key from within Smokescreen, the Autobot's chest appears to be rising and falling rapidly much like a human's would when breathing harshly.
*Apparently it takes a long time to put the Omega Key in a pod and launch it off planet. It's shorter to knock a bot out, put the Omega Key inside him, and modify the Iacon Database entry to point back to said bot… Yeah, that makes no sense. Perhaps Alpha Trion was desperate.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Innere Angelegenheiten'''" ("Internal Affairs")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 22|22 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bukū Henkei! Kesshi no Skydive'''" (舞空変形!決死のスカイダイブ, "Sky Dance Transformation! The Suicidal Skydive")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 9|9 March]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Trabalho Sujo'''" ("Dirty Work")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 17|17 August]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Inside Job

2017-02-20T02:07:40Z

Transformerfan: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 49
|prev=Hard Knocks
|next=Patch (episode)
|image=InsideJobSmokescreenfreefall.jpg
|caption="This isn't flying! It's falling, with sty-HOLY SCRAP HEEEELLLP!!!"
|title="Inside Job"
|airdate=[[October 12]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Bob Skir|Robert N. Skir]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''When Smokescreen is captured, he learns the location of the Omega Key and attempts to retrieve all the other stolen keys.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] recovers consciousness to find himself on a slab in the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon warship]] with [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] standing over him. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] demands the final relic, pointing out [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s work decrypting the Iacon database has revealed an image of Smokescreen, but Smokescreen is merely confused as to what it means. Knock Out scans the [[Autobot]], and finds the last relic is hidden inside.
[[Image:InsideJobKnockOutSmokescreen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Having fun, Knock Out?]]
The other Autobots, meanwhile, realize that the Decepticons must have decoded the last coordinates and speculate that Smokescreen holds the [[Omega Key]] inside him, largely due to being installed within him while unconscious by [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]].

Knock Out advances on the alarmed Smokescreen with a rotary saw, only to reveal he's actually going to use the [[phase shifter]] to do the operation. He reaches inside Smokescreen and soon has the Omega Key in hand. Smokescreen refuses to tell the Decepticons what the Omega Keys are, but Megatron has ways of finding out.

[[Image:InsideJobStarscream.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Cue evil laugh in 3, 2, 1...]]
[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] ruminates on the one Omega Key he possesses, while talking to his [[Starscream clone (Prime)|dead clone]]. Imagining himself in charge of a reborn [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], he quickly realizes that he doesn't have the resources he would need to rule it.

Megatron listens in on Prime's briefing about the Omega Keys, thanks to a [[cortical psychic patch]] hooked up to Smokescreen. Once they've learned all they need, Knock Out unplugs the pair and Megatron orders Knock Out to use the patch to find the location of the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] so they can retrieve the other Omega Keys. After Megatron leaves to put their new key in a safe place, Knock Out moves in, only for Smokescreen to grab the phase shifter attached to his wrist and uses it to free himself. The pair grapple until Smokescreen manages to pull the device from his opponent's wrist, leaving Knock Out embedded in a bulkhead. Though Knock Out points out Smokescreen has no means of escape from the ship, Smokescreen has plans of his own. Through use of the phase shifter, he manages to catch up with Megatron near the storage area, where he snatches back the Omega Key and takes the one in storage as well. The Decepticons attempt to stop him, but their firepower passes straight through him. He eventually reaches the outer hull, only to be confronted by Megatron. With no other choice, the Autobot bails the ship.

At the Autobot base, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] picks up Smokescreen's signal, but has trouble locking on due to the fact that Smokescreen is plummeting through the air. Harried by [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]], Smokescreen drops towards the [[GroundBridge]] Ratchet opens, only to be knocked off-course by Megatron. He uses the phase shifter to pass through the ground. Moments later, Megatron lands and demands his subordinates search the wreckage. Smokescreen bridges back to base, where the Autobots congratulate him, but wonder where the fourth key is. Their query is answered a moment later when they get a message from Starscream offering the key in return for the replacement of his [[transformation cog|T-Cog]]. Having considered it, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] decides it's too important to not take Starscream up on his offer.

Optimus, Ratchet and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] bridge to a forested location and approach Starscream, only to find him apparently dead. It is, of course, just the dead clone, as the real Starscream uses his [[Red Energon]] to nip through the GroundBridge into the Autobot base. Moving too fast to be seen, he is tempted at first to finish off the slow-moving Autobots, but goes back to finding the Omega Keys first. The Autobots in the field realize they've been deceived just as Starscream blows open the vault holding the keys. Though Optimus orders [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to close the GroundBridge, it is too slow to prevent Starscream from escaping the base. He stops to mock Optimus, Ratchet and Bulkhead, only for the Red Energon to wear off right at the worst possible moment. After firing a missile at the Autobots, he frantically opens his own GroundBridge and escapes back to the ''[[Harbinger]]'', much to Optimus's despair. Though Bulkhead and Ratchet believe they can get the keys back Optimus grimly announces the fate of Cybertron is now in Starscream's hands.

[[Image:InsideJobKnockOut.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Well, this is awkward.]]
Despite Knock Out's pleas, Megatron refuses to release him from the wall. Megatron and [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] return to the bridge, where they find Starscream who has come with a peace offering of all four Omega Keys.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] (2)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (7)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (1)
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (4)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (11)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] (12)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (14)
|c4=
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (10)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Trippy."
:—'''Knock Out''' thinks the phase shifter is like, totally groovy, man.

"Get your stinkin' hand out of my gears!"
:—'''Smokescreen''' obviously doesn't like operations.

"Tell me the function of these relics." 
"Door stop? Shavers? Bling? Beats me."
:—'''Megatron''' asks a question and '''Smokescreen''' gives a vague answer.

"Fliers! I need Fliers!"
:—'''Megatron''' shortly after tossing a Vehicon trooper off the warship in pursuit of '''Smokescreen'''

"How easy it would be to gut you [Arcee]... to gut all of you."
:—Well, '''Starscream's''' already making plans.

"Autobots, maintain positions!" (said in '''very''' slow motion) 
"I'm sorry, what was that? Mblemblemble!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' is taunted by a '''Starscream''' who's hopped up on [[Red Energon]].

[[Image:TFP Inside Job Starscream fistful of keys.jpg|thumb||250px|Beware Starscream bearing gifts...]]
"We ''will'' locate the Autobot base, invade it, and retrieve the Omega Keys!" 
"Been there, done that."
:—'''Megatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s thunder is stolen by '''Starscream'''.

==Notes==

===Animation and technical errors===
*Megatron's vehicle mode still has his fusion cannon, despite the arm it was attached to being removed. Furthermore, if one watches Megatron's transformation scene, it's blocked off by smoke, making it impossible to see what exactly happens with his fusion cannon and his different arm.
*An early external shot of the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' has its "eyes" and running lights illuminated in [[Dark Energon]] purple; later in the episode they are their normal red.

===Continuity errors===
*The bots in Smokescreen's memory are in different places than in "Alpha/Omega". In that episode, Smokescreen and Ratchet are on Optimus's right side, and Arcee, Bulkhead and Bumblebee are on his left. In this episode, Bulkhead and Ratchet are on his right, Bee is in the middle, and Arcee and Smokescreen are on his left.
*How exactly was Smokescreen able to transform into his vehicle mode with an Omega Key in his chest? Sure seems as though it would have either been damaged by the transforming sequence, or disrupted said sequence entirely.
*In real life physic's, either Knockout or the door, or both would collide with each other, and "implode," but the cartoonish effect made Knockout still able to just simply be stuck in the door and survive, with the inability to move fully.

===Continuity notes===
*This episode continues from [[Hard Knocks|the previous one]], starting not long after Smokescreen's capture and subsequent restraint.
*The [[cortical psychic patch]] is used to extract information from Smokescreen, having been used previously in "[[Sick Mind]]" and "[[Out of the Past]]".
*The scene which Megatron watches in Smokescreen's mind is from "[[Alpha/Omega]]".
*Starscream lists off numerous items he's acquired or stolen in previous episodes; the Omega Key from "Hard Knocks", the processed Red Energon (which he acquired in "[[New Recruit]]" and refined in "Hard Knocks"), his GroundBridge remote first seen in "[[Triangulation]]", his murdered clone from "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]", and the T-cog he scavenged from said clone in "Triangulation".
*Starscream previously referred to himself as an "[[Emperor of Destruction]]" in "[[Masters & Students]]".
*Ratchet recalls Starscream's lack of a T-cog, which he learned about in "[[Crossfire]]". Starscream lost his in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".
* Once again, Starscream sends an embedded message to the Autobots, asking Ratchet to bring a medical kit. This time around, it didn't work out very well for the Autobots.
*Starscream still seems to be holding a grudge against Arcee from the events of "[[Partners]]", given his comments about gutting the Autobots start with her.
*While Starscream is looking for the Omega Keys in the Autobots' Vault, he comes across [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] in stasis, which occurred back in "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]". The last time they interacted was in "Crossfire".
*Even though the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] was destroyed in "Alpha/Omega", Optimus still wears the hilt Ratchet made him.

===Transformers references===
* One of Starscream's self-proclaimed titles as the new ruler of Cybertron is "[[Emperor of Destruction]]". He also refers to himself as Cybertron's [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]], which originated in the Marvel UK story "[[State Games]]" as the pre-war rulers of Cybertron.

===Real-world references===
*A brain pan is real. Scientists use it to study brains of corpses without the confines of a skull.
*Arcee uses the human phrase of sounding like a broken record.

===Trivia===
*This episode explains why the phase shifter doesn't phase the user through everything, neatly tying up the issues of how it can be used with such versatility. (Well, neatly in the sense that the narrative says, "It just ''does'', okay?")
*While in Smokescreen's mind, Megatron's avatar has his own arm rather than the Prime's arm that he's since attached.
*Looks like Bulkhead finally gets to see Optimus "[[One Shall Fall|lose his cool]]."
*It would seem Megatron cannot tell which of his own soldiers are fliers or ground troopers. Then again, there's not much difference in appearance.
*When Knock Out removes the Omega Key from within Smokescreen, the Autobot's chest appears to be rising and falling rapidly much like a human's would when breathing harshly.
*Apparently it takes a long time to put the Omega Key in a pod and launch it off planet. It's shorter to knock a bot out, put the Omega Key inside him, and modify the Iacon Database entry to point back to said bot… Yeah, that makes no sense. Perhaps Alpha Trion was desperate.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Innere Angelegenheiten'''" ("Internal Affairs")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 22|22 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bukū Henkei! Kesshi no Skydive'''" (舞空変形!決死のスカイダイブ, "Sky Dance Transformation! The Suicidal Skydive")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 9|9 March]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Trabalho Sujo'''" ("Dirty Work")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 17|17 August]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Scraplet

2017-02-18T03:23:07Z

Transformerfan: /* Notes */

[[File:Scraplets.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|This is the face of genital herpes.]]
'''Scraplets''' are alleged to be the deadliest disease known to mechanical lifeforms in the entire galaxy. It is a complicated form of alien parasite, which lives solely to eat, reproduce, and eat some more.

Scraplets have evolved to resemble pink and blue nuts and bolts, washers and screws. However, when brought into contact with mechanical life, Scraplets instantly and painfully embed themselves into the skin of said creature and rapidly begin to self-replicate. The living metal around a Scraplet quickly corrodes, decaying and cracking away as the embedded Scraplet feasts. This process is painful and inevitably fatal for the infected robot. In a matter of hours, a single Scraplet can reproduce enough to completely infest an average-sized Cybertronian to the point of physical breakdown.

Scraplets are capable of transforming into vaguely humanoid robotic configurations, each capable of elementary speech and reasoning abilities. There are many different forms of humanoid Scraplet; the number of limbs, eyes, fangs, and claws vary, though they are all quite tiny by Transformer standards. They use the locomotion afforded by this mode to spread out from a dead or dying host and infect mechanoids whom they might not otherwise be able to come in contact with.

A mass of Scraplets can also merge into a combined humanoid form. In this form they have enormous strength and agility and a primitive group consciousness. However, this form also carries with it some limitations, as they present a larger target and become vulnerable to conventional assault.

Their sense of vision seems to be based on a combination of heat-seeking and metal-detection which is primarily geared towards identifying edible silicon-based life-forms. Carbon-based life-forms are all but invisible to the Scraplet, and usually of no interest.

It is said that there is [[Water|a rare chemical of legend that can kill a Scraplet]], but this is doubtful.

{{bigquote|They pick you apart from the inside out, going for the small, juicy bits first, fuse by fuse, circuit by circuit, until there's nothing left. And I mean nothing... ''not even your optics''.|[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]|"[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] called [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] a scraplet as an insult. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}
[[File:Scraplet swarm Marvel US issue 29.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|So... just how long have these things been hanging out in the infinite void of deep space, waiting for a living robot to pass by that exact spot?]]
When [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] needed to transport the first prototype [[Wash and Roll]] to [[Earth]], he hired a [[freighter pilot]] to fly the cargo there. Emerging from warp space in Earth's [[Solar System]], the pilot exited the craft to perform some necessary repairs. As he did, the ship passed through what seemed to be a cloud of space dust. The "dust" rapidly infected the pilot, who lost control of the ship as it crashed on Earth.

Not hearing back from the pilot, Ratbat sent the Decepticon [[Triple Changer]]s to investigate. They found the stricken pilot near the crashed ship, but didn't get very far in interrogating him about his failure before they too were infected. When Blaster and Goldbug arrived, Blaster landed in the crater and was soon infected as well. The freighter pilot survived long enough to warn [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] about the infection, just before his head fell off. The Scraplets charged toward the tasty-looking Goldbug, who was defended by his human friend [[Charlie Fong]]. But as the two headed off to try and find a cure, Goldbug hesitated, reluctant to abandon Blaster, and he too was infected. Hours later, the infection was so widespread that Goldbug couldn't continue driving. {{storylink|Crater Critters}}

[[File:Scraplets duplicate Marvel US issue 29.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Scraplet reproduction. Woo!]]
Made aware of the infection by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], Ratbat decided to take decisive action to contain it. Rather than risk more Decepticon lives, he captured [[Throttlebot|five Autobots]] and sent them to Earth. His mission for them: use vats of acid spray to destroy all infected Transformers on the planet, Autobot and Decepticon alike!

Charlie Fong pushed Goldbug through the desert to a service station, where the appalled attendants offered him a glass of water. Charlie was shocked when he spilled some on Goldbug to see the Scraplets die and fall off. Holy crap, pinball wizard and a miracle cure: ''water!!''

[[File:Scraplets robot mode Marvel US issue 30.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|And you thought girls had cooties...]]
Before Charlie could grab a hose to "wash his car", the attendants restrained him, thinking he was delusional. Two of the Throttlebots arrived just then, regretfully attempting to destroy Goldbug; only Charlie's interference saved him, as he demonstrated the miracle cure. Satisfied, [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] and [[Wideload (G1)|Wide Load]] stood by while Charlie hosed down Goldbug, curing him.

[[File:Scraplets combined mode Marvel US issue 30.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"NOBODY steps on a church in my town!"]]
Goldbug and company returned to the crash site with two tankers of water to save Blaster, but couldn't do so without also curing the three Decepticons. Before they could take action, thousands of the Scraplets combined into a muscular mauve giant, bashing the weaponless Throttlebots around. Goldbug cured the Decepticons, who used their firepower to bring down the giant, which Blaster then destroyed with one of the acid vats. The remaining water was used to remove the Scraplets which infected the Throttlebots during the battle, and the outbreak on Earth was at an end. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

When he returned four missing children to their parents on Earth, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] likened the humans' outraged reactions to what he'd expect if he had been infected with Scraplets. {{storylink|Monstercon from Mars!}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] called [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] an "oversized scraplet" during the fight at the [[Praetorus Wharf]]. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
[[Airazor (BW)|Wing Saber]] mentally referred to [[Steelgrave]] as "you pompous, arrogant spawn of a scraplet" during his attempted torture on her.

Later, during the raid on the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] factory on [[Nibari]], [[Crossblades (BW)|Crossblades]] mockingly called [[Thrasher (BW)|Thrasher]] a "Scraplet". {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

===Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity===
[[Swindle (Cybertron)|Swindle]] derisively referred to the [[Mini-Con]]s as "scraplets" for fighting back against Decepticon control. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
Scraplets were a potion designed to heal damaged Transformers. They feasted on ''dead'' metal, leaving healthy metal untouched. The metal was either recycled into living metal or more scraplets. They were fatal to [[zombie]]s. They were usually contained in vials, as the air on Cybertron was loaded with water vapor, which killed them. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

===Live-action film series===
====Titan Comics ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic====
[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] accused [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] of behaving like "un-housetrained scraplets". Why anyone would housetrain a scraplet is anyone's guess. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}}

====Titan Comics ''Age of Extinction'' comic====
{{groupstub}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.4|Locked In!}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]]'s advanced sensors allowed him to spot an object as small as a Scraplet from a dozen [[Units of length|hic]]s away. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[File:PrimeScrapletsEp7.gif|left|upright=1.95|thumb|So now we know what [[Mecannibal]] babies look like.]] The Scraplets were frozen in a large container in the [[Arctic]]. The Autobots, wishing to research the container, brought it into their base to thaw, only to have the Scraplets chew through their prison and escape. [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], while investigating the base, discovered a Scraplet scuttling around, and thought it was some kind of Autobot pet. He decided to play catch with the creature and threw a bolt, which the Scraplet promptly devoured and promptly identified with Raf rather adorably, with behaviour not unlike a cat. Raf carried the Scraplet to the inner area of the base where [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] were working. As soon as they saw the Scraplet, all three panicked, and tried to explain how dangerous it could be to them.

Raf thought it to be harmless, and that Ratchet was mistaken, until the Scraplet spotted the Autobots, leapt out of his arms and chewed large scratches into Bumblebee's leg. Raf smashed it, but Ratchet guessed that there would surely be more Scraplets around. His fear was confirmed when they found the empty container, and he sent Bulkhead, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]], Raf, and Bumblebee to hunt them down while he tried to repair the Scraplets' damage with [[Jack Darby|Jack]] watching his back. The Scraplets ambushed Bulkhead and Bumblebee and a swarm of them flew down from the ceiling and began chewing on Ratchet. Jack discovered that by using a fire extinguisher, one could freeze the Scraplets to death.

[[File:Transformers-Prime-Scrapheap-Scraplet.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Where's Pinkie Pie's Parasprite Polka when you really need it?!]]
The creatures were initially fended off by the three children, who were not considered food by the Scraplets. The Scraplets had done considerable damage to many systems, and it was up to the children to fix them. They fixed the Energon supply cable that fed the [[GroundBridge]], bringing it back online. The Autobots formulated a plan to both get rid of the Scraplets, and bring back [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], who were stranded in the Arctic. Activating the now operational GroundBridge, Bulkhead decided to act as bait to draw the scraplets through. Once through, the scraplets darted at Optimus and Arcee, and became frozen before they could reach them. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}} The massive damage they'd done to the base continued to plague the ground bridge's systems for some time. {{storylink|Con Job}}

There were still plenty of Scraplets on the dead Cybertron. A sizable cluster of them managed to find their way into the passageway beneath [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] that led to [[Vector Sigma]]. When Jack passed through to Vector Sigma, the Scraplets followed him. While they had no interest in him, once the mega computer started charging [[Key to Vector Sigma|the Key]], the Scraplets started feasting on the empowered access board. Despite Jack's attempts to remove them, the Scraplets proved too many. Fortunately, an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] had also followed Jack down the passageway, but stopped short when it saw the infestation of Scraplets, showing that it too was afraid of them. Jack quickly used this to his advantage by dislodging a live Scraplet and throwing it at the giant insect. Sensing a living Cybertronian, the scraplets quickly went to town on the Insecticon. In a matter of seconds, the Scraplets chewed through the Decepticon sentry's limbs, causing it to fall over into the deep pit below. The scraplets followed the doomed Insecticon as it plummeted. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

When transporting [[Tox-En]] to a volcano to destroy it, Bulkhead stated that carrying the vile Energon was worse than facing Scraplets. {{storylink|Toxicity}}

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====''Decepticon's Storytime Theater''====
[[File:StoryOfStumbleBee Scraplets.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
There once existed an extremely popular Decepticon named [[Stumble Bee]], who accidentally fell into a hole and was eaten by Scraplets. {{storylink|Decepticon's Storytime Theater - The Story of Stumble Bee|The Story of Stumble Bee}}
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====''Arms Micron Theater''====
[[B.H.]] was chased around the [[Arms Micron]] studio by a swarm of Scraplets and asked [[C.L.]] and [[Arc]] for help. Arc suggested he lead the creatures somewhere cold, but C.L. pointed out there was no place cold enough in [[Tateishi]]. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Freezing Transformation!? Terror of the Minicons}}

====Eaglemoss ''Prime'' Comics====
A GroundBridge mishap sent Bulkhead to the site of a Vehicon crashed ship, which was being eaten by Scraplets. After being chased by the little critters for a while, Bulkhead used the Vehicon's corpse to lure them in. As the Scraplets finished their first meal, Bulkhead buried the lot of them in a landslide. {{storylink|Mount Problem!}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Among [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s suggestions for ways to execute a captive [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] was "a single Scraplet taken orally". {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}} It was rumored that [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] was skilled enough to rewire a Scraplet with his fingers alone. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}} A scraplet in a Petri dish appeared in a clip from [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]]'s database used as part of a farewell message to [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]. {{storylink|The Gloaming}} On a duplicate ''[[Lost Light]]'' created by a quantum accident, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] wasn't rid of his [[Nanocon]] infection by shrinking [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]], [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] down using [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s [[mass-displacement gun]] so they could go inside Magnus and eliminate all of the invaders, but by using domesticated scraplets. {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken}}

Ratchet would later claim that several ''Lost Light'' crew members were at risk of being infected by "super-scraplets", a breed of scraplet with the ability to [[Teleportation|teleport]]. First Aid recognized these supposed scraplets as a complete fabrication and an excuse for Ratchet to talk to the crew members in private. {{storylink|Our Steps Will Always Rhyme}}

While Brainstorm's Contrivance Engine was highly active, an infestation of disoriented Scraplets were accidentally transported onto the Lost Light in a crate of sub-space filtered engex. They showed a hive intelligence by combining into a form that any Cybertronian would deem harmless - that of a newly-formed sparkling. They were discovered by Whirl, Swerve and Nautica, who were taken in. When Whirl prepared to protect the crew from discovery by flushing them out of an airlock, they altered their form to appeal to him specifically, forming a face of a singular (red) optic and claws for hands, and once again taken in, Whirl hid them inside himself. Fortunately they were reported by Nautica and quarantined by Velocity before he or any of the crew could die.{{storylink|Silent Light}}

===''Wings Universe''===
[[Tornado]] disdained organics as being barely more evolved than scraplets. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}}

Apelinq and the other [[Cybertronian Knight]]s considered a mandatory meditation session and lecture from [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]] to be a worse thing to deal with than, among other things, Scraplets swarming Cybertron. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal logs}}

==Games==
===Bot Shots Battle Game!===
[[File:BotShots gameplay Scraplets!.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|AUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!]]
During battle, Bot Shots were able to summon a swarm of Scraplets to attack their opponent. {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
Towards the end of the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], a neutral scientist observed the [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] integrate into the ecosystem of the ruins above the [[Crystal City]], noting that they often mucked about in the acid pools (much to the [[alloygator]]s' pleasure), and consumed most of the energon (to the Scraplets' misfortune).

When [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] infiltrated [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron's]] home base of [[Kolkular]] Jazz noted that the base's security (which came in the form of gun turrets), was surprisingly lax and was probably only around to deal with any Scraplets that wandered into the base. Optimus agreed, jovially stating that "even Megatron" had to deal with pests every now and then.{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark (console)}}

===''Transformers Universe''===
[[Drive-By]]'s Metal Fatigue ability infected his enemies with [[nanite]]s reverse-engineered from Scraplets. {{storylink|Transformers Universe}}

===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
The Decepticons used Scraplets to discombobulate the Autobot Headquarter's systems. Bulkhead removed the Scraplets, restoring the base back to normal. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}

==Notes==
*While using round dialogue bubbles for humans and square dialogue bubbles for robots, letterer [[Janice Chiang]] used various polygons for Scraplet-speak.
*The Scraplet stories were two of Budiansky's favourite stories to write, though he'd got them confused with [[Mecannibal]]s.<ref>[http://traffic.libsyn.com/moonbase2/BobBinterview.mp3 Bob Budiansky interview at Moonbase 2]</ref>
*The Scraplets in ''Prime'' are somewhat different from their earlier portrayals; they lack any [[alternate mode]] or combining abilities, they all look the same, and their weakness has changed from water to extreme cold temperatures. Additionally, they can fly as a swarm, and make dentist drill sounds when hungry. They also lack the spontaneous reproduction of the earlier version of Scraplets, although Ratchet's claim that "there's never just ''one''" implies that they are fast breeders.
*Scraplets don't eat other Scraplets for some reason, even though they only eat metal, despite the fact they're metal too, ironically.
*It is unknown where the metal Scraplets eat go, perhaps it is grinded in their mouth, as they have rows of teeth.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Minicon''' (ミニコン ''Minikon'')
*''Italian:'' '''Scheggia''' ("Sliver", plural '''Schegge''')

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Scraplet

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[[File:Scraplets.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|This is the face of genital herpes.]]
'''Scraplets''' are alleged to be the deadliest disease known to mechanical lifeforms in the entire galaxy. It is a complicated form of alien parasite, which lives solely to eat, reproduce, and eat some more.

Scraplets have evolved to resemble pink and blue nuts and bolts, washers and screws. However, when brought into contact with mechanical life, Scraplets instantly and painfully embed themselves into the skin of said creature and rapidly begin to self-replicate. The living metal around a Scraplet quickly corrodes, decaying and cracking away as the embedded Scraplet feasts. This process is painful and inevitably fatal for the infected robot. In a matter of hours, a single Scraplet can reproduce enough to completely infest an average-sized Cybertronian to the point of physical breakdown.

Scraplets are capable of transforming into vaguely humanoid robotic configurations, each capable of elementary speech and reasoning abilities. There are many different forms of humanoid Scraplet; the number of limbs, eyes, fangs, and claws vary, though they are all quite tiny by Transformer standards. They use the locomotion afforded by this mode to spread out from a dead or dying host and infect mechanoids whom they might not otherwise be able to come in contact with.

A mass of Scraplets can also merge into a combined humanoid form. In this form they have enormous strength and agility and a primitive group consciousness. However, this form also carries with it some limitations, as they present a larger target and become vulnerable to conventional assault.

Their sense of vision seems to be based on a combination of heat-seeking and metal-detection which is primarily geared towards identifying edible silicon-based life-forms. Carbon-based life-forms are all but invisible to the Scraplet, and usually of no interest.

It is said that there is [[Water|a rare chemical of legend that can kill a Scraplet]], but this is doubtful.

{{bigquote|They pick you apart from the inside out, going for the small, juicy bits first, fuse by fuse, circuit by circuit, until there's nothing left. And I mean nothing... ''not even your optics''.|[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]|"[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] called [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] a scraplet as an insult. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}
[[File:Scraplet swarm Marvel US issue 29.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|So... just how long have these things been hanging out in the infinite void of deep space, waiting for a living robot to pass by that exact spot?]]
When [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] needed to transport the first prototype [[Wash and Roll]] to [[Earth]], he hired a [[freighter pilot]] to fly the cargo there. Emerging from warp space in Earth's [[Solar System]], the pilot exited the craft to perform some necessary repairs. As he did, the ship passed through what seemed to be a cloud of space dust. The "dust" rapidly infected the pilot, who lost control of the ship as it crashed on Earth.

Not hearing back from the pilot, Ratbat sent the Decepticon [[Triple Changer]]s to investigate. They found the stricken pilot near the crashed ship, but didn't get very far in interrogating him about his failure before they too were infected. When Blaster and Goldbug arrived, Blaster landed in the crater and was soon infected as well. The freighter pilot survived long enough to warn [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] about the infection, just before his head fell off. The Scraplets charged toward the tasty-looking Goldbug, who was defended by his human friend [[Charlie Fong]]. But as the two headed off to try and find a cure, Goldbug hesitated, reluctant to abandon Blaster, and he too was infected. Hours later, the infection was so widespread that Goldbug couldn't continue driving. {{storylink|Crater Critters}}

[[File:Scraplets duplicate Marvel US issue 29.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Scraplet reproduction. Woo!]]
Made aware of the infection by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], Ratbat decided to take decisive action to contain it. Rather than risk more Decepticon lives, he captured [[Throttlebot|five Autobots]] and sent them to Earth. His mission for them: use vats of acid spray to destroy all infected Transformers on the planet, Autobot and Decepticon alike!

Charlie Fong pushed Goldbug through the desert to a service station, where the appalled attendants offered him a glass of water. Charlie was shocked when he spilled some on Goldbug to see the Scraplets die and fall off. Holy crap, pinball wizard and a miracle cure: ''water!!''

[[File:Scraplets robot mode Marvel US issue 30.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|And you thought girls had cooties...]]
Before Charlie could grab a hose to "wash his car", the attendants restrained him, thinking he was delusional. Two of the Throttlebots arrived just then, regretfully attempting to destroy Goldbug; only Charlie's interference saved him, as he demonstrated the miracle cure. Satisfied, [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] and [[Wideload (G1)|Wide Load]] stood by while Charlie hosed down Goldbug, curing him.

[[File:Scraplets combined mode Marvel US issue 30.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"NOBODY steps on a church in my town!"]]
Goldbug and company returned to the crash site with two tankers of water to save Blaster, but couldn't do so without also curing the three Decepticons. Before they could take action, thousands of the Scraplets combined into a muscular mauve giant, bashing the weaponless Throttlebots around. Goldbug cured the Decepticons, who used their firepower to bring down the giant, which Blaster then destroyed with one of the acid vats. The remaining water was used to remove the Scraplets which infected the Throttlebots during the battle, and the outbreak on Earth was at an end. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

When he returned four missing children to their parents on Earth, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] likened the humans' outraged reactions to what he'd expect if he had been infected with Scraplets. {{storylink|Monstercon from Mars!}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] called [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] an "oversized scraplet" during the fight at the [[Praetorus Wharf]]. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
[[Airazor (BW)|Wing Saber]] mentally referred to [[Steelgrave]] as "you pompous, arrogant spawn of a scraplet" during his attempted torture on her.

Later, during the raid on the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] factory on [[Nibari]], [[Crossblades (BW)|Crossblades]] mockingly called [[Thrasher (BW)|Thrasher]] a "Scraplet". {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

===Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity===
[[Swindle (Cybertron)|Swindle]] derisively referred to the [[Mini-Con]]s as "scraplets" for fighting back against Decepticon control. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
Scraplets were a potion designed to heal damaged Transformers. They feasted on ''dead'' metal, leaving healthy metal untouched. The metal was either recycled into living metal or more scraplets. They were fatal to [[zombie]]s. They were usually contained in vials, as the air on Cybertron was loaded with water vapor, which killed them. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

===Live-action film series===
====Titan Comics ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic====
[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] accused [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] of behaving like "un-housetrained scraplets". Why anyone would housetrain a scraplet is anyone's guess. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}}

====Titan Comics ''Age of Extinction'' comic====
{{groupstub}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.4|Locked In!}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]]'s advanced sensors allowed him to spot an object as small as a Scraplet from a dozen [[Units of length|hic]]s away. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[File:PrimeScrapletsEp7.gif|left|upright=1.95|thumb|So now we know what [[Mecannibal]] babies look like.]] The Scraplets were frozen in a large container in the [[Arctic]]. The Autobots, wishing to research the container, brought it into their base to thaw, only to have the Scraplets chew through their prison and escape. [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], while investigating the base, discovered a Scraplet scuttling around, and thought it was some kind of Autobot pet. He decided to play catch with the creature and threw a bolt, which the Scraplet promptly devoured and promptly identified with Raf rather adorably, with behaviour not unlike a cat. Raf carried the Scraplet to the inner area of the base where [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] were working. As soon as they saw the Scraplet, all three panicked, and tried to explain how dangerous it could be to them.

Raf thought it to be harmless, and that Ratchet was mistaken, until the Scraplet spotted the Autobots, leapt out of his arms and chewed large scratches into Bumblebee's leg. Raf smashed it, but Ratchet guessed that there would surely be more Scraplets around. His fear was confirmed when they found the empty container, and he sent Bulkhead, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]], Raf, and Bumblebee to hunt them down while he tried to repair the Scraplets' damage with [[Jack Darby|Jack]] watching his back. The Scraplets ambushed Bulkhead and Bumblebee and a swarm of them flew down from the ceiling and began chewing on Ratchet. Jack discovered that by using a fire extinguisher, one could freeze the Scraplets to death.

[[File:Transformers-Prime-Scrapheap-Scraplet.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Where's Pinkie Pie's Parasprite Polka when you really need it?!]]
The creatures were initially fended off by the three children, who were not considered food by the Scraplets. The Scraplets had done considerable damage to many systems, and it was up to the children to fix them. They fixed the Energon supply cable that fed the [[GroundBridge]], bringing it back online. The Autobots formulated a plan to both get rid of the Scraplets, and bring back [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], who were stranded in the Arctic. Activating the now operational GroundBridge, Bulkhead decided to act as bait to draw the scraplets through. Once through, the scraplets darted at Optimus and Arcee, and became frozen before they could reach them. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}} The massive damage they'd done to the base continued to plague the ground bridge's systems for some time. {{storylink|Con Job}}

There were still plenty of Scraplets on the dead Cybertron. A sizable cluster of them managed to find their way into the passageway beneath [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] that led to [[Vector Sigma]]. When Jack passed through to Vector Sigma, the Scraplets followed him. While they had no interest in him, once the mega computer started charging [[Key to Vector Sigma|the Key]], the Scraplets started feasting on the empowered access board. Despite Jack's attempts to remove them, the Scraplets proved too many. Fortunately, an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] had also followed Jack down the passageway, but stopped short when it saw the infestation of Scraplets, showing that it too was afraid of them. Jack quickly used this to his advantage by dislodging a live Scraplet and throwing it at the giant insect. Sensing a living Cybertronian, the scraplets quickly went to town on the Insecticon. In a matter of seconds, the Scraplets chewed through the Decepticon sentry's limbs, causing it to fall over into the deep pit below. The scraplets followed the doomed Insecticon as it plummeted. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

When transporting [[Tox-En]] to a volcano to destroy it, Bulkhead stated that carrying the vile Energon was worse than facing Scraplets. {{storylink|Toxicity}}

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====''Decepticon's Storytime Theater''====
[[File:StoryOfStumbleBee Scraplets.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
There once existed an extremely popular Decepticon named [[Stumble Bee]], who accidentally fell into a hole and was eaten by Scraplets. {{storylink|Decepticon's Storytime Theater - The Story of Stumble Bee|The Story of Stumble Bee}}
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====''Arms Micron Theater''====
[[B.H.]] was chased around the [[Arms Micron]] studio by a swarm of Scraplets and asked [[C.L.]] and [[Arc]] for help. Arc suggested he lead the creatures somewhere cold, but C.L. pointed out there was no place cold enough in [[Tateishi]]. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Freezing Transformation!? Terror of the Minicons}}

====Eaglemoss ''Prime'' Comics====
A GroundBridge mishap sent Bulkhead to the site of a Vehicon crashed ship, which was being eaten by Scraplets. After being chased by the little critters for a while, Bulkhead used the Vehicon's corpse to lure them in. As the Scraplets finished their first meal, Bulkhead buried the lot of them in a landslide. {{storylink|Mount Problem!}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Among [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s suggestions for ways to execute a captive [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] was "a single Scraplet taken orally". {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}} It was rumored that [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] was skilled enough to rewire a Scraplet with his fingers alone. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}} A scraplet in a Petri dish appeared in a clip from [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]]'s database used as part of a farewell message to [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]. {{storylink|The Gloaming}} On a duplicate ''[[Lost Light]]'' created by a quantum accident, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] wasn't rid of his [[Nanocon]] infection by shrinking [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]], [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] down using [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s [[mass-displacement gun]] so they could go inside Magnus and eliminate all of the invaders, but by using domesticated scraplets. {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken}}

Ratchet would later claim that several ''Lost Light'' crew members were at risk of being infected by "super-scraplets", a breed of scraplet with the ability to [[Teleportation|teleport]]. First Aid recognized these supposed scraplets as a complete fabrication and an excuse for Ratchet to talk to the crew members in private. {{storylink|Our Steps Will Always Rhyme}}

While Brainstorm's Contrivance Engine was highly active, an infestation of disoriented Scraplets were accidentally transported onto the Lost Light in a crate of sub-space filtered engex. They showed a hive intelligence by combining into a form that any Cybertronian would deem harmless - that of a newly-formed sparkling. They were discovered by Whirl, Swerve and Nautica, who were taken in. When Whirl prepared to protect the crew from discovery by flushing them out of an airlock, they altered their form to appeal to him specifically, forming a face of a singular (red) optic and claws for hands, and once again taken in, Whirl hid them inside himself. Fortunately they were reported by Nautica and quarantined by Velocity before he or any of the crew could die.{{storylink|Silent Light}}

===''Wings Universe''===
[[Tornado]] disdained organics as being barely more evolved than scraplets. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}}

Apelinq and the other [[Cybertronian Knight]]s considered a mandatory meditation session and lecture from [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]] to be a worse thing to deal with than, among other things, Scraplets swarming Cybertron. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal logs}}

==Games==
===Bot Shots Battle Game!===
[[File:BotShots gameplay Scraplets!.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|AUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!]]
During battle, Bot Shots were able to summon a swarm of Scraplets to attack their opponent. {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
Towards the end of the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], a neutral scientist observed the [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] integrate into the ecosystem of the ruins above the [[Crystal City]], noting that they often mucked about in the acid pools (much to the [[alloygator]]s' pleasure), and consumed most of the energon (to the Scraplets' misfortune).

When [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] infiltrated [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron's]] home base of [[Kolkular]] Jazz noted that the base's security (which came in the form of gun turrets), was surprisingly lax and was probably only around to deal with any Scraplets that wandered into the base. Optimus agreed, jovially stating that "even Megatron" had to deal with pests every now and then.{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark (console)}}

===''Transformers Universe''===
[[Drive-By]]'s Metal Fatigue ability infected his enemies with [[nanite]]s reverse-engineered from Scraplets. {{storylink|Transformers Universe}}

===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
The Decepticons used Scraplets to discombobulate the Autobot Headquarter's systems. Bulkhead removed the Scraplets, restoring the base back to normal. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}

==Notes==
*While using round dialogue bubbles for humans and square dialogue bubbles for robots, letterer [[Janice Chiang]] used various polygons for Scraplet-speak.
*The Scraplet stories were two of Budiansky's favourite stories to write, though he'd got them confused with [[Mecannibal]]s.<ref>[http://traffic.libsyn.com/moonbase2/BobBinterview.mp3 Bob Budiansky interview at Moonbase 2]</ref>
*The Scraplets in ''Prime'' are somewhat different from their earlier portrayals; they lack any [[alternate mode]] or combining abilities, they all look the same, and their weakness has changed from water to extreme cold temperatures. Additionally, they can fly as a swarm, and make dentist drill sounds when hungry. They also lack the spontaneous reproduction of the earlier version of Scraplets, although Ratchet's claim that "there's never just ''one''" implies that they are fast breeders.
*Scraplets don't eat other Scraplets for some reason, even though they only eat metal, despite the fact they're metal too, ironically.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Minicon''' (ミニコン ''Minikon'')
*''Italian:'' '''Scheggia''' ("Sliver", plural '''Schegge''')

==References==
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Scraplet

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[[File:Scraplets.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|This is the face of genital herpes.]]
'''Scraplets''' are alleged to be the deadliest disease known to mechanical lifeforms in the entire galaxy. It is a complicated form of alien parasite, which lives solely to eat, reproduce, and eat some more.

Scraplets have evolved to resemble pink and blue nuts and bolts, washers and screws. However, when brought into contact with mechanical life, Scraplets instantly and painfully embed themselves into the skin of said creature and rapidly begin to self-replicate. The living metal around a Scraplet quickly corrodes, decaying and cracking away as the embedded Scraplet feasts. This process is painful and inevitably fatal for the infected robot. In a matter of hours, a single Scraplet can reproduce enough to completely infest an average-sized Cybertronian to the point of physical breakdown.

Scraplets are capable of transforming into vaguely humanoid robotic configurations, each capable of elementary speech and reasoning abilities. There are many different forms of humanoid Scraplet; the number of limbs, eyes, fangs, and claws vary, though they are all quite tiny by Transformer standards. They use the locomotion afforded by this mode to spread out from a dead or dying host and infect mechanoids whom they might not otherwise be able to come in contact with.

A mass of Scraplets can also merge into a combined humanoid form. In this form they have enormous strength and agility and a primitive group consciousness. However, this form also carries with it some limitations, as they present a larger target and become vulnerable to conventional assault.

Their sense of vision seems to be based on a combination of heat-seeking and metal-detection which is primarily geared towards identifying edible silicon-based life-forms. Carbon-based life-forms are all but invisible to the Scraplet, and usually of no interest.

It is said that there is [[Water|a rare chemical of legend that can kill a Scraplet]], but this is doubtful.

{{bigquote|They pick you apart from the inside out, going for the small, juicy bits first, fuse by fuse, circuit by circuit, until there's nothing left. And I mean nothing... ''not even your optics''.|[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]|"[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] called [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] a scraplet as an insult. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}
[[File:Scraplet swarm Marvel US issue 29.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|So... just how long have these things been hanging out in the infinite void of deep space, waiting for a living robot to pass by that exact spot?]]
When [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] needed to transport the first prototype [[Wash and Roll]] to [[Earth]], he hired a [[freighter pilot]] to fly the cargo there. Emerging from warp space in Earth's [[Solar System]], the pilot exited the craft to perform some necessary repairs. As he did, the ship passed through what seemed to be a cloud of space dust. The "dust" rapidly infected the pilot, who lost control of the ship as it crashed on Earth.

Not hearing back from the pilot, Ratbat sent the Decepticon [[Triple Changer]]s to investigate. They found the stricken pilot near the crashed ship, but didn't get very far in interrogating him about his failure before they too were infected. When Blaster and Goldbug arrived, Blaster landed in the crater and was soon infected as well. The freighter pilot survived long enough to warn [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] about the infection, just before his head fell off. The Scraplets charged toward the tasty-looking Goldbug, who was defended by his human friend [[Charlie Fong]]. But as the two headed off to try and find a cure, Goldbug hesitated, reluctant to abandon Blaster, and he too was infected. Hours later, the infection was so widespread that Goldbug couldn't continue driving. {{storylink|Crater Critters}}

[[File:Scraplets duplicate Marvel US issue 29.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Scraplet reproduction. Woo!]]
Made aware of the infection by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], Ratbat decided to take decisive action to contain it. Rather than risk more Decepticon lives, he captured [[Throttlebot|five Autobots]] and sent them to Earth. His mission for them: use vats of acid spray to destroy all infected Transformers on the planet, Autobot and Decepticon alike!

Charlie Fong pushed Goldbug through the desert to a service station, where the appalled attendants offered him a glass of water. Charlie was shocked when he spilled some on Goldbug to see the Scraplets die and fall off. Holy crap, pinball wizard and a miracle cure: ''water!!''

[[File:Scraplets robot mode Marvel US issue 30.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|And you thought girls had cooties...]]
Before Charlie could grab a hose to "wash his car", the attendants restrained him, thinking he was delusional. Two of the Throttlebots arrived just then, regretfully attempting to destroy Goldbug; only Charlie's interference saved him, as he demonstrated the miracle cure. Satisfied, [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] and [[Wideload (G1)|Wide Load]] stood by while Charlie hosed down Goldbug, curing him.

[[File:Scraplets combined mode Marvel US issue 30.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"NOBODY steps on a church in my town!"]]
Goldbug and company returned to the crash site with two tankers of water to save Blaster, but couldn't do so without also curing the three Decepticons. Before they could take action, thousands of the Scraplets combined into a muscular mauve giant, bashing the weaponless Throttlebots around. Goldbug cured the Decepticons, who used their firepower to bring down the giant, which Blaster then destroyed with one of the acid vats. The remaining water was used to remove the Scraplets which infected the Throttlebots during the battle, and the outbreak on Earth was at an end. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

When he returned four missing children to their parents on Earth, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] likened the humans' outraged reactions to what he'd expect if he had been infected with Scraplets. {{storylink|Monstercon from Mars!}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] called [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] an "oversized scraplet" during the fight at the [[Praetorus Wharf]]. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
[[Airazor (BW)|Wing Saber]] mentally referred to [[Steelgrave]] as "you pompous, arrogant spawn of a scraplet" during his attempted torture on her.

Later, during the raid on the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] factory on [[Nibari]], [[Crossblades (BW)|Crossblades]] mockingly called [[Thrasher (BW)|Thrasher]] a "Scraplet". {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

===Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity===
[[Swindle (Cybertron)|Swindle]] derisively referred to the [[Mini-Con]]s as "scraplets" for fighting back against Decepticon control. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
Scraplets were a potion designed to heal damaged Transformers. They feasted on ''dead'' metal, leaving healthy metal untouched. The metal was either recycled into living metal or more scraplets. They were fatal to [[zombie]]s. They were usually contained in vials, as the air on Cybertron was loaded with water vapor, which killed them. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

===Live-action film series===
====Titan Comics ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic====
[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] accused [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] of behaving like "un-housetrained scraplets". Why anyone would housetrain a scraplet is anyone's guess. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}}

====Titan Comics ''Age of Extinction'' comic====
{{groupstub}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.4|Locked In!}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]]'s advanced sensors allowed him to spot an object as small as a Scraplet from a dozen [[Units of length|hic]]s away. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[File:PrimeScrapletsEp7.gif|left|upright=1.95|thumb|So now we know what [[Mecannibal]] babies look like.]] The Scraplets were frozen in a large container in the [[Arctic]]. The Autobots, wishing to research the container, brought it into their base to thaw, only to have the Scraplets chew through their prison and escape. [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], while investigating the base, discovered a Scraplet scuttling around, and thought it was some kind of Autobot pet. He decided to play catch with the creature and threw a bolt, which the Scraplet promptly devoured and promptly identified with Raf rather adorably, with behaviour not unlike a cat. Raf carried the Scraplet to the inner area of the base where [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] were working. As soon as they saw the Scraplet, all three panicked, and tried to explain how dangerous it could be to them.

Raf thought it to be harmless, and that Ratchet was mistaken, until the Scraplet spotted the Autobots, leapt out of his arms and chewed large scratches into Bumblebee's leg. Raf smashed it, but Ratchet guessed that there would surely be more Scraplets around. His fear was confirmed when they found the empty container, and he sent Bulkhead, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]], Raf, and Bumblebee to hunt them down while he tried to repair the Scraplets' damage with [[Jack Darby|Jack]] watching his back. The Scraplets ambushed Bulkhead and Bumblebee and a swarm of them flew down from the ceiling and began chewing on Ratchet. Jack discovered that by using a fire extinguisher, one could freeze the Scraplets to death.

[[File:Transformers-Prime-Scrapheap-Scraplet.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Where's Pinkie Pie's Parasprite Polka when you really need it?!]]
The creatures were initially fended off by the three children, who were not considered food by the Scraplets. The Scraplets had done considerable damage to many systems, and it was up to the children to fix them. They fixed the Energon supply cable that fed the [[GroundBridge]], bringing it back online. The Autobots formulated a plan to both get rid of the Scraplets, and bring back [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], who were stranded in the Arctic. Activating the now operational GroundBridge, Bulkhead decided to act as bait to draw the scraplets through. Once through, the scraplets darted at Optimus and Arcee, and became frozen before they could reach them. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}} The massive damage they'd done to the base continued to plague the ground bridge's systems for some time. {{storylink|Con Job}}

There were still plenty of Scraplets on the dead Cybertron. A sizable cluster of them managed to find their way into the passageway beneath [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] that led to [[Vector Sigma]]. When Jack passed through to Vector Sigma, the Scraplets followed him. While they had no interest in him, once the mega computer started charging [[Key to Vector Sigma|the Key]], the Scraplets started feasting on the empowered access board. Despite Jack's attempts to remove them, the Scraplets proved too many. Fortunately, an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] had also followed Jack down the passageway, but stopped short when it saw the infestation of Scraplets, showing that it too was afraid of them. Jack quickly used this to his advantage by dislodging a live Scraplet and throwing it at the giant insect. Sensing a living Cybertronian, the scraplets quickly went to town on the Insecticon. In a matter of seconds, the Scraplets chewed through the Decepticon sentry's limbs, causing it to fall over into the deep pit below. The scraplets followed the doomed Insecticon as it plummeted. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

When transporting [[Tox-En]] to a volcano to destroy it, Bulkhead stated that carrying the vile Energon was worse than facing Scraplets. {{storylink|Toxicity}}

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====''Decepticon's Storytime Theater''====
[[File:StoryOfStumbleBee Scraplets.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
There once existed an extremely popular Decepticon named [[Stumble Bee]], who accidentally fell into a hole and was eaten by Scraplets. {{storylink|Decepticon's Storytime Theater - The Story of Stumble Bee|The Story of Stumble Bee}}
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====''Arms Micron Theater''====
[[B.H.]] was chased around the [[Arms Micron]] studio by a swarm of Scraplets and asked [[C.L.]] and [[Arc]] for help. Arc suggested he lead the creatures somewhere cold, but C.L. pointed out there was no place cold enough in [[Tateishi]]. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Freezing Transformation!? Terror of the Minicons}}

====Eaglemoss ''Prime'' Comics====
A GroundBridge mishap sent Bulkhead to the site of a Vehicon crashed ship, which was being eaten by Scraplets. After being chased by the little critters for a while, Bulkhead used the Vehicon's corpse to lure them in. As the Scraplets finished their first meal, Bulkhead buried the lot of them in a landslide. {{storylink|Mount Problem!}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Among [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s suggestions for ways to execute a captive [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] was "a single Scraplet taken orally". {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}} It was rumored that [[Ratchet (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ratchet]] was skilled enough to rewire a Scraplet with his fingers alone. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}} A scraplet in a Petri dish appeared in a clip from [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]]'s database used as part of a farewell message to [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]. {{storylink|The Gloaming}} On a duplicate ''[[Lost Light]]'' created by a quantum accident, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] wasn't rid of his [[Nanocon]] infection by shrinking [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]], [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] down using [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s [[mass-displacement gun]] so they could go inside Magnus and eliminate all of the invaders, but by using domesticated scraplets. {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken}}

Ratchet would later claim that several ''Lost Light'' crew members were at risk of being infected by "super-scraplets", a breed of scraplet with the ability to [[Teleportation|teleport]]. First Aid recognized these supposed scraplets as a complete fabrication and an excuse for Ratchet to talk to the crew members in private. {{storylink|Our Steps Will Always Rhyme}}

While Brainstorm's Contrivance Engine was highly active, an infestation of disoriented Scraplets were accidentally transported onto the Lost Light in a crate of sub-space filtered engex. They showed a hive intelligence by combining into a form that any Cybertronian would deem harmless - that of a newly-formed sparkling. They were discovered by Whirl, Swerve and Nautica, who were taken in. When Whirl prepared to protect the crew from discovery by flushing them out of an airlock, they altered their form to appeal to him specifically, forming a face of a singular (red) optic and claws for hands, and once again taken in, Whirl hid them inside himself. Fortunately they were reported by Nautica and quarantined by Velocity before he or any of the crew could die.{{storylink|Silent Light}}

===''Wings Universe''===
[[Tornado]] disdained organics as being barely more evolved than scraplets. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}}

Apelinq and the other [[Cybertronian Knight]]s considered a mandatory meditation session and lecture from [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]] to be a worse thing to deal with than, among other things, Scraplets swarming Cybertron. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal logs}}

==Games==
===Bot Shots Battle Game!===
[[File:BotShots gameplay Scraplets!.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|AUUUUUUUUUUUUGH!]]
During battle, Bot Shots were able to summon a swarm of Scraplets to attack their opponent. {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
Towards the end of the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], a neutral scientist observed the [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] integrate into the ecosystem of the ruins above the [[Crystal City]], noting that they often mucked about in the acid pools (much to the [[alloygator]]s' pleasure), and consumed most of the energon (to the Scraplets' misfortune).

When [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] infiltrated [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron's]] home base of [[Kolkular]] Jazz noted that the base's security (which came in the form of gun turrets), was surprisingly lax and was probably only around to deal with any Scraplets that wandered into the base. Optimus agreed, jovially stating that "even Megatron" had to deal with pests every now and then.{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark (console)}}

===''Transformers Universe''===
[[Drive-By]]'s Metal Fatigue ability infected his enemies with [[nanite]]s reverse-engineered from Scraplets. {{storylink|Transformers Universe}}

===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
The Decepticons used Scraplets to discombobulate the Autobot Headquarter's systems. Bulkhead removed the Scraplets, restoring the base back to normal. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}

==Notes==
*While using round dialogue bubbles for humans and square dialogue bubbles for robots, letterer [[Janice Chiang]] used various polygons for Scraplet-speak.
*The Scraplet stories were two of Budiansky's favourite stories to write, though he'd got them confused with [[Mecannibal]]s.<ref>[http://traffic.libsyn.com/moonbase2/BobBinterview.mp3 Bob Budiansky interview at Moonbase 2]</ref>
*The Scraplets in ''Prime'' are somewhat different from their earlier portrayals; they lack any [[alternate mode]] or combining abilities, they all look the same, and their weakness has changed from water to extreme cold temperatures. Additionally, they can fly as a swarm, and make dentist drill sounds when hungry. They also lack the spontaneous reproduction of the earlier version of Scraplets, although Ratchet's claim that "there's never just ''one''" implies that they are fast breeders.
*Scraplets don't eat other Scraplets for some reason, even though they only eat metal, despite that fact they're metal too, ironically.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Minicon''' (ミニコン ''Minikon'')
*''Italian:'' '''Scheggia''' ("Sliver", plural '''Schegge''')

==References==
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Airachnid (Prime)

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:''Airachnid is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Airachnid-HowToDraw.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|There once was a spider who knew how to fly / I don't know why the spider could fly / Perhaps you'll die]]

Long ago, '''Airachnid''' was with the [[Decepticon]]s, where her cruel, cold-sparked, murderous demeanor served her well. After the [[Great Exodus]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], however, she decided to go solo. These days, Airachnid spends her time engaging in her new hobby: collecting [[Airachnid's specimens|endangered species]]... well, parts of endangered species, mostly the heads. Now, if a species ''isn't'' endangered? Oh, they will be. She'll make ''sure'' of that, and she'll make sure it's a slow, painful process.

Less trustworthy than even [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], she is more than willing to kill her own [[Breakdown (WFC)|men]] or leave her [[Megatron (WFC)|commanding officers]] behind if it means getting what she wants. The pain and trauma she had inflicted on [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], from said [[Autobot]]'s torture to the brutal execution of [[Tailgate (Prime)|her partner]], have given them a vicious, bitter history, and both will stop at nothing to kill each other. She also has the ability to control [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]].

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Gina Torres]] (English), [[Ryōka Yuzuki]] (Japanese)|[[Erica Edwards]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Heide Domanowski]] (German), [[So-yeong Lee]] (Korean), [[Julia Martínez]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Marina Thovez]] (Italian), [[Ella Pyhältö]] (Finnish), [[Denise Reis]] (Portuguese)}}

[[File:Airachnid.jpg|left|upright=1.67|thumb|Shelob gave dieting a go after seeing how much weight her director lost.]]

During the war for Cybertron, Airachnid managed to capture [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and her partner [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]. Quickly realizing that Arcee would resist the physical torture she used, Airachnid decided to employ a simpler threat: Tell her the attack coordinates of an impeding attack, or Tailgate dies. Arcee insisted she didn't know the coordinates, but Airachnid didn't believe her and killed Tailgate. Moments later, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] burst into the holding room, killing the two [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s and rescuing Arcee. Airachnid, however, escaped. {{storylink|Predatory}} Arcee later recalled Tailgate's death while on a mission with Cliffjumper. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

Following the [[Great Exodus]], Airachnid concluded that the war was over, meaning she needed a new way to spend her time. Abandoning the Decepticons, she decided to hunt sentient species, then wipe them out after getting a trophy. Eventually, Airachnid crash-landed [[Airachnid's ship|her ship]] on [[Earth]]. She initially laid her optics on a lone camper, but was ambushed by Arcee. While Arcee gained the upper hand, she was distracted by her human partner, [[Jack Darby]], and Airachnid webbed her to a rock. Having learned of Cliffjumper's recent demise, Airachnid decided that making Jack her next trophy would be a delicious way to hurt Arcee before finally snuffing out her [[spark]]. She chased Jack back to her ship, but discovered too late that the human had snuck out the underside. She spotted Jack ''just'' in time to see him hurl a flaming stick into a pool of [[energon]] that was leaking from her ship. Airachnid barely managed to escape the explosion, but she was wounded and ''really'' pissed. She managed to web the fleeing Jack to a tree, but before Airachnid could deliver the killing blow, Arcee came to the rescue and absolutely wiped the forest floor with the Decepticon. Deciding she had endured enough for one night, Airachnid drilled into the ground and fled. {{storylink|Predatory}}

[[File:Crisscross-helicopter.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Finally a use for those helicopter cockpit halves on her shoulders!]]
Learning of [[MECH]]'s treatment of [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]], Airachnid engineered a distress call which lured [[Silas]] to the forest. She made a deal with the MECH agent to give him Arcee – at least, what would be ''left'' of her – if he could deliver Jack to her. Silas used the [[Internet]] to track down information on Jack and have [[June Darby]] kidnapped so Airachnid cocooned her and dangled her from a building in the disused [[Jasper]] factory MECH was occupying. When Jack arrived, Airacnid gave him six minutes to rescue his mother. She followed Jack around the factory and, when he eventually found June and claimed victory, she pointed out the task was to ''rescue'' mom, not just find her. Before Airachnid could start with the dismemberment, Arcee arrived to attack her and the two enemies fought at length around the building's structure. During the fight, Airachnid was thrown into a container and coated with concrete, but managed to get free and web Arcee to the ground. She was about to finish off Arcee when she was attacked by [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]'s helicopters, and was forced to [[scanning|scan]] one so she could escape. {{storylink|Crisscross}}

[[File:MetalAttraction-Airachnidcaptured.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"Breakdown, you have a bug on your... um... windshield?"]]
Airachnid followed a magnetic signal and found [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] with a [[polarity gauntlet]]. Seeking to obtain the weapon, she buried him underground, but he escaped and she was forced to fight him. Then Arcee turned up with a [[Bulkhead (Prime)|new partner for her to snuff]] and she had to fight them as well. When Breakdown activated the gauntlet, she fled in alarm. She later ambushed the 'Con on his way back to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', taking the gauntlet from him and reacting with disdain to his suggestion they could take it back to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] together. The Autobots caught up with them, and Airachnid used the gauntlet to draw Arcee to her for a little one-on-one fighting. When the battle started to turn sour, however, she grabbed the gauntlet and attempted to flee in her helicopter form. Unfortunately, Bulkhead grabbed her and threw her into Breakdown. Fused magnetically to the 'Con, she was carried back to the ''Nemesis'', where she had no choice but to rejoin the Decepticons. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

[[File:Partners-Immobilizer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Even shinier than the [[Polarity gauntlet]]!"]]
Immediately ingratiating herself with Megatron, Airachnid told the Decepticon leader that [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] had been keeping information to himself, such as the location of the crashed Decepticon ship, the ''[[Harbinger]]''. Megatron ordered Starscream to take Airachnid to the ship's crash site and secure the experimental weapon it contained. Once there, Airachnid discovered that the half of the ship containing the [[Immobilizer]] had broken off before impact. She webbed up Starscream and forced him to tell her the location of the aft section, but was attacked by the Autobots while leaving. After a brief fight with Arcee, Airachnid was chased off by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], and instead went to find the ''Harbinger''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> aft. She quickly located it and retrieved the Immobilizer, then lay in wait as Optimus's team approached the ship. She was able to freeze Bulkhead and Optimus, but some deft trickery by Bumblebee allowed him to sneak up on her and destroy the Immobilizer. She retreated back to the ''Nemesis'' where she tried to blame the loss of the Immobilizer on Starscream as well as explain why she left him behind. Unluckily for her, an enraged Megatron roared that by allowing the Decepticon second-in-command to be taken prisoner, she'd just put all Decepticon intelligence at the fingertips of the Autobots. {{storylink|Partners}} Despite this, she was promoted to Second in Command during Starscream's absence. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

[[File:Tfprime Airachnid thoughts of betrayal.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Who needs Starscream?]]
When the Decepticons located the last part they needed for their space bridge in a human installation, Airachnid suggested she could burrow up under it, but Megatron announced that the time for stealth was past, so she didn't. Once they secured the power source they needed, Airachnid and Knock Out observed Megatron acting strangely and wondered if their leader was losing it. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} While the [[Decepticon Miner|miners]] gathered up [[Dark Energon]], Airachnid hung out on the bridge and watched as [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] played back [[Unicron]]'s pulse. She reported to Megatron that the hold was full, and they should think about retreating. He responded by leaving her in charge while he went to go and talk to Unicron. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}} Airachnid returned the ''Nemesis'' to orbit to wait. When no further word came from Megatron, she told Soundwave that Megatron might not be coming back. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

[[File:OneShallRise3-SoundwaveAirachnid.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|''Round One. FIGHT!!!'']]
When she called the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki> crew to the bridge, she had deduced that Megatron, either deceased or deep within Unicron, had abandoned them, and with Earth falling into chaos, decided that they should relocate to [[Regulon Four]]. As none of the other Decepticons spoke out against her, Airachnid ordered Soundwave to set the ''Nemesis'' on course, however the silent Decepticon refused to comply. She attempted to assert her leadership by attacking him, only to discover that she was no match for Soundwave and his Minicon [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]. The pair double-teamed her, and she was forced to yield when held underfoot. She subsequently decided to be elsewhere when Megatron did return. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

Airachnid was soon back as Megatron's subordinate, though she expressed her concern about the amnesiac Optimus Prime being allowed full run of the ship. When Arcee sneaked on board The Nemesis to find Optimus, Airachnid readily volunteered to go and deal with her, even offering to offline the Autobot. However, Megatron felt that the situation needed to be dealt with more subtly, so he sent Soundwave instead. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}}

[[File:Crossfire Airachnid captures Arcee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Let the shipping commence!]]
Airachnid offered to employ her tracking skills in finding more artifacts, and Megatron sent her, [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] and Breakdown on a search mission. However, the whole mission was a ploy; her partners were under orders to terminate her for her attempts to wrest command of the Decepticons during Megatron's brief absence. Her relentless needling of Breakdown made the 'Con lose his cool and try and kill her before Dreadwing gave the order. She quickly webbed Dreadwing to a tree, leading Breakdown on a chase through the woods. Though she was damaged in the chase, she eventually caught Breakdown in a webbing trap, and promptly dismantled him. Limping away, she ran across an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] which she was able to control. Starscream, missing his [[transformation cog]], happened upon the pairing and offered a partnership. Airachnid instead sicced the Insecticon on him, hoping for another kill, but the weaselly Decepticon managed to escape. Airachnid then lured Megatron to an abandoned energon mine and set the Insecticon on him, watching the fight until she was attacked by Arcee. The Autobot pursued her as she burrowed away, but Airachnid managed to ambush her foe. She was prevented from terminating the helpless Arcee by Starscream, and instead had to flee yet again, but this fortuitously led her to stumble on a whole Insecticon hive. {{Storylink|Crossfire}}

Detecting a beacon transmitting from the ''Nemesis'', Airachnid woke the Insecticon army to go eliminate Megatron. Their activity drew the attention of the Autobots, and though Airachnid sent Insecticons after them, Arcee broke away from the swarm and relentlessly pursued her nemesis into the Insecticon hive. As the two fought, Arcee managed to maneuver Airachnid onto one of the Insecticon's open stasis pods, which quickly snapped closed around her, breaking off one of her spider-legs in the process. The stasis-locked Airachnid was taken back to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|the Autobot base]]... leaving Megatron suddenly in control of Airachnid's former army. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

The Autobots stashed her in the same place they kept the Iacon relics. When new recruit [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] was given a tour of the base by Jack, they walked past the spider bot's pod, and Jack warned him that she was not the kind they wanted to mess with. {{storylink|New Recruit}} Later, when Starscream used his [[Red Energon]] to infiltrate the Autobot base and steal the [[Omega Key]]s, he came across Airachnid. Seeing her predicament answered a few of Starscream's questions about her whereabouts. {{storylink|Inside Job}} Following the destruction of the Autobot base, {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}} Airachnid's stasis pod was pulled from the wreckage by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} Rather than free her, they placed her stasis pod in storage on the ''Nemesis'', where Smokescreen later stumbled on it while looking for the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}}

[[File:Thirst-Airachnidzombie.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|If you thought she was a vamp before...]]

Airachnid was finally freed when Cylas, having been infused with a mixture of Dark and Synthetic Energon, ripped open her stasis pod in an attempt to drink her energon. She managed to fight him off, terminating him in the process, and promptly retook control of the Insecticons on board the ''Nemesis''. She instructed them to destroy all of the Decepticons, however the group first encountered Soundwave, who used the space bridge to transport them all to one of Cybertron's moons. Having been infected by Cylas while fighting him (via a small scratch on her neck), Airachnid soon became an Energon-vampire herself. She then ordered the Insecticons to approach and serve their queen, as she drained their Energon. {{storylink|Thirst}}

===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic===
Airachnid encountered Optimus in an Amazonian jungle and webbed him to a tree. She was ready to add his head to her collection, but a Vehicon sympathetic to Optimus knocked her aside, allowing Optimus to free himself and uppercut her into some nearby quicksand. {{storylink|Friend or Foe?}}
{{Charstubfiction|{{storylink|Deadly Alliance}}}}
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===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
[[File:LegendsBusinessTrip11-villainladies.jpg|thumb|left|At right, all the way in the back.]]
Airachnid was among a group of evil female Transformers in one of [[Tigatron]]'s dreams who attempted to kidnap him, fighting the heroic female Transformers guarding him in the process. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 11|Bonus Edition Vol. 11}}
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===Kre-O bios===
Airachnid once webbed Arcee to the floor so that [[Insecticon (Kre-O)|Insecticon]] could tickle her.

===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
Airachnid was goalie for the Decepticons in a game of soccer. She prepared to block [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]]'s penalty kick, but it turned out to be unnecessary as [[Devastator (Kre-O)|Devastator]] blocked the shot first. {{storylink|Ultimate Defender}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Airachnid Kreo Comic.jpg|thumb|]]

Once when Megatron was defeated in battle with [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]], Airachnid took it as a chance to try to charm Prime into letting her join the winning team. Her disparaging remarks about Megatron enraged the downed Decepticon leader who fired on her, only to blast Prime instead. Faced with her angry leader, Airachnid convinced him that her attempted betrayal was all an act meant to distract Prime.

Later, while bored of cleaning the Decepticon base, Airachnid showered [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] with compliments to manipulate him into doing her job for her. [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] tried to put a stop to it by telling Starscream the story of the spider's history of lying, to no avail. {{storylink|The Beautiful Flower Has Thorns? Temptation of the Female Soldier, Airachnid!}} Airachnid later attended Megatron's flower-viewing party together with Starscream. {{storylink|Soundwave's Trap? Stop Operation Brainwash Humanity!}}
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==Commercial appearances==
Airachnid reacted with confusion to several of Megatron's answers as he took questions from his adoring public. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Ask Megatron|Ask Megatron}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Prime - The Game''===
[[File:PrimeTheGameAirachnid.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.85|You've faced my Insecticons and lived, but will you survive my tinier, weaker Insecticons?]]
{{voiceactor|[[Gina Torres]] (English)}}
Airachnid, ordered by Starscream to locate the Autobots who had fallen to Earth, found Arcee near a factory outside Jasper, Nevada. Her Insecticon troops were easily dispatched by Arcee. Airachnid then engaged Arcee herself. As Arcee prepared to terminate Airachnid, Jack arrived on the scene. Airachnid took advantage of Arcee's distraction, capturing Jack and flying away with him. Arcee pursued her, managing to free Jack before Airachnid escaped.

Later, Airachnid set a trap for Arcee when the latter infiltrated the ''Nemesis''. Airachnid took Arcee to the top of the ship to fight her once again. As before, Arcee emerged victorious. But before Arcee could finish Airachnid off, two Insecticons attacked. Airachnid fled while Arcee blasted the Insecticons.
{{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Airachnid dueled Optimus in the skies over a desert. She boasted that she would "add [him] to the endangered species list" but her helicopter mode proved to be no match for the Autobot leader. She flew off, but returned later to aid Megatron in his own battle against Optimus. The Decepticons were trounced once more by the Autobot and fled. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

==Toys==
===Prime===
[[File:Primetoy-AirachnidRID.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Quite possibly does the meanest [[wikipedia:Robot (dance)|robot]] this side of the Milky Way.]]
[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomyDeluxeAirachnid.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Seems like quite a bit of effort and money just for a single, primitively-engineered chunk of plastic. And the Micron.]]
*'''Airachnid''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Series / Number:'' '''1 / 012'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''2012-[[August 25|08-25]]'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AM-18'''
**''Accessories'': Rotor/Triple-bladed sword, two "electro-stingers" (Hasbro only), "Ida" Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)

: Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Airachnid transforms into a stealth helicopter with an opening canopy. She comes with two "electro-stingers", while her rotors can detach from the base and be used as a sword. All three weapons can mount via [[5mm post]] onto her open palms or helicopter sides/her upper arms, and the stingers each feature two pegs and a peg-hole, allowing them to peg/be pegged in different ways.

:In [[robot mode]], Airachnid has a ''severely'' limited range of [[articulation]]. Her head is unable to turn or tilt in any significant way due to her [[light-piping]] plastic being molded as the helicopter seat and being blocked by the surrounding cockpit, her hands cannot be swung down parallel to her panel arms due to a bit of the panel getting in the way, and while her legs ''were'' designed to have thigh [[Swivel joint|swivel]]s, her thigh panels and the helicopter kibble behind it block ''much'' of her leg articulation.

:Her [[stock photography]] depicts paint details on her legs and toes that were omitted on the final product.

:The [[TakaraTomy]] release, part of the sixth wave of Japanese ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' toys, omits some of her detail-based [[paint operation]]s, replacing them with customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s. (She even comes with an extra "spiderweb" sticker for you to stick wherever it amuses you to.) She has also been slightly [[retool]]ed, giving her a pair of rocket-thrusters just under her rotor blades. Each thruster has a 5mm post and hole as part of the line-wide [[Arms Micron]] [[gimmick]]. These additional post-holes actually make it pretty easy to [http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1652.html re-create her "spider-lady" robot mode with an extra set of rotors], though the TakaraTomy version uses a darker purple plastic than the [[Hasbro]] version, meaning you need to buy two of ''either'' version unless you don't care about mismatched rotor colors. Instead of her electro-stingers, she comes with an [[Arms Micron]], [[Ida]], a spider that transforms into a bladed shield-weapon-thing.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Airachnid/airachnid.htm More information on ''Robots in Disguise'' Airachnid at TFU.info]''

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===Cyberverse===
[[File:PrimeBeastHunterstoy-CyberverseAirachnid.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Surprisingly better articulated than her larger toy.]]
*'''Airachnid''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
**''Series / Number:'' '''3 / 003'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''EG08'''
**''Accessories'': Nova Stinger Bow, rotor

: Part of the first wave of ''Prime: [[Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, this Airachnid is a smaller-scale toy. She features [[C joint|3mm port]]s for her hands, on her helicopter sides/robot shoulders, and underneath her cockpit, which ends up behind her robot head. Her instructions omit or gloss over ''several'' steps (mostly involving her legs), but they're fairly obvious.

:Her rotors can also detach from the base/her robot back, revealing another port, and allowing the rotors to mount elsewhere via 3mm post. She also comes with the "Nova Stinger Bow", a crossbow which has two 3mm ports and three posts, allowing it to mount/be mounted in different ways. This bow, in varying colors, was also used by [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#BHCyberverse|Bumblebee]], [[Rippersnapper (Prime)|Rippersnapper]], [[Windrazor (Prime)|Windrazor]], and [[Cindersaur (Prime)|Cindersaur]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CybLegAirachnid/airachnid.htm More information on Cyberverse Airachnid at TFU.info]''
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy AirachnidKreon.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]

* '''Airachnid''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2012)
**''Bag number'': '''22851 49'''
**''Accessories'': Stand-block, 2 clip-on rifles

:As part of the first normal wave of [[Micro-Changer]] [[Kreon]]s, Airachnid is a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]]-bagged mini-figure with extra parts to give her a spider mode. She reuses [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]]'s arm guns, and [[Knock Out (Kre-O)|Knock Out]]'s helmet.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OAirachnid/airachnid.htm More information on Airachnid at TFU.info]''

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* '''Airachnid''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2016)
**''Collection'': '''1'''
**''Accessories'': Logo plate, 2 clip-on rifles

:In 2016, Collection 1 was re-released in a whole new production run for Dollar General stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released ''Kre-O'' sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.) Airachnid's torso [[tampograph]] has also been reworked to be slightly more detailed, and the formerly-bare legs now have extra detail tampographing on them.

:Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.
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==Notes==
* Airachnid's colors, design, and spider-like qualities are inspired by several previous characters named [[Blackarachnia (disambiguation)|Blackarachnia]].
* The existence of the name "Airachnid" was first revealed when Hasbro filed an intent-to-use [http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=77892423 trademark application] for the term with the US Trademark and Patent Office. However, the application was eventually denied for registration.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/beast-wars-2/case-closed---goodbye-airachnid-170451/ "Case Closed – Goodbye Airachnid"]</ref>
* Deluxe Airachnid's electro-stingers are modeled after the [[Null-ray#Prime cartoon|null-ray]] Knock Out offered Starscream in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]".
* In the Japanese dub of ''Prime'', Airachnid's personality is completely different from her original interpretation. In the dub, she is a bubbly, giggling, high-strung chatterbox that is obsessed with collecting the heads of "handsome boys" as trophies rather than endangered creatures. Played up as something of a female [[wikipedia:Pepé Le Pew|Pepe Le Pew]], she constantly swoons over Jack, calling him her "hunk," her "darling," her "cutie Jack-chan" and various other lovey-dovey remarks as she amorously pursues him (even going so far as to sing love songs to him, mid-chase). When she finally catches Jack near the end of "[[Predatory#Foreign localization|Mystery Insect Transformation! Forest of the Spider Woman!]]", she even proposes marriage to him.
** Also regarding the Japanese dub, Airachnid is played by [[Ryōka Yuzuki]], the actress who dubbed ''Beast Wars'' [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackwidow]] and ''Animated'' [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]. As such, many of the quirks she conceived for those characters (such as a habit of making a hissing ''tshaaa—'' noise) are present. Whenever Airachnid fires her webbing, she shouts "Sticky-Sticky Attack!" (粘粘攻撃, ''nebaneba kougeki'').
* ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus]]'' strongly implies that Airachnid is a member of a sub-type of Transformers known as [[Arachnicon]]s.
* ''Kre-O'' Airachnid's [[instructions]] label her as a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], using the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' symbol.

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, Airachnid has named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Hunter Mode''' (ハンターモード ''Hantā Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Ida, Jida, Noji
: Seen in her box-back photo, this mode is simply Airachnid brandishing the [[Lunatic Chainsaw]] Super Combo Weapon. Wheeeeeeeeeee.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Airachnid''' (エアラクニッド ''Earakuniddo'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Hēiguăfù''' (黑寡妇, "Black Widow")
*''Russian:'' '''Airachnida''' (Эйрахнида)

==References==
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[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Predacons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
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[[Category:Vampires]]

Nemesis Prime (episode)

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{{disambig3|Nemesis Prime}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 34
|prev=Crossfire
|next=Grill
|image=NemesisPrime-NemesisPrime.jpg
|caption=The first person to suggest [[A Prime Problem|a race]] gets banned.
|title="Nemesis Prime"
|airdate=[[April 7]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[David McDermott]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''When Optimus Prime appears to attack Agent Fowler, the Autobots discover MECH's ultimate plan.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:NemesisPrime truck vs car.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Pardon me, coming through..."]]
[[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] drives out of a military base, listening to [[The Touch|a few tunes]], when a semi truck begins to tailgate him too close for comfort. He realizes that it's more than a case of road rage when the truck rams him. Fowler notices a familiar symbol on his attacker's grille-the [[Autobot]] [[insignia|symbol]]. He contacts the Autobot base, where [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] is not present. The apparent Optimus Prime continues to attack, and as Fowler comes upon a bridge, he pushes his car through the divider, where it hangs precariously. The Autobots receive his message and bridge in, causing Prime to flee and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to give chase. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] catches Fowler's car as it falls, but the bumper detaches, and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] catches it before it hits the ground. Arcee comes upon Optimus, but is knocked out when he runs her over.

The next thing she knows, she's back at base, being checked up on. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] doubts Arcee's assertion that Optimus ran her down, and the big 'bot arrives at base. The team goes on guard, but as Optimus offers proof that he's been at an underground energon site, the team stands down.

[[Image:NemesisPrime Nemesis Prime truck in base.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Trust doesn't rust, but trucks do.]]
The other "Optimus" drives full speed into [[Alden Military Base]], wrecking helicopters and prompting chase until he stops. As soldiers surround him and open the door to find no driver, he transforms, and aims a weapon at them. Speaking in Prime's own voice, the double clearly announces himself as Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, before laying waste to the base around him. The other Prime tears through lines of soldiers, prompting Optimus, Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead to bridge to his position. The fake retreats, and arriving military helicopters fire on the Autobots. They retreat to base.

Fowler fields a call asking about the attack, and receives the news that all Transformers, regardless of allegiance, are to be shot on sight. The team realizes that [[MECH]] has finally succeeded in replicating Cybertronians, inside and out, using human-made parts after studying Transformer anatomy so carefully.

[[Image:NemesisPrime Silas at controls.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Silas shows off his incredible seat-balancing powers.]]
Meanwhile, the false Prime arrives at a MECH bunker, where it is revealed that the robot is a remotely operated drone unit, with [[Silas]] in the control seat, expressing extreme satisfaction at the test run.

In attempting to locate the MECH base, Optimus notes that, unlike them, the duplicate (dubbed "Nemesis Prime" by Miko) must rely on its vehicle mode to travel, having no access to a [[GroundBridge]]. This places its lair within driving distance of both incidents, giving a range for them to search. The 'bots fan out, and Bumblebee comes upon a large complex. Optimus and the rest plan to rendezvous at his position. He enters, while Silas watches him. He powers up Nemesis Prime, and sends it out. Bumblebee is briefly fooled by the fake, until Silas slips and reveals he cannot understand Bumblebee's speech. The scout attacks but is quickly overpowered by the more imposing robot.

The rest of the Autobots enter the compound, cautious of any lookalikes. Bulkhead and Arcee are both taken out individually, leaving Optimus for the final showdown with his doppelganger.

At base, Ratchet attempts to isolate the control frequency of Nemesis Prime to pinpoint the location of its operator. He does, and Fowler insists on bridging in, citing that he is the one best equipped to deal with the "human element".

[[Image:NemesisPrime Nemesis vs Optimus.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"One shall stand, one shall... oh, slag it."]]
Nemesis squares off against Optimus, showing equal strength and agility. Fowler bridges in, and makes for the control bunker as the two Primes continue to spar. Nemesis catches Optimus, and shoves its blade into the Autobot leader. Silas gloats, commenting that he cannot feel pain through the robot, unlike his opponent, and revealing his intentions to build an army of these soldiers, when Fowler enters. They spar as well, and Fowler falls to Silas' superior hand-to-hand combat skills, only to reveal that he was just buying time for Optimus to beat the now-directionless copy. The real Prime dominates Nemesis, and their fight collapses the ceiling of the bunker, sending Silas's creation and a ton of rubble crashing down on top of him, putting Nemesis Prime out of commission in the process.

Optimus meditates on MECH's seemingly impaired functionality, now that it lacks a leader. However, Fowler brings him troubling news — in the pile of wreckage, no body was found.

Elsewhere, a group of MECH scientists monitor Silas' condition, noting that his injuries are terminal by normal standards — yet MECH is anything but, as they have the body of [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] all wired up to their leader.

==Featured characters==
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*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (6)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (10)
|c2=
*[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown's body]] (15)
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*[[William Fowler]] (1)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (7)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (8)
*[[Jack Darby]] (9)
*[[Silas]] (11)
*[[MECH|MECH soldiers]] (12)
*[[MECH Surgeon]] (13)
*[[MECH Commando]] (14)
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*[[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Yes, that's it. Follow the light." 
"Wait, what? Not the best choice of words, Ratchet."
:—'''Ratchet''' and '''Arcee'''

"I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots, and I bring you this message." [produces cannon and opens fire]
:—'''Nemesis Prime''' steals one of Optimus's catchphrases.

"They actually did it. Those butchers managed to crack the code!"
:—'''Ratchet''' realizes that [[Project Chimera]] has produced results.

"Be on your guard. My double could be anywhere." 
''*Bumblebee beeps a reply*'' 
"I'm sorry. What?"
:—'''Nemesis Prime''' tries and fails to fool Bumblebee.

"Look [[Ratchet (WFC)|doc]], I don't plan on dancing with any bots, but there's a human element in play here. And in case you haven't noticed, I happen to be a highly-trained, government-grade, human."
:—'''Agent Fowler'''; accept no substitutes!

"My robot chassis possesses all your strength, speed...and firepower!" 
''*Optimus lunges at Nemesis Prime, only to be thrown off with ease*'' 
"Add my extensive combat training, and MECH has clearly achieved the perfect meld of man and machine!"
:—'''Silas''' brags about his new toy.

"This is only the beginning. Imagine an army of transforming robots! No one will stand against the newly rebooted MECH!" 
"Think again, Sy!"
:—'''Silas''''s gloating is interrupted by '''Agent Fowler''''s arrival.

"The internal damage to his organs is massive, and beyond the scope of conventional medicine. Fortunately for our leader, MECH is [[Breakdown (WFC)|anything]] but conventional."
:—A '''MECH Surgeon''' on Silas's future.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Due to model reuse, Fowler's car has the same [[license plate]] number as June Darby's.
*After calling the Autobots to ask about Optimus, Fowler is seen approaching a bridge at least a half mile away. But, when the camera shifts, it shows him already on the bridge.
*No matter what size, shape, weight, or speed a car is going, it will ''never'' be possible to break through a concrete barrier and come out with as little damage as Fowler's car had.
*Bulkhead is somehow able to fall faster than Fowler's car, despite dropping from the bridge later than it, but it is perhaps because Bulkhead weighs more than Fowler and his car combined, due to the fact that heavier objects fall faster than lighter objects.
*Before Optimus Prime climbs the tower, you can't hear his blaster turn back into his hand.
*Despite being ordered by Optimus to go covert, Arcee does not have her holographic driver on when in her motorcycle form.
*Nemesis Prime's mouthplate is retracted when he recoils from Optimus' attack and before climbing the silo.
*How exactly did MECH extract Silas from under several tons of robot with the US military overhead and Fowler in the room?

===Continuity notes===
*With the construction of Nemesis Prime, MECH has finally yielded results from [[Project Chimera]].
*MECH has Breakdown's reassembled remains, which they collected after [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] killed him in "[[Crossfire]]".
*Ratchet recalls MECH's study of Breakdown in "[[Operation: Breakdown]]".
*Optimus recalls the theft of Starscream's T-Cog, which they learned about in "Crossfire" after it happened in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]".
*Silas took a scan of Optimus at the end of "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]", which is evidently how he was able to produce a nearly-identical copy of him in this episode.
*Optimus's right sword, which was broken in "[[One Shall Fall]]" and last seen still broken in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", has been repaired at some point.
*This is the [[One Shall Rise, Part 1|second time]] Bumblebee has tried and failed to save a car on screen. Only this time, someone was inside the car when he loses part of it.
*As this is Fowler's first time in the GroundBridge, he experiences nausea, similar to the effect on the children in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]".

===Transformers references===
*Fowler listens to an instrumental version of "[[The Touch]]" on his car radio.
*The first transformation of the fake Prime on the military base is in a similar animation layout to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|another Optimus Prime]]. The attack itself bears no small resemblance to [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]'s attack on the [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base|base]] in the first film.
*Miko and Ratchet refer to the false Optimus Prime as "Nemesis Prime", a name first established in ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' as indicating an evil version of Optimus Prime and used [[Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)|a number of times since]].
*Optimus claimed he was away at subterranean Energon deposit and pulls out a shard to prove it. Around this time in ''Rescue Bots'' (though the episodes aired over two years after this episode), Optimus Prime shows up to mine Energon with [[What Lies Below|the Rescue]] [[What Rises Above|Bots underground]]. He also got trapped underground with the Rescue Bots, which would explain his "out of communication" statement.
*Nemesis Prime's purple and black color scheme, complete with yellow highlights, is a reference to [[Optimus Prime (SG)|a previous evil incarnation of Optimus Prime]].

===Real-world references===
*The opening scene with Fowler references [[Steven Spielberg]]'s 1971 film ''Duel'', starring an evil truck.
*Nemesis Prime's eyes and weapons glow yellow, similar to the yellow glowing "eye" on K.A.R.R, the evil version of K.I.T.T from the TV show, ''Knight Rider''. (K.A.R.R was also, in one episode, voiced by Peter Cullen. Peter Cullen later voiced K.A.R.R again in the 2009 remake of ''Knight Rider''. The remake's K.A.R.R could transform.)

===Trivia===
*Silas gloats about his combat training, but Optimus has been fighting an unending war for millions of years. However, it's possible that human combat techniques are different from Transformers', and Silas' control interface appears to aid him by identifying unguarded parts of Prime's body at any given moment.
*Silas is a former member of the Special Tactics branch of the military, while Fowler is an ex-Army Ranger.
*Nemesis Prime's transformation uses a modified version of the regular transformation sound effect, which makes it sound as if the transformation is not as smooth as that of an actual Cybertronian.
*Nemesis Prime's body is tarnished and dirty-looking, with heavily faded colors. The overall effect makes it look [[Zombie|undead]], even though it's more of a puppet than anything.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der falsche Prime'''" ("The Wrong Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 5|5 November]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Gekitotsu Henkei! Yami no Shireikan Arawaru'''" (激突変形!闇の司令官あらわる, "Clashing Transformation! The Dark Commander Appears")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 24|24 November]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Prime do Mal'''" ("Evil Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 12|12 June]] [[2013]]

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