Double Dinobot

2016-05-30T03:13:51Z

Tunklord: /* Real-world references */ fixed a typo - previously read "as is tradition itradition when"

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=14
|series2=BWJtoon
|ep2=17
|prev2=Dark Designs
|next2=Spider's Game
|image=Dinobot mirror.jpg
|caption="Hmm. He looks good, but is he tasty...?"
|title="Double Dinobot"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate= [[November 5]], [[1996]]
|written by=[[Rowby Goren]]
|directed by=[[John Pozer]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Megatron creates a non-transforming clone of Dinobot in an effort to disable Sentinel'''.

==Synopsis==
[[File:Double Dinobot Megatron clone.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Isn't he cute?]]
[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] creates a ''Velociraptor'' clone based on the [[DNA]] of the [[Maximal]] [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], [[Clone One]], which also possesses a copy of Dinobot's mind.

[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] attacks the real Dinobot while on patrol, leading the Maximal into a cave where a swift move allows Terrorsaur to escape and bury Dinobot in a cave-in. Meanwhile, Clone One is sent to infiltrate the [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal base]] in his place. Clone One tells [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] that there's a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] camp in [[Grid Omega]] and insists Primal himself should go. Primal instead sends the Clone and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] to fix the camp's exact location.

[[File:Double Dinobot Rattrap clone.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|What's funnier? Seeing someone falling off a log, or causing someone to fall off a log and then laughing at them for falling off.]]
Rattrap transforms to attack the alleged base and ''almost'' discovers the Clone's inability to transform, but stands down when the Clone reminds him this is a ''recon'' mission. Rattrap is puzzled by this uncharacteristic show of restraint, but stands down. While crossing an open lava flow, Clone One kicks the bridge out from under Rattrap, apparently sending him to his death.

In the meantime, the real Dinobot digs himself out of the rubble in the cave.

[[File:Double Dinobot Clone shock.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|This is what really wiped out the dinosaurs.]]
Clone One returns to the ''Axalon'' (now crewed only by Optimus Primal) and fakes an injury, telling Primal that they discovered the Predacon camp under cover of a "stealth device" and Rattrap is trapped. Despite having just received a report from Rhinox that Grid Omega shows no signs of Predacon activity, Optimus Primal activates [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] and leaves to rescue Rattrap. Clone One struggles to deactivate the shield without Dinobot's authorization codes and is repeatedly shocked by Sentinel, who recognises him as Dinobot, but doesn't detect a Maximal [[spark]].

Optimus Primal and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] rendezvous in Grid Omega, where they pick up Rattrap's trail. Rattrap, who landed on a chunk of rock, rides it along the lava flow, but is forced to leap for his life when the flow becomes a lava waterfall. He lands up on a ledge and then [[wikipedia:Rocket jumping|grenade jumps]] back to stable ground, where he encounters Cheetor and Primal and informs them of "Dinobot"'s treachery.

Meanwhile, the real Dinobot returns to the ''Axalon'' and deactivates the perimeter shield. Clone One believes he has finally succeeded and summons Megatron. The two Dinobots come face to face and are momentarily baffled as their identical reflexes cause them to mirror one another's reactions. Clone One realizes the situation first and attacks, but Dinobot transforms and challenges his clone to a fight. Discovering that his double cannot transform, Dinobot returns to [[beast mode]] and the two fight on equal terms. The Clone is losing ground, but a lucky blow appears to knock Dinobot unconscious. Clone One eagerly goes to meet Megatron, not realizing that Dinobot was playing [[robotopossum]].

[[File:Double Dinobot Dinobot teeth.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"...Mmmm, he was quite tasty."]]
Dinobot poses as his clone and greets Megatron outside the base and flatters his ego while discovering his plan to ambush the Maximals as they return from Grid Omega then use their own defense grid to finish them off. Dinobot activates the perimeter shield just as Megatron is walking through it, shocking him badly. Megatron initially believes the clone has betrayed him just as Dinobot did, but is cheered to learn that's not the case. With the arrival of the other Maximals, Megatron retreats.

The Maximals survey the damaged command center in dismay and inquire what happened to the clone. Dinobot informs them that it is gone for good…and was 'quite tasty'.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (6)
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (7)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (8)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (9)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (10)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (1)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (2)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (4)
*[[Clone One]] (5)
}}

==Quotes==
"At last, an ''end'' to the boredom!"
:—'''Dinobot''', delighted to be attacked

"Peaceful as an R-chamber. Looks like old chopper face is seein' things."
:—'''Rattrap'''

"I just knew I smelled a rat... and it wasn't even ''me!''"
:—'''Rattrap''' jumps to the wrong conclusion.

"What in the Inferno are you?" 
"What you might have been, had you not betrayed Megatron."
:—'''Dinobot''' meets '''Clone One'''

"Ooh, your brilliance is an inspiration to me!" 
"Oh, you are an enchanting creature! I may just clone the rest of my troops."
:—'''Dinobot''' posing as his clone, to '''Megatron'''

"You're ''disgusting.''" 
:—'''Optimus''' expresses his thoughts of '''Dinobot's''' actions

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When Clone One is called a "ZombieBot" by Scorponok, and when he growls and bites at him, Tigatron's scream is heard instead.
*More of an oddity than an error, but due to the angle the shot was rendered in, as Dinobot transforms into [[robot mode]] to enter the cave, you may notice how his robot torso and sword miraculously appear in shrunken form behind or above (but clearly separate from) his dinosaur mode, before merging with the rest of his body to complete transformation. Later, as he tries to fight his clone, the robot torso correctly appears from within the beast's body.
*When Terrorsaur creates a cave-in to trap Dinobot, the latter hurries towards the screen, and you can very briefly see the insides of his animation model's head, as the "camera" passes into him.
*During the clash between the Dinobots, the one who gets launched forward by the chair has some very weird things going on with his body. Namely, it gets so distorted, that the point where the legs meet the torso seemingly turn inside out, and flesh that wasn't there before (or afterwards) juts out of his sides. Also, while barely noticeable, his left arm jumps out of position for just a frame a few seconds before the chair hits him.

===Continuity errors===
* Phase One of Megatron's plan is basically "kill Dinobot", a job he dispatches Terrorsaur to take care of with seemingly no worry that he will fail. He doesn't normally display this level of faith in Terrorsaur's abilities. (Also, if "Kill Dinobot" is that easy, then then next phases should probably be "kill Rattrap", "kill Cheetor", etc.)
* Although Clone One failed in this particular situation, the overall experiment was a success. One wonders why Megatron didn't just create a whole herd of Dinobot clones. Even in Beast Mode, they'd be useful for boosting his numbers. (For that matter, if all it takes is a small, easily obtainable piece of DNA, we run into the same problem that we had back in [[A Prime Problem]]... why not clone Primal, or himself?)

===Continuity notes===
* The Beast Warriors possess DNA, either instead of or in addition to the [[CNA]] that other versions of Cybertronians have. Presumably this stems from their organic beast modes; ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' would confirm that their beast modes incorporated organic material.
* The chamber Dinobot's clone was created in appears to be an extensively refitted Predacon [[CR chamber|R-Chamber]].
* Dinobot makes a couple of references to the still-to-be-renamed [[Pit|Inferno]].
* Rattrap gets to co-ops Primal's catchphrase when he lets out a sarcastic "that's just prime" after finding out that the clone has been left in the base alone.
* Gadgets and powers:
** Rattrap once again makes use of the grenades stored in his forarms when he does his rocket-jump trick with the boulder.
** More of a skill than a power, but this episode establishes than Megatron is really quite good at this whole cloning business. He will do it at least another [[Cutting Edge|twice]] [[Feral Scream Part 1|more]].

===Transformers references===
* Clone One addresses the Predacon leader as "Mighty Megatron", a phrase often in the original cartoon to describe the [[Megatron (G1) | Decepticon Leader]].

===Real-world references===
* Megatron creates the Dinobot clone in the middle of a dramatic lightning storm, as is [[Wikipedia:Frankenstein|tradition]] when cartoon super-villains use mad science to create life. The references are less subtle [[Feral Scream Part 1|next time]].

===Trivia===
* Clone One's skin will later be seen on the wall of Dinobot's room.
* Megatron was extremely pleased to learn the clone had not betrayed him. Had Dinobot led him to think his clones were unreliable, it probably would have saved the Maximals a lot of trouble…. ''Ah, hindsight.''
* When Dinobot first encounters his clone, and the two mimic each other's movements, it is perhaps a reference to the famous mirror scene from the Marx Brothers movie [[wikipedia:Duck Soup (1933 film)|Duck Soup.]]
*While the Dinobot clone is trying to deactivate Sentinel, a holographic Maximal logo appears with [[Cybertronix]] writing under it saying "who is this putz scally user". Then the shot changes to behind the projection as some more text appears next to a diagram that says "hey ian go f**k yourself", making one wonder what either [[Ian James Corlett]] or [[Ian Pearson]] did to piss off an animator. Then the words 'Merv Griffin' display.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Clone'''" ("The Clone")

:*''Title:'' "'''Double DinoBot'''" (Canada)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il vero e il falso'''" ("The Real and the Fake")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dinobot ga Futari ni?'''" (ダイノボットが二人に?, "Two Dinobots?")
::*''Original airdate:'' [[January 21|21 January]] [[1997]]
::* For comedic effect, the [[Clone One|Clone Dinobot]] speaks with a whiney, high-pitched voice rather than an identical copy of Dinobot's tone (which seems like it would be a dead giveaway that he's a fake, but hey). In fact, he also gets Dinobot's verbal tic wrong. Rather than hiss and repeat the noise ''-da'', the Clone Dinobot instead wheezes ''-de''. One other unique aspect of the Clone Dinobot's voice is his distinctive, ''incredibly goofy'' laugh. Something along the lines of, ''Goooo hoo hoo hoo hooooo''.
::* When the real Dinobot reveals his ruse to Megatron near the end of the episode by transforming, Megatron laments, "So, you have killed my ''adorable'' clone. ''And he was so cute...''"
::*In this version, Dinobot ate his clone with julienned cabbages and bell peppers with some [[wikipedia:mirin|mirin]], salt and pepper

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dinobot Duplo'''" ("Double Dinobot")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Doble de Dinobot'''" (America, "The Double Dinobot")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — There are 2 Dinobots? ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 3 ([[Universal]])
;[[Wikipedia:LaserDisc|LaserDisc]]
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 2 — The Saga Continues! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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