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Hydra Cannon

2023-07-30T05:49:30Z

Wxy:

:''The ''Hydra Cannon'' is both a [[Mini-Con]] superweapon and a [[Decepticon]] starship from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.''

[[File:Hydra Cannon.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|It does not actually launch hydras.]]

The '''''Hydra Cannon''''' is one of the single most powerful weapons in existence. A combination of the Mini-Con weapons, the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]] and the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]], the Hydra Cannon requires no fewer than nine Mini-Cons to form (hence its name) and possess enough raw power to destroy an entire planet!

The ''Hydra Cannon'' starship was constructed on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], largely using Mini-Con slave-labour until the [[Autobot]]s conducted a raid to free them. She was built as a means to contain the Hydra Cannon weapon itself, and serve as transport for the Decepticons under [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron's]] command for their trip home to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
After [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] betrayed the Autobots and delivered both the Skyboom Shield and Star Saber to Megatron, the Mini-Con weapons were placed into a chamber that drew upon their energy, serving as both the ship's main power core and the main weapon. Slowly, the ''Hydra Cannon'' lifted off from beneath the Moon's surface, destroying what was left of the [[Exodus (Armada)|Exodus]]' hulk. However, the ship struggled against the moon's gravitational pull, forcing [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] to push the engines to over 190% of their normal output.

[[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] recommended testing the cannon first before using it in combat. Megatron concurred, and it was decided that a comet passing through the Solar System would be the Hydra Cannon's first victim.

[[File:Hydra minicons.jpg|left|thumb|It belongs in a museum!]]
As the unwitting population of the western hemisphere watched, the Hydra Cannon obliterated the comet, bathing the sky in light, then settling in an ominous green glow. Simultaneously, the computer systems at Lincoln's observatory shut down, much like when the Mini-Cons sent their distress signals to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Threaten}}

Megatron was greatly pleased at the results, then decided to destroy the Autobots once and for all by targeting their base on [[Earth]], much to the distress and objection of Starscream. After [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] captured images of the ''Hydra Cannon'', he and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] launched a desperate assault on the warship in an effort to stop the cannon from firing. After a struggle with the Decepticons, Optimus placed himself in the path of the Cannon's beam, and used the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to stop the beam and force it back towards the cannon itself. This caused a feedback overload that disengaged the Mini-Cons powering the core, shutting down the weapon and destroying most of the ship's bow from the energy backlash, permanently disabling the cannon.

Unfortunately, this cost Optimus Prime his life as he exploded into a million pieces, leaving only [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] and his Matrix. As night fell, his debris rained down as shooting stars over Earth. Their human companions apparently found this very beautiful, 'as if the whole universe was mourning Prime's death'. Apparently they missed the morbid connotations of it raining Optimus bits. {{storylink|Crisis (Armada)|Crisis}}

With Earth's usefulness at an end to him, Megatron ordered the ''Hydra Cannon'' to set a course back for Cybertron. {{storylink|Remorse}} As they sailed away from Earth however, the Decepticons detected the launch of the [[Axalon (Armada)|''Axalon'']] with Thrust lamenting that the more technologically advanced Autobot ship would overtake them. {{storylink|Depart}} Megatron simply ordered the ''Hydra Cannon'' turned around so they could destroy their foes. As the two ships duelled however, the Autobot [[Mini-Con]]s used the Matrix of Leadership to resurrect Optimus Prime, ending the battle. {{storylink|Miracle}}

After [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] had been sucked through an energy anomaly, they sent out an SOS beacon to their comrades which the ''Hydra Cannon'' picked up on. The planet turned out to be a trap lain by [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] but both the Autobots and Decepticons who'd ventured onto its surface got [[Spontaneous recoloration|an upgrade]] from their Mini-Con counterparts. {{storylink|Puppet}} When the ship arrived at Cybertron, it was met by the [[Autobot fleet]], its powerful arsenal allowing it to blast its way through the resistance. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}}

After Starscream died and Galvatron realized the enormity of [[Unicron]]'s threat, the Autobots and Decepticons reached a historic peace agreement and the alliance was formalized on board the ''Hydra Cannon''. {{storylink|Alliance}}

Along with the rest of the [[Decepticon fleet]], the ''Hydra Cannon'' sailed into battle alongside its Autobot counterparts, using its powerful shields to defend Cybertron from Unicron before the Chaos Bringer's power proved too much for the ship and it was destroyed. {{storylink|Union}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hydra Cannon''' (ヒュドラキャノン ''Hyudora Kyanon'')

[[Category:Armada starships]]
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Hot Shot (Armada)/Cartoon continuity

2021-12-05T02:34:09Z

Wxy: This explains why Hot Shot won the race.

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'''[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]''' is everyone's favorite yellow bot! ([[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Don't]] [[Bumblebee (Animated)|let]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)|anyone]] [[Bumblebee (WFC)|else]] [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|fool]] [[Cheetor (BW)|you]]).
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==''Armada'' cartoon==
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[[File:Past Part 1 Hot Shot flashback.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|I'll be back to save you, Wheeljack, right after 4:20.]]
An indeterminate number of years ago on Cybertron, Hot Shot was appointed the supervisor of a young Autobot named [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]]. Wheeljack strongly looked up to Hot Shot as a potential mentor and as a friend, but after a blazing battle, Wheeljack was incapacitated under some debris. Hot Shot left him behind as the flames closed in, promising to get help. However, when Hot Shot reached the other Autobots, his [[Sentinel Minor|commander]] would not let him endanger his own life by returning to help his friend. Hot Shot ignored this order, running back into the battle to find Wheeljack, but he was overwhelmed by the heat and passed out. Instead, Wheeljack was rescued by [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. Thinking he had been abandoned by Hot Shot, Wheeljack swore vengeance against him and the Autobots. {{storylink|Past}} {{storylink|Past II}}

[[File:Metamorphosis Hot Shot Red Alert arrive.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Wave 1 all accounted for, sir!]]
When [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] received a distress signal from the long-lost [[Mini-Con]]s, Hot Shot was one of two soldiers he brought with him to investigate the planet it originated from: Earth. Before they went through the warp gate, Hot Shot caught a glance of another Autobot, [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]], making a run for the portal behind them. {{storylink|Prehistory}} When they arrived, Hot Shot was quick to block [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] from attacking some human children who had stumbled upon the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]], and before long, the Decepticons warped away. Hot Shot suggested that the Decepticons' base must be within sight if they were able to use short-warp teleportation; [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] correctly assumed this base was on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. Hot Shot and the other two Autobots returned when the humans and the Mini-Cons once again found themselves under attack from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Metamorphosis (Armada)|Metamorphosis}} Hot Shot and Red Alert used their bodies to shield the human kids from the Decepticons' firepower. During the battle, Hot Shot and Red Alert recovered two [[Mini-Con storage panel]]s, and [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] was one of two Mini-Cons who materialized when the panels were activated. Hot Shot partnered with this Mini-Con, and together with Red Alert and Mini-Con [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], their combined firepower was able to drive the Decepticons away. The Autobots then returned to their Earth base with the human children and the Mini-Cons, and the nature of their war over the Mini-Cons was explained. Hot Shot and the other Autobots also learned the Earth custom of fist-bumping to signify friendship. {{storylink|Base}}

[[File:Soldier Hot Shot axelzooka.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Hi ho, butt-copter! Away!]]
Immediately thereafter, the Autobots' computer systems warned them of a detected Mini-Con, and so Hot Shot and the others made plans to travel to [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]] to find it. In their rush, [[Rad White]] was left behind, but [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] and Hot Shot returned soon enough to pick him up. Alexis apologized, for Hot Shot's sleek power excited her so much that she'd forgotten about Rad. As they left for the Big Canyon once again, Hot Shot's driving was extremely rough, yet despite the children's complaints, he increased his speed—so much so that upon arrival, Hot Shot nearly drove into the canyon itself. After Hot Shot followed [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] into the canyon, [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] warped into the area and attacked him. Ultimately, the Autobots won, and everyone returned to base after having retrieved the Mini-Con [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]]. {{storylink|Comrade}}

The hotheaded Hot Shot often found himself at odds with Red Alert, including one incident when he was playing tag with the three children instead of doing work. He resented being chastised by the Autobot medic, who didn't even have a personality, as far as he was concerned. Soon after this, the Autobots, Mini-Cons, and the human children ventured to [[Antarctica]] to uncover another Mini-Con, and Hot Shot was paired with [[Carlos Lopez]]. When the two came across the Decepticons, Hot Shot continued to battle them despite having Carlos inside him. Finally, he ejected Carlos over a gorge, leaving Jolt to catch him. Hot Shot soon found himself outnumbered, and it took Red Alert's skills to rescue him from the grip of the Decepticons. Hot Shot learned some respect for Red Alert that day, even if he claimed to save Hot Shot not out of friendship, but merely because it was his job. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}}

[[File:Hotshotarmada.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|He grins because he's too stupid to be sad.]]
Hot Shot also accompanied the others on a Mini-Con rescue mission in a <s>jungle</s> forest, where he grew aggravated over the lack of driving space. When he got ready to cut down a few trees to make room, Rad told him off, explaining why trees were important to the Earth's environment. Though the Autobots failed to claim the Mini-Con during their clash with the Decepticons, they learned to respect the Earth's environment. {{storylink|Jungle}} Later, as the children wondered why the Mini-Con panel they'd uncovered in Antarctica hadn't opened yet, Hot Shot asked them to pass him a spanner too heavy for them to lift because he thought it would be funny. A bored Carlos and Rad then ran off with some Mini-Cons to a local carnival, where they got into trouble. Alexis, Hot Shot, and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] followed Laserbeak to the carnival, and after some mischief, Hot Shot was able to avert disaster. {{storylink|Carnival}} When the Autobots followed the Decepticons into the desert in pursuit of more Mini-Cons, Hot Shot was frustrated with his tires' incompatibility with the terrain. Unfortunately, he was unable to prevent [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] from acquiring the Mini-Con [[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Bonecrusher]] from within an ancient desert temple. He did save the children and Perceptor from being buried alive under the sandy expanse though. {{storylink|Palace}}

[[File:Underground merchandising.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Hey, [[Ruined FOREVER|they're right]]! Hot Shot's car mode DOES look like a [[Playskool]] toy!]]
When the Decepticons held the children hostage in a ghost town, Hot Shot and the other Autobots grappled with them, reluctant to hand over their Mini-Cons to get the children returned unharmed. Eventually, after some close calls, Hot Shot was able to kick Rad out of Megatron's hand, the tide was turned, and things were restored to the status quo. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}} While working in the underground ruins of half of the crashed Mini-Con ship, Hot Shot was called by Optimus to join them in another Mini-Con search. The Mini-Con was deep within the subway system of a local city, and the Autobots' presence in vehicle mode caused some stir. Here they met up with another Autobot, [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]], though they lost the Mini-Con to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Underground (episode)|Underground}} Smokescreen joined Hot Shot and the others when they journeyed underwater to the lost city of [[Atlantis]], where, despite their efforts, they lost yet another Mini-Con to the Decepticons. Worse still, this one could combine with two others to form the mighty [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber sword]]. {{storylink|Ruin}} Hot Shot and the Autobots detected another of the three Star Saber Mini-Cons on a volcanic island. Though he was pinned down in a stalemate with the Decepticons for most of his time there, Hot Shot was crucial to ensuring the children made it back to the Autobots' base alive; he saved them from being engulfed by lava when the volcano erupted. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

[[File:ArmadaSwoop Megahorns.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Megatron and his Decepticons soon attacked the Autobot base, hoping to steal the two Mini-Cons they needed to complete the Star Saber sword. While Optimus Prime hid the Mini-Con panels, Hot Shot confronted Megatron directly. Hot Shot was defeated by Megatron's prehensile antlers, which tossed him to the ground like a doll. During another skirmish with Megatron, the Mini-Con panels activated, and Megatron was able to grasp the powerful Star Saber sword! His victory was short-lived, as Optimus was able to knock it out of his hands and into Hot Shot's. With the Star Saber sword, Hot Shot was able to ward off the Decepticons and force them to retreat. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

[[File:Hotshotstarsaber.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|He loves his Star Saber sword. It's so bad.]]
Optimus assigned the three Star Saber Mini-Cons to Hot Shot. The Autobot was young, inexperienced, and hotheaded, so the great advantage the Star Saber granted him went straight to his ego. With the sword, he was nearly unbeatable on the battlefield, which enraged the Decepticons. Then an enigmatic Decepticon named [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] appeared at a battle, mocking Hot Shot's skill. Hot Shot was angered when Scavenger told him that he was nothing without the sword, so he rushed the Decepticon, but was knocked aside. Hot Shot learned the hard way that power without skill is useless against an experienced opponent. {{storylink|Overmatch}} Scavenger confronted Hot Shot again on an unfinished stretch of a highway overpass, while a mysterious motorcycle observed. After exchanging a few blows, Scavenger left Hot Shot again, promising to prove his incompetence another day. The motorcycle introduced himself as the Autobot [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]], and Red Alert and Hot Shot wondered if they could truly trust this stranger. {{storylink|Gale}}

[[File:Overmatch Scavenger-HotShotbeatdown.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|And later, he gets [[:File:Credulous Hot Shot beatdown.jpg|curb-stomped]].]]
During another battle with the Decepticons for a Mini-Con, Sideways and Hot Shot were accidentally warped away with Megatron to their base on Earth's Moon. With Sideways's guidance, Hot Shot was able to fight his way through an army of holographic Autobots, only to have Megatron capture Sideways and demand the Star Saber sword in return. Hot Shot reluctantly relinquished it, but once Megatron released Sideways, Hot Shot called for its Mini-Con components to return to him. At this moment, Sideways betrayed Hot Shot, knocking the Star Saber sword away from him and towards Starscream. Helpless without his powerful weapon, Hot Shot was brutally beaten by the humiliated Decepticons and dropped back at the Autobots' base. {{storylink|Credulous}}

[[File:Arm19 crowningawesome.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4| Meanwhile, Runway howls in pain.]]
Hot Shot was understandably in a dour mood following this fall from grace, so the kids made faces at him to cheer him up. Because this was Hot Shot, it worked. During the next battle, Hot Shot targeted the traitor, Sideways, and was once again bested by Scavenger. Hot Shot was surprised to discover later that Scavenger was actually an Autobot working undercover as a Decepticon. {{storylink|Conspiracy}} With Scavenger now with the Autobots again, he began personally training Hot Shot. Hot Shot wasn't entirely satisfied with his instructor though, as he napped on the job frequently. He nonetheless defended Scavenger when Smokescreen accused him of being a traitor after his disappearance during their next mission. Smokescreen lack of faith turned out to be unfounded; Scavenger was fighting smart with sneak tactics, and allowed the Autobots to acquire their first Mini-Con in a long time. Hot Shot happily continued to train under Scavenger... even if it meant exercising on his own most of the time, listening to Scavenger snore in the background. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}} Hot Shot and Scavenger planned to stay behind at the base and train while Red Alert and Smokescreen took the kids on a camping trip. They were called into action when a flash flood put the kids' lives in danger. During the rescue, the Autobots were caught on camera by the local television news journalists, but footage of them was destroyed. {{storylink|Vacation}} When a new recruit, [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]], joined the team, Hot Shot at first had trouble getting along with him. However, after working together to retrieve a Mini-Con, they were able to make peace. {{storylink|Reinforcement}}

[[File:Conspiracy faces.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.85|Like all future Autobot leaders, Hot Shot is amused easily.]]
With both the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom]] shield and the Star Saber sword in his possession, Megatron issued a challenge to Optimus Prime and the other Autobots. When the two factions met on a stretch of rocky desert, Hot Shot was disappointed to discover that none of his firepower could penetrate Megatron's shield. His weapons useless against the Decepticon leader, Hot Shot joined Blurr in running interference during the battle between Megatron and Optimus. The tide was turned when the Skyboom shield fell into Autobot hands. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}} While Hot Shot and the Autobots gauged the extent of the shield's power and formulated strategies around its use, they disallowed their human friends from entering the base. This unfortunately didn't keep them out of harm's way, as Fred and Rad accidentally walked into a trap set by Megatron. Hot Shot and the bulk of the Autobots followed the kids through a series of Warp Gates, which left them scattered across the world. Worse yet, they couldn't reconvene while their communication system was being scrambled. When they finally managed to get their transmissions sorted out, Hot Shot rescued Optimus with the Skyboom Shield and forced Megatron to abandon several of his Mini-Cons into Autobot custody. {{storylink|Vow}}

[[File:Reinforcement-Fist pound at sunset.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
While Hot Shot and the others were away, the kids traveled into a digital realm and met with an [[Unicron|evil force]]. The Autobots returned to base and safely extricated the kids before said force could do them any harm though. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}} Hot Shot grew overconfident as the Autobots' tactics led to some easy victories for their side. But an outing into a gully led the Autobots into a trap conceived by the Decepticons' new tactician, [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], proving the war could still swing either way. To the Decepticons' surprise, the Autobots had an incoming addition of their own, and Prime's second-in-command, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], arrived to saved Optimus from being slain by Megatron. {{storylink|Tactician}} However, Optimus Prime was badly damaged in the fight, so Jetfire took over as leader. Hot Shot didn't like this, as he thought Jetfire was nothing more than a braggart. Jetfire wound up flying into another one of Thrust's ambushes, prompting Hot Shot, Blurr, and Smokescreen to try and assist the airborne Autobot from a nearby island... only for them to wind up in a secondary ambush set up by the Decepticon tactician! Though the situation looked grim, Optimus Prime arrived, repaired, just in time to combine with Jetfire and save the day. {{storylink|Linkup}}

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After Hot Shot and the other Autobots sparred with one another at their base, their morale boosted by Jetfire's arrival, Hot Shot wondered openly about the nature of Sideways, and whether he was really in either faction at all. They left for yet another battle, {{storylink|Detection}} but this time, the Decepticons had a secret weapon: The gigantic warrior known as [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]. The Autobots barely held up against this latest arrival, though Hot Shot and Blurr managed to strike at his vulnerable underside. This only yielded a brief respite, as Tidal Wave simply transformed out of his ship mode and continued to rain down laser fire on the Autobots. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}} Hot Shot attempted to block Tidal Wave's mighty blows with the Skyboom shield, though the Autobots were only able to stall the titan. Tidal Wave flew off to combine with Megatron so the two Decepticons could eliminate Optimus Prime, and the rest of the Autobots learned that Red Alert was warping in with Carlos, Rad, and [[Sky Blast (Armada)|Sky Blast]]: the first Mini-Con component of the mighty [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]]. Hot Shot took a blast to ensure the kids' and the Mini-Con's safety. This bought Sky Blast the time he needed to steel himself, and he called to the other two members of the [[Space Mini-Con Team]]. The trio combined, leading to an Autobot victory when the Requiem Blaster wound up in Optimus's possession. {{storylink|Desperate}}

[[File:Desperate Tidal Wave blocked.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Yes, punch my tiny shield!]]
When the kids ran off with the Mini-Cons, fearful that they would be used as objects by either faction, Hot Shot and the others had to hunt them down. To reassure the kids, Hot Shot decided that the Autobots would only work with the Mini-Cons as a team! Oh, and they wouldn't force the Mini-Cons to fight if they were opposed to it. That too. {{storylink|Runaway}}

[[File:Past Part 2 Wheeljack Hot Shot fight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"I won't fight you, I won't! Well, maybe just a little."]]
Wheeljack returned to Hot Shot's life, seeking revenge for abandoning him on the battlefield all those years ago. Unfortunately, Hot Shot was training a new Autobot recruit, [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]], when Wheeljack returned, and the young Autobot found himself caught up in Wheeljack's vendetta as well. {{storylink|Past}} When Wheeljack explained to Hot Shot that it was Megatron who'd rescued him and saved his life, Hot Shot couldn't believe it. Hot Shot refused to fight his former friend, yet Wheeljack Shot him, leaving him on the road. Side Swipe dragged Hot Shot's body back to base, where he was placed in intensive care, but Hot Shot's memories still haunted him. Events seemed to repeat themselves when Wheeljack confronted Hot Shot once again within an abandoned human facility. When Side Swipe showed up to help Hot Shot, the area was caught in flames, and Hot Shot was forced once again to save the young Autobot under his care. Wheeljack had chained up Side Swipe within the facility, and he told his captive not to expect rescue from Hot Shot. Regardless, Hot Shot threw himself through the fire and saved Side Swipe, despite the latter's pleas to keep away lest the place blow up with both of them inside. Wheeljack was deterred, but promised he'd be around later to revisit his ill will. {{storylink|Past II}}

[[File:Autobot_stealth_sacrifice.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
When the Autobots were informed by a mysterious source to meet the Decepticons in battle within a forest, Hot Shot wondered why they didn't bring the Requiem Blaster with them. He was told to shut up, and soon the Decepticons arrived to fight them, as promised. Megatron noticed the absence of the Requiem Blaster and realized it was back at the Autobots' base, where Smokescreen was guarding it, alone. Hot Shot and the Autobots returned to their base too late to assist Smokescreen, who nearly died valiantly trying to protect the Mini-Cons. Despite his sacrifice, Megatron took the Requiem Blaster and retreated. {{storylink|Sacrifice}} Hot Shot was among the Autobots who watched Red Alert begin to repair Smokescreen. Hot Shot then took Side Swipe with him to investigate the appearance of Starscream on Earth, who had left the Decepticons with the Star Saber sword after an argument with Megatron. After a fight with Tidal Wave, Starscream returned with the Autobots to their base, despite Hot Shot's objections. He didn't trust Starscream and believed this was a trick, citing the treachery of Sideways. And worse, Starscream was partly to blame for Smokescreen's condition! Outside, Hot Shot picked a fight with Starscream as their Mini-Cons watched. Their battle, which lasted until dusk, was interrupted by a strange Transformer, whom Hot Shot yelled at for interrupting the avenging of his friend. The fight was stopped when Hot Shot realized this Transformer was Smokescreen, rebuilt in a new body. {{storylink|Regeneration (Armada)|Regeneration}}

[[File:Rescue Megatron vs Hot Shot.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|[[Gunbarrel (Armada)|Gunbarrel]] wants to know why mommy and daddy are fighting!]]
Using coordinates given by Starscream, the Autobots were able to warp themselves directly into the Decepticons' base. Hot Shot confronted Wheeljack again, telling the "creep" to get out of his way. With Starscream's help, the Autobots were able to locate where the Decepticons were keeping their captured Mini-Cons, and Hot Shot fought Megatron, giving the Mini-Cons a chance to escape. Starscream interfered, saving Hot Shot's life, and after the two teamed up against the Decepticon leader, they returned to the Autobot base with the liberated Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Rescue}} Hot Shot stayed home while Jetfire and Starscream journeyed to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] to retrieve another Mini-Con. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}}

The Autobots then begun work on a spaceship. During construction, Hot Shot stepped in to break up an argument between Jetfire and Starscream over the Autobots' priorities. Starscream stormed off and Hot Shot turned to Optimus and explained that the Autobots were finding it increasingly difficult to work with the ex-Decepticon. Optimus insisted they continue to try their best to understand one-another.

[[File:Crack Hot Shot head.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
The ship was in the final stages of construction when Billy and Fred reported that they had seen Starscream "chase off" Thrust after the Decepticon had asked him to steal the Skyboom Shield. As it turns out, [[Dirt Boss (Armada)|Dirt Boss]], [[Downshift (Armada)|Downshift]], and [[Mirage (Armada)|Mirage]] were nowhere to be found just then. Despite Hot Shot's attempt at defending him, accusations that Starscream had complied with Thrust's request were thrown around by the other Autobots. The conversation was cut short when the Decepticons attacked. Hot Shot drove out to meet them, coming across Rad, Alexis, Carlos, and the [[Race Mini-Con Team]] during the battle. Making a note to apologize to Starscream, Hot Shot brought the Skyboom Shield to Smokescreen, so he could in turn deliver it to Optimus. But Hot Shot's original suspicions were confirmed when Starscream had a change of heart in the midst of battle, and snatched away the Skyboom shield, bringing it and the Star Saber sword to Megatron. {{storylink|Crack (episode)|Crack}}

[[File:Crisis Hot Shot Matrix.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Awww, ''hell'' naw.]]
Thrown in emotional turmoil over Starscream's betrayal, Hot Shot blew off some steam at the Autobots' firing range before redoubling his efforts on the Autobots' ship; he was determined to go back on the offensive against the Decepticons, and the Autobots were no longer able to access the enemy's warp gate. Then, the Decepticons launched their own vessel, armed with the [[Hydra Cannon]]. Hot Shot, Side Swipe, Optimus, and Jetfire were left staring in awe as the Decepticons used their super-weapon to destroy a comet passing near the Earth. The Decepticons then turned the Hydra Cannon's sight towards the Earth. {{storylink|Threaten}} Hot Shot blamed everything on Starscream's betrayal and angrily accused Optimus Prime for letting Starscream join their team and beginning this series of events. This had some effect on the Autobot leader, as Optimus Prime later offered the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix of the Commander]] to Hot Shot. Hot Shot refused, saying he couldn't take such an important thing from Optimus. Optimus Prime put the Matrix back in his chest, warped into space, and blocked the Hydra Cannon's Earth-shattering shot with his own body. The Autobots' leader disintegrated before their eyes. {{storylink|Crisis (Armada)|Crisis}}

[[File:Remorse democracy.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Scavenger, you're fired.]]
The death of Optimus hit Hot Shot hard. After starting fights with the other Autobots, he left the team and ran out on his own, only to face Scavenger. Scavenger assaulted Hot Shot, revealing that the former Decepticon had joined Autobots because of him. As the two beat on each other, Side Swipe arrived with a small group of Mini-Cons, and they all pleaded for Hot Shot to stop fighting with everyone. Hot Shot realized he was being selfish, that he needed his teammates just as much as they needed him, and he promised to stop treating his friends as if they were enemies. The rest of the Autobots arrived, and they were pleased with Hot Shot's discovery. Jetfire nominated Hot Shot to lead the Autobots because it was what Optimus would have wanted. Scavenger went to hit Hot Shot one more time, but Hot Shot didn't flinch. Proving he was without fear, Hot Shot became leader of the Autobots. As a stipulation, Hot Shot stated that he would only be leader until they returned to Cybertron, and that they should put the Matrix of the Commander someplace safe, as he didn't feel he should carry it. {{storylink|Remorse}}

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Hot Shot oversaw the completion of their starship, the [[Axalon (Armada)|''Axalon'']], and asked the Mini-Cons if they wanted to come or not. They unanimously decided to accompany the Autobots to Cybertron. He initially forbade the kids from coming, but the Mini-Cons convinced him to change his mind. {{storylink|Depart}} As the ''Axalon'' left Earth, Hot Shot said some final words in memory of Optimus Prime. Their starship caught up with the Decepticons', and soon there was a huge battle between the two factions. Hot Shot grappled with Megatron in space, but it was a one-sided battle. Hot Shot placed himself between Megatron's Requiem Blaster and the ''Axalon'', hoping to spare his friends, but then a miracle occurred. The Mini-Con Sparkplug was able to resurrect Optimus Prime from within the Matrix, and the formerly-deceased Autobot Leader reappeared in a blinding flash of green light. Optimus turned the tide, {{storylink|Miracle}} and he reintroduced himself to a very grateful Hot Shot and the rest of the crew. But before anything else could happen, Hot Shot and Red Alert were pulled through a strange hole to an alien landscape. Here they met a [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|strange dark version of Optimus Prime]] who battled them. It was discovered that Megatron, Starscream, and Demolishor were on this strange planet, too, and despite their combined numbers, the Prime doppelgänger overwhelmed them. Several Mini-Cons then arrived and bathed the planet in a strange light. When the larger Transformers woke up, they were completely repaired, yet in [[spontaneous recoloration|strange new colors]]. Ultimately, their battle caused the planet itself to disintegrate, and both factions were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Puppet}}

[[File:Dash Hot Shot crouch.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Twenty episodes ago, he cooed like a baby if you made faces at him.]]
By the time the Autobots had repaired the ''Axalon'' and arrived over Cybertron, the Decepticons had managed to take over the planet. Hot Shot and Blurr fought through Decepticons foot soldiers on the planet's surface, while a black hole appeared in the sky. The Mini-Con continued to display their mysterious powers, and helped keep the black hole at bay. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}} Knowing that [[Unicron]], the Chaos Bringer, was looming over their planet, Optimus attempted to strike an armistice with the Decepticons. But [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] (previously Megatron) would not listen to Optimus Prime's pleas. Hot Shot decided to take matters into his own hands and fought his way through the Decepticon base and countless Decepticon warriors to reach Galvatron and reason with him. If not for Wheeljack's intervention, he might not have survived. Wheeljack's hatred for Hot Shot seemed to have softened, and Hot Shot's former friend joined him in pleading to Galvatron to stop the war so that the two factions could unite against Unicron. Galvatron was unconvinced, but Thrust, a secret pawn of Unicron, panicked and ran away with the Requiem Blaster and the Skyboom shield. Hot Shot and Wheeljack took off after him. {{storylink|Dash (episode)|Dash}}

Hot Shot continued to hunt Thrust down, while the true nature of the Mini-Cons was revealed to Carlos, Alexis and Rad; they were created by Unicron long ago to subjugate the Cybertronian race. The children passed this information along to Hot Shot and Wheeljack. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} Hot Shot and Wheeljack then aided Starscream against Sideways within the surprisingly organic-looking caverns of Cybertron. But when Unicron formed out of Cybertron's moon, the battle dissipated as each side readied for the final battle. {{storylink|Portent}} Despite Hot Shot's intentions to convince Galvatron himself, the Decepticon leader did not change his mind until Starscream sacrificed himself to Unicron. {{storylink|Cramp}} After a formal alliance between Autobots and Decepticons was formed, Hot Shot was part of a unified team sent to Unicron's surface. However, once the team arrived, the Decepticons abandoned Hot Shot and the other Autobots. Later, Demolishor made up for this by begrudgingly catching Side Swipe before could fall to his doom. In return, Hot Shot had found Demolishor's Mini-Con partner, [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]]. They agreed to work together from then on. Their mission was nonetheless botched, and the scouting party had to be rescued by Jet Prime and Galvatron. {{storylink|Alliance}} Optimus Prime and Megatron traveled together to the core of Unicron, leaving both armies under the command of Hot Shot. {{storylink|Union}} No matter how much damage Hot Shot's teams inflicted on Unicron, Unicron could repair himself. Their massive opponent was fed by the negative energies of the battle. Ordering a cease fire, Unicron stood motionless, seemingly defeated. {{storylink|Origin}}

[[File:Mortal Combat Hot Shot Jetfire.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|When we come back, we'll be terrible cel-shaded CGI!]]
Hot Shot told both armies to begin stay at the ready while he went to Unicron to find Optimus, but Jetfire demanded he go instead. Inside, after a fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron, Megatron sacrificed himself to Unicron so that their negative energies would not revive him. But Optimus Prime felt he had failed as Autobot Leader, and with the end of the conflict between the two factions, he exiled himself to parts unknown. After dropping the kids back on Earth via a space-bridge, and a heartfelt goodbye, Hot Shot and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] were left in charge of Cybertron's reconstruction. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}
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===Alternate timeline===
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In a timeline where the Cybertronians' conflict never left their home planet, the Mini-Cons' influence on the Autobots and Decepticons subjugated the larger robots. Hot Shot was left entangled in a semi-organic growth spawned from Unicron's cells, where he could do little more than bemoan his fate. Carlos, Alexis, and Rad appeared before him, visitors from another time, and told Hot Shot of their encounter on [[Earth]]. This version of Hot Shot had never experienced these events, and impotently told the children to save themselves before fully succumbing to Unicron's power and shutting down. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}
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==''Transformers Legends'' anthology==
As the Decepticons unleashed the might of the Hydra Cannon towards the Earth, Hot Shot turned to Optimus Prime for reassurance, only to find that his leader had left his side while he wasn't looking. Optimus had gone to Earth's orbit to meet the weapon's energies with those of his Matrix, and though this act destroyed Optimus, Hot Shot witnessed him return to life while he was being attacked by Megatron amidst a field of asteroids. {{storylink|Prime Spark (story)|Prime Spark}}
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==''Energon'' cartoon==
{{voiceactor|[[Brent Miller]] (English), [[Kōsuke Toriumi]] (Japanese)|[[Ola Norman]] (Swedish), [[José Carabias]] (Spanish - Spain), [[Vesa Hämes]] (Finnish), [[Mirko Mazzanti]] (Italian), [[Romain Redler]] (French), [[Ezequiel Serrano]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
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[[File:E1 titlecard.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|Hot Shot always forgets he's not supposed to shoot at the humans.]]
Ten years on, Hot Shot was stationed on Earth as the commander of [[Ocean City]] while Optimus Prime trained new soldiers on Cybertron. He faced administrative challenges such as [[Demolishor (Armada)|surly former adversaries]] and teenaged angst from the resident teenaged angster, [[Kicker Jones]]. Hot Shot had proved himself up to the task of being "city commander," and was seen with fanboy-like adoration by younger Autobots such as [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]. Ironhide in particular wished he could advance further in rank just so he could combine with Hot Shot.

Kicker seemed to have a certain clairvoyance when it came to trouble (and [[Energon]]!), though Hot Shot would often dismiss Kicker's warnings. But one day, like most days, Kicker was right. Mysterious bestial Transformers, the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]], suddenly attacked Ocean City, forcing Hot Shot, Kicker, Ironhide, and the others to go on the defensive. When Optimus Prime arrived, Hot Shot and Inferno were granted the [[Spark of Combination]], which allowed the two to combine into a single super robot. With everyone working together, the last of that batch of Terrorcons were defeated. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

[[File:Misha HotShot.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"I know it's the first date and all, but I just have to ask you something, Misha..." 
"What's that, Hot Shot?" 
"...does my new body make my tires look flat?"]]
When [[Mars City]] on Mars was destroyed by more Terrorcons, Hot Shot was among those assembled to hear the news. The Terrorcons' next target was Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]], so after Ocean City was raised and the [[Omnicon]]s transferred refined Energon stars to his team, Hot Shot used the [[space bridge]] to warp there. But despite their efforts, the Terrorcons were able to flee with much stolen Energon. {{storylink|Energon Stars}} Later, Hot Shot headed up a strikeforce to [[Desert City]] to fortify it against possible Terrorcon assault. While there he talked with super-scientist [[Misha Miramond]] and filled her ear with what a dork her not-my-boyfriend (Kicker) was back at Ocean City. When Terrorcons invaded the city, Hot Shot and his troops performed a holding action at the entrance to the Energon Mine, but their position was overrun, and Hot Shot was the only survivor. Though battered, Hot Shot commended [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]'s decision to leave him behind and rescue the humans, resulting in the other Autobot being awarded his own Combination Spark. Finally, Ironhide could combine with Hot Shot, just as he'd always wanted! {{storylink|Scorpinok (episode)|Scorpinok}}

As part of [[Prime Squad]], Hot Shot prepared to travel to Mars before the mission was canceled, and instead took part in the defense of [[Plains City]], again tasked with securing the Energon supply. He was the first to feel the wrath of [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]'s [[Energon Sword|Megatron Sword]], and later battled [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] while attempting to shore up [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]'s flagging confidence in the Autobot cause. {{storylink|Megatron's Sword}} Hot Shot also led a recon team searching for an Energon point in the mountains, the future location of [[Blizzard City]]. He ordered Ironhide and Demolishor to team up for their mutual benefit. While trying to rescue Kicker, after the boy fell in a ravine, Hot Shot was buried in an avalanche by Cyclonus. He evacuated his team before they could be crushed by the emergency deployment of a new [[Cybertron City (city)|Cybertron City]] via [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|The New Cybertron City}}

[[File:E07 hotshotarm.jpg|thumb|right|Ironhide kept it as a souvenir for his [[User:ItsWalky|Hot Shot shrine]].]]
Hot Shot and his crew were still at Plains City when the newly resurrected [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] attacked. He was defeated in battle by Megatron and 'dis-armed' as an object lesson to Optimus. {{storylink|Megatron Resurrected}} Optimus retreated to Ocean City with the injured Hot Shot and left the Plains City Energon supply to the Decepticons. Hot Shot's injury awakened a protective streak in Optimus Prime, who briefly forbade Kicker from accompanying the Autobots on missions. At Ocean City Hot Shot underwent medical treatment, submerged in liquefied Energon while his damaged exostructure re-grew. When the base was breached, Hot Shot broke out of his medical unit to defend Inferno from Terrorcons and, armed with a clone of the Megatron Sword, he helped kick the visiting Decepticons back out. {{storylink|Megatron Raid}}

[[File:Energon Tower groupshot.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Why even take multiple screencaps? He always looks the same.]]
Hot Shot organized a covert surveillance of Optimus Prime while he was targeted by a [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Mysterious Mercenary]]. Unfortunately, his large shoulder armor made it impossible to hide behind objects and Optimus discovered him. When Optimus fought Starscream on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], Hot Shot placed Inferno in temporary command of Ocean City so he could bring a supply of Energon Stars to [[Lunar City]]. {{storylink|Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary}} When the Autobots encountered the [[Decepticon mobile fortress]] near [[Asteroid City]], Hot Shot panicked, momentarily believing it was Unicron himself, and fired blindly and ineffectually into it using a hand weapon. After he regained his composure, he battled Scorponok in zero-gravity, until Megatron detonated an Energon-riddled asteroid to cover his escape. {{storylink|Battle of the Asteroid Belt}} During the construction of an [[energon tower]] that would help protect their cities from attack, the Terrorcons chose the moment to strike. After Inferno combined with Hot Shot to form Powerlinx Inferno, the tower was finally activated and the Terrorcons fled. {{storylink|Energon Tower (episode)|Energon Tower}}

[[File:Energon-Hot-Shot-Facepalm.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Hot Shot realizes that he's getting sidelined by an even worse rookie than he was.]]
Hot Shot wandered over when he heard Ironhide telling Kicker to 'lose the attitude', but was unable to wholly endorse Ironhide's statement that Kicker should automatically look up to [[Brian Jones|his father]]. Instead he gently suggested that Kicker might want to seek a ''different'' hero to look up to, and told Ironhide that he'd looked up to [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] since he was a young Autobot. {{storylink|The Legend of Rodimus}} Hot Shot later supervised the project to construct the second energon tower at [[Jungle City]]. Ironhide was placed in co-command when the larger Autobot contingent arrived for the final stage, and when the city was attacked and put to siege they split duties, with Hot Shot taking Aerial defense. As the siege wore on, Hot Shot had to be the one to confront Optimus Prime and force him to admit that this battle was unwinnable. They destroyed Jungle City rather than letting it fall to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Crisis in Jungle City}}

[[File:Energon-HotShot-Hand-Drawn.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Eeeyeaagh!]]
While searching for trace amounts of energon on the moon, Kicker was assaulted by Terrorcons. Optimus summoned Hot Shot and the other Autobots from Ocean City to defend against the Decepticon attack that followed. They drove off the Decepticons once Lunar City was reactivated, and an energon tower sent from Cybertron expelled a shockwave that drove off the enemy. {{storylink|Kicker Beware!}} When Earth was threatened by artificial cometary impacts, he was part of the orbital team sent to intercept them as they approached Earth's atmosphere. Forced to wait as other teams tried to slow the comets, Hot Shot occupied himself by aggravating [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], who eventually just told him to be quiet. He, Jetfire and Optimus Prime supercharged themselves with Energon to push against the comets, delaying their approach long enough for the [[energon grid]] to come online. {{storylink|Energon Grid (episode)|Energon Grid}}

On Earth, Hot Shot was shocked when [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]], a transformer he idolized in his youth, broke in on a communication with [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and demanded a secret meeting. He traveled to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], where he discovered Scorponok had reactivated the destroyed Energon mines. Rodimus appeared to head off a fight between the two of them. He attempted to recruit Hot Shot as a double agent for the secret agenda that he, Scorponok and [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] shared—the revival of Unicron! Hot Shot refused to betray Optimus Prime, and pulled a gun on Rodimus... but he was unable to fire on his one-time idol. Rodimus had no such compunctions, and he shot Hot Shot, but Kicker and Ironhide intervened to save him. {{storylink|Rodimus Friend or Foe?}}

Hot Shot attended the launch of the ''[[Miranda II]]'' Autobot-human spacecraft. He joined the crew and was part of a space battle in the [[Asteroid belt]] to defend the [[Energon Ring]] before their journey could begin. {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}} The ''Miranda II'''s crew was next led into a misadventure on a frozen planet, where their ship wound up temporarily trapped between two glaciers. Hot Shot stayed behind to help free the vessel, while a team helmed by Kicker scouted the landscape for energon. The Autobots came under fire from both Decepticons and [[Cruellock|a new breed of Terrorcons]]. Though they were forced to flee, leaving behind the energon in enemy hands, all crew-members made it safely off-planet. {{storylink|The Return of Demolishor}}

The ''Miranda II'' then crossed paths with Rodimus. Before Rodimus boarded their ship, Hot Shot warned Optimus that Rodimus was in cahoots with Unicron. Optimus doubted him at first, but Rodimus confirmed Hot Shot's accusation, though he elaborated that Unicron was merely a tool that could be used for good or evil. Optimus was nonetheless unwilling to allow the planet to reawaken, and his crew parted ways with Rodimus's. To uncover more about their enigmatic ally, Ironhide decided to stow away on Rodimus's ship. Hot Shot noticed Ironhide's absence, and though he recognized that he would have done the same thing at Ironhide's age, still felt it was his duty to report his discovery to Optimus. The Autobots then made their way to Unicron's body, and drove off the Decepticons' first line of defense. {{storylink|A Tale of Two Heros}} Hot Shot was at the weapons controls of the ''Miranda II'' as they prepared for the first attack run on Unicron. As the ship flew through the belly of Unicron, Megatron sent ever-shifting panels and blocks to crush it from all directions. Having successfully gotten the enemy's attention, the ''Miranda II'' shot out towards a Space Bridge, luring Unicron into the vicinity of Cybertron, where a massive allotment of energon towers exploded in firepower against the Chaos-Bringer. Megatron was forced into utter retreat, and the first battle against Unicron was a victory. {{storylink|Battle Stations}}

[[File:Tale of Heros Optimus Rodimus.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
Unfortunately, this also sent a clear signal to the Decepticons that the war had begun anew. Uprisings began on Cybertron, as Hot Shot and Inferno recognized the rebels were heading towards the special prison holding [[Shockblast]], an absolutely insane and extremely powerful Decepticon who was forced into imprisonment after the war instead of gaining amnesty like so many others. Powerlinx Inferno and Optimus Prime raced to the detention block to prevent the dangerous warrior's escape. {{storylink|Alpha Q: Identity}} Unfortunately, Shockblast escaped right out of their grasp, using one of his guards as a living shield to make a getaway, then cutting him down the moment he was no longer useful. The fight raged outside, as Hot Shot and the others fought to defend Cybertron's energon towers against Shockblast and his new Decepticon allies. The Decepticons escaped, though the Autobots received good news in their fight's aftermath: Kicker had returned! The boy had managed to make allies with Alpha Q, and Hot Shot traveled with Optimus to Unicron's head, where they met the alien for the first time in person. {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}}

When Unicron became too starved of Energon for Alpha Q to maintain control of him, Hot Shot was assigned to protect Misha from the planet's reflexive lashing out. Once the Omnicons fed Energon Stars directly into Unicron's core, Unicron ceased his attack. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}} Later he fought alongside the other Autobots in defense of Cybertron's energon towers in an attack led by Shockblast. {{storylink|Each One Fights...}} Unfortunately, several towers were destroyed, weakening Cybertron's defenses enough that a swarm of Terrorcons were able to infiltrate Primus's chamber. To flush them out, Optimus rerouted Energon into the towers that still stood, causing a powerful wave of energy to emanate from them. Hot Shot was almost caught in the deadly wave himself, but was tackled to safety by Rodimus. Hot Shot came to regret the quick judgment he had displayed in his initial encounter with Rodimus, and in the Autobots' retaliatory strike against Unicron, powerlinked with the other Autobot for the first time. {{storylink|Unicron Unleashed}} The Autobots blasted their way through Terrorcon troops and the remainder of the Decepticoin military in their trek to Megatron's throne room. As they neared their destination, Optimus was ambushed and dismembered by Shockblast. Optimus ordered his troops to leave him behind and Rodimus, then combined with Hot Shot, took command of the squad. {{storylink|Open Fire!}} Before the Autobots could surround him, Megatron used his power over Unicron to escape his throne room. Optimus, now combined with Wing Saber, then rejoined the other Autobots. Rodimus separated from Hot Shot so they could both salute him. Optimus sent Hot Shot, Landmine and Prowl out into space ''to ensure Alpha Q's escape while another team would continue pursuing Megatron. But Alpha Q's positively charged portion of Unicron met with Megatron's negatively charged portion, creating a tear in the fabric of space.'' Landmine and the Autobots attempted to avoid its pull, but the rift was too strong. Landmine was struck by debris and carried into the rift. Hot Shot and Prowl combined then went after him. {{storylink|Ripped Up Space}} The trio were trapped in the debris field near Unicron on the other side of the void until they spotted Rodimus's banner, and followed it to clear space. Hot Shot rejoined the Autobot team on Iron Planet, and helped rescue Inferno from being tortured by Megatron. {{storylink|Imprisoned Inferno}}

[[File:Carsinspace.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|[[Back to the Future|"Where we're going, there are no roads"]]]]
The Autobots began looking for Unicron's whereabouts in the void of space, only to be called back to Jungle Planet when the Decepticons found the Autobots' temporary base of operations there. The Autobots were kept from going down to the planet's surface by the Decepticons until the arrival of [[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]], [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]], and [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] tipped the odds in their favor. {{storylink|Jungle Planet (episode)|Jungle Planet}} Hot Shot and a crew of Autobots made their way back towards Cybertron in order to get the [[energon tower]]s necessary to defend the energon-rich planets beyond the rift. They were attacked en route by a squadron of [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebombs]], but Downshift and Hot Shot broke off from the others and made their way through the rift. Thanks to the power of teamwork, they were able to destroy the Terrorcons who pursued them, and transformed to speed off to Cybertron as fast as their wheels could carry them while spinning in the void of space. Uh. After securing an energon tower from Doctor Jones, they returned to Jungle Planet and activated the tower, driving off the Decepticon invaders. {{storylink|Bulkhead (episode)|Bulkhead}}

Downshift and Hot Shot continued to oversee the arrival of more energon towers for [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]]'s planets, including the replacement tower called in for [[Ocean Planet]] as the original was destroyed by [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]]. They powerlinked in order to hold off the Insecticons attacking the tower, ultimately succeeding in bringing it online. {{storylink|Farewell Inferno}} ''When [[Planet Q]] was rebuilt by Alpha Q outside the Autobots' energon grid, they were forced to defend it without the aid of an energon tower; they had already used the last one in their reserve. By the time Hot Shot and the others made it to Planet Q, Scorponok had already begun to ransack the world of its energon. Hot Shot and Downshift joined forces again to protect the resurrected world from Megatron's forces. When Kicker and Ironhide got in over their heads in a bout against Scorponok, Optimus sent both Hot Shot and Downshift off to aid them. But when they joined Kicker on the battlefront, he sent the two Autobots to deal with Terrorcons instead, while he assisted Ironhide on his own. {{storylink|Return! Our Scorponok}}''

[[File:E33 titlecard.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
Hot Shot snuck Sally through a space bridge so she could help emcee the first ever [[Autobot Grand Prix]]. Kicker was worried over this development, but Hot Shot assured him that the Autobots were in the process of setting up another energon grid to assure everyone's safety. Hot Shot entered himself and Ironhide in the race, taking place on [[Circuit Planet|a planet]] entirely covered in roads. Hot Shot begun in the lead, though Ironhide eventually managed to catch up to him. As the both of them neared the finish line, Optimus came onto the road and declared himself to be the racers' last "obstacle..." before shooting at them! Ironhide grappled with Optimus, allowing Hot Shot to continue forward. But Hot Shot became distracted when Arcee and Misha zoomed in on the scene, enabling the ladies to take first place! Once the race was over, Kicker had Hot Shot take his sister back home safely. {{storylink|Crash Course}}

After Wing Saber located Unicron's body, Hot Shot and the Autobots staged an assault on the Planet-Eater, but were unable to keep Megatron from making Unicron fully operational again. Finding themselves surrounded by the enemy, the Autobots were rescued by the timely arrival of first [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]], and then Roadblock (Inferno reborn) with fleet of energon towers in tow. The towers were sent down to impale Unicron, but had no effect on the now-mobile titan. {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}} Hot Shot and the Autobots attempted to gain access to Unicron's interior to strike back from the inside. They were driven off when Unicron plowed into the planetary energon grid, though, and were unable to prevent Unicron from reclaiming his head from Alpha Q's [[Energon Orb]]. {{storylink|A Heroic Battle}} Though Unicron was now whole, he was still dormant, and Hot Shot led a party to try and attack Megatron while Optimus Supreme and Rodimus did the same through a different path. They failed to reach their objective before Unicron regained consciousness, and took control of Megatron's mind. {{storylink|The Power of Unicron}}

[[File:Energon-Autobot-Redecos.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|Yes, everyone follow Hot Shot. He'll know what to do.]]
Hot Shot tried to stop Unicron before he unleashed his power and obliterated Blizzard Planet, to no avail. He was left badly damaged, and had to be brought the Autobots' infirmary. After being repaired, Hot Shot joined Optimus Supreme in fighting Unicron before he could reach another world, but fared little better in this venture. Circuit Planet was the next sphere to fall. Then, the power of Primus reached the Autobots, repairing Hot Shot and reformatting him in a slick new body, while growing Optimus Supreme to gargantuan proportions so he could fight Unicorn on an even playing field. {{storylink|Optimus Supreme}} Hot Shot and the others maintained strafing assaults against Unicron as Optimus Supreme grappled with him directly and Kicker assembled the energon towers for a powerful strike. With the towers, the power of Primus, and the teamwork of the Optimus Supreme combination, Unicron's body was finally destroyed. {{storylink|Unicron Perishes}} Optimus suffered serious injuries after overtaxing his capabilities in battle, and so Hot Shot and the others watched over him in stasis on [[Ocean Planet]]. When Megatron resurfaced on Cybertron, however, Hot Shot joined the Autobots on the ''Miranda II'' in returning to Cybertron. {{storylink|Ambition}} There, they battled the newly enhanced Galvatron until clouds of Autobot-killing energon gas were released into the atmosphere, driving Hot Shot and his comrades to retreat. {{storylink|Wishes}}

[[File:E39 titlecard.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|"[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation_1_cartoon_continuity|Do not grieve]]..." 
"You're not dying." 
"...Soon I shall be one with the Matrix..." 
"Stop it!" 
"...Ultra Magnus, it is to you, old friend..." 
"Okay, Prime's lost it."]]
The ''Miranda II'' moved to the upper atmosphere, where the Autobots prepared to drop Kicker and the [[Omnicon]]s (who were immune to the energon gas flooding the planet) down to the world below. While the Autobots were being briefed on their plan, Hot Shot tried to have Superion Maximus open up a bit more, but the ancient Autobot was too socially awkward to mingle. Then, Galvatron and the Decepticons attacked, and Hot Shot fought to delay them long enough for [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] to get the ''Miranda II'' into position for the drop. {{storylink|Galvatron!}} When Kicker and the Omnicons opened a gap in the cloud layer of the energon gas, Hot Shot descended to the planet below with Optimus Prime's team. They met up with a small band of Autobot soldiers and fled underground to avoid the full effects of the gas. {{storylink|Break Through}}

At some point, in an Autobot combat training simulation, Hot Shot and Rodimus joined forces to fight their way through a tournament of champions. They defeated [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] and [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] in the first round, proceeded to win against Optimus Prime and [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] in the second, and even beat [[Six Shot (Energon)|Six Shot]] and [[Shockblast]] in the third despite the Decepticons' cheating. In the final round, however, Rodimus and Hot Shot faced off against ''another'' Optimus Prime, teamed with Omega Supreme. The Optimus Supreme combination was ready to obliterate the competition... until they were called on a technicality: they had stepped outside the ring during their combination sequence! Rodimus and Hot Shot won by default. As the [[Nekomimi A and Nekomimi B|catgirl robomaid emcees]] handed them their trophies, they announced a final competitor: a downsized Unicron! Rodimus and Hot Shot grappled with the teeny-tiny Planet-Eater and finally won the game. {{storylink|Distribution}}

[[File:Energon-Train-Attack.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|"Choo-choo, Decepti-creeps! Next destination, Decepticon devastation!"]]
After meeting up with some reinforcements, Optimus Prime assigned Hot Shot to work with Kicker, Omega Supreme, and Arcee in penetrating the Decepticon defenses around Central City. Their goal was to find Kicker's family, and retake control of both the command center and the energon towers. The team hitched a ride on Omega Supreme's train mode to head straight into the heart of the city. {{storylink|The Omega Train}} When Kicker had Hot Shot contact Optimus to see if they could rendezvous together, only for the request to be turned down, they surmised the Autobot leader was in trouble. Omega Supreme left the group to aid their commander, while Hot Shot and the others continued with their assigned mission, eventually coming upon Kicker's sister and mother. Sally and Miranda were scared, but otherwise safe and glad to be reunited with Kicker. {{storylink|Decepticon Army}} Hot Shot carried Sally and Miranda to Primus's chamber within the safety of his vehicle mode. There, they were reunited with Dr. Jones, and managed to awaken the deity from his slumber with an energon infusion. {{storylink|Ironhide Team}} Hot Shot remained in Primus's chamber to guard the humans while the other Autobots stopped Cybertron from slamming into Plains Planet by shutting down a crude planetary propulsion system engineered by Six Shot. {{storylink|Formidable}}

[[File:Autobots-Destructive Power.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|"Wanna make somethin' of it?"]]]]
Sally managed to slip away from Hot Shot and squeezed her way into a passage too small for him to follow into. He was suitably impressed when she captured the control room the Decepticons had been using all by herself, and allowed for the Autobots to retake control of the building by disabling the security that had previously kept them out. {{storylink|Galvatron Terror}} Hot Shot later watched in horror as Galvatron grew to enormous size using Super Energon, and led Cliffjumper and Downshift onto the battlefield. He powerlinxed with Downshift to try and rescue Optimus from Galvatron, but they were engaged by Starscream and the rest of the Decepticon flunkies instead. {{storylink|Destructive Power}} The battle between the Optimus and Galvatron moved beyond the point where Hot Shot could impact it, as the Autobot leader channeled Unicron's essence and grew to match Galvatron's stature. Hot Shot moved out of the sidelines only after Optimus managed to counteract Unicron's essence in himself and Galvatron, shrinking down both combatants to their normal sizes. Optimus had exhausted himself doing so, and Hot Shot attended to him while Galvatron sought out the last sliver of Unicron's essence still living in the void. {{storylink|Spark (episode)|Spark}}

Prime could not overcome Unicron on his own, and needed the Combination Sparks of all his fellow Autobots to face the final conflict. Rodimus led the Autobots in stepping forward to give up their individuality for the greater good of the team. Hot Shot's body was converted into pure energy as he became one with his spark, so that it could in turn become one with all the other Combination Sparks, revitalizing Optimus. Filled with the strength of all his men, Optimus united with Omega Supreme in the ultimate Powerlinx, grappling with Galvatron until the Decepticon leader shrugged off Unicron's influence and plunged into the sun. Hot Shot and the other Autobots then separated, and were restored to their individual forms. {{storylink|The Sun}}

==''Cybertron'' cartoon==
{{voiceactor|[[Kirby Morrow]] (English), [[Daisuke Hirakawa]] (Japanese)|[[Ola Norman]] (Swedish), [[Vesa Hämes]] (Finnish), [[Mirko Mazzanti]] (Italian), [[José Carabias]] (Spanish - Spain), [[Romain Redler]] (French), [[Sascha Draeger]] (German), [[Ezequiel Serrano]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[File:Hotshotcybertron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|He knows kung-fu.]]
When a black hole created by Unicron's demise threatened [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Optimus Prime organized an evacuation of the planet. Among his chosen soldiers to help him in this effort was Hot Shot, who jumped at the opportunity to adopt a new Earth-based alternate mode. After all, the scan [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] had provided of a sports car was "so him." When the Decepticons attacked to interfere with the Autobots' exodus to Earth, Hot Shot battled [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]]. He was unable to stop the Decepticons from stealing the map to the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, artifacts the elder Cybertronian [[Vector Prime]] had assured them was necessary to save their planet. En route to Earth, Vector Prime explained to the Autobots that the black hole, if left unchecked, would not only swallow up Cybertron, but the entire universe. He then doubled back to retrieve his cosmic map from Megatron, with Optimus insisting that Hot Shot, Jetfire, and Overhaul accompany him on this dangerous task. Hot Shot's team came upon Megatron and Starscream within an asteroid belt. While Jetfire and Vector Prime dealt with Starscream, Overhaul and Hot Shot tackled Megatron. Unfortunately, the Decepticons proved to be simply too powerful, and the Autobots were unable to prevent them from escaping once more. Hot Shot rendezvoused with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] on Earth empty-handed. There, the Autobots met the humans [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], and [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]]. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

Hot Shot then assisted in building a new Autobot base. Though at first he cautioned the children from touching anything, Coby proved surprisingly knowledgeable about the Autobots' technology, prompting Hot Shot to invite him to provide more input. But before the base's stealth coating was completed, the Decepticons approached Earth once more. Hot Shot, Optimus, Vector Prime, and Jetfire held their enemies at bay long enough for the rest of the team to fully conceal their base from enemy sensors. Having seen Hot Shot prove himself in battle, Vector Prime granted him the ability to summon Cyber Planet Keys once the Decepticons were driven off. {{storylink|Haven}} When [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] attempted to close the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]], Hot Shot viewed the attempt from Earth. It unfortunately ended in failure, leaving the Autobots with tracking down the mystical keys to the Omega Lock as their only remaining option to save their planet. Hot Shot then backed up Optimus Prime in another battle against [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], during which the Decepticon leader revealed he was already one step ahead of his rivals, having discovered the location of first key himself. {{storylink|Hidden}}

During his downtime, Hot Shot amused himself by racing alone on a speedway. Optimus Prime interrupted his fun and gave him a lecture about their need to stay hidden on Earth. Later, when the Autobots uncovered the coordinates of [[Velocitron]], the Speed Planet, Hot Shot was sent ahead to this new world alongside Red Alert. When they arrived, Hot Shot marveled at the open roads, only to be startled when another vehicle easily overtook him on the freeway. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

[[File:Cyb ep7 hotshot cyberkey.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Slag yeah, ladies. I bring those ''blue'' sparks.]]
Hot Shot thought the Speed Planet was his type of place, but was unable to enjoy it to its fullest, since Optimus had instructed both him and Red Alert not to interact with the locals. Even though he assured his partner he wouldn't go against orders, when Hot Shot saw [[Ransack (Cybertron)|two]] [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|bullies]] terrorizing [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|some]] [[Clocker (Cybertron)|locals]], he was unable to stop himself from stepping in. {{storylink|Space (episode)|Space}} Ransack and Crumplezone struck back at Hot Shot, who managed to trick the two simpletons into firing onto one another. The goons now having been sent skedaddling, Red Alert berated Hot Shot for breaking cover against Prime's orders, accidentally letting slip that they were planet-hoppers in front of Clocker. Their secret now out, the Autobots let the young Velocitronian take them on a tour of the planet. As they drove, Clocker spoke of the coveted "[[Planet Cup]]," a trophy that the Autobots correctly surmised was the artifact they sought. Upon seeing a race between [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], the Cup's current holder, and Megatron about to begin, Hot Shot joined in. He nearly won, but was taken out of the race during its last stretch thanks to Crumplezone's interference. Hot Shot nonetheless impressed Override, who invited him to try his meddle against her again once he recovered. {{storylink|Rush (episode)|Rush}} Hot Shot trained to get into peak performance for his next race against Override. Assessing that he needed to lighten up his chassis, he removed his entire self-analysis system. With this done, Override met up with him for their rematch. Despite having been given a generous head start by his opponent however, Hot Shot still found himself unable to keep up with her. His desire for more speed during the race summoned a Cyber Key, and with it he began to close the gap... until his systems overheated and he spun off the road. {{storylink|Speed}}

Hot Shot followed Crumplezone and Ransack in the dead of night, spying on them while they spoke with Megatron. Learning that the Decepticons planned on entering the World Cup and cheat their way to victory further motivated him in achieving greater speeds on the racetrack. {{storylink|Collapse}} Hot Shot readied himself for another race while Red Alert accused him of no longer caring for his mission. Provoked by Red Alert's claim, Hot Shot was ready to hit Red Alert until Brakedown stepped in to diffuse the situation. Insisting that all of his efforts for the greater good of the mission, Hot Shot continued to focus on achieving greater speeds. But while testing out his racing skills, he found himself going ''too'' fast and narrowly avoided another debilitating crash thanks to Clocker. Reflecting on this, he decided that he had lightened his body too much. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}} Despite having injured himself while practicing, Hot Shot agreed to race [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]], having been tricked by Ransack into thinking the winner would race Override again one-on-one. This competition only served to injure him further, as Ransack and Crumplezone quickly got bored and attacked Hot Shot for kicks. After being rescued by Landmine, Hot Shot apologized to a newly arrived [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] for disobeying his orders and possibly failing his mission. He then collapsed. While in an unconscious state Red Alert repaired the damage he had been putting on himself, both from numerous battles, and pushing himself too far on the track. Landmine then contributed to Hot Shot's recovery by berating him, snapping Hot Shot out of the rut his mind was in. Though Hot Shot stood depressed over the turn his mission had taken, Clocker convinced him not to give up on himself. After Optimus Prime failed himself to convince Override to forfeit the Planet Key, he opted to use Hot Shot's original plan to acquire it in the World Cup. His confidence renewed, Hot Shot entered the race alongside his teammates, who agreed to run interference, while counting on Hot Shot to actually win the race itself. {{storylink|Hero (episode)|Hero}}

[[File:Cyb ep13 hotshot injured.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|This seem familiar?]]
At the start of the race, Hot Shot took the lead, but was again passed by Override and Dirt Boss. Though several of Crumplezone and Ransack's tricks slowed him down, he managed to stay in the race thanks to his own skills and the support of his team. The duo later cut away a bridge on the track to stop the Autobots completely, but Hot Shot jumped the gap by leapfrogging off of Optimus Prime. He was not able to win the race, but placed second place, qualifying him for the next heat. {{storylink|Race}} In the next heat, Hot Shot once more managed to pass Override early on the track. but was duped into going the wrong direction when Ransack switched over the course. When his allies informed him of the deception, Hot Shot shared the information with Override to beat her fair and square. Later, after an tunnel was caved in by Crumplezone, Hot Shot helped out an imperiled Override rather than press his lead over her. Once again, he came in second place due to Dirt Boss passing him while he was busy helping Override. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Learning the next course would take him through a desert area, Hot Shot trained to familiarize himself with that type of terrain. With advice from Coby, he managed to attain a better understanding on how to handle sand dunes. He continued to train while Optimus Prime and [[Vector Prime]] left to respond to an emergency signal from the Jungle Planet. {{storylink|Savage}}

[[File:Cyb ep18 champion.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Hot Shot receives a gold trophy from Star Cup]]
During the next race, Hot Shot initially took the lead through the desert. But despite his earlier training, he still had difficulty getting any traction in the sands. To complicate matters, he wound up falling into one of the many quicksand vortexes that littered the course. Brakedown came to his aid, only for Dirt Boss to target them both with a couple of laser blasts. They were saved when [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] jumped in the way and redirected the shots back towards the villain, betraying his and Coby's clandestine presence on Speed Planet. Resuming the race, Hot Shot faltered when he noted that Brakedown's systems were failing. Realizing that Breakdown had used a belt from his coolant system to rescue him from the earlier vortex, Hot Shot volunteered to carry the old-timer to the finish line... only for Brakedown to turn him down flat. Reminding the younger 'bot of how important his mission was, Breakdown sent Hot Shot on his way to the finish line. Afterwards, when the rest of the Autobots discovered Coby and the Mini-Cons had left Earth, Hot Shot requested that they be allowed to help him through the final race, rather than being sent back. {{storylink|Sand}}

[[File:Cyb ep22 shell game.jpg|upright=1.4|right|thumb]]
Though Hot Shot was chosen by the Planet Cup for the final race, he discovered that the damage he had sustained during the previous heats would severely handicap him. The Autobots decided that Coby would sit in Hot Shot's cockpit in order to continuously adjust his circuits, staving off a complete breakdown. Hot Shot started out the race with an early lead. When Ransack and Crumplezone attempted to steal the Planet Cup, he warded them off with the help of Override, before the two remaining competitors resumed their now one-on-one race. As Hot Shot's system links kept breaking down, Coby was able to rewire him in order for him to keep pace with Override. It wasn't enough, as his circuits were still having trouble holding, so he used his Cyber Key Power to win in a photo finish. Then, Megatron showed up to steal away Hot Shot's trophy before he had a chance to claim it! Working in tandem with Override once more, Hot Shot knocked over Megatron, giving Optimus Prime and Leobreaker the opportunity needed to take him down. Returning to Earth, Hot Shot was present when Override added the Cyber Planet Key to the [[Omega Lock]]. {{storylink|Champion}}

The Lock sent out energy waves, pointing the Autobots towards coordinates near the Earth's north pole. Hot Shot was part of the team that investigated the area, but failed to yield anything of interest in their search. When a distress signal alerted him to a Decepticon attack, he and the other Autobots converged to rescue a frozen [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] from Starscream and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. {{storylink|Ice}} Having some of the damage he had sustained during his Velocitronian adventures repaired by Coby, {{storylink|Honor}} Hot Shot followed Optimus to the Jungle Planet {{storylink|Primal (Cybertron)|Primal}}. After the Autobots received Jungle Planet's Cyber Planet Key, Hot Shot heard the incoming Decepticons attempting to win it back. He was able to take cover as they strafed. After leaving the temple with a diversionary box that may have contained the key, he was knocked over by Crumplezone when he turned to fight Ransack. Later he saw a space bridge and headed toward it, joining the Autobots in surrounding Megatron. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}}

Hot Shot readied equipment with Scattorshot back on Earth. He chose to follow Red Alert to the north pole to back up Optimus Prime's team. {{storylink|Trap}} Surprisingly, he was the voice of caution and told Jetfire not to blast ice debris that trapped Optimus Prime. It would cause a collapse. After Jetfire freeing Optimus Prime using his engines, the Autobots were attacked by Decepticons and human drone planes. He was going to attack the drone planes, but was stopped by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}}

[[File:Retreat-HotShotholomatteravatar.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
When the Autobots realized the kids and Mini-Cons were missing, Hot Shot was sent out to investigate. While on his route he ran into [[Tim Hansen]] and assured him that his younger brothers would be okay. After finding the kids who escaped from [[Mike Franklin|Colonel Franklin]], Hot Shot began retreating to [[Velocitron]] via the space bridge. Starscream attacked to steal away the [[Omega Lock]] and Hot Shot was one of the first to fall in battle. {{storylink|Retreat}}

[[File:Cyb ep27 parts delivery.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|We're surrounded by all these military vehicles, but, man, I'm so tired, let's just get new bodies from Primus instead.]]
Later, Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot faced Megatron alone when the Decepticon leader returned to Earth thirsting for revenge against the treacherous Starscream. Humiliating the Decepticon in combat, they enraged Megatron, who used his new Omega Lock-powered Death Machine Gun on the three Autobots, crippling them beyond repair. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} Fortunately, the powers of Primus acting through the Omega Lock bathed the trio in the creator's holy light, repairing and reformatting the young Autobot into Cybertron Defense Hot Shot. Along with his newly reformatted friends, the [[Cybertron Defense Team (Cybertron)|Cybertron Defense Team]] arrived on the battlefield and easily defeated the Decepticons Scourge and Megatron. {{storylink|Critical}}

[[File:Cyb ep27 cyb def team.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Introducing the new Blue team. Now.... where's Simmons, Sarge, Grif, and Donut?]]
Hot Shot continued to battle Megatron and his forces. After Megatron retreated, Hot Shot followed to aid Optimus Prime at the volcanic island. He helped fight off Scourge with the rest of the Cybertron Defense Team. Later, when questioning [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]]'s "orders," he was shot and forced to dance to avoid being blasted. After the altercation Optimus Prime sent him and the rest of Cybertron Defense Team to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in an attempt to slow down the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]]. {{storylink|Assault}} En route to the planet, however, his team encountered a meteor shower. He began blasting his way through, but in doing so got goop all over his windshield, obscuring his vision. [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] then took over his movements via [[synchro-control]]. Later he countered [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]]'s claim in who had the most points by blowing up the most asteroids, saying he had shot at least 2 to every one of Scattorshot's. Upon arrival at Cybertron and finding it swarming with [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]], he led the assault to cleanse the planet. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} They fought their way through legions of the robotic pests. {{storylink|United}}

[[File:CDHotShot fists.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
Hot Shot continued fighting off Scrapmetals until all in the vicinity were destroyed. Upon Megatron's arrival, Hot Shot immediately attacked. After Megatron's apparent defeat, Hot Shot helped give a tour of Cybertron to the kids and other offworlders. He was then present when Optimus Prime presented the Omega Lock which caused Cybertron to apparently break apart. He then drove via the space bridge to Cybertron's moon to witness the full transformation of [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Hot Shot was first awed by Primus, then confused when he found out that [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] was originally from [[Gigantion]]. He attacked Starscream after the Decepticon's arrival and continued fighting Decepticons until [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|something]] appeared in the sky. {{storylink|Balance}}

Hot Shot was attacked by the newly powered up Crumplezone once he was raised from mortal wounds by Megatron. He wasn't much tougher than before and Hot Shot was able to defeat his rival. {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} He later chased after the Decepticons attempting to steal the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Memory (Cybertron)|Memory}}

When the Autobots reached [[Gigantion]], he split off into a group to explore the planet. Later, in an altercation with the Decepticons, he fired at [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]]. Hot Shot unloaded the ship for the Autobots to be able to use the Omega Lock. He and the rest of the Cybertron Defense team were taken out by a newly powered up [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Fury (Cybertron)|Fury}}

Hot Shot watched as Optimus battled [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]], then joined the rest of the Cybertron Defense Force as team three when the Autobots split up. {{storylink|City}} He later ran into Sideways and [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] while searching for the Cyber Planet Key. He listened to Soundwave's story of [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]. He was then surrounded by [[Laserbeak (Cybertron)|Laserbeak]]'s smoke and accidentally hit Scattorshot believing he was Sideways. When Scattorshot cleared the smoke Hot Shot powered up his Cyber Key and helped the rest of his squad blast a pillar upon Soundwave and Sideways. {{storylink|Challenge}}

[[File:Cyb ep45 save the universe.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Come back from the dead and all I get are these lousy group shots.]]
Hot Shot and his team looked for a downward passage when they ran into Galvatron and [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]]. After a brief skirmish, they utilized the [[triangle formation|triangle attack]] to take Menasor down. Then they battled Galvatron at full strength, but were once again beaten down. {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}} He slowly got to his feet, recovered, and made his way down to the inner part of Gigantion to join the rest of the Autobots in shooting Galvatron. {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}}

Hot Shot watched as Vector Prime inserted the final Cyber Planet Key into the [[Omega Lock]]. when Galvatron arrived, Hot Shot was defeated with the rest of the Autobots. While Optimus Prime and the other flying Autobots were intercepted by Soundwave and Sideways, Hot Shot opened fire from the ground. {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}} When the new space bridge opened and the denizens from Planet X were coming through, Hot Shot began firing. Afterward, with the help of Vector Prime, he was able to leave Gigantion with the rest of the Autobots. {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} After returning to [[Primus]], the Decepticons attacked. Hot Shot quickly counterattacked, {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}} battling Thundercracker while the Decepticon taunted Optimus Prime {{storylink|End}}

[[File:CybertronKicker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Kicker needs to update his contact information.]]
Hot Shot ran to assist the Autobots in sending [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]] back to orbit. When Galvatron entered the Autobot base, he wanted to attack the Decepticon leader until Optimus said it was his fight solely. So instead he ran out to save Jungle Planet. After helping put out fires, Hot Shot lent his strength to push the rocket to adjust the planet's trajectory. After the planet was saved, he joined the rest of the Autobots in assisting Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Unfinished}} With Galvatron finally defeated, Override resigned from leadership of Velocitron in order to travel to new worlds, and Hot Shot won the race to determine who would be her successor, despite his bulky new body, thanks to its traction control allowing him to bank into sharp curves. {{storylink|Beginning}}
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==''Cybertron'' comic==
Several months after the conclusion of the Unicron Singularity crisis, Optimus Prime and several of his crew, including Hot Shot, met [[Optimus Prime (RID)|another Optimus Prime]] and several Autobots who had been defending Cybertron from other threats while the main Autobot forces had been searching for the Cyber Planet Keys. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}

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{{Welcome}}

Hey, Foffy: [[Special:Contributions/Dr._Vadam]] --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 13:12, 13 December 2015 (EST)

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Hard Knocks

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 48
|prev=Alpha/Omega
|next=Inside Job
|image=HardKnocks-TheFourthKey.jpg
|caption="Ratchet, where are the instructions for this damn Kre-O set anyway?!?"
|title="Hard Knocks"
|airdate=[[October 5]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''As the race grows more desperate, Smokescreen's boasts about his destiny turn out to be more than meets the eye.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] is still hard at work decoding coordinates, while [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] boasts about his defeat of Optimus. Soundwave soon comes up with another set of coordinates, and [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] insists on going. Though Megatron is skeptical, recalling [[Tunnel Vision|the last time]] the doctor tried to obtain a relic, Knock Out insists he won't fail this time, and borrows Soundwave's [[Resonance Blaster]].

In the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] is likewise decoding coordinates. [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] annoys everyone by boasting it is his destiny to be a great warrior and being generally exuberant. To his disappointment, when Optimus decodes a set of coordinates, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] are the ones selected to go on the mission, and he is left at base. Arcee and Bumblebee arrive at a lakeside and spy the second [[Omega Key]] sitting out in the open, but Knock Out is already there, waiting. Using the Resonance Blaster, both Autobots are sent flying and when they try to flank the Decepticon, he shoots it at the ground, raising a cloud of dust so he can use it as cover to zap them. By the time Arcee and Bumblebee recover, Knock Out is long gone with the key.

[[Image:HardKnocksDreadwing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I know what you're going to ask me: Where do I keep all those bombs?... Don't ask.]]
[[Image:HardKnocksKnockOut.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Look out, Cosmo, it's Superbike!]]
Back on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron inspects the relic and wonders if it is a decoy, though Knock Out protests the Autobots fought too desperately for it. Soundwave decodes more coordinates which Megatron believes will provide them with more answers, but when Knock Out declares to investigate, Megatron instead gives him the task of analyzing the key and its purpose. Meanwhile, Bumblebee undergoes repairs, and Smokescreen's swagger continues to get on Arcee's nerves so she goes to find some peace and quiet. Bulkhead reminds Smokescreen that the war has been going on a long time and he needs to have patience to work as a team player.

[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] has finished refining his [[Red Energon]], but finding it slow work and with only a small yield of a one-time use. Luckily the ''[[Harbinger]]'' computer picks up more Decepticon activity, and Starscream decides he can use the Red Energon to obtain a more valuable artifact.

The Autobots gain a new set of coordinates, and Bulkhead and Smokescreen roll out, though Arcee reminds Bulkhead to keep an eye on their eager comrade. The pair arrive on a forested mountainside where [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] is waiting. The Decepticon knocks them flat before flying off, and the two Autobots realize that Dreadwing has mined the trees... '''all''' of the trees. They manage to outrun the explosions, and Bulkhead sends Smokescreen after the relic while he goads Dreadwing into a fight. As they exchange blows, Dreadwing plants a bomb on Bulkhead's back, and after Bulkhead manages to knock him flat, sets it to explode. Unfortunately for Dreadwing, Bulkhead already noticed the bomb and transferred it to his back during the fight, and though Dreadwing throws the bomb away, it goes off close enough to knock him out.

[[Image:HardKnocksBulkheadDreadwing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|FATALITY.]]
Smokescreen meanwhile uncovers the Omega Key, only to be rendered unconscious by a blow from behind. When Bulkhead wakes him, the key is already gone. Smokescreen is deflated by his failure, but as they return through the [[GroundBridge]], Bulkhead reminds him that they need all four keys to revive [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Starscream, hiding nearby with the key he grabbed, overhears them talking, and regards the key he holds with new respect and ambition.

Back at base, Smokescreen exclaims his inability of securing the key and Arcee lectures him on realistic expectations and tells him he needs to be a team player. Upset, Smokescreen leaves the base and Optimus, saying the young Autobot needs to clear his head, returns to decoding coordinates. On the ''Nemesis'', Megatron is unhappy at Dreadwing's failure, and checks with Soundwave regarding the project to find where the Autobot base is located. Soundwave reports that he has [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] scouting around [[Jasper]]. As both sides complete their decoding work, the final set of coordinates resolve into an image—a picture of Smokescreen himself, to both sides' surprise. Unfortunately when Optimus tries to call in Smokescreen, the rookie does not answer due to deactivating his comlink, and has instead fallen into Laserbeak's sights. Laserbeak fires on Smokescreen, who transforms to confront the drone, only to be knocked flat by Soundwave's Resonance Blaster. When the Autobots arrive at the location, they are just in time to see Soundwave dragging their unconscious friend back to the ''Nemesis'' through the Decepticon GroundBridge.

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

==Quotes==
"Last one to the Omega Key has to scrub the Energon tanks for a week." 
"Didn't know we were keeping score."
:—'''Smokescreen''' and '''Arcee'''

"Who knew that ''sound waves'' could be such a ''knock out''?"
:—See what '''Knock Out''' did there?

"Sub-woofer? Or depth-charge?"
:—'''Knock Out''' is just full of name-dropping goodness today!

"Grrrrr...! Hurry up, already! How is it possible that speed-enhancing Energon takes longer to process than ''regular'' Energon?!
:—'''Starscream''' gets frustrated waiting for his Red Energon transfusion to be ready (right after Bulkhead called out Smokescreen for lacking patience, no less)

"Make sure you keep an eye on 'destiny's child', okay?" 
"Compared to watching Miko? Piece of cake!"
:—'''Arcee''' giving '''Bulkhead''' some advice on handling the rookie.

"What is that?" 
"One of the last sounds that you will ever hear!"
:—'''Smokescreen''' gets his question answered by '''Dreadwing'''

"You love doing your dirty work from a distance, don't ya? Too bad you don't have the ball bearings to fight up close and personal!" 
"In this particular case, I would be all too happy to make an exception."
:—'''Bulkhead''' gives '''Dreadwing''' some smack talk.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Megatron brags about his accomplishments in [[Alpha/Omega|the previous episode]] to Soundwave.
* Megatron loosely refers to the events of "[[Tunnel Vision]]" while expressing surprise at Knock Out's willingness to get his hands dirty in light of what happened the last time, as well as more directly in his failure to obtain the [[phase shifter]].
* Optimus still has the improvised sword-holder Ratchet made for him in the previous episode.
* Knock Out and Soundwave both use the [[Resonance Blaster]], which Soundwave retrieved in "[[Triage (episode)|Triage]]".
* Starscream has refined the [[Red Energon]] he obtained in "[[New Recruit]]", though it's only enough to last for one use or two. He also remembers the loss of the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]] in the same episode.
* Dreadwing reminds Bulkhead of their previous battle in "[[Loose Cannons]]".
* Megatron mentions that recent events have allowed them to narrow down the location of the Autobots' human allies, most likely referring to their discovery of [[Raf Esquivel|Raf's]] house in "[[The Human Factor]]".

===Transformers references===
* Knock Out hopes that the new relic is an [[electro-disrupter]] cannon.
* The concept of an Autobot being the Omega Key comes from the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' game, only with [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] being the Autobot instead of Smokescreen.
* Megatron takes pride in mentioning Optimus Prime's face when his Star Saber "shattered like glass". This may be an oblique nod to the ''[[Transformers:_Shattered_Glass_(franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' universe.

===Real-world references===
* "Slow and steady wins the race," is the moral in Aesop's story, The Tortoise and the Hare.

===Trivia===
* Knock Out and Dreadwing both had the opportunity to take their assigned relics and leave, but stuck around to fight the Autobots. Dreadwing in particular must have spent hours placing bombs on all those trees.
* Unlike the other Energon variants, no side-effects are seen with the use of refined Red Energon... so far.
* Megatron sends three different Decepticons to do his dirty work in one episode. They must be taking shifts.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Harte Schule'''" ("Hard School")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 21|21 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bakuen Henkei! Omega Key Soudatsusen'''" (爆炎変形!オメガ・キー争奪戦, "Combustible Transformation! Struggle over the Omega Key")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 2|2 March]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Achados e Perdidos'''" ("Lost and Found")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 16|16 August]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Hard Knocks

2016-01-01T04:19:58Z

Wxy: /* Quotes */

Hard Knocks

2016-01-01T04:17:44Z

Wxy: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 48
|prev=Alpha/Omega
|next=Inside Job
|image=HardKnocks-TheFourthKey.jpg
|caption="Ratchet, where are the instructions for this damn Kre-O set anyway?!?"
|title="Hard Knocks"
|airdate=[[October 5]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''As the race grows more desperate, Smokescreen's boasts about his destiny turn out to be more than meets the eye.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] is still hard at work decoding coordinates, while [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] boasts about his defeat of Optimus. Soundwave soon comes up with another set of coordinates, and [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] insists on going. Though Megatron is skeptical, recalling [[Tunnel Vision|the last time]] the doctor tried to obtain a relic, Knock Out insists he won't fail this time, and borrows Soundwave's [[Resonance Blaster]].

In the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] is likewise decoding coordinates. [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] annoys everyone by boasting it is his destiny to be a great warrior and being generally exuberant. To his disappointment, when Optimus decodes a set of coordinates, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] are the ones selected to go on the mission, and he is left at base. Arcee and Bumblebee arrive at a lakeside and spy the second [[Omega Key]] sitting out in the open, but Knock Out is already there, waiting. Using the Resonance Blaster, both Autobots are sent flying and when they try to flank the Decepticon, he shoots it at the ground, raising a cloud of dust so he can use it as cover to zap them. By the time Arcee and Bumblebee recover, Knock Out is long gone with the key.

[[Image:HardKnocksDreadwing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I know what you're going to ask me: Where do I keep all those bombs?... Don't ask.]]
[[Image:HardKnocksKnockOut.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Look out, Cosmo, it's Superbike!]]
Back on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron inspects the relic and wonders if it is a decoy, though Knock Out protests the Autobots fought too desperately for it. Soundwave decodes more coordinates which Megatron believes will provide them with more answers, but when Knock Out declares to investigate, Megatron instead gives him the task of analyzing the key and its purpose. Meanwhile, Bumblebee undergoes repairs, and Smokescreen's swagger continues to get on Arcee's nerves so she goes to find some peace and quiet. Bulkhead reminds Smokescreen that the war has been going on a long time and he needs to have patience to work as a team player.

[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] has finished refining his [[Red Energon]], but finding it slow work and with only a small yield of a one-time use. Luckily the ''[[Harbinger]]'' computer picks up more Decepticon activity, and Starscream decides he can use the Red Energon to obtain a more valuable artifact.

The Autobots gain a new set of coordinates, and Bulkhead and Smokescreen roll out, though Arcee reminds Bulkhead to keep an eye on their eager comrade. The pair arrive on a forested mountainside where [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] is waiting. The Decepticon knocks them flat before flying off, and the two Autobots realize that Dreadwing has mined the trees... '''all''' of the trees. They manage to outrun the explosions, and Bulkhead sends Smokescreen after the relic while he goads Dreadwing into a fight. As they exchange blows, Dreadwing plants a bomb on Bulkhead's back, and after Bulkhead manages to knock him flat, sets it to explode. Unfortunately for Dreadwing, Bulkhead already noticed the bomb and transferred it to his back during the fight, and though Dreadwing throws the bomb away, it goes off close enough to knock him out.

[[Image:HardKnocksBulkheadDreadwing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|FATALITY.]]
Smokescreen meanwhile uncovers the Omega Key, only to be rendered unconscious by a blow from behind. When Bulkhead wakes him, the key is already gone. Smokescreen is deflated by his failure, but as they return through the [[GroundBridge]], Bulkhead reminds him that they need all four keys to revive [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Starscream, hiding nearby with the key he grabbed, overhears them talking, and regards the key he holds with new respect and ambition.

Back at base, Smokescreen exclaims his inability of securing the key and Arcee lectures him on realistic expectations and tells him he needs to be a team player. Upset, Smokescreen leaves the base and Optimus, saying the young Autobot needs to clear his head, returns to decoding coordinates. On the ''Nemesis'', Megatron is unhappy at Dreadwing's failure, and checks with Soundwave regarding the project to find where the Autobot base is located. Soundwave reports that he has [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] scouting around [[Jasper]]. As both sides complete their decoding work, the final set of coordinates resolve into an image—a picture of Smokescreen himself, to both sides' surprise. Unfortunately when Optimus tries to call in Smokescreen, the rookie does not answer due to deactivating his comlink, and has instead fallen into Laserbeak's sights. Laserbeak fires on Smokescreen, who transforms to confront the drone, only to be knocked flat by Soundwave's Resonance Blaster. When the Autobots arrive at the location, they are just in time to see Soundwave dragging their unconscious friend back to the ''Nemesis'' through the Decepticon GroundBridge.

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

==Quotes==
"Last one to the Omega Key has to scrub the Energon tanks for a week." 
"Didn't know we were keeping score."
:—'''Smokescreen''' and '''Arcee'''

"Who knew that ''sound waves'' could be such a ''knock out''?"
:—See what '''Knock Out''' did there?

"Sub-woofer? Or depth-charge?"
:—'''Knock Out''' is just full of name-dropping goodness today!

"Grrrrr...! Hurry up, already! How is it possible that speed-enhancing Energon takes longer to process than ''regular'' Energon?!
:-'''Starscream''' gets frustrated waiting for his Red Energon transfusion to be ready (right after Bulkhead called out Smokescreen for lacking patience, no less)

"Make sure you keep an eye on 'destiny's child', okay?" 
"Compared to watching Miko? Piece of cake!"
:—'''Arcee''' giving '''Bulkhead''' some advice on handling the rookie.

"What is that?" 
"One of the last sounds that you will ever hear!"
:—'''Smokescreen''' gets his question answered by '''Dreadwing'''

"You love doing your dirty work from a distance, don't ya? Too bad you don't have the ball bearings to fight up close and personal!" 
"In this particular case, I would be all too happy to make an exception."
:—'''Bulkhead''' gives '''Dreadwing''' some smack talk.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Megatron brags about his accomplishments in [[Alpha/Omega|the previous episode]] to Soundwave.
* Megatron loosely refers to the events of "[[Tunnel Vision]]" while expressing surprise at Knock Out's willingness to get his hands dirty in light of what happened the last time, as well as more directly in his failure to obtain the [[phase shifter]].
* Optimus still has the improvised sword-holder Ratchet made for him in the previous episode.
* Knock Out and Soundwave both use the [[Resonance Blaster]], which Soundwave retrieved in "[[Triage (episode)|Triage]]".
* Starscream has refined the [[Red Energon]] he obtained in "[[New Recruit]]", though it's only enough to last for one use or two. He also remembers the loss of the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]] in the same episode.
* Dreadwing reminds Bulkhead of their previous battle in "[[Loose Cannons]]".
* Megatron mentions that recent events have allowed them to narrow down the location of the Autobots' human allies, most likely referring to their discovery of [[Raf Esquivel|Raf's]] house in "[[The Human Factor]]".

===Transformers references===
* Knock Out hopes that the new relic is an [[electro-disrupter]] cannon.
* The concept of an Autobot being the Omega Key comes from the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' game, only with [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] being the Autobot instead of Smokescreen.
* Megatron takes pride in mentioning Optimus Prime's face when his Star Saber "shattered like glass". This may be an oblique nod to the ''[[Transformers:_Shattered_Glass_(franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' universe.

===Real-world references===
* "Slow and steady wins the race," is the moral in Aesop's story, The Tortoise and the Hare.

===Trivia===
* Knock Out and Dreadwing both had the opportunity to take their assigned relics and leave, but stuck around to fight the Autobots. Dreadwing in particular must have spent hours placing bombs on all those trees.
* Unlike the other Energon variants, no side-effects are seen with the use of refined Red Energon... so far.
* Megatron sends three different Decepticons to do his dirty work in one episode. They must be taking shifts.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Harte Schule'''" ("Hard School")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 21|21 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bakuen Henkei! Omega Key Soudatsusen'''" (爆炎変形!オメガ・キー争奪戦, "Combustible Transformation! Struggle over the Omega Key")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 2|2 March]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Achados e Perdidos'''" ("Lost and Found")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 16|16 August]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Hard Knocks

2016-01-01T03:54:06Z

Wxy: /* Transformers references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 48
|prev=Alpha/Omega
|next=Inside Job
|image=HardKnocks-TheFourthKey.jpg
|caption="Ratchet, where are the instructions for this damn Kre-O set anyway?!?"
|title="Hard Knocks"
|airdate=[[October 5]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''As the race grows more desperate, Smokescreen's boasts about his destiny turn out to be more than meets the eye.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] is still hard at work decoding coordinates, while [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] boasts about his defeat of Optimus. Soundwave soon comes up with another set of coordinates, and [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] insists on going. Though Megatron is skeptical, recalling [[Tunnel Vision|the last time]] the doctor tried to obtain a relic, Knock Out insists he won't fail this time, and borrows Soundwave's [[Resonance Blaster]].

In the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] is likewise decoding coordinates. [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] annoys everyone by boasting it is his destiny to be a great warrior and being generally exuberant. To his disappointment, when Optimus decodes a set of coordinates, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] are the ones selected to go on the mission, and he is left at base. Arcee and Bumblebee arrive at a lakeside and spy the second [[Omega Key]] sitting out in the open, but Knock Out is already there, waiting. Using the Resonance Blaster, both Autobots are sent flying and when they try to flank the Decepticon, he shoots it at the ground, raising a cloud of dust so he can use it as cover to zap them. By the time Arcee and Bumblebee recover, Knock Out is long gone with the key.

[[Image:HardKnocksDreadwing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I know what you're going to ask me: Where do I keep all those bombs?... Don't ask.]]
[[Image:HardKnocksKnockOut.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Look out, Cosmo, it's Superbike!]]
Back on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron inspects the relic and wonders if it is a decoy, though Knock Out protests the Autobots fought too desperately for it. Soundwave decodes more coordinates which Megatron believes will provide them with more answers, but when Knock Out declares to investigate, Megatron instead gives him the task of analyzing the key and its purpose. Meanwhile, Bumblebee undergoes repairs, and Smokescreen's swagger continues to get on Arcee's nerves so she goes to find some peace and quiet. Bulkhead reminds Smokescreen that the war has been going on a long time and he needs to have patience to work as a team player.

[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] has finished refining his [[Red Energon]], but finding it slow work and with only a small yield of a one-time use. Luckily the ''[[Harbinger]]'' computer picks up more Decepticon activity, and Starscream decides he can use the Red Energon to obtain a more valuable artifact.

The Autobots gain a new set of coordinates, and Bulkhead and Smokescreen roll out, though Arcee reminds Bulkhead to keep an eye on their eager comrade. The pair arrive on a forested mountainside where [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] is waiting. The Decepticon knocks them flat before flying off, and the two Autobots realize that Dreadwing has mined the trees... '''all''' of the trees. They manage to outrun the explosions, and Bulkhead sends Smokescreen after the relic while he goads Dreadwing into a fight. As they exchange blows, Dreadwing plants a bomb on Bulkhead's back, and after Bulkhead manages to knock him flat, sets it to explode. Unfortunately for Dreadwing, Bulkhead already noticed the bomb and transferred it to his back during the fight, and though Dreadwing throws the bomb away, it goes off close enough to knock him out.

[[Image:HardKnocksBulkheadDreadwing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|FATALITY.]]
Smokescreen meanwhile uncovers the Omega Key, only to be rendered unconscious by a blow from behind. When Bulkhead wakes him, the key is already gone. Smokescreen is deflated by his failure, but as they return through the [[GroundBridge]], Bulkhead reminds him that they need all four keys to revive [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Starscream, hiding nearby with the key he grabbed, overhears them talking, and regards the key he holds with new respect and ambition.

Back at base, Smokescreen exclaims his inability of securing the key and Arcee lectures him on realistic expectations and tells him he needs to be a team player. Upset, Smokescreen leaves the base and Optimus, saying the young Autobot needs to clear his head, returns to decoding coordinates. On the ''Nemesis'', Megatron is unhappy at Dreadwing's failure, and checks with Soundwave regarding the project to find where the Autobot base is located. Soundwave reports that he has [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] scouting around [[Jasper]]. As both sides complete their decoding work, the final set of coordinates resolve into an image—a picture of Smokescreen himself, to both sides' surprise. Unfortunately when Optimus tries to call in Smokescreen, the rookie does not answer due to deactivating his comlink, and has instead fallen into Laserbeak's sights. Laserbeak fires on Smokescreen, who transforms to confront the drone, only to be knocked flat by Soundwave's Resonance Blaster. When the Autobots arrive at the location, they are just in time to see Soundwave dragging their unconscious friend back to the ''Nemesis'' through the Decepticon GroundBridge.

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

==Quotes==
"Last one to the Omega Key has to scrub the Energon tanks for a week." 
"Didn't know we were keeping score."
:—'''Smokescreen''' and '''Arcee'''

"Who knew that ''sound waves'' could be such a ''knock out''?"
:—See what '''Knock Out''' did there?

"Sub-woofer? Or depth-charge?"
:—'''Knock Out''' is just full of name-dropping goodness today!

"Make sure you keep an eye on 'destiny's child', okay?" 
"Compared to watching Miko? Piece of cake!"
:—'''Arcee''' giving '''Bulkhead''' some advice on handling the rookie.

"What is that?" 
"One of the last sounds that you will ever hear!"
:—'''Smokescreen''' gets his question answered by '''Dreadwing'''

"You love doing your dirty work from a distance, don't ya? Too bad you don't have the ball bearings to fight up close and personal!" 
"In this particular case, I would be all too happy to make an exception."
:—'''Bulkhead''' gives '''Dreadwing''' some smack talk.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Megatron brags about his accomplishments in [[Alpha/Omega|the previous episode]] to Soundwave.
* Megatron loosely refers to the events of "[[Tunnel Vision]]" while expressing surprise at Knock Out's willingness to get his hands dirty in light of what happened the last time, as well as more directly in his failure to obtain the [[phase shifter]].
* Optimus still has the improvised sword-holder Ratchet made for him in the previous episode.
* Knock Out and Soundwave both use the [[Resonance Blaster]], which Soundwave retrieved in "[[Triage (episode)|Triage]]".
* Starscream has refined the [[Red Energon]] he obtained in "[[New Recruit]]", though it's only enough to last for one use or two. He also remembers the loss of the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]] in the same episode.
* Dreadwing reminds Bulkhead of their previous battle in "[[Loose Cannons]]".
* Megatron mentions that recent events have allowed them to narrow down the location of the Autobots' human allies, most likely referring to their discovery of [[Raf Esquivel|Raf's]] house in "[[The Human Factor]]".

===Transformers references===
* Knock Out hopes that the new relic is an [[electro-disrupter]] cannon.
* The concept of an Autobot being the Omega Key comes from the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' game, only with [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] being the Autobot instead of Smokescreen.
* Megatron takes pride in mentioning Optimus Prime's face when his Star Saber "shattered like glass". This may be an oblique nod to the ''[[Transformers:_Shattered_Glass_(franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' universe.

===Real-world references===
* "Slow and steady wins the race," is the moral in Aesop's story, The Tortoise and the Hare.

===Trivia===
* Knock Out and Dreadwing both had the opportunity to take their assigned relics and leave, but stuck around to fight the Autobots. Dreadwing in particular must have spent hours placing bombs on all those trees.
* Unlike the other Energon variants, no side-effects are seen with the use of refined Red Energon... so far.
* Megatron sends three different Decepticons to do his dirty work in one episode. They must be taking shifts.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Harte Schule'''" ("Hard School")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 21|21 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bakuen Henkei! Omega Key Soudatsusen'''" (爆炎変形!オメガ・キー争奪戦, "Combustible Transformation! Struggle over the Omega Key")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 2|2 March]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Achados e Perdidos'''" ("Lost and Found")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 16|16 August]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Hard Knocks

2016-01-01T03:52:40Z

Wxy: /* Transformers references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 48
|prev=Alpha/Omega
|next=Inside Job
|image=HardKnocks-TheFourthKey.jpg
|caption="Ratchet, where are the instructions for this damn Kre-O set anyway?!?"
|title="Hard Knocks"
|airdate=[[October 5]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''As the race grows more desperate, Smokescreen's boasts about his destiny turn out to be more than meets the eye.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] is still hard at work decoding coordinates, while [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] boasts about his defeat of Optimus. Soundwave soon comes up with another set of coordinates, and [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] insists on going. Though Megatron is skeptical, recalling [[Tunnel Vision|the last time]] the doctor tried to obtain a relic, Knock Out insists he won't fail this time, and borrows Soundwave's [[Resonance Blaster]].

In the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] is likewise decoding coordinates. [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] annoys everyone by boasting it is his destiny to be a great warrior and being generally exuberant. To his disappointment, when Optimus decodes a set of coordinates, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] are the ones selected to go on the mission, and he is left at base. Arcee and Bumblebee arrive at a lakeside and spy the second [[Omega Key]] sitting out in the open, but Knock Out is already there, waiting. Using the Resonance Blaster, both Autobots are sent flying and when they try to flank the Decepticon, he shoots it at the ground, raising a cloud of dust so he can use it as cover to zap them. By the time Arcee and Bumblebee recover, Knock Out is long gone with the key.

[[Image:HardKnocksDreadwing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I know what you're going to ask me: Where do I keep all those bombs?... Don't ask.]]
[[Image:HardKnocksKnockOut.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Look out, Cosmo, it's Superbike!]]
Back on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron inspects the relic and wonders if it is a decoy, though Knock Out protests the Autobots fought too desperately for it. Soundwave decodes more coordinates which Megatron believes will provide them with more answers, but when Knock Out declares to investigate, Megatron instead gives him the task of analyzing the key and its purpose. Meanwhile, Bumblebee undergoes repairs, and Smokescreen's swagger continues to get on Arcee's nerves so she goes to find some peace and quiet. Bulkhead reminds Smokescreen that the war has been going on a long time and he needs to have patience to work as a team player.

[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] has finished refining his [[Red Energon]], but finding it slow work and with only a small yield of a one-time use. Luckily the ''[[Harbinger]]'' computer picks up more Decepticon activity, and Starscream decides he can use the Red Energon to obtain a more valuable artifact.

The Autobots gain a new set of coordinates, and Bulkhead and Smokescreen roll out, though Arcee reminds Bulkhead to keep an eye on their eager comrade. The pair arrive on a forested mountainside where [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] is waiting. The Decepticon knocks them flat before flying off, and the two Autobots realize that Dreadwing has mined the trees... '''all''' of the trees. They manage to outrun the explosions, and Bulkhead sends Smokescreen after the relic while he goads Dreadwing into a fight. As they exchange blows, Dreadwing plants a bomb on Bulkhead's back, and after Bulkhead manages to knock him flat, sets it to explode. Unfortunately for Dreadwing, Bulkhead already noticed the bomb and transferred it to his back during the fight, and though Dreadwing throws the bomb away, it goes off close enough to knock him out.

[[Image:HardKnocksBulkheadDreadwing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|FATALITY.]]
Smokescreen meanwhile uncovers the Omega Key, only to be rendered unconscious by a blow from behind. When Bulkhead wakes him, the key is already gone. Smokescreen is deflated by his failure, but as they return through the [[GroundBridge]], Bulkhead reminds him that they need all four keys to revive [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Starscream, hiding nearby with the key he grabbed, overhears them talking, and regards the key he holds with new respect and ambition.

Back at base, Smokescreen exclaims his inability of securing the key and Arcee lectures him on realistic expectations and tells him he needs to be a team player. Upset, Smokescreen leaves the base and Optimus, saying the young Autobot needs to clear his head, returns to decoding coordinates. On the ''Nemesis'', Megatron is unhappy at Dreadwing's failure, and checks with Soundwave regarding the project to find where the Autobot base is located. Soundwave reports that he has [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] scouting around [[Jasper]]. As both sides complete their decoding work, the final set of coordinates resolve into an image—a picture of Smokescreen himself, to both sides' surprise. Unfortunately when Optimus tries to call in Smokescreen, the rookie does not answer due to deactivating his comlink, and has instead fallen into Laserbeak's sights. Laserbeak fires on Smokescreen, who transforms to confront the drone, only to be knocked flat by Soundwave's Resonance Blaster. When the Autobots arrive at the location, they are just in time to see Soundwave dragging their unconscious friend back to the ''Nemesis'' through the Decepticon GroundBridge.

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

==Quotes==
"Last one to the Omega Key has to scrub the Energon tanks for a week." 
"Didn't know we were keeping score."
:—'''Smokescreen''' and '''Arcee'''

"Who knew that ''sound waves'' could be such a ''knock out''?"
:—See what '''Knock Out''' did there?

"Sub-woofer? Or depth-charge?"
:—'''Knock Out''' is just full of name-dropping goodness today!

"Make sure you keep an eye on 'destiny's child', okay?" 
"Compared to watching Miko? Piece of cake!"
:—'''Arcee''' giving '''Bulkhead''' some advice on handling the rookie.

"What is that?" 
"One of the last sounds that you will ever hear!"
:—'''Smokescreen''' gets his question answered by '''Dreadwing'''

"You love doing your dirty work from a distance, don't ya? Too bad you don't have the ball bearings to fight up close and personal!" 
"In this particular case, I would be all too happy to make an exception."
:—'''Bulkhead''' gives '''Dreadwing''' some smack talk.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Megatron brags about his accomplishments in [[Alpha/Omega|the previous episode]] to Soundwave.
* Megatron loosely refers to the events of "[[Tunnel Vision]]" while expressing surprise at Knock Out's willingness to get his hands dirty in light of what happened the last time, as well as more directly in his failure to obtain the [[phase shifter]].
* Optimus still has the improvised sword-holder Ratchet made for him in the previous episode.
* Knock Out and Soundwave both use the [[Resonance Blaster]], which Soundwave retrieved in "[[Triage (episode)|Triage]]".
* Starscream has refined the [[Red Energon]] he obtained in "[[New Recruit]]", though it's only enough to last for one use or two. He also remembers the loss of the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]] in the same episode.
* Dreadwing reminds Bulkhead of their previous battle in "[[Loose Cannons]]".
* Megatron mentions that recent events have allowed them to narrow down the location of the Autobots' human allies, most likely referring to their discovery of [[Raf Esquivel|Raf's]] house in "[[The Human Factor]]".

===Transformers references===
* Knock Out hopes that the new relic is an [[electro-disrupter]] cannon.
* The concept of an Autobot being the Omega Key comes from the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' game, only with [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] being the Autobot instead of Smokescreen.
* Megatron takes pride in mentioning Optimus Prime's face when his Star Saber "shattered like glass". This may be an oblique nod to the ''[[Shattered Glass]]'' universe.

===Real-world references===
* "Slow and steady wins the race," is the moral in Aesop's story, The Tortoise and the Hare.

===Trivia===
* Knock Out and Dreadwing both had the opportunity to take their assigned relics and leave, but stuck around to fight the Autobots. Dreadwing in particular must have spent hours placing bombs on all those trees.
* Unlike the other Energon variants, no side-effects are seen with the use of refined Red Energon... so far.
* Megatron sends three different Decepticons to do his dirty work in one episode. They must be taking shifts.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Harte Schule'''" ("Hard School")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 21|21 February]] [[2013]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bakuen Henkei! Omega Key Soudatsusen'''" (爆炎変形!オメガ・キー争奪戦, "Combustible Transformation! Struggle over the Omega Key")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 2|2 March]] [[2013]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Achados e Perdidos'''" ("Lost and Found")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 16|16 August]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Triangulation

2015-12-29T21:41:40Z

Wxy: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 39
|prev=Tunnel Vision
|next=Triage (episode)
|image=Triangulation Starscream Apex armor.jpg
|caption= "I've never really had a taste for this sort of thing, but I must admit... I'm deeply enjoying the suit!"
|title="Triangulation"
|airdate=[[May 12]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[David McDermott]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Optimus Prime hunts for relics in Antarctica and finds himself caught between shifting alliances.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TriangulationDecepticonHighCommand.jpg|left|250px|thumb|'''Soundwave''': Hey, stop by the liquor store on the way back! '''Megatron''': And bring some fragging cheese back! Velveeta! ''You hear me?!?'']]
[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] notes that the second relic is in [[Antarctica]], and [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] volunteers to head there. Megatron warns Dreadwing that he'd better prove himself a more worthy [[second-in-command]] than his predecessors. In the ''[[Harbinger]]'', [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] is about to operate on himself to install the [[transformation cog|T-cog]] of his traitorous [[Starscream clone (Prime)|clone]]. He is clearly nervous to have to perform the procedure alone, when the ship's computer picks up the fact that the [[Decepticon]]s are dispatching teams to four continents. Starscream happily postpones the operation to investigate.

At the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] departs through the [[GroundBridge]] for his relic hunt. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] announces he's heading for the Antarctic relic, and that [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] will need backup on his mission—[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]. Ratchet is less than pleased at having to contend with the wild card Wrecker, but Optimus affirms that Ratchet would be wise to accept the aid of a seasoned warrior like Wheeljack.

[[File:TriangulationPrimeAndScream.jpg|250px|right|thumb|"You don't want me as your enemy, Starscream. Now shut up and kiss me."]]
Starscream uses a GroundBridge remote control to head to the Antarctic on a [[hoverscooter]]. He's quickly spotted by Dreadwing and some [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] who knock him off his hoverscooter. Starscream at first mistakes Dreadwing for [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]], and soon has some cuffs slapped on him. Though Starscream is miffed at the irony that he's been apprehended by Megatron's new [[second-in-command]], he's silenced when Dreadwing begins violently pushing him along. As Optimus watches from afar, the group trudges through the snow to where the relic is located, only to find it has already been dug out of the ice and is gone. The Vehicons start searching and find vehicle tracks. They're approached by Optimus, who demands the return of the relic, and after a lengthy standoff. the confrontation turns into a firefight.

After Prime takes out two of the Vehicons and scores a hit on Dreadwing, the Decepticon starts breaking out heavier weapons, and proves to be formidable with a sword. The two 'bots fighting to a draw, they take a dive off a cliff, following which Optimus brings the ice crashing down, burying Dreadwing. Seeing the tables have turned on the Decepticons, Starscream is able to kill the remaining Vehicons. He excitedly proposes that Optimus free him from his cuffs in exchange for him leading the Prime to the relic, but Optimus, already in a bad mood, refuses. To Starscream's disappointment, he is forced to lead Optimus to the relic.

[[File:TriangulationFaceoff.jpg|250px|left|thumb|So a guy voiced by Peter Cullen teams up with a worthy opponent against a nigh-invincible mutual foe and ends up sinking it into the ocean. Did we step into ''Alien Vs. Predator''?]]
The two then take a long walk through the Antarctic. Starscream tries to plead his case, mentioning how he helped Optimus return from his stint as Orion Pax and alerted the Autobots to [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. Optimus notes his appreciation for Starscream's help, but makes it clear he knows it was all for Starscream's own self-interests. The two arrive at a human military base, and Optimus prevents Starscream from just waltzing in. Starscream is puzzled as to why they must be so careful around humans when retrieving the relic, but Optimus radios home and gets [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] to evacuate the human base so he can safely retrieve the relic.

Meanwhile, Dreadwing breaks free of the ice and after contemplating the slain Vehicons, heads out to find Prime. With the base clear, Optimus and Starscream venture inside to find the relic still frozen in a chunk of ice. They're interrupted by Dreadwing, who's disgusted by Starscream apparently allying with an Autobot. Starscream quickly jumps ship and claims he was leaving a trail for Dreadwing. While Optimus and Dreadwing fight, an unattended Starscream sets about liberating the relic from the ice, which turns out to be the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]]. Outside, Dreadwing has Optimus on the ropes and is about to strike when Starscream, now wearing the armor and ''much'' more powerful, crashes out of the building to challenge them.

[[File:TriangulationSouthernLights.jpg|250px|right|thumb|An epic fail on Optimus' part. Turn around, dammit!]]
Both Dreadwing and Optimus attack the rogue Decepticon, but he swats them aside, repeatedly. Optimus suggests to Dreadwing that they will need to cooperate to defeat Starscream, and Dreadwing accepts the offer for both of their sakes. While Dreadwing flies around, Optimus slaps one of the Seeker's bombs onto Starscream, but the Apex Armor proves invulnerable even to that. Optimus realizes that Starscream still has a vulnerability—his lack of flight. While Optimus keeps Starscream's attention once more, Dreadwing plants explosives on the ground, and just as Starscream works out that the pair are up to something, the bombs detonate. Starscream disappears into a hole blasted in the ice. With no relic left to claim, Optimus once again pleads for Dreadwing to turn on Megatron and join him. Dreadwing refuses, and after sincerely thanking him for helping him survive the ordeal, promises to terminate him the next time they meet. With no relic to fight over, the two go their separate ways, and Optimus is left in the aurora borealis-bathed tundra to contemplate Dreadwing's final refusal of peace.

At the bottom of the ocean below, Starscream walks along, still protected by the invincible Apex Armor.

{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (5)
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
* [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (8)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (2)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (3)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (10)

|c3=
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (7)
* [[William Fowler]] (9)

|c4=
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (4)
|}}

==Quotes==
"Ener-stat. Cross-clamp. Laser scalpel. [[Durabyllium]] drill. And, one slightly damaged but operational T-Cog, courtesy of my traitorous clone. Everything I require to make myself whole. A simple, painless procedure... Nothing to it, really... Provided one possesses the nerve..."
:—'''Starscream''' about to perform self-surgery.

"Faster, you pathetic excuse for transportation!"
:—That's not gonna work, '''Starscream'''.

"What a team we make! I am so glad that you prevailed, Optimus Prime! That wretch Dreadwing was going to terminate me! Now, if you could just remove my bonds, I can lead you straight to the relic." 
''*Optimus cocks his blaster*'' 
"You will lead me there regardless." 
"Hmph! You're welcome!"
:—'''Starscream''' is excited on one of those rare days '''Optimus Prime''' doesn't give a damn.

"A perfect fit!"
:—'''Starscream''' decked out in the Apex Armor

"I haven't had this much fun since I punched that hole in [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]!"
:—'''Starscream''' really doesn't know [[Armada (episode)|when to]] [[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2|shut up]] [[Partners|about]] [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|that]].

"And you, Optimus Prime. I will beat the living spark out of you, just so I never again have to endure your pontificating!"
:—'''Starscream''' says what he thinks of Optimus Prime's speech pattern.

"*''Evil laugh''* That tickled! *''Evil laugh''* Fools! Not only am I intelligent, I am INVINCIBLE!" 
"Yet, you cannot fly!" 
"Nobody's ''perfect''." 
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Optimus Prime''', the former enjoying the suit a little ''too'' much.

"Cowards! You will not escape my might! ''*beat*'' Wait... ''*beat*'' You two are up to something."
:—'''Starscream''' being genre savvy.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When Dreadwing is volunteering to go the Antarctic, Megatron's eyes are out of place when he looks back at him. One is correctly in the corner of his eye but the other isn't, placed as if he were looking slightly left.
* Starscream is missing his manacles during Optimus and Dreadwing's first battle.
* In a couple of shots, the parts hanging out of the Apex Armor's shoulders seem to go through its upper torso.
* Dreadwing picks up both his sword and his complete gun after he recovers from the avalanche, despite the sword forming the handle of the gun.

===Continuity errors===
* The Apex Armor was established in ''[[Transformers: Exiles|Exiles]]'' as a relic of [[Solus Prime (Prime)|Solus Prime]]; however, Starscream calls it armor of "Decepticon origin".
* in the "previously on..." segment for this episode, Megatron is shown to be telling Knock Out that "dispatching multiple squadrons will allow us to pursue all four relics simultaneously". This conversation was from the previous episode "[[Tunnel Vision]]", but Megatron had this conversation with Soundwave, not Knock Out.

===Continuity notes===
* This episode happens concurrently with the previous episode and with the following two.
* Starscream is preparing to install a new [[Transformation cog|T-cog]] into himself at the beginning of the episode, which he scavenged from his traitorous [[Starscream clone (Prime)|clone]] after killing him in "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]".
* Starscream refers to [[Orion Pax, Part 2|helping Orion Pax regain his memory]], [[Crossfire|saving Arcee's life]] and [[Crossfire|giving information]] to the Autobots.
* Starscream mistakes Dreadwing for [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]], who died in "[[Masters & Students]]", and attempted to revive in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]".
* Starscream enjoyed [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|killing Cliffjumper]] and claims he will reunite Dreadwing with his "beloved twin".
* Dreadwing is still mad at Optimus for Skyquake's demise.
* Optimus refers to how he offered Skyquake a chance of redemption, as well as expressing remorse for the Decepticon's demise from "Masters & Students".
* This is the second time that Starscream finds himself in [[Partners|manacles]].

===Transformers references===
* The Apex Armor is a reference to the [[Apex Armor (G1)|item of the same name]] from Generation 1, first introduced with the [[Heroes of Cybertron]] PVC of what in Japan had been [[God Ginrai]], and released as a ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' reissue of the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#ApexArmorPrime|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] toy a year later. Still later, the Apex Armor appeared in the [[IDW Publishing]] ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'' miniseries, used by [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]].
* This isn't the first time a [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] has [[Transformers (PS2)|visited a research base in the Antarctic, and been at the center of it exploding.]]
* Among the tools Starscream tries to operate on himself with are a [[durabyllium]] drill and a [[laser scalpel]].

===Real-world references===
* People actually do put flags around archaeological sites in desolate wastelands, in order to find them again.

===Trivia===
* Optimus still hasn't gotten Raf that snowball he promised to give him [[Scrapheap (episode)|the other day.]] Though, since Raf did get to [[Out of His Head|visit the Arctic anyway]], he's probably forgotten about that.
* Unless one counts the recap at the beginning, this is the first episode in which [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] does not make an appearance.
* Dreadwing reveals that he has a sword. While his gun has a bayonet that is very similar to his various toys' swords, this is the first time in-series he has ever used an independent sword.
* Currently, Dreadwing is the only main character whose gun and blade are both handheld.
* For an unknown reason, Dreadwing seems to want to kill Optimus to avenge his twin, but technically, it was Bumblebee who killed him. He even saw it on Soundwave's monitor. What, does Megatron think killing a scout isn't really impressive?

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Allianzen in der Antarktis'''" ("Alliances in the Antarctic")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 13|13 November]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hyōketsu Henkei! Muteki no Body wo Te ni Irero!'''" (氷結変形!無敵のボディを手に入れろ!, "Freezing Transformation! Obtain the Invincible Body!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 29|29 December]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Triangulação'''" ("Triangulation")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 19|19 June]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Tunnel Vision (episode)

2015-12-29T20:05:42Z

Wxy: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 38
|prev=Flying Mind
|next=Triangulation
|image=TunnelVisionInWayOfTrain.jpg
|caption="Tell my Decepti-wife I hate her!!!" Hate means love to a Decepticon, of course.
|title="Tunnel Vision"
|airdate=[[May 5]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Andrew Robinson|Andrew R. Robinson]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''As Team Prime splits up to find the four Iacon relics simultaneously, Jack, Miko, Arcee, and Bumblebee go deep into New York's subways to beat Knock Out and an Insecticon to the first relic.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TunnelVisionHearItForNewYork.jpg|left|250px|thumb|What, did the plague hit? Where the hell are all the people?]]
The [[Team Prime|Autobot team]], having obtained the same coordinates for four [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] relics as the [[Decepticon]]s, plan their next course of action. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] suggests a dispersal so they can obtain all the relics simultaneously. Despite initial resistance from [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], the [[New York City|New York]] site and the relic contained beneath its streets are selected for Arcee and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to scout. [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko]] volunteers her knowledge of subways and [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack]] his ability to cover for the mission; all four prepare to roll out.

Having moved away from Manhattan, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] assigns [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] the discreet task of obtaining the relic there. At a disadvantage without [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]], Knock Out is unwillingly appointed an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] partner, along with a small detachment of [[Decepticon Miner|Vehicon miners]]. Beyond frustrated with Knock Out's lack of concern beyond his paint job, Megatron sends them off.

In a New York alleyway, Arcee, Bumblebee, Jack and Miko bridge in. They quickly locate a construction site where they can enter the vast subway network. As they walk, Bumblebee nearly steps on a third rail, but Jack warns him of the danger just in time. A familiar sound echoes through the tunnels—a [[Energon Driller|Decepticon drill]], which Miko pinpoints the direction of. She tears off through an access tunnel, Jack in tow. On the other side, they are confronted by [[Vogel]], a sweeper train operator, and Miko constructs a hasty lie that saves their tail. He offers to take them for a ride.

[[File: TunnelVisionElectricWire.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Don't do the stanky leg.]]
Vogel's personality soon becomes clear as he recounts tales of monsters that creep through the subways—including the mole men, who he believes are amassing their armies. Miko and Jack make an escape jumping off the back of the train, Vogel totally oblivious.

Arcee and Bumblebee find Knock Out and the miners, but don't see the Insecticon creeping up behind them. It attacks the duo, alerting Knock Out to their presence. Arcee and Knock Out exchange blows while Bumblebee occupies the Insecticon; Arcee makes a grab for the relic, but is knocked out by an electron prod to the back. Bumblebee is also quickly floored by the Insecticon. Satisfied, Knock Out cracks the relic's packaging and prepares to field-test the device on his new subjects.

[[Image:TunnelVisionArceeShock.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Stay away from the cookie jar.]]
While bickering with Jack in the tunnel about his sojourn to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Miko inadvertently reveals that she feels like she doesn't contribute enough to the team. The two are stopped in their tracks by the sound of footsteps. It's Vogel, none too happy about being ditched. Miko, capitalizing on the man's conspiratorial bent, gets Jack to tell him the truth. Vogel is enthralled and they all board his train to find their friends.

Knock Out's field test is interrupted by the arriving sweeper. The Insecticon sidesteps it, but Knock Out is hit and dragged a distance between the wall and train, suffering serious cosmetic damage. Arcee and Bumblebee, now conscious, start fighting back as Knock Out peels out with the relic. Arcee goes after the train with the Insecticon following while Bumblebee chases after the fleeing medic.

On the train, Vogel reveals that the brake line went out and that their course is for a dead end. Arcee is able to catch up with the train and jump onto the back of it. Informed of the approaching wall, she drives ahead for the turn switch. Trying to change the tracks, she snaps the lever, forcing her to change the track alignment physically. She succeeds just in time and with the train safe, she faces her foe. Recalling Bumblebee's previous encounter, Arcee lures the Insecticon into touching the third rail, which instantly kills it.

[[Image:TunnelVisionHappyEnding.jpg|right|thumb|250px| Vogel can't keep running people over. He's not famous enough to get away with it.]]
Knock Out faces off against the Autobot scout in a chase. Bumblebee accidentally activates the relic during a tussle which clamps onto his wrist. The train barrels in and heads straight for an oblivious Bumblebee, whom it passes right through without a scratch. It instead strikes Knock Out, grinding his face and body on the pavement for a good distance before the train comes to a stop. Horrified at his total cosmetic disfigurement, he flees, minus a wheel.

The relic is revealed to be a [[phase shifter]], which allows the user to pass through solid objects. The problem turns to Vogel, who knows about the Cybertronians. A hasty call forces [[William Fowler|Fowler]], who's now awake back at base, to deputize the worker as a "deputy of interstellar relations". Vogel is ecstatic about his new position even when he is told to maintain complete radio silence until he is called upon. As Vogel watches the Autobots and the kids leave, he ponders the idea of robots disguised as vehicles while looking at his sweeper train.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (2)
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
* [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (4)
* [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (6)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (7)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (8)
*[[Decepticon Miner]]s (9)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] (10)

|c3=
* [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack Darby]] (11)
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (12)
* [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko Nakadai]] (13)
* [[William Fowler]] (14)
* [[Vogel]] (15)
|}}

==Quotes==

"Face."
:—'''Jack''', throughout the episode.

"Well, I've actually been in subway stations. I grew up in a major metropolis. Unlike Mr. 'I've never been outside of Jasper, Nevada'." 
"I ''have'' been to Cybertron." 
"Cybertron doesn't have subways! ... Does it?"
:—'''Miko'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s argument against '''Jack''' soon falls short.

"Bananafish!"
:—'''Agent Fowler'''

'''Knock Out:''' "You have lovely features. Perfect for a painful little procedure I like to call the ''nip and tuck.''" 
''*Arcee dodges, and kicks Knock Out*'' 
'''Arcee:''' "Dodge and kick." 
''*Arcee runs for the relic, but gets plugged in the back by Knock Out's prod*'' 
'''Knock Out:''' "Shock and drop."
:—'''Knock Out''' and '''Arcee''' carry on witty repartee.

"You scratch my face, I scratch yours!" 
''*Arcee and Bumblebee cock their blasters*''
:—'''Knock Out''' tries and fails to reference a [[Speed Metal|previous episode.]]

''*Vogel watches the Autobots and kids leave*'' 
"Robots who turn into vehicles. Hmmm..." 
''*Vogel turns to look at his sweeper train*''
:—It's okay, '''Vogel''', we've all done it before.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*After the phase shifter attaches itself to Bumblebee, he stands straight up while inspecting it. However, his position is reversed when he stands: Knock Out is now in front of him instead of behind when the runaway sweeper train comes around the corner.
*The scratch marks from Knock Out's first encounter with the sweeper train seem to have disappeared after his transformation into vehicle mode onwards.
*Jack and Miko tell Arcee and Bumblebee to stay away from the third rail or they will be fried. However, they touch it multiple times throughout the episode, then Arcee uses it to kill the Insecticon.
* Vogel's fire axe ends up back on the wall without him actually putting it there.

===Continuity notes===
* Agent Fowler is still recovering from getting zapped in the [[Flying Mind|previous episode]].
* Knock Out wants to retrieve the relic in [[Crossfire|memory of Breakdown]].
* Miko's starting to [[Convoy (episode)|hate trains]].
* Knock Out refers to how Bumblebee was unable to transform in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]".
* The phase shifter was alluded to in "[[Sick Mind]]" by Megatron when he was trying to figure out why he couldn't attack Bumblebee while they were in his subconscious, but he called it [[phase displacement armor]] instead.
* Near the end of the episode, Fowler appears to be communicating with someone, telling them to "[[Toxicity|dump that rock and come on home]]." A later episode will reveal that he is talking to Bulkhead.

===Transformers references===
*The Autobots receive help from a human labourer wearing a yellow [[hard hat]].

===Real-world references===
* The zoom-in from the sweeper train to the dead end references to the elevated train scene in ''[[Spider-Man]] 2''.
* Jack's description of the third rail on subway trains is real, as is the fatality of touching it.
* Knock Out's "nip and tuck" line to Arcee is a colloquial phrase for cosmetic surgery.
* Jack claiming to be the "Face" and his explanation for it might be a resemblance to Templeton Peck from ''The A-Team'', who was also mostly known as 'Face'.
* Vogel shouting "Welcome to Earth!" as he prepares to attack Arcee is an echo of when Will Smith punches the alien in the movie ''Independence Day''.

===Trivia===
* This is the first episode that we see Knock Out mention his [[Breakdown (WFC)|partner's]] death.
* There is a surprising lack of trains in the tunnels of New York. Though the tunnels which are seen in this episode are under construction, so it makes sense that there wouldn't be any trains running anywhere near them.
* Insecticons are revealed to have blasters in their robot modes. Unlike most transforming guns seen so far, their blasters emerge from their forearms.
* In [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|the first episode]], the Autobots take on the burden of watching over and protecting the [[human]] children because they witnessed them in robot-mode or got caught in the crossfire of a Decepticon battle. Vogel, despite having the same "qualifications", is dispatched with a hasty cover story and left to fend for himself without Autobot protection. Apparently, you only get a "guardian" if you're tiny and cute.
* Vogel's name is most likely a reference to [[The Hub]]'s [[Mike Vogel]].

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Im Untergrund von New York'''" ("At the Subsurface of New York")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 12|12 November]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dakkai Henkei! Daitokai Chika no Tatakai'''" (奪回変形!大都会・地下の戦い, "Recovery Transformation! Battle in the Metropolis Underground")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 22|22 December]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Vida nos Tuneis'''" ("Life in the Tunnels")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 18|18 June]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Flying Mind

2015-12-29T19:14:24Z

Wxy:

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 37
|prev=Armada (episode)
|next=Tunnel Vision
|image=FlyingMind-DecepticonsOnDeck.jpg
|caption=Alright, forget the bigger ship! Can we get a smaller ship instead?
|title="Flying Mind"
|airdate=[[April 28]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Bob Skir|Robert N. Skir]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Megatron's attempt to repair the ''Nemesis'' has an unexpected side effect, forcing Raf, Jack, and Miko to put themselves in harm's way.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Optimus Flying Mind.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Optimus is the ''best'' at freeze tag.]]
With the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' down, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] discovers that [[Bulkhead (Prime)|an Autobot]] was responsible for the crash. Despite [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s protests, Megatron infuses [[Dark Energon]] into the ship's power core, hoping its regenerative effects will cut down on the lengthy time it would take to get the ship airworthy. Meanwhile, the [[Autobot]]s feel this might well be the time to strike. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] reluctantly decides to use the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]] to terminate the Decepticons for good.

The Dark Energon infusion of the ''Nemesis'' works perfectly, bringing the ship to full operational status in minutes. The energy is detected by the Autobots, who immediately set out with [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]. They arrive to find the 'Con warship already airborne, and it begins firing on them. The Autobots attempt to get close enough to use the Spark Extractor, but the ship hits them one by one with a [[Stasis Beam|stasis beam]], which a surprised Knock Out notes the ship was not previously equipped with, sending them into [[stasis lock]].

[[Image:FlyingMindHumanAid.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Everybody clap their hands!]]
Megatron is pleased at being able to get the Spark Extractor back, but when he orders the ship to move closer, it abruptly changes course, and it is quickly discovered that the ''Nemesis'' is ignoring its pilots and flying ''itself''. When Megatron demands the ship's computer be overridden, the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] at the helm is electrocuted. The ship suddenly speaks up with its own voice, announcing it is in charge and on a mission. Knock Out notes its decoding the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] database. Furious, Megatron demands they retake control, but when [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] attempts to do so, the ship retaliates and he's sent into stasis lock. When Megatron orders the Decepticons to sever all connections to the ship's mainframe, beams of energy sweep through the ship, disabling almost every last one of the 'Cons.

Back at base, Fowler notes that the ''Nemesis'' is heading towards North America, with its cloaking field down, no less, and the decision is made to try and contact Megatron to see what's up. On the warship, Knock Out is put into stasis lock while checking on the Iacon data, and Megatron attempts to disable the ship's power core, only to be put in stasis lock as well. When Ratchet contacts the ''Nemesis'', the ship responds and helpfully lets them know its mission is to find the missing Iacon artifacts of Decepticon origin. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and the humans believe it's the opportune moment to download a copy of the Iacon database, so Fowler and the kids [[GroundBridge]] on board the ship, determining that the ship cannot detect humans, as it left Fowler unmolested while leaving the battle earlier. They find the [[Project Iacon]] console, and clambering up Knock Out, plug in the [[transfer drive]] Ratchet gave them. [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack]] notices the ship is heading for [[New York City|Manhattan]], the location of the first artifact, and if they don't stop it somehow, the ''Nemesis'' will destroy whatever part of the city lies atop the long-buried relic. While trying to change the ship's course, Fowler is electrically shocked into unconsciousness, but the ship, still scanning for Cybertronian-based life forms, is unable to detect the kids.

[[Image:FlyingMindSecondOpinion.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Welcome to the [[Knock Out (Prime)#Beast Hunters| food chain!]]]]
Though Ratchet wants to bridge the kids back, Jack realizes they have to do something now, and head to the ship's power core, hoping to de-activate the ''Nemesis''' intelligence by dumping the dark energon out of the fuel supply. There they find the frozen Megatron, and Jack discovers that the manually-operated fuel injection valve is locked in place by Megatron's frozen hand. While he's still trying, the ship finally detects [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], assuming them to be vermin that are infesting it. As a manipulator arm starts chasing them, they hide among the [[energon cube]]s, but the arm moves the containers aside, eventually exposing them. Jack manages to attract its attention and trick it into hitting Megatron. The Decepticon leader topples over, dragging the lever down and reversing the [[energon]] flow. [[Image:Lower Manhattan Flying Mind.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Man, why can't the aliens attack Jersey for a change?]] Though the ship tries to use the manipulator arm to move the lever back, it's not fast enough to do so before its intelligence is lost. As the ship "shifts into neutral", the stasis locked Transformers inexplicably begin recovering, and the kids make all haste back through the corridors. While Miko and Raf help a still-loopy Fowler through the Ground Bridge, Jack goes after the transfer drive, but he's still struggling with it as Knock Out comes back online. Jack's saved from an untimely end when Ratchet appears through the GroundBridge and clobbers Knock Out, taking Jack and the transfer drive with him, just in time to miss the arrival of Megatron, who is rather unhappy with Knock Out.

Ratchet gives the now-recovered Optimus the good news about the data they retrieved, but they realize they must act quickly, as Megatron has no more scruples than his ship about harming human life, and the ''Nemesis'' is even now bearing down on Manhattan...

[[Tunnel Vision|To be continued]]...
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
* [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (11)
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (12)
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
* [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (14)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (5)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (6)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] (15)

|c3=
* [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko Nakadai]] (7)
* [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack Darby]] (8)
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
* [[William Fowler]] (10)

|c4=
* "[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]"
|}}

==Quotes==
"Mine!"
:-'''Arcee's''' ''only'' '''word''' spoken this episode, right before being hit by a stasis beam.

"Doc Knock is ''knocked out!''"
:—'''Miko''' makes the joke we've all been waiting to hear.

"On your feet, soldier!" 
"...and beavers and ducks and walnuts and Grandma..."
:—'''Miko''' helping a debilitated '''Fowler'''.

"Say ''ahhh!''"
:—'''Knock Out's''' dentistry leaves something to be desired.

"I'm here to offer a second opinion!"
:—'''Ratchet''' gives Knock Out the hint that he might want to consider going back to medical school.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When Jack realizes that the ''Nemesis'' will have to tear down Manhattan to get to the first Iacon relic, the camera zooms out to show all four, including Fowler and Rafael on the control panel. However Knock Out, who should be frozen right behind the two on the control panel, is nowhere to be seen.

===Continuity errors===
* In the previous episode, Bulkhead drove from the ''Nemesis'' crash site back to base rather than use the GroundBridge, suggesting the crash occurred not far away, or at the very least, on the same continent. In this episode, Fowler says the ''Nemesis'' is crossing the Atlantic Ocean and heading for North America.
* How does Jack on the ''Nemesis'' talk to Ratchet back at base without a cell phone? He appears to be using an earpiece, but there's no indication that he received one. Agent Fowler appears to do the same, earlier on.
* In the base, Ratchet appears to be monitoring the vitals of the humans. Unless they've suddenly become Cybertrionians, there's no explanation for how he can do this.
* When stasis-locked Megatron gets knocked over, his hand, still clutching the release lever, opens to allow him to fall all the way down. The rest of him stays completely stiff even upon hitting the ground.

===Continuity notes===
* The Insecticons joining the Decepticons, Bulkhead's damage to the ''Nemesis'' power core and the ship's crash all took place in the [[Armada (episode)|previous episode]].
* Megatron makes note of Optimus's increasing ruthlessness and how he would no longer waste a chance to strike, likely referring to his near-termination by Optimus in "[[Crossfire]]".
* The Decepticons found their Dark Energon supply back in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]", but it hasn't seen much use since the [[Unicron#Prime cartoon|Unicron]] revelation.
* Soundwave has been trying to decrypt the Iacon database since Optimus Prime recovered his memory in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", and has apparently made very little progress.
* Though the ''Nemesis'' is established in ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]'' to be a stasis-locked [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]], its identity is left unstated here, as it does not refer to itself by name. [[Bob Skir]] has stated it was not meant to be Trypticon waking up. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DaZTNszyGU Moonbase 2 interview with Bob Skir]</ref>
* The Autobots attempt to use the [[spark extractor]], which they acquired in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]".
* This is the first time Knock Out has used his drill weapon since [[Deus ex Machina|his premiere episode]].

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===
* The Nemesis's stasis beam uses the same sound effect of the Zat'ni'katel or Zat Gun from ''Stargate SG-1''.
* Miko's "On your feet, soldier" is a reference to the 1984 film, ''The Terminator''.
* Miko refers to Knock Out as "Doc Knock," most likely in reference to "Doc Ock," a common nickname of [[Spider-Man]] villain Doctor Octopus.
* The ship gaining sentience, turning on the crew, and its defeat all bear similarities to HAL 9000 from the film, ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.
* The grid design that immobilises Dreadwing and the Vehicons is similar to the laser hallways from ''Resident Evil''.

===Trivia===
* The ''Nemesis''' voice is listed only as "Warship" in this episode's credits.
* It seems the amount of power required to stasis lock a Transformer isn't enough to kill a human, as the ship was unaware carbon-based life forms were aboard when Fowler was electrocuted, and was presumably trying the same trick it used on Soundwave.
* The ''Nemesis'' cryptically hangs up when Ratchet asks why it's gathering the relics, though this was never brought up again.
* Bulkhead is absolutely silent this episode, yet [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] is still credited for his speaking role.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Das fliegende Gehirn'''" ("The flying Brain")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 8|8 November]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jinrai Henkei! Senkan Nemesis no Hanran'''" (神雷変形!戦艦ネメシスの反乱, "Thunder God Transformation! Rebellion of the Battleship Nemesis")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 15|15 December]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mente Voadora'''" ("Flying Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 17|17 June]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Flying Mind

2015-12-29T19:06:55Z

Wxy: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 37
|prev=Armada (episode)
|next=Tunnel Vision
|image=FlyingMind-DecepticonsOnDeck.jpg
|caption=Alright, forget the bigger ship! Can we get a smaller ship instead?
|title="Flying Mind"
|airdate=[[April 28]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Bob Skir|Robert N. Skir]]
|directed by=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''Megatron's attempt to repair the ''Nemesis'' has an unexpected side effect, forcing Raf, Jack, and Miko to put themselves in harm's way.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Optimus Flying Mind.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Optimus is the ''best'' at freeze tag.]]
With the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' down, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] discovers that [[Bulkhead (Prime)|an Autobot]] was responsible for the crash. Despite [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s protests, Megatron infuses [[Dark Energon]] into the ship's power core, hoping its regenerative effects will cut down on the lengthy time it would take to get the ship airworthy. Meanwhile, the [[Autobot]]s feel this might well be the time to strike. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] reluctantly decides to use the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]] to terminate the Decepticons for good.

The Dark Energon infusion of the ''Nemesis'' works perfectly, bringing the ship to full operational status in minutes. The energy is detected by the Autobots, who immediately set out with [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]. They arrive to find the 'Con warship already airborne, and it begins firing on them. The Autobots attempt to get close enough to use the Spark Extractor, but the ship hits them one by one with a [[Stasis Beam|stasis beam]], which a surprised Knock Out notes the ship was not previously equipped with, sending them into [[stasis lock]].

[[Image:FlyingMindHumanAid.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Everybody clap their hands!]]
Megatron is pleased at being able to get the Spark Extractor back, but when he orders the ship to move closer, it abruptly changes course, and it is quickly discovered that the ''Nemesis'' is ignoring its pilots and flying ''itself''. When Megatron demands the ship's computer be overridden, the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] at the helm is electrocuted. The ship suddenly speaks up with its own voice, announcing it is in charge and on a mission. Knock Out notes its decoding the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] database. Furious, Megatron demands they retake control, but when [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] attempts to do so, the ship retaliates and he's sent into stasis lock. When Megatron orders the Decepticons to sever all connections to the ship's mainframe, beams of energy sweep through the ship, disabling almost every last one of the 'Cons.

Back at base, Fowler notes that the ''Nemesis'' is heading towards North America, with its cloaking field down, no less, and the decision is made to try and contact Megatron to see what's up. On the warship, Knock Out is put into stasis lock while checking on the Iacon data, and Megatron attempts to disable the ship's power core, only to be put in stasis lock as well. When Ratchet contacts the ''Nemesis'', the ship responds and helpfully lets them know its mission is to find the missing Iacon artifacts of Decepticon origin. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and the humans believe it's the opportune moment to download a copy of the Iacon database, so Fowler and the kids [[GroundBridge]] on board the ship, determining that the ship cannot detect humans, as it left Fowler unmolested while leaving the battle earlier. They find the [[Project Iacon]] console, and clambering up Knock Out, plug in the [[transfer drive]] Ratchet gave them. [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack]] notices the ship is heading for [[New York City|Manhattan]], the location of the first artifact, and if they don't stop it somehow, the ''Nemesis'' will destroy whatever part of the city lies atop the long-buried relic. While trying to change the ship's course, Fowler is electrically shocked into unconsciousness, but the ship, still scanning for Cybertronian-based life forms, is unable to detect the kids.

[[Image:FlyingMindSecondOpinion.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Welcome to the [[Knock Out (Prime)#Beast Hunters| food chain!]]]]
Though Ratchet wants to bridge the kids back, Jack realizes they have to do something now, and head to the ship's power core, hoping to de-activate the ''Nemesis''' intelligence by dumping the dark energon out of the fuel supply. There they find the frozen Megatron, and Jack discovers that the manually-operated fuel injection valve is locked in place by Megatron's frozen hand. While he's still trying, the ship finally detects [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], assuming them to be vermin that are infesting it. As a manipulator arm starts chasing them, they hide among the [[energon cube]]s, but the arm moves the containers aside, eventually exposing them. Jack manages to attract its attention and trick it into hitting Megatron. The Decepticon leader topples over, dragging the lever down and reversing the [[energon]] flow. [[Image:Lower Manhattan Flying Mind.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Man, why can't the aliens attack Jersey for a change?]] Though the ship tries to use the manipulator arm to move the lever back, it's not fast enough to do so before its intelligence is lost. As the ship "shifts into neutral", the stasis locked Transformers inexplicably begin recovering, and the kids make all haste back through the corridors. While Miko and Raf help a still-loopy Fowler through the Ground Bridge, Jack goes after the transfer drive, but he's still struggling with it as Knock Out comes back online. Jack's saved from an untimely end when Ratchet appears through the GroundBridge and clobbers Knock Out, taking Jack and the transfer drive with him, just in time to miss the arrival of Megatron, who is rather unhappy with Knock Out.

Ratchet gives the now-recovered Optimus the good news about the data they retrieved, but they realize they must act quickly, as Megatron has no more scruples than his ship about harming human life, and the ''Nemesis'' is even now bearing down on Manhattan...

[[Tunnel Vision|To be continued]]...
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (4)
* [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (11)
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (12)
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
* [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (14)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (5)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (6)
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] (15)

|c3=
* [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko Nakadai]] (7)
* [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack Darby]] (8)
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (9)
* [[William Fowler]] (10)

|c4=
* "[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]"
|}}

==Quotes==
"Mine!"
:-'''Arcee's''' one and only line this episode, right before being hit by a [[stasis beam]].

"Doc Knock is ''knocked out!''"
:—'''Miko''' makes the joke we've all been waiting to hear.

"On your feet, soldier!" 
"...and beavers and ducks and walnuts and Grandma..."
:—'''Miko''' helping a debilitated '''Fowler'''.

"Say ''ahhh!''"
:—'''Knock Out's''' dentistry leaves something to be desired.

"I'm here to offer a second opinion!"
:—'''Ratchet''' gives Knock Out the hint that he might want to consider going back to medical school.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When Jack realizes that the ''Nemesis'' will have to tear down Manhattan to get to the first Iacon relic, the camera zooms out to show all four, including Fowler and Rafael on the control panel. However Knock Out, who should be frozen right behind the two on the control panel, is nowhere to be seen.

===Continuity errors===
* In the previous episode, Bulkhead drove from the ''Nemesis'' crash site back to base rather than use the GroundBridge, suggesting the crash occurred not far away, or at the very least, on the same continent. In this episode, Fowler says the ''Nemesis'' is crossing the Atlantic Ocean and heading for North America.
* How does Jack on the ''Nemesis'' talk to Ratchet back at base without a cell phone? He appears to be using an earpiece, but there's no indication that he received one. Agent Fowler appears to do the same, earlier on.
* In the base, Ratchet appears to be monitoring the vitals of the humans. Unless they've suddenly become Cybertrionians, there's no explanation for how he can do this.
* When stasis-locked Megatron gets knocked over, his hand, still clutching the release lever, opens to allow him to fall all the way down. The rest of him stays completely stiff even upon hitting the ground.

===Continuity notes===
* The Insecticons joining the Decepticons, Bulkhead's damage to the ''Nemesis'' power core and the ship's crash all took place in the [[Armada (episode)|previous episode]].
* Megatron makes note of Optimus's increasing ruthlessness and how he would no longer waste a chance to strike, likely referring to his near-termination by Optimus in "[[Crossfire]]".
* The Decepticons found their Dark Energon supply back in "[[One Shall Rise, Part 1]]", but it hasn't seen much use since the [[Unicron#Prime cartoon|Unicron]] revelation.
* Soundwave has been trying to decrypt the Iacon database since Optimus Prime recovered his memory in "[[Orion Pax, Part 3]]", and has apparently made very little progress.
* Though the ''Nemesis'' is established in ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]'' to be a stasis-locked [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]], its identity is left unstated here, as it does not refer to itself by name. [[Bob Skir]] has stated it was not meant to be Trypticon waking up. <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DaZTNszyGU Moonbase 2 interview with Bob Skir]</ref>
* The Autobots attempt to use the [[spark extractor]], which they acquired in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]".
* This is the first time Knock Out has used his drill weapon since [[Deus ex Machina|his premiere episode]].

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===
* The Nemesis's stasis beam uses the same sound effect of the Zat'ni'katel or Zat Gun from ''Stargate SG-1''.
* Miko's "On your feet, soldier" is a reference to the 1984 film, ''The Terminator''.
* Miko refers to Knock Out as "Doc Knock," most likely in reference to "Doc Ock," a common nickname of [[Spider-Man]] villain Doctor Octopus.
* The ship gaining sentience, turning on the crew, and its defeat all bear similarities to HAL 9000 from the film, ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.
* The grid design that immobilises Dreadwing and the Vehicons is similar to the laser hallways from ''Resident Evil''.

===Trivia===
* The ''Nemesis''' voice is listed only as "Warship" in this episode's credits.
* It seems the amount of power required to stasis lock a Transformer isn't enough to kill a human, as the ship was unaware carbon-based life forms were aboard when Fowler was electrocuted, and was presumably trying the same trick it used on Soundwave.
* The ''Nemesis'' cryptically hangs up when Ratchet asks why it's gathering the relics, though this was never brought up again.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Das fliegende Gehirn'''" ("The flying Brain")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 8|8 November]] [[2012]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jinrai Henkei! Senkan Nemesis no Hanran'''" (神雷変形!戦艦ネメシスの反乱, "Thunder God Transformation! Rebellion of the Battleship Nemesis")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 15|15 December]] [[2012]]

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mente Voadora'''" ("Flying Mind")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 17|17 June]] [[2013]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

One Shall Fall

2015-09-23T01:24:49Z

Wxy:

{{disambig2|an episode of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]''|the week-long event in the [[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|''Transformers legends'' mobile game]]|One Shall Fall...}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 23
|prev=Stronger, Faster
|next=One Shall Rise, Part 1
|image=OneShallFall-visionfulfilled.jpg
|caption=''Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword!''
|title="One Shall Fall"
|airdate=[[August 21]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Joseph Kuhr]] and [[Duane Capizzi]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''A prophecy predicts dark times ahead, which Megatron intends to see through.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:OneShallFall-MegatronKnockOut.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Miiiight not be the best time to examine your manicure, Knock Out.]]

[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] recites a passage from the [[Covenant of Primus]], foretelling that a perpetual conflict will culminate when the forty-seven spheres align. Despite the other [[Autobot]]s' lack of faith, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] realizes that the "world forged of chaos" referred to in the prophecy is [[Earth]]—and that the alignment will occur in a matter of days.

Aboard the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] explains to [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] that he sought the [[Dark Energon|blood]] of [[Unicron]] so that he could conquer worlds with [[Terrorcon (Prime)|undead armies]]. Knock Out assures him that more Dark Energon awaits amongst the stars, but advises him not to push himself, since he was in stasis. Megatron then claims that he is the "rising darkness" of which the prophecy speaks.

[[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack]], [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], and [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko]] find a picture of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] while searching a conspiracy website. Raf replaces the image with a dancing cat, which makes Ratchet laugh. Jack then invites Optimus to take a look, but is flatly denied. Ratchet then states that, before he became a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], Optimus behaved quite similarly to Jack. [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] suddenly interrupts and reveals that the [[Decepticon]]s have been stealing components to build a second [[space bridge]]. Back aboard the ''Nemesis'', Knock Out and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] inform Megatron that the only item left on the list is an ample power source, which can be found in a heavily fortified human base. [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] could simply tunnel in, but Megatron rather angrily declares that the time for stealth is over, and he sends a massive squad of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] to retrieve it. Optimus warns Fowler to have his troops evacuate, for fear of human casualties.

[[File:PrimeEp23-BumblebeeRaf.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Where is your BS&P now???]]

Optimus, [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] arrive to fend off the Vehicons, and all goes well until Megatron himself heads out toward the battlefield. En route, he spots Bumblebee, who was taking Raf racing. Megatron opens fire, frying Bumblebee's systems and knocking Raf out cold. Megatron arrives at the base just as the Autobots disable the last of his drones, and he taunts Optimus as Bumblebee arrives whilst carrying a wounded Raf. Bulkhead restrains the enraged scout before Optimus orders Arcee to take him and Raf back to base. Megatron then ascends onto the ''Nemesis'' with the power source. Unbeknownst to Megatron, Optimus and Bulkhead climb aboard the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hull.

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], Ratchet panics that his tools are wrong for human examination, and Jack suggests that they call in [[June Darby|his mother]]. Meanwhile, Megatron has another vision in which he sees a [[Unicron|sinister face]] and a volcano. He then orders Knock Out and Airachnid to complete the space bridge, as there is something he must attend to. June arrives at the Autobot base and quickly unnerves Ratchet with the knowledge that Raf will die unless she can stabilize him immediately. Bumblebee vents his frustration on a nearby wall, but Arcee manages to calm him...a little. Ratchet regrets having not bothered to learn human science and medicine, despite accepting the children into their lives. He then states that he has grown to need Rafael, just as Raf needs him.

Bulkhead and Optimus storm the ''Nemesis'', and Optimus claims to have had a change of heart: He orders Bulkhead back to base with the power source, declaring that there is something he must do. He then muses grimly that he has realized that Autobots and Decepticons will never co-exist peacefully, and he vows to destroy Megatron.

As the planetary alignment nears, Megatron arrives at the volcano site, and Optimus uses a Vehicon comm link to challenge him. Optimus soon joins him at the base of the volcano, and the two exchange brief banter before engaging each other in fierce battle.

[[File:PrimeEp23-PrimeMegatron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|"Why throw away your life so recklessly?" "I keep [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|''trying'']] to, but Hasbro won't [[To sell toys|let me]] anymore!"]]

Meanwhile, Ratchet realizes that Raf has been infected with [[Dark Energon]] and theorizes that exposure to normal energon should cure him. He takes a sample from Bumblebee, placing Raf in a sealed chamber to test his theory as the others watch helplessly. Rafael soon opens his eyes, his pulse stabilizing.

Optimus appears to defeat Megatron and prepares to deal the final blow, but the Decepticon leader catches his sword with unusual strength as the volcano begins to erupt. Strange purple markings glow to life across his body, and he quickly overpowers Optimus. He realizes that the volcano is spewing forth Dark Energon, and he moves to kill Optimus, as he saw himself doing in a previous vision.

To be continued...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (14)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (6)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (13)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (12)
|c3=
*[[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko Nakadai]] (7)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (8)
*[[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack Darby]] (9)
*[[William Fowler]] (10)
*[[June Darby]] (16)
|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (15)
}}

==Quotes==

"And it was written in the Covenant of Primus that 'when the 47 spheres align, a perpetual conflict will culminate upon a world forged from chaos. And the weak shall perish in the shadow of a rising darkness.'"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' recites a passage of ill tidings.

"Mars Cat says, 'Take me to your feeder!'"
:—'''Miko''' starts a new internet meme

"Um, Optimus! You wanna see something funny?" 
"No."
:—'''Jack''' learns of '''Optimus Prime'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s minimal sense of humor.

"Does he seem to be...'losing it'?" 
"A bit..."
:—'''Knock Out''' and '''Airachnid''' discuss Megatron's state of mind.

"I have been foolish not to see what history has proven over and over again...that Autobots and Decepticons will never mend their ways. If there can be no diplomatic solution to this perpetual conflict, then I must not allow more darkness to fall upon this or any planet. Megatron must be destroyed!"
:—It's about slaggin' time, '''Optimus Prime'''.

"Your defeat was foreseen here by the ancients. What was it they wrote? 'The weak shall perish'?" 
"Do not believe everything you read."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime''', unusually philosophical in the middle of a death match.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When the flying Vehicons arrive to help retrieve the power source from the military base, the Vehicon ground units which stole it in the first place vanish.
* When Megatron arrives at the volcano, the points of his helmet disappear through his neck armor.
* As Megatron extends his blade when Optimus leaps at him, the sound effect is that of his cannon firing.
* When Optimus tries to strike the finishing blow, he's standing on Megatron's chest. Once Megatron catches the blade, Optimus is standing much further back.

===Continuity errors===
*Megatron's jet mode cannons score a direct hit on Bumblebee, yet do no apparent damage other than briefly stopping him. When Arcee was hit in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]", it nearly killed her. On a similar note, Bumblebee should have taken the brunt of the Dark Energon exposure, but only Raf shows any symptoms. Remember that Arcee was weakened by exposure to a few drops from [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'s animated corpse in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 2]]".
**However, Optimus tells Arcee to look after Raf AND Bumblebee; it's likely that Bee's just being strong for his partner's sake. Bumblebee also handled a shard of Dark Energon during "[[Out of His Head]]" without any ill effects, so maybe he's just resistant to the stuff.
*Bumblebee knows Raf is injured, so why does he drive nearly two miles (three klicks) to the battlefield instead of just calling for a [[GroundBridge]] immediately?
*Raf says he can't see without his glasses in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]", but his first person shot is perfectly clear. This is a common thing for TV and movies, but still...

===Continuity notes===
*Megatron refers to his feeling by saying "it's as if" he can hear Unicron's thoughts, which he gibbered about back in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]".
*The story revolves around the idea that Dark Energon is out in space, another "Darkness Rising" plot point. Turns out that it's not as far out as the characters think...
*Agent Fowler's men at first thought it was [[MECH]] who stole the phase conductor until they found the security image of Soundwave.
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] demonstrated that energon does not agree with human physiology in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]" and "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4|Part 4]]", which Ratchet confirms here. Apparently, Dark Energon has similar effects, but the two types cancel each other out (at least in a human).
*Arcee tells Bumblebee that she knows what it's like to see a partner <s>killed</s> harmed, referring to [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]'s death at Airachnid's claws in "[[Predatory]]". Her general speech seems to call back to the lesson she learned at the end of "[[Partners]]". Ironically, Bumblebee was the one who prevented Arcee from giving into her desire for vengeance in that episode.
*Ratchet extracts energon from Bumblebee with the same device that he used to inject himself with synthetic energon in [[Stronger, Faster|the previous episode]].

===Transformers references===
[[File:Tfprime23 unicron.jpg|right|thumb|Hey look, it's Unicron! Wait, why does he have Cyclonus's helmet horns?]]
* The [[Covenant of Primus]] first appeared in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Nemesis Part 1]]".
* Megatron and Optimus punch each other in the style of the opening credits, only on opposite sides. This isn't [[Sick Mind|the first time]] the show has done this.
* Yeah, yeah, "[[The Transformers: The Movie|One shall stand, one shall fall]]." This is the third time in this series alone, following "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]" and "[[Sick Mind]]", and that's not even including the title of THIS episode. Megatron even completes the saying for Optimus, he's heard it plenty of times by now.
* Ratchet mentions that he has known Optimus for longer than any of the other Earth-stationed Autobots, even before he was a Prime. Taking the character's appearance in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]'' into account, this would be true, as Ratchet was under the direct command of Optimus prior to, and at the start of the game's storyline.
**In comparison, the first cutscene of the Autobot campaign showed Bumblebee's first meeting with Optimus, and whilst Arcee was in the game, she never personally interacted with Optimus during the story. Bulkhead was mentioned as having joined Optimus during a later period of time.
* Megatron refers to Optimus as "the last of the Primes". He was also called this by the head of the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] in ''War for Cybertron'', upon his ascension to the rank of Prime. It is also a term used to refer to his [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|live-action film]] counterpart.
* Megatron breaks Prime's sword in the same way as in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]."

===Real-world references===
* The picture on the conspiracy website of a supposed alien looking through a window is a reference to the famed "Denver Alien" sighting where a man called Jeff Peckman claimed he filmed an extraterrestrial outside of his home.

===Trivia===
* The episode was first broadcast on Canada's Teletoon channel. It later first aired in the United States on [[September 24]], [[2011]].
* At the beginning of the episode, as Megatron explains why he sought out the blood of Unicron, Knock Out totally checks out his "nails" in the background. How vain can you get?
* Megatron laments that the only shard of Dark Energon he has is the one in his chest. It would seem that, despite his machinations being discovered, Starscream never gave Megatron's original shard back.
* Bulkhead states that he has never seen Optimus "laugh, cry or lose his cool". While it could just be an offhand expression, this inadvertently raises an interesting question as to whether Cybertronians actually have the ability to cry...[[Humanization#Crying|hmmmmmmmm]].
* Ratchet tells the kids that the title of Prime can only be earned, not inherited or born into. This is the inverse of what [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|a different Optimus]] told [[Megatron (Movie)|his archenemy]] in [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|a different universe]].
* This is the first time in the series an Autobot weaponizes a part of their [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]—in this case, Optimus's wheels on his legs.
* Ratchet actually ''laughs'' in this episode, and at a cartoon space cat, of all things!
* When Jack dials his mother, it is evident he has her on speed dial from the sound of him pushing one button on his mobile phone and the phone dialing itself.

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Um Deverá se Render''''" ("One Shall Surrender")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 9|9 April]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Prophezeiung'''" ("The Prophecy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 24|24 February]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Egyikünk elbukik'''" ("One of Us Falls")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 8|8 February]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Satu Harus Jatuh'''" ("One Shall Fall")
:*''Original airdate:'' 1 October [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'antica profezia!'''" ("The Ancient Prophecy!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 11|11 December]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ichigeki Henkei! Optimus Prime VS Megatron'''" (一撃変形!オプティマスプライムVSメガトロン, "One-Shot Transformation! Optimus Prime VS Megatron")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 8|8 September]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Godae ui Yeeon'''" (고대의 예언, "The Ancient Prophecy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 14|14 November]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 4|4 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "Uno caerá'''" ("One Shall Fall")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 21|21 July]] [[2012]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

One Shall Rise, Part 1

2015-09-23T01:24:07Z

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 24
|prev=One Shall Fall
|next=One Shall Rise, Part 2
|image=OneShallRise1-UnicronstalksCybertron.jpg
|caption=He's not the guy you want to see walking around your neighborhood at night.
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 1"
|airdate=[[October 1]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]] and [[Duane Capizzi]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots discover that Dark Energon is responsible for an epidemic of natural disasters.'''

==Synopsis==
As [[Dark Energon]] rains from the sky and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] prepares to deliver a killing blow to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], a [[GroundBridge]] opens and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] tackles Megatron. While the big guy keeps Megatron busy, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] pull Optimus through the GroundBridge. Arcee calls out to Bulkhead, who races back through the GroundBridge just before it closes. Megatron, left alone, realizes he now has all of the Dark Energon he needs.

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], Optimus is glad to see that [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] is OK, but [[June Darby|June]] reminds him that Raf's lucky to be alive. The [[Autobot]]s discuss why so much Dark Energon is on [[Earth]], though Ratchet is skeptical that it's literally the blood of [[Unicron]]. Sick of the kids being endangered, June decides to take Raf to a real hospital, and announces she's taking the other kids as well, since they don't belong in the Autobots' war. [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko]] refuses to go, and [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack]] decides to stay too. June takes off in her car with Raf. No sooner has she left than [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] contacts the Autobots to report that earthquakes have occurred simultaneously worldwide, and other disasters are springing up as well.

[[File:OneShallRise1-Bumblebeestorm.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Bumblebee keeps an eye out for flying cows.]]

As June drives away from the base, lightning begins striking the ground near her car. She swerves to avoid it, and crashes into a power pole, though neither she nor Raf are hurt. The danger is not over, however, as a tornado begins bearing down on them. June tries to escape from it, but it begins to lift the car off the ground. Help arrives in the form of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who grabs the car's front end and prevents it from flying off into the storm, while Raf climbs onto him over the hood. There's a moment of alarm as the car is ripped away, but June manages to survive clinging to the hood which Bumblebee is still clutching. Bumblebee drives the relieved pair back to the base.

Back at the volcano, the [[Decepticon]]s are busy gathering up Dark Energon and loading it aboard the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. On the ship's bridge, Megatron is suddenly seized by a vision of the Earth exploding.

Bumblebee arrives back at base, and everyone's relieved to see Raf and June safe, though she grounds Jack for disobeying her orders of going home with her. At roughly the same time, Fowler arrives to find out if the Autobots have made any progress in finding answers. Ratchet has traced the source of the earthquakes to the [[Earth's core]], and when he plays the tiny tremors as sound, everyone present hears a heartbeat. Meanwhile, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] plays the same sound to Megatron, who feels it resonating through his head.

Deep within the volcano, [[Unicron]] awakens.

Realizing that Unicron is at the Earth's core, Optimus explains to the humans present about the age-old war between [[Primus]] and Unicron, the creation of the [[Thirteen]], the [[Well of All Sparks]], and the defeat of Unicron. Fowler thinks they should find the hole Unicron crawled into the Earth through and fill it with explosives, but Optimus believes that the Earth formed around Unicron as he slept. Everyone wonders what will happen next.

[[File:OneShallRise1-Unicronaudience.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|"Nobody summons Unicron!" "Then it pleases me to be the fir- [[The Transformers: The Movie|Oh, wait."]]]]

[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] reports that the ''Nemesis'' hold is full of Dark Energon. Megatron places her in command while he goes to talk to Unicron. As the ship moves away, Megatron flies down to the lip of the volcano and beseeches Unicron to speak to him. Unicron is unimpressed with Megatron and senses the taint of Primus. Unicron is shocked that the last of the Primes still lives and tells Megatron he'll deal with it himself.

Optimus scouts one of the locations where a quake has struck and confirms that, like the others, it's rich in metals. Ratchet warns him of an increase in spark activity, and a few moments later, Unicron himself appears to Optimus as a huge, stone being. Optimus asks Unicron to consider the many [[human]]s inhabiting Earth who rely on Unicron, but Unicron considers them parasites and opts to strike Optimus with lightning instead. Optimus retaliates, blasting Unicron until the stone golem falls and crumbles into the ground. Optimus has not won, however, as more Unicrons burst out of the ground all around him.

[[One Shall Rise, Part 2|To be continued...]]

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Decepticon Miner]]s (12)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (14)
|c3=
*[[June Darby]] (7)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (8)
*[[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack Darby]] (9)
*[[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko Nakadai]] (10)
*[[William Fowler]] (11)
|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (15)
*The [[Thirteen]] (16-28, flashback)
}}

==Quotes==
"The ‘Cons killed a [[unicorn]]?" ''(Awkward silence)'' "White horse with a horn on its head... prances around all sparkly?"
:—'''Miko''' makes the first canon Unicron/unicorn joke in twenty-five years.

"It deeply grieves me that I have failed. But I will do everything in my power to ensure that no harm comes to our human friends or any human ever again." 
"Optimus…they’re children. They do not belong in your world. They should be worrying about grades, prom dates, pimples—not their own survival!"
:—A spark-to-heart in which '''Optimus''' and '''June''' don't quite see optic-to-eye.

(To June) "You're not my mother." 
"Miko..." 
"Neither are you!"
:—'''Miko''', asserting her independence—again, and '''Bulkhead''', wondering why he got the difficult partner.

"Before the beginning...there was Primus. And there was Unicron. One, the incarnation of creation—the other...of destruction. For eons, Primus and Unicron battled, the balance of power shifting between them more times than could be counted. Only by creating the Thirteen—the original Primes who preceded me—was Primus finally able to defeat Unicron and cast him out. Primus became one with the very core of our planet, creating life through the Well of All Sparks, while Unicron was never to be heard from again...until now."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' tells the tale.

"'''Silence, worm! I have no need of your lowly assistance.'''" 
"Please, my lord. I exist only to serve you." 
"'''What is this I sense? The taint of Primus? Here?!'''" 
"That is Optimus, the last of the Primes, our sworn enemy." 
"'''You profess loyalty to me, yet allow a disciple of Primus to live?!'''" 
"I will destroy him for you! His screams will be heard—" 
"'''I grow weary of your prattle. Surely if you had the power to destroy this Prime, you would have done so already. ''I'' will deal with him myself.'''"
:—Confronting '''Unicron''' himself, '''Megatron''' starts to feel a little like Starscream.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* A tornado with enough wind force to pull a car and the Autobot holding it should have sucked June and Raf in the second they exited the vehicle.
* When Optimus tries to reason with Unicron, the Chaos Bringer detaches his spikes to reveal his hands, but after Prime guns him down the spikes are back again.

===Continuity notes===
* The blade that forms from Optimus's right arm remains broken in this episode, having been damaged by Megatron in "[[One Shall Fall]]".

===Transformers references===
[[File:OneShallRise1-TheThirteen.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*[[Primus]] and his conflict with Unicron originated in [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]'s [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|'' The Transformers'' comic]] way back in the 1980s.
*The Thirteen first came into Transformers lore in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]].
*The [[Well of All Sparks]], meanwhile, originated in Dreamwave's 2003 ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' miniseries.
*When the Decepticon miners harvest Dark Energon from the volcano, it appears that some of it has been cut into [[Energon cube|cubes]].
*This episode gives direct confirmation that the [[Core]] of Cybertron ''is'' Primus. Furthermore, the appearance of the Core shown in the episode is almost identical to its appearance in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]''.
* If you look hard enough, you can see [[Solus Prime (Prime)|one]] of The Thirteen wielding [[Forge of Solus Prime|a large hammer]], [[Prima (WFC)|one wielding]] [[Star Saber (Prima)|a huge sword]], one with [[Vector Prime (WFC)|a dial on his chest]], [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|one with a familiar bearded face]], one wearing [[Liege Maximo (WFC)|a helmet with large horns]], [[Micronus Prime|one]] in a large energy sphere, and [[Onyx Prime (Prime)|one]] with bestial wing-like protrusions.
* Whilst pledging allegiance to him, Megatron proclaims himself as Unicron's "[[Herald of Unicron|Herald]]".

===Trivia===
* This episode was initially intended to air on TeleToon on [[August 28]], 2011, but its broadcast was replaced at the last minute by a rerun of "[[Predatory]]". It aired in Singapore on [[September 29]], 2011.
* This episode's intro sequence is shorter than previous ones, skipping the shots of the kids with their respective partners.
* In a difference to the usual Primus/Unicron mythos, Unicron is shown physically stomping across Cybertron (and is later described as having shed his physical form completely) and Primus is said to have ''later'' become "one" with the planet as if it pre-exists him.
* The piece of music that plays during the scene with Jack's potential separation from Arcee is the one that can be heard back during the similar situations in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]" and "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]".
* As the Autobots watch a news report of various catastrophes around the globe, the corner of the ticker running across the bottom of the screen displays mostly positive financial growth. Man, corporations ''are'' evil!
* As of this episode, June dubs Jack grounded until the age of twenty-five. Let's see how long that lasts.
*In his confrontation with Unicron, Optimus does not reveal his mask once. Perhaps he doesn't consider this a real battle for his life.
*We get to see twelve of the Thirteen. It's the first time we've seen this many of them assembled on television.
*Intentional or not, the energy blasts Unicron fires from his hands resemble the lightning that Unicrion Trilogy Megatron/Galvatron would fire from his hands in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' cartoon.

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' :*''Title:'' "'''Um Deverá Subir, Parte 2''''" ("One Shall Rise, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 16|16 April]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Prophezeiung erfüllt sich, Teil 1'''" ("The Prophecy Fulfilled, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 2|2 March]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Egyikünk állva marad, 1. rész'''" ("One of Us Remains Standing, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 9|9 February]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Satu Harus Bertahan: Kebangkitan Kegalapan'''" ("One Shall Stand: The Rise of Darkness")
:*''Original airdate:'' 2 October [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il risveglio - Prima parte'''" ("The Awakening - Part One")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 17|17 December]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kyoshin Henkei! Gaia Unicron no Shingeki'''" (巨神変形!ガイアユニクロンの進撃, "Giant God Transformation! The Advance of Gaia Unicron")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 15|15 September]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yunikeuron ui Buhwal'''" (유니크론의 부활, "Return of Unicron")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 15|15 November]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 5|5 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Uno se alzará, primera parte'''" ("One Shall Rise, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 28|28 July]] [[2012]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

One Shall Rise, Part 1

2015-09-23T00:54:30Z

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 24
|prev=One Shall Fall
|next=One Shall Rise, Part 2
|image=OneShallRise1-UnicronstalksCybertron.jpg
|caption=He's not the guy you want to see walking around your neighborhood at night.
|title="One Shall Rise, Part 1"
|airdate=[[October 1]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Nicole Dubuc]] and [[Duane Capizzi]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''The Autobots discover that Dark Energon is responsible for an epidemic of natural disasters.'''

==Synopsis==
As [[Dark Energon]] rains from the sky and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] prepares to deliver a killing blow to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], a [[GroundBridge]] opens and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] tackles Megatron. While the big guy keeps Megatron busy, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] pull Optimus through the GroundBridge. Arcee calls out to Bulkhead, who races back through the GroundBridge just before it closes. Megatron, left alone, realizes he now has all of the Dark Energon he needs.

Back at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]], Optimus is glad to see that [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] is OK, but [[June Darby|June]] reminds him that Raf's lucky to be alive. The [[Autobot]]s discuss why so much Dark Energon is on [[Earth]], though Ratchet is skeptical that it's literally the blood of [[Unicron]]. Sick of the kids being endangered, June decides to take Raf to a real hospital, and announces she's taking the other kids as well, since they don't belong in the Autobots' war. [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko]] refuses to go, and [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack]] decides to stay too. June takes off in her car with Raf. No sooner has she left than [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] contacts the Autobots to report that earthquakes have occurred simultaneously worldwide, and other disasters are springing up as well.

[[File:OneShallRise1-Bumblebeestorm.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|Bumblebee keeps an eye out for flying cows.]]

As June drives away from the base, lightning begins striking the ground near her car. She swerves to avoid it, and crashes into a power pole, though neither she nor Raf are hurt. The danger is not over, however, as a tornado begins bearing down on them. June tries to escape from it, but it begins to lift the car off the ground. Help arrives in the form of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who grabs the car's front end and prevents it from flying off into the storm, while Raf climbs onto him over the hood. There's a moment of alarm as the car is ripped away, but June manages to survive clinging to the hood which Bumblebee is still clutching. Bumblebee drives the relieved pair back to the base.

Back at the volcano, the [[Decepticon]]s are busy gathering up Dark Energon and loading it aboard the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. On the ship's bridge, Megatron is suddenly seized by a vision of the Earth exploding.

Bumblebee arrives back at base, and everyone's relieved to see Raf and June safe, though she grounds Jack for disobeying her orders of going home with her. At roughly the same time, Fowler arrives to find out if the Autobots have made any progress in finding answers. Ratchet has traced the source of the earthquakes to the [[Earth's core]], and when he plays the tiny tremors as sound, everyone present hears a heartbeat. Meanwhile, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] plays the same sound to Megatron, who feels it resonating through his head.

Deep within the volcano, [[Unicron]] awakens.

Realizing that Unicron is at the Earth's core, Optimus explains to the humans present about the age-old war between [[Primus]] and Unicron, the creation of the [[Thirteen]], the [[Well of All Sparks]], and the defeat of Unicron. Fowler thinks they should find the hole Unicron crawled into the Earth through and fill it with explosives, but Optimus believes that the Earth formed around Unicron as he slept. Everyone wonders what will happen next.

[[File:OneShallRise1-Unicronaudience.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|"Nobody summons Unicron!" "Then it pleases me to be the fir- [[The Transformers: The Movie|Oh, wait."]]]]

[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] reports that the ''Nemesis'' hold is full of Dark Energon. Megatron places her in command while he goes to talk to Unicron. As the ship moves away, Megatron flies down to the lip of the volcano and beseeches Unicron to speak to him. Unicron is unimpressed with Megatron and senses the taint of Primus. Unicron is shocked that the last of the Primes still lives and tells Megatron he'll deal with it himself.

Optimus scouts one of the locations where a quake has struck and confirms that, like the others, it's rich in metals. Ratchet warns him of an increase in spark activity, and a few moments later, Unicron himself appears to Optimus as a huge, stone being. Optimus asks Unicron to consider the many [[human]]s inhabiting Earth who rely on Unicron, but Unicron considers them parasites and opts to strike Optimus with lightning instead. Optimus retaliates, blasting Unicron until the stone golem falls and crumbles into the ground. Optimus has not won, however, as more Unicrons burst out of the ground all around him.

[[One Shall Rise, Part 2|To be continued...]]

==Featured characters==
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*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (6)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Decepticon Miner]]s (12)
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (14)
|c3=
*[[June Darby]] (7)
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (8)
*[[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack Darby]] (9)
*[[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko Nakadai]] (10)
*[[William Fowler]] (11)
|c4=
*[[Unicron]] (15)
*The [[Thirteen]] (16-28, flashback)
}}

==Quotes==
"The ‘Cons killed a [[unicorn]]?" ''(Awkward silence)'' "White horse with a horn on its head... prances around all sparkly?"
:—'''Miko''' makes the first canon Unicron/unicorn joke in twenty-five years.

"It deeply grieves me that I have failed. But I will do everything in my power to ensure that no harm comes to our human friends or any human ever again." 
"Optimus…they’re children. They do not belong in your world. They should be worrying about grades, prom dates, pimples—not their own survival!"
:—A spark-to-heart in which '''Optimus''' and '''June''' don't quite see optic-to-eye.

(To June) "You're not my mother." 
"Miko..." 
"Neither are you!"
:—'''Miko''', asserting her independence—again, and '''Bulkhead''', wondering why he got the difficult partner.

"Before the beginning...there was Primus. And there was Unicron. One, the incarnation of creation—the other...of destruction. For eons, Primus and Unicron battled, the balance of power shifting between them more times than could be counted. Only by creating the Thirteen—the original Primes who preceded me—was Primus finally able to defeat Unicron and cast him out. Primus became one with the very core of our planet, creating life through the Well of All Sparks, while Unicron was never to be heard from again...until now."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' tells the tale.

"'''Silence, worm! I have no need of your lowly assistance.'''" 
"Please, my lord. I exist only to serve you." 
"'''What is this I sense? The taint of Primus? Here?!'''" 
"That is Optimus, the last of the Primes, our sworn enemy." 
"'''You profess loyalty to me, yet allow a disciple of Primus to live?!'''" 
"I will destroy him for you! His screams will be heard—" 
"'''I grow weary of your prattle. Surely if you had the power to destroy this Prime, you would have done so already. ''I'' will deal with him myself.'''"
:—Confronting '''Unicron''' himself, '''Megatron''' starts to feel a little like Starscream.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* A tornado with enough wind force to pull a car and the Autobot holding it should have sucked June and Raf in the second they exited the vehicle.
* When Optimus tries to reason with Unicron, the Chaos Bringer detaches his spikes to reveal his hands, but after Prime guns him down the spikes are back again.

===Continuity notes===
* The blade that forms from Optimus's right arm remains broken in this episode, having been damaged by Megatron in "[[One Shall Fall]]".

===Transformers references===
[[File:OneShallRise1-TheThirteen.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*[[Primus]] and his conflict with Unicron originated in [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]'s [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|'' The Transformers'' comic]] way back in the 1980s.
*The Thirteen first came into Transformers lore in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]].
*The [[Well of All Sparks]], meanwhile, originated in Dreamwave's 2003 ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' miniseries.
*When the Decepticon miners harvest Dark Energon from the volcano, it appears that some of it has been cut into [[Energon cube|cubes]].
*This episode gives direct confirmation that the [[Core]] of Cybertron ''is'' Primus. Furthermore, the appearance of the Core shown in the episode is almost identical to its appearance in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]''.
* If you look hard enough, you can see [[Solus Prime (Prime)|one]] of The Thirteen wielding [[Forge of Solus Prime|a large hammer]], [[Prima (WFC)|one wielding]] [[Star Saber (Prima)|a huge sword]], one with [[Vector Prime (WFC)|a dial on his chest]], [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|one with a familiar bearded face]], one wearing [[Liege Maximo (WFC)|a helmet with large horns]], [[Micronus Prime|one]] in a large energy sphere, and [[Onyx Prime (Prime)|one]] with bestial wing-like protrusions.
* Whilst pledging allegiance to him, Megatron proclaims himself as Unicron's "[[Herald of Unicron|Herald]]".

===Trivia===
* This episode was initially intended to air on TeleToon on [[August 28]], 2011, but its broadcast was replaced at the last minute by a rerun of "[[Predatory]]". It aired in Singapore on [[September 29]], 2011.
* This episode's intro sequence is shorter than previous ones, skipping the shots of the kids with their respective partners.
* In a difference to the usual Primus/Unicron mythos, Unicron is shown physically stomping across Cybertron (and is later described as having shed his physical form completely) and Primus is said to have ''later'' become "one" with the planet as if it pre-exists him.
* The piece of music that plays during the scene with Jack's potential separation from Arcee is the one that can be heard back during the similar situations in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]" and "[[Darkness Rising, Part 5]]".
* As the Autobots watch a news report of various catastrophes around the globe, the corner of the ticker running across the bottom of the screen displays mostly positive financial growth. Man, corporations ''are'' evil!
* As of this episode, June dubs Jack grounded until the age of twenty-five. Let's see how long that lasts.
*In his confrontation with Unicron, Optimus does not reveal his mask once. Perhaps he doesn't consider this a real battle for his life.
*We get to see twelve of the Thirteen. It's the first time we've seen this many of them assembled on television.
*Intentional or not, the energy blasts Unicron fires from his hands resemble the lightning that Unicrion Trilogy Megatron/Galvatron would fire from his hands in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' cartoon.
*When Jack dials his mother, it is evident he has her on speed dial from the sound of him pushing one button on his mobile phone and the phone dialing itself.

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian'''
:*''Title:'' :*''Title:'' "'''Um Deverá Subir, Parte 2''''" ("One Shall Rise, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 16|16 April]] [[2012]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Prophezeiung erfüllt sich, Teil 1'''" ("The Prophecy Fulfilled, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 2|2 March]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Egyikünk állva marad, 1. rész'''" ("One of Us Remains Standing, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 9|9 February]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Satu Harus Bertahan: Kebangkitan Kegalapan'''" ("One Shall Stand: The Rise of Darkness")
:*''Original airdate:'' 2 October [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il risveglio - Prima parte'''" ("The Awakening - Part One")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 17|17 December]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kyoshin Henkei! Gaia Unicron no Shingeki'''" (巨神変形!ガイアユニクロンの進撃, "Giant God Transformation! The Advance of Gaia Unicron")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 15|15 September]] [[2012]]

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yunikeuron ui Buhwal'''" (유니크론의 부활, "Return of Unicron")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 15|15 November]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 5|5 January]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Uno se alzará, primera parte'''" ("One Shall Rise, Part 1")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 28|28 July]] [[2012]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Computron (G1)

2015-09-16T03:51:14Z

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{{disambig3|Computron}}
:''Computron is an [[Autobot]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Computron.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Probability of Devastator having bullied him in Gestalt School: 96.374%.]]
'''Computron''' is the combination of the five [[Autobot]] [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s. Typically, the [[combiner]] process dulls the wits of the individual [[Transformer]]s because the minds of the individual robots are working in tandem and may not mesh well with each other. However, such is not the case for Computron. The Technobots managed to remedy that problem by pooling their intellects as one cohesive force, but in the process, severely lagged Computron's reaction time. Before coming to any decision, Computron must analyze the opinions of every individual Technobot, resulting in his falling behind in battle. In the end, he always makes the correct choice, but more often than not it's too little, too late. Thanks for nothing, brainiac!

Computron is composed of:

* [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (leader)
* [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]
* [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]
* [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]
* [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Computron LoveAndSteel.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.15|Probability of scaring the crap out of everybody: *sigh*...100%...]]

{{quote|Brawn without brains ill-becomes a warrior, Decepticon! You're too data-deficient to even ''comprehend'' what this acid-pellet gun is doing to you!|Computron to Abominus|"[[Love and Steel!]]"}}

The [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and the [[Decepticon]] [[Horrorcon]]s [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] were busy "terrorizing" the [[Nebulan]] city of [[Splendora]] when the Technobots arrived together with [[Brainstorm]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] to save the day. Once the Terrorcons combined to form [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] ordered the Technobots to do likewise.

Computron ordered the Nebulans to find shelter, vowing to protect them. He fared well against his dim-witted opponent, first blasting the bajeezus out of Abominus with his primary weapon, then bashing him with a steel I-beam with sufficient force to shatter the Decepticon combiner into his component Terrorcons, who promptly retreated.

Computron stood by as [[Duros]] and [[Arcana]] separated from their Autobot partners to explain to the shell-shocked Nebulans that ''this'' batch of giant alien robots wasn't out to terrorize anybody. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}
{{-}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Bert Kramer]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese)|[[Dario de Castro]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Holger Schwiers]] (German, "Grimlock's New Brain"), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, "Money Is Everything")}}

[[File:Money-is-everything-computron.jpg|thumb|right|200px| ]]
After [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] created the Technobots from parts within [[Unicron]]'s head, he revealed that they had the ability to combine to form Computron to counter the new [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. Computron stated that his computation capacity was near infinite, but he lacked the knowledge to use this capacity. Grimlock then transferred his [[anti-electron]]-endowed super-intelligence to the combiner via a [[Brainwave Transfer Device|silly helmet]]. Abominus tried to crush Computron in a powerful hug, but the Technobot gestalt fought back by vibrating violently, forcing Abominus to disengage into its Terrorcon components, who fled away along with Galvatron and the rest of his minions. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

He later had a chance for a rematch with the Decepticon when the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] were found working with the [[Quintesson]]s in secret on the terraformed moon of [[Titan (moon)|Titan]]. He again defeated Abominus, this time by triggering a mechanism that the Quintessons had installed into the Terrorcons in order to limit the time they could spend in their combined form. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money is Everything}}

Abominus got Computron back when the Technobots were sent to defend [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. Almost immediately after combining, Abominus declared that "Computron think too much" and blasted him. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

{{-}}

====''The Great Transformer War'' manga====
[[File:Greattfwar rodimus.jpg|thumb|200px|left|You can ask Computron for the answer, but it'll take a while.]]

Once the Autobots rescued the scientist [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]] from Decepticon clutches, he immediately began building upgrades in Computron so he could fend off the already-upgraded Decepticon combiners.{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}} Computron initially mopped the floor with [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], but a squirt of [[Cohesive Control Liquid]] brainwashed him into working for the Decepticons. Luckily, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] retaliated with a "defense spray" that neutralized the liquid. With his mind restored, Computron made short work of Abominus.{{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}
{{--}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)

The Technobots formed Computron to assist [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] in his quest for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Computron occupied the Decepticons while Hot Rod made for Cybertron aboard the [[Trainbot|robot train]]. He tried to crush [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] with his bare hands, but failed. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Later, Computron was assembled to battle with his old nemesis Abominus. He covered the Headmasters' retreat so that they could deal with the threat of the [[Metamorphose|metal-warping meteorite]] unmolested by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}} He also helped defend [[San Francisco]] from [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and their [[buridanka|gigantic man-eating plant]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

Computron assembled on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to attack the Decepticons during Scorponok's leadership rally. The tide turned when Galvatron arrived and galvanized his troops to strike back at the Autobots. Computron was zapped by the rapidly advancing Decepticons, and fled with the other Autobots. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} He was summoned again when the Autobots' relief aid supplies for Sandra were in danger. Computron faced off against Abominus, and calculated that the most probable method of defeating his opponent was a slo-mo flying jump kick. It worked. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

When the Decepticons fled into deep space to seek out new sources of energy, the Technobots joined Fortress in hunting them down. Computron was seen battling Abominus on the [[Twin Star]] planets. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} He also confronted [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

Back on Earth, Computron was assembled several times to deal with the growing number of Decepticon attacks. He was formed in Miami to defend an Autobot energy facility from Abominus and the Decepticons, but was unable to return to Autobot City in time to save Ultra Magnus from [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} As Sixshot's attacks continued, Computron was dispatched to another site as the Autobot forces wore thin. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} Later on, Computron helped Raiden and Defensor demolish an old Decepticon base after the enemy abandoned the planet Earth. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

Computron joined the entire Autobot army in journeying to the North Pole for a climactic battle with Scorponok. He fought against the evil combiners as the battle raged. Along with all the other Autobots present, Computron lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
{{-}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' manga====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}}}
{{-}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Computron animated.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Probability of having been created by Grimlock: 33.635%]]

* Computron appeared in a single 1987 [[commercial]], also advertising [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Faced with the new Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] base in a moon-like setting, the Technobots combine into Computron. Mr. Smart Guy strides forward confidently, only to get wholloped with huge bolder thrown by Scorponok. A portion of this animation was re-used for the [[title sequence]] of "[[The Rebirth]]".

{{-}}

==Games==
===The Transformers (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Strings Kozisek]] (English)}}
====Decepticon story====
Computron was first encountered in the desert when the Decepticons investigated a drill bit made of a mysterious meteorite. He later defended the [[Enormous Laser Transmission Array]] when the Decepticons invaded ELTA looking for the [[Zel Quartz]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

==Toys==
[[File:G1Computron toy.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Probability of finding pants off the rack that fit: 0.003%]]
===Generation 1===
*'''Computron''' (1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-91'''

: Computron is formed out of all five Technobots. As a Scramble City combiner, each smaller Technobot attach as limbs into the central body, Scattershot. He is completed by attaching fists, feet, a large chestplate, head and is armed with Scattershot's rifle. Like [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], one can leave most of the smaller toys' vehicle mode weapons attached.

:As the combining connection points are on Scattershot's knees, it means there is some baggage around Computron's thighs as Scattershot's lower legs are hanging off them. Also, Nosecone is nominally Computron's left leg, but due to Nosecone's combiner connector being set further back than the hole that the foot attaches to, Nosecone makes Computron look like he's always taking a step forward. When attached as his legs, Nosecone and Lightspeed are two of the very few Scramble City-style limbs who face backwards, Lightspeed in particular due to clearance issues with his feet and Computron's footplate.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Computron/computron.htm More information on Computron at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1987/instr_computron.jpg Instructions for Computron at Botchthecrab.com]''

{{--}}

==Notes==
* Computron's standard animation model uses Lightspeed's chest as the combiner's back.
* Since the Japanese name for the Decepticons is "Destrons", any Destron subgroup names, such as "[[Combaticon (G1)|Combatron]]" or "[[Stunticon (G1)|Stuntron]]", also ended with "-tron". The association was further enforced by the presence of the individual Transformer names "Megatron" and "Galvatron". Thus Computron's name was changed to "Computicon" for the Japanese market, even though "-con" was normally used in the English-speaking market as a stock suffix for Decepticon subgroup names.{{fact}}

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Computicon''' (コンピューティコン ''Konpyūtikon'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dìan-nǎo Jīn-gāng''' (Taiwan, 電腦金剛, "Computer [[Wikipedia:Vajra|Vajra]]"), '''Jisuan Wang''' (China, 计算王, "Computing King")

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User talk:Repowers

2015-09-12T18:24:33Z

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==Commercials==
Hey, had a few questions/thoughts regarding the [[Commercial]] page and wanted to see what you thought about them.

1. The narrator for most of the RID commercials sounds like Neil Kaplan. Would you agree? I think we could email him about that through his website, but would an unpublished e-mail be good enough for confirmation?

2. Along the same vein, I'm really starting to think Even Keel is none other than David Kaye. Again, do you think it's him? We could probably get someone to ask him at BotCon this year (I'd do it myself but I'm not able to attend).

3. Found some interesting info here: http://www.kwcc.com/house/credits/lead.html
But I'm not sure just how to integrate it into the wiki, or if there's enough there to justify it.

4. Thinking about the non-network cartoon promos, what would constitute enough evidence to show it was a nationally used promo. Would clips of the same promo on two different stations be sufficient, or do we need more?

5. Came up with one more, regarding the Energon Optimus/Scorponok commercial. The static, "Each sold separately", shot of the toys doesn't just have the two featured toys. It also has Energon Unicron! I can't find any reference to a longer version of this commercial anywhere online. Is it possible a longer version of such a recent commercial could completely escape the fandom's notice? Or was it left on the cutting room floor and the end shot is all that made it to air?

6. On the subject of movie trailers, I'm not finding any evidence to support what you have listed for #2 and #3. #2 appears to be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbF4mv891Nk which is a fan-made trailer. As for #3, I can't find any example of it. The description seems to be the same as that of "Hidden". What were you basing those entries on? On a related note, the menu on disc 2 of the DVD special edition as well as the file name for the same content on the HD-DVD version refers to the teaser trailer as Teaser Trailer #1. So I think that's why the first full length trailer is listed as #2. What #3 is or was, I've no idea.

--[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 22:19, 4 May 2009 (EDT)

:Sorry I haven't addressed any of these... just haven't had time. I don't know much about the post-G1 commercials, only what I've been able to dig up online, and it's been a long time since I put some of this together. I'll try and put in some time on this next week. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 12:17, 31 May 2009 (EDT)

::Not a problem. I'm sorry about going overkill with my messages. The lack of response for so long gave me the impression you didn't know the list was here. I'll be more patient in the future.

::As for the list, take all the time you need. I'd prefer the movie trailer entry to be looked at first, if possible. I have one minor addition in that I found a third Dinobot commercial: http://www.retrostatic.com/videos/p803_sectionid/999999/p803_js_on/1/p803_fileid/483
::I'm wondering if this one ever made it to air? Some of the aesthetics are so different from other G1 commercials that it seems like a test version or something. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 23:28, 31 May 2009 (EDT)

:::Looks like you were right about the two 2007 movie "trailers". I think those are all pretty well sorted out now... unless somebody wants to start a list of Japanese ads, which would open a huge can of worms since it would mean going back to G1 as well. (that'd probably need to be a separate page.)
:::I don't have enough grasp on Neil Kaplan or David Kaye's "natural" voices to figure out if they were narrating those ads, though I'll have a listen when I have time. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 11:20, 4 June 2009 (EDT)

::::Ok, cool. Since you've been going through the 2007 Movie tv spots I thought you might want to see this list: http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2007/STUVWXYZ/Transformers/trailer.php Several of the spots you have listed appear to have actual "names" (not just according to the list but Michael Bay's MySpace account and other seemingly official sources) instead of being the "Nickelodeon spot version A". I believe there's even some that aren't currently listed.
::::Funny you should mention the Japanese ads, as I had thought about that myself. But given the can of worms as you said, plus the need for translation help, I don't know if I'd try tackling it anytime soon.
::::On a almost unrelated note, why did you remove the Micromasters commercial entry? I don't think it was redundant and I did find a video of it (Just hadn't gotten around to updating the Wiki): http://www.retrostatic.com/videos/p803_sectionid/13/p803_fileid/675/p803_js_on/1 --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 22:49, 4 June 2009 (EDT)
:::::That's the same one listed as "Micromaster Patrols", far as I can tell. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 00:20, 5 June 2009 (EDT)
:::::Holy crap, that movie spot list is AMAZING. I'm not sure what to do with all those clips... I guess they should go in their own section? Or are they even worth full entries? Dunno. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 00:57, 5 June 2009 (EDT)
::::::Ah, you are correct about the Micromaster commercials. Nice catch sir.
::::::I think for the clips we should have a section saying something to the effect of "Preview clips of the movie were released to various TV shows and websites" followed by a list of the clips with brief descriptions. They're really just single scenes shown as is, so the only things to note about them are the when and where of the release and what scene. It probably goes without saying that only clips that were released as part of Paramount's/Hasbro's promotional strategy (or through a rogue Bay) should be included. I don't particularly trust that list in regards to the descriptions of the clips. Looking through the list, I found at least one of those is actually just the final trailer. Could be other issues where the site or TV show they link to isn't where the clip originated. The other sections look like they're accurate, but I would double check the clip descriptions to be safe. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 19:05, 7 June 2009 (EDT)

I was going through [[Commercial]] again and had two sets of questions. First, I noticed that someone named the narrator for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sxMlvn3Dsw Autobot Cars plus Thrust and Dirge] as You're Gonna Get It. That edit was lost to the Bookworm crash, so I'm hoping you might know where that name came from. Related to that, I think that narrator is the same as the one used for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df5GGZ3we68 Mini-Spies] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbcwV818LuA Omega Supreme]. Do you agree?

The second set of questions is about the "Original cartoons on VHS". Is this referring to the promos that were on the tapes themselves or a spot that actually aired on TV? If it's the latter, should we add an entry for the former? --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 00:14, 17 September 2009 (EDT)

:<nowiki>*</nowiki>Nudge* Just wanted to see if you had an answer to the VHS question above. The other is just for personal curiosity so you could forget that altogether. Also want to point out my musings at [[Talk:Commercial#International Spots]] --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 02:23, 22 November 2009 (EST)
::IIRC the "cartoons on VHS" was a TV spot I found somewhere at some point. The promos on the tapes themselves is definitely worth a mention.
::I didn't add the name for the Autobot Cars spot... no idea where it came from. It's been so long since Iworked on this stuff that I don't remember much of it anymore.
::International spots? Go for it! I'd say a whole separate section at the bottom of the commercials page, rather than appending them to each franchise section. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 02:39, 22 November 2009 (EST)
:::<facepalms> I just plugged "Transformers VHS" into YouTube and the VHS TV spot was the second video listed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ_VcOThVZM]. And I have the RetroJunk link in my list of TF ad links. I have no clue why I didn't write it up when I found it or how I completely forgot I found it. Sorry for bugging you about that. Regarding the international, I'm compiling a simple list of any non-Japanese spots so I can see how much volume there is. The combined total is 29 currently. Enough for an 'international' subpage I would think. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 02:41, 23 November 2009 (EST)

==Rob's Big To-Do List!==
An ever-changing list of stuff that needs taking care of. I'll get to it eventually, but if anyone else wants to pitch in, go for it!

===Ongoing projects===
* S3 cartoon errors
* Marvel US Notes sections
**1 Synopsis
**2 Featured characters
**3 Quotes
**4 Notes
**4.1 Continuity notes
**4.3 Real-life references
**4.4 Errors
**4.6 Other trivia
**4.8 Covers (3)
**4.9 Advertisements
**5 External links
* Movie character pages - better images, vehicle mode shots (Op in DOTM, Sentinel, Dino, Dreads (group shot too)
Wreckers, assault ships, dusintegrator Rays

===Additions===
* Production info for Armada, Energon, Cybertron, Robots in Disguise.
* Packaging needs a ton of work and lots of images. Keep an eye out for MISB toy photos.
* Toyline pages: Most are just lists of toys. They need overview writeups: what common elements did the toys have, standard gimmicks, packaging notes, sub-lines, items of special note, reception by fans and general public, images of some sample toys.

==Questions to ask of official-type people==

* Furman:
** Was "Tales of Earth" designed to work around Yanniger's slow production pace?
** What was the Transformer life sign "in two parts" in US #74?
* Budiansky: was the US #5-12 written with the possibility of the series ending at #12 in mind?
* Hasbro team: can you talk a bit about "play patterns" and how they affect toy design? (word this so it doesn't sound so dumb)
* G1 crew: Were there any intentional efforts to reduce the use of certain toys in one particular media if they were heavily used in other media? Skids, for example, hardly shows up in the cartoon at all, but gets heavy promotion in the Marvel Comics. Shockwave also plays a much diminished role in the cartoon compared to his comics role.

==Comic series organization project==

MARVEL GENERATION ONE
Marvel Comics - publisher page. Short overview of the series, and links to:

The Transformers (Marvel comic) - Series overview page. Covers the US series and the UK series. Needs more images -- UK comic covers in particular.
Generation 2 (Marvel comic) - Series overview page.
G.I. Joe and the Transformers
Headmasters (comic)
Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)

Marvel_Comics_continuity - page about the continuity. Still need to link more stuff back to this page.
http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Marvel_US_issues - not so critical now that everything's got nav boxes.

DREAMWAVE GENERATION ONE
Dreamwave - publisher. Lists issues but is mostly about the company.
Dreamwave timeline
Dreamwave continuity

IDW GENERATION ONE
IDW Publishing - publisher page. Intro to rebooted continuity and list of issues ordered by date of publication.
IDW timeline
IDW continuity

DEVIL'S DUE
Devil's Due - publisher page. Short history, list of miniseries.
Devil's Due timeline - No timeline page at present.
G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity - Continuity overview page. Also lists the four miniseries. They should all link back to it.

G1 CARTOON
Generation 1 (cartoon)
Generation 1 cartoon timeline
Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)
Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)/src
No continuity page at present.

BEAST ERA CARTOONS
Beast Era - short overview page, links to main franchise pages.
Beast Wars (cartoon)
Beast Machines (cartoon)
Beast Era timeline - page doesn't exist yet.
No continuity page at present.
==Something to help your Energon recaps==

I recommend referring to NTFA for the japanese episode names and airdates of both series:

* Superlink names and airdates
* Energon names and airdates

I've added the info into the pages you've already done, so to simply follow what's already been written I recommend placing the Japanese SL airdate before the US Energon airdate in the Stats section, given that SL aired first and Energon suffered horrible gaps in episodes aired ;) --FFN 15:54, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Very late, but I just wanted to say how useful this info has been. -- Repowers 05:07, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

==Were you looking for this the other day?==

http://www.emopanda.com/tmp/Energon%20-%2017%20-%20Return%20of%20Demolisher.avi

Yeah, somebody found it for me, somewhere or other. I haven't gotten around to it yet; I've had to slow down on the Energon in general to preserve my brain cells. Thanks! -- Repowers 21:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I think that was me, and I linked you to the wrong episode marked as Return of Demolisher on Veoh. -Derik 22:04, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

==Sorry==

Sorry for overreacting. Thanks for fixing my userpage, much appreciated.--Detour 05:02, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
==Avast all-powerful Admin!==

Go port the contents of the MediaWiki:Recentchangestext talk page over to the page itself. I wants me logs back! -Derik 06:18, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure how to do this thing you speak of. You want me to move this page to this page? -- Repowers 06:27, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

So is it easier for an admin to clear out the contents of a category than to just go item-by-item? (I'm a bit unclear on how this works.) -Derik 08:10, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

If there's a way to delete multiple items, it's not showing up on my screen, and I did just spend a few minutes looking around for it. I'm just going one-by-one down the list. -- Repowers 08:11, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

The category list, or the file list? (I'm trying to figure out if there's any point to me flagging these images with a speedy deletion 'cat.) -Derik 08:19, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

Category list. I didn't know there was a file list. Maybe I need to look harder. (I have a bad habit of never going to the Special Pages list.) -- Repowers 08:22, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

Interrobang pointed it out, except you can't just delete blind, because a certain part of the way down it switches into real files. Is it any more convenient to have 'em in a category than this? -Derik 08:34, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

Arg, no, there's no mass-delete function there either. I dunno if Suki or Walky might have such an option, but I do not. Unfortunate, 'cause there's a ton of these things, and the click-click-click-back button method of deleting them is slow and painful. -- Repowers 08:38, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

Given my choices I'd just have Deceptitran do it direct-- (he's already got all the problem files scaped to his database) but he doesn't have deletion privileges. :p -Derik 08:52, 22 September 2008 (EDT)

==Sorry for that..==

Was not looking at where I was posting. Sorry again. --KyleMD03 19:01, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
==Thanks for the Transmutate finishing summary==

Thanks for finishing Transmutate. But now I'm curious...not all the episode headers are standardized or link to the next/previous ones. Should we fix that? Speedball 01:23, 25 September 2008 (EDT)

Yeah, i don't know what's up with that. Some kind of new template that they were fooling around with. -- Repowers 01:40, 25 September 2008 (EDT)

==That Nightbeat GO! box==

Those white edges are pretty raw and ugly there. I put up a PSD template [1] here for all to use, much cleaner. Give it a retry. --M Sipher 10:13, 26 September 2008 (EDT)
==Micromaster base articles, especially the Gas station==

You are the wind beneath my wings. --FFN 13:24, 26 September 2008 (EDT)

You have any idea how goddamn freezin' cold it is here in your shadow?! -- Repowers 14:49, 26 September 2008 (EDT)

Too bad. Take it up with Bette Midler. --FFN 16:10, 26 September 2008 (EDT)

==Golden One's pupil==

Identified in the dialogue script as "Old Man"; the Red Wizard in his form, meanwhile, is identified as "Monk". Kinda funny when you consider they identify the Red Wizard's PET with a name... --Monzo 13:46, 29 September 2008 (EDT)

Does the script actually call the winged thing "sweet pet", like a name and not just an abstract term of 'affection'? -- Repowers 14:34, 29 September 2008 (EDT)

==Can I get you anything?==

Cold flannel? Chicken soup? Stomach pump? You must be a physical and mental wreck after that horrifying effort. Summarizing the whole of Energon should be the dictionary definition of taking one (or fifty-one) for the team. - Chris McFeely 21:09, 1 November 2008 (EDT)

You can find someone to take on Armada in its entirety, thereby ensuring that any lingering notions I might have of taking it on myself are well and truly squashed. Oy! -- Repowers 21:20, 1 November 2008 (EDT)

==A heads up==

Particularly unobservant people on TFW2005.com are discussing creating articles on TFW Funnies or whatever the hell they are on this wiki. So yeah, just a heads up in case anybody decides it would be a good idea to create articles on TF webcomics and fan fiction. --FFN 13:57, 17 December 2008 (EST)
==Flyer scans==

Hey Rob, I've added some flyer pages and brought a bunch of others up to speed, so I hope your friggin' happy. One that I don't have, though, is "The battle is far from over!", and I was wondering if you can make more scans of it. I'd like to see... well, basically all of it, but I'm thinking the front, folded up (to match the others) and the S.T.A.R.S. recruitment blurb in particular. Basically, whatever content is different from Reinforcements from Cybertron!, since I think this would be the very first mention of S.T.A.R.S., and I'd like to know exactly how it was initially presented. Thanks! - Jackpot 22:47, 28 December 2008 (EST)

Well it's about damn time!! :P I'll try and scan that one this evening and post it up somewhere. -- Repowers 14:28, 29 December 2008 (EST)

* Outside fold
* Inside fold

Go nuts! -- Repowers 00:13, 30 December 2008 (EST)

Nuts gone! Thank you muchly, sir. - Jackpot 04:27, 30 December 2008 (EST)

==US/UK navboxes==

From this earlier revision of your talk page: "Looks like the proper way to do it, but seeing Headmasters chopped up like that hurts my head."

Yeah, the slicing and dicing of headmasters was kind of a headache for me too, but looking through the issues and usch, it seems that this crazy wrongheaded order is the best way to do it. I'll stop futzing with the nav link chains on my UK re-formatting efforts. -- G1MarvelBlaster 08:58, 30 December 2008 (EST)

It's definitely screwy, but then, so was the original publication format. I console myself by remembering that if someone wants to thumb through the full sequence of Headmasters issues, there's the US nav links right above the UK ones. -- Repowers 14:25, 30 December 2008 (EST)

Heaven forfend we should have an alternate set "reading order" links when publication order doesn't measure up. No, that would be just silly. What kind of drunken fool would propose such a thing when the navbox template was being developed? "If we have a reading order function it'll save a lot of angst and headaches over peopel who want the forward-and-back publication order links to represent a reading order." Utter poppycock! -Derik 18:16, 6 January 2009 (EST)

*wonders if this is a good time to mention that, while going through and reformatting lots and lots of comic pages, she has thought about how awesome it would be to set up reading order lists for the various series and have the infoboxes automatically call them somehow instead of futzing with manual prev/next links*
I even know a way to possibly auto-prev and next comic series that are "Name issue #" thanks to something I had to cook up for my own personal wiki... --Jeysie 18:47, 6 January 2009 (EST)

==CamelCase variants==

The search function doesn't care how many capital letters you put in your search term, it'll take you to "BotCon", even if the "Botcon" page does not exist. —Interrobang 18:09, 6 January 2009 (EST)

Fer real? I've had lots of case-based search problems in the past, thought that was with multiple search terms. -- Repowers 18:12, 6 January 2009 (EST)

Yeah. "CRACK", "crack", "CrAcK", and "cRaCk" all take you to "Crack" if you enter them into the search box. —Interrobang 18:21, 6 January 2009 (EST)

...And it turns out this doesn't work on articles with CamelCase titles. Urgh. —Interrobang 18:24, 6 January 2009 (EST)

==Er...?==

Not that I think they're needed, but is there a reason you're deleting all the redirects Siph and Monzo created over the past few days? It's just kind of weird seeing their creation clogging up the recent changes, and now they're all deleted again.--RosicrucianTalk 16:42, 17 January 2009 (EST)

cur) (last) 18:22, 2 July 2006 M Sipher (Talk | block) (24 bytes) (Shortround (UT) moved to Shortround)
2006 is "the last couple of days"? -- Repowers 16:48, 17 January 2009 (EST)

Maybe I'm misjudging. Was all the recent activity on those marking them for deletion, then?--RosicrucianTalk 16:51, 17 January 2009 (EST)

Yeah. We stopped using (UT) ages ago (almost none of them are linked from anything -- I've been checking and fixing as needed.) I'm kinda shocked that there are this many still hanging around. -- Repowers 16:52, 17 January 2009 (EST)

I could also be going crazy, because I can't find the edits in question. Of course, that's likely because you've just deleted them :P--RosicrucianTalk 17:01, 17 January 2009 (EST)

I think you're confusing Monzo and Sipher labelling them for deletion as them creating the redirects. Since they put the delete template below the redirect code, the edit summaries automatically come up as "Redirected to X". —Interrobang 17:04, 17 January 2009 (EST)

Ah, so THAT is why some of them automatically redirected and others didn't. Innnnnteresting.
And yeah, last night in IRC Siph is all "Monz why don't you just nuke that (UT) junk" and Monz is all like "OMG DUDE LOL I'm totally not an admin." -- Repowers 17:07, 17 January 2009 (EST)

==Quote purging?==

Just out of curiousity, what's with all the quote deletions on the Animated episode pages? I don't really see any reason to delete them. It seems to be a shame, really. --Nightshade83 15:41, 28 January 2009 (EST)

It's come up many times that these sections are longer than they need to be. Most of the ones I'm cutting aren't particularly noteworthy or interesting or good or even comprehensible out of context. If anything, I'm being extremely lenient in what I cut. -- Repowers 15:44, 28 January 2009 (EST)

The quote sections are growing out-of-control . . . pruning them is a valuable service, IMO. --Jimsorenson 15:45, 28 January 2009 (EST)

Ah okay. I was just wondering, that's all. --Nightshade83 15:49, 28 January 2009 (EST)

Also -- a lot of these aren't really even quotes in a functional sense. They're transcriptions of entire scenes (which, like the first quote on Megatron Rising I, may be fun or memorable scenes, but not feature especially noteworthy dialog), or descriptions of action which happen to have some words in the middle of them, or attempts to transcribe a moment of particularly memorable voice acting, or totally mundane quotes that are only there because someone thought of a cute commentary to put after it (or worse still, a really-stretching OMG G1 cross-reference.) But that's not what a quote is really supposed to be. A quote should be memorable or clever or character-defining even out of context, even without scene descriptions, even if a person's never seen the episode. It should be relatively short and succinct, require minimal description, and not rely on prior knowledge to make sense. -- Repowers 16:01, 28 January 2009 (EST)

==Categories in Preview mode==

They're still there. You just have to scroll waaaaay down to see 'em.--RosicrucianTalk 20:03, 3 February 2009 (EST)
==Other Books

* Bunch here

* More here

I'd never even heard of some these before, like the Decepticon Camp one. --Monzo 00:35, 12 February 2009 (EST)

EDIT: Actually, this looks like this is the full gallery for that first page. Oops. --Monzo 00:38, 12 February 2009 (EST)

Aw man, just when I thought I was starting to get a grip on all this stuff. I both love and hate you for this. :D -- Repowers 00:39, 12 February 2009 (EST)

==Rob's Big To-Do List!==
An ever-changing list of stuff that needs taking care of. I'll get to it eventually, but if anyone else wants to pitch in, go for it!

'''General cleanup:'''
* Production info for ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'', ''[[Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'', ''[[Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'', ''[[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]''.
* [[Pack-in flyer]] - cleanup? Split? additions?
* Find a better front image for [[toy]].
* [[Universe (2003 comic)]] issues are still a mess. They should all look like [[G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers_II_issue_2|this page]] when all's said and done.
** Overview page looks awful.
** Most issue pages look awful.
** The caption "The universe is very large place." has not been used. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE.
* UK Annual text stories -- which ones fit with the mainline comic?
** [[Trigger-Happy!]] - has Megatron and Scoop on Earth, so, no.
** [[The Quest!]] - one of those recap-the-storyline ones.
** [[The Return of the Transformers]]
** [[To a Power Unknown!]]
** Headmasters retelling trio
** [[Plague of the Insecticons!]]
** [[Hunted!]]
** [[Missing in Action]]
** [[The Mission]]

* UK Future Autobot stories -- cross-link somehow?
** [[Ark Duty]]
** [[Prime's Rib!]]
** [[Ark Duty]]
** [[Target: 2006]]
** Death's Head / Legacy of Unicron / Space Pirates
** [[Time Wars]]
** Dystopic future saga
** [[Aspects of Evil!]]
** [[Peace]]

'''Toyline pages:''' Most of these are just straight lists of toys. They need overview writeups: what common elements did the toys have, standard gimmicks, packaging notes, sub-lines, items of special note, reception by fans and general public, images of some sample toys.
* [[Generation 1 (toyline)]] -- Just about perfect.
* [[Generation 2 (toyline)]] -- needs re-writing, and images.
* [[Movie (toyline)]] -- main line has writeup & images. Many sublines have nothing. Add cross-sells.
* [[Beast Machines (toyline)]] - needs images/cross-sells.
* [[Robots in Disguise (toyline)]] - needs images/cross-sells.
* [[Cybertron (toyline)]] - cleanup, images.
* [[Beast Wars (toyline)]] - cleanup.
* [[Machine Wars]] - needs a few images.
* [[Universe (2003 toyline)]] - Needs more write-up, and images. Purple Silverbolt would be ideal. Or catalog.

'''Standard format:'''
* [[Armada (Panini comic)]]

==Comic series organization project==
MARVEL GENERATION ONE
 [[Marvel Comics]] - publisher page. Short overview of the series, and links to:
::[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)]] - Series overview page. Covers the US series and the UK series. Needs more images -- UK comic covers in particular.
::[[Generation 2 (Marvel comic)]] - Series overview page.
::[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]
::[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters (comic)]]
::[[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)]]
 [[Marvel_Comics_continuity]] - page about the continuity. Still need to link more stuff back to this page.
 http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Marvel_US_issues - not so critical now that everything's got nav boxes.

DREAMWAVE GENERATION ONE
 [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] - publisher. Lists issues but is mostly about the company.
 [[Dreamwave timeline]]
 [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity]]

IDW GENERATION ONE
 [[IDW Publishing]] - publisher page. Intro to rebooted continuity and list of issues ordered by date of publication.
 [[IDW timeline]]
 [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]

DEVIL'S DUE
 [[Devil's Due Press]] - publisher page. Short history, list of miniseries.
 [[Devil's Due timeline]] - No timeline page at present.
 [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity]] - Continuity overview page. Also lists the four miniseries. They should all link back to it.

G1 CARTOON
 [[Generation 1 (cartoon)]]
 [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline]]
 [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)]]
 [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)/src]]
 No continuity page at present.

BEAST ERA CARTOONS
 [[Beast Era]] - short overview page, links to main franchise pages.
 [[Beast Wars (cartoon)]]
 [[Beast Machines (cartoon)]]
 [[Beast Era timeline]] - page doesn't exist yet.
 No continuity page at present.



==Testing Comics nav template for mini-series==

'''''The Transformers: Infiltration''''' is the first in a line of miniseries by [[IDW Publishing]] set in a "re-boot" of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] continuity, bringing the presence on [[Earth]] of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s into the present day and placing the "robots in disguise" concept firmly in the forefront of its narrative. Infiltration is set in the same time period as ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer |The Transformers: Stormbringer]]'' and both are followed by ''[[The Transformers: Escalation]]''.

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...man, that doesn't really work, does it. What comes next -- ''Stormbringer''? ''Escalation''? One of the ''Spotlight''s?
:IDW's timeline is epochal, with each successive era marked by it's G1 miniseries. There may be other events that take place between the minis-- even (in the case of Stormbringer) major events but the G1 minis are the 'core' of the brand. We need a markup that recognizes this. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 11:08, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
::Yeah, that makes sense... so long as they all also link back to a continuity page so the complete picture is available as well. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 15:01, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
:::I know I'm really late, but the IDW TPBs are numbered. Volume 1 is Infiltration, 2 is Stormbringer, and 3 is Escalation. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 18:47, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
::::Ah, handy! Will adjust accordingly. I kinda gave up on the mini-series nav box idea anyway -- it seems a bit like overkill. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 19:12, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

==Images==
Hi, as the self-appointed pics guy (as I probably upload the most pics here), I'd suggest that you use Photoshop to edit out the backgrounds of the MTMTE scans you upload, so we're left with a nice, white background that matches the default colour of the wiki.

I'd also advise you to use copyright tags when uploading images such as:

<nowiki>{{hastak}}</nowiki> for Hasbro/Takara-owned images such as stock toy photos or screencaps.

<nowiki>{{comicinterior}}</nowiki> for comic page scans (which apply for the MTMTE series).

<nowiki>{{comiccover}}</nowiki> for comic covers.

<nowiki>{{fairuse}}</nowiki> for general pictures relating to Transformers but not exactly owned by Hasbro, or its a legal grey area. This can be used when you upload toy photos that you didn't take yourself.

A tip for recognising artists - [[Don Figueroa]] is VERY prolific in the MTMTE series, and you can tell which works are his by by their big hands with vents on the back of them, which are his trademark. Another trademark of his is cyclindrical piping on the edges of limbs, particularly the thighs. Also, most artists tended to be assigned all the art for a particular subgroup or team.

If in doubt, use <nowiki>{{artist?}}</nowiki> and it will be added to the category of art by undetermined artists.

Finally, I would advise caution in using so many pictures from a single source, as it would be hard to argue fair use. -[[User:FFN|FFN]] 19:12, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

:Thanks for the tips. I may not have time to follow up on 'em all today but I will soon. Ish.

:The toy photos, FYI, are all my own. Isn't there some "I hereby release into public domain blah blah blah" template for that sort of thing? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 19:29, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

::I don't believe we do, at least to my knowledge. You can just say something like 'Photos by [[User:Repowers]], released to the public domain.'

::I've started adding tags to the pictures you've uploaded, but I'll leave the toy pics alone now. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 19:39, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

===Slog===
Can you scan a picture of Slog's MTMTE robot mode? I prefer to use some kind of uncluttered 'profile' pic if possible for the main article picture, and comic panels for the fiction section (since there isn't anything there in the Marvel section anyway). Assumign the scan of is good quality, I suggest using the magic wand tool in photoshop to cut out the background, leaving a nice, white crisp background behind the character.

I'm going to request the deletion of the beast mode picture because we can't fit it anywhere in the article, and we should only have one picture up at the start.

Formatting tip - when you don't want images to jut into other article sections or mess up the formatting, use <nowiki>{{-}}</nowiki> instead of a bunch of return key strokes :D --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 04:53, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

==US/UK Navboxes==
Following is the sequence that should be used for the remaining UK stories as their pages are created. See also:
[http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:Repowers&oldid=128717 older list] rationalizing the order of pages already created.

232-235: King Con, Small War, Prime's Rib, Deathbringer

236-239 Wrestling, Way/Savage/Survival

240-242 Back from Dead, Out to Lunch, RAge, Assault

243-245 Resurrection Gambit, Mind Games, Two MEgs, Underworld

246-248 All the Familiar, Demons, Dawn of Darkness, Fallen Star

249-251 Skin Deep, Whose LIfeforce, Greatest Gift, The Void.

252-255 Yesterday's Heroes, Edge of Impact, Shadow of Evil, White Fire

256-261 Perchance, Primal Scream, Starting Over

262-264 Bird of Prey, Two STeps BAck, Break away, Desert Island risks

282-285 Kings of the Wild Frontier, Shut Up, Maneuvers, Assassins, External Forces

286-289 Deadly Obsession ,Lesser Evil, Frontline, INside Story, End of the Road

==Older Discussion==
I'm bringing this up to you since you seem to be the main person integrating them. It seems unelegant, but at the same time the simplest solution. Could their simply be two navboxes on each (relevant) issue page? One for the US comic, and one for the UK?

It looks like the shared stories are summarized under their US issue numbers, using [[Deadly Obsession]] as a single example. It wouldn't be much to edit these pages to make their UK numberings a bit more prominent; a navbox would actually take care of that fine.

It would also require some minor edits to link seperate second-story-only pages to the stories which they share books with. Just something like "UK issue #254 also contained [[White Fire]]." I think that could be fit into the UK navbox, or worked in with the initial information block containing the reprint notice is.--[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 02:36, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
:If possible, putting it in a single navbox would be best allowing for as many listings as needed for the various reprints, as well as a "printed with" below the next and previous links. I don't think anything has been reprinted more than three times in a comic series. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 02:57, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
::Oh lordy lordy, the whole thing's such a headache I don't wanna think about it just now. But you're right, we do need to address it sooner or later, somehow. Someone who knows something about setting up nav boxes should probably decide how it's best done, though.
::There aren't any UK issues with *two* original stories in them, right? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 06:16, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
:::I dunno about the Titan comics, but there was only one Marvel UK comic with more than two TF stories period (issue 232, which had a US story, the end of a UK reprint and the start of a new UK story. I've thought it over, and figured it would be best for one navbox per series instead od one with every comic series the story was printed in. That way, there would only be at most two sets of "next" and "previous" links, which could be done by adding some optional parameters to the current template.
The one problem is how to deal with stories printed in the same issue. Few of the B&W UK strips are multi parters, so some US reprints have three or four UK backup strips. Not to mention the ''Transformers Magazine'' of the current Titan comics. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 17:06, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
:Got it made up. The real beauty is no change need to be made for issues not reprinted in the same series.

{{User:FortMax/Template:Comicnav | The Transformers (Marvel comic) | Issues #s 13 - 17 | seriesname=Marvel UK | prev=Man of Iron (story) | next=Raiders of the Last Ark | issuenumber2=Issue #s 308 - 317 | prev2=In the National Interest | next2=The Big Shutdown! }}

{{User:FortMax/Template:Comicnav | The Transformers (Marvel comic) | Issues #s 13 - 17 | seriesname=Marvel UK | prev=Man of Iron (story) | next=Raiders of the Last Ark }}

--[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 18:24, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

::Hrm. I'm not sure why we even need to worry about the reprinted stories -- they're just straight reprints of previous stories, right? The chain of links should just run straight through the set of stories once, in the order it was published. Why not just skip the reprints? If we want to record the info, it should just go as a note as on the story's page. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 21:03, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

:::I was thinking the same thing. The main Marvel Comic page lists everything as issue numbers, but the actual individual pages are made for stories, not issues. So we take Story X. In the UK, Story X is followed by Story Y. In the US, Story Y wasn't printed and story X is followed by Story W. A UK Navbox would, from X's page, link "Y" as "Next->", and the US would link W as "Next->".

:::Now, I'm not very familiar with the original printing format, so this may be all hypothetical. Given what I just pointed out about the organization of the pages... standalone backup strips can either be "pooled", set aside, and then inserted into the "navbox stream" after the main story they backed up. Or, they can (more simply) share story pages with their appropriate main story. My first solution would allow for shorter, more concise story pages, the second would better preserve the issue sequence of the "<-prev/next->" links.

:::I feel like I might not be communicating my ideas properly, so please tell me if I need to clarify! --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 21:39, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
::::I think I gotcha. It looks like we've already got a precedent, with (for example) "[[Perchance to Dream]]" having its own page. I don't know what else was in those 6 issues, but presumably it was something that's already covered in the US issues.
::::I suppose someone could come into the list link for, say, UK #259, looking for "[[Perchance to Dream]]", only to find "[[The Primal Scream|Primal Scream]]". ("Perchance" ran #255-260; on our list, it's linked from #255-258.) But anyone with that specific a knowledge of the UK stories will probably be able to figure it out... especially if there's a handy nav box to lead them to the previous and next story.
::::The contents of each UK issue could maybe be summarized along with the "also printed in..." note for the UK, though that's maybe getting a bit unwieldy. Not having a big list of what's in which issue hurts. Does such a thing exist on the net anywhere? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 21:58, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
:::::If one isn't found by late tonight I'll take a stab at compiling one. I didn't find much on a (very brief) Google search for "transformers uk issue list". The best possible chance I can think of for finding one would... be on Iggy's old links page, and I wasn't able to pull that up on Internet Archive immediately. Like I said, though I'll have more time later tonight. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 22:19, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
::::::Heck, come to think of it? We should just have that list as a wiki page. Then the story pages can just be story pages, instead of trying to describe what parts of what are in which issue (ie, Perchance is spread across 6 issues. Are we gonna have 6 notes on the Perchance page? "#255 had Part 1 of Perchance and the second part of blah blah whichever story". Sounds messy and to be avoided.) Not sure how the issues would link back to it... maybe from the Marvel G1 page. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 22:47, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
Got your list [http://tfarchive.com/comics/marvel/index.php?s=storylist here] --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 00:05, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

==To-do-list==
Oh, I thought the to-do list was for yourself. You know, like a list of New Years Resolutions. ...you're not one of THOSE people, are you? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:56, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
:It is, mostly, yeah. But if anybody wants to pitch in, that'd be nice too. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 03:41, 20 November 2007 (UTC), one of THOSE people.

== Good job ==

Hey nice edits man. You fix grammar too. Also I like the way you always edit things because what you did was impressive.([[User:76.195.186.73|76.195.186.73]] 00:12, 4 December 2007 (UTC))

You're doing a heckuva job, Powersy. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 20:33, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I just went to fix the 1992 Annual entry after realising my mistake, and you've already done it! Quick work. --[[User:Specimen-17|Specimen-17]] 20:18, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

== Carnivac ==
The deletion of your paragraph wasn't intentional. This is the third time this has happened to me, twice today alone. I initiate an edit, go through all the text carefully to check for spelling, punctuation, etc., and by the time I'm done, someone else has already made another edit. However, when I submit my edit, I get no "out of date version" warning; it's simply processed as normal. As noted on [[User_talk:Apcog|my Talk page]] in a discussion with [[User:M Sipher|Sipher]], the wiki response was very sluggish for me this afternoon, which may or may not have had anything to do with it.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:20, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
:Ah, okay, fair enough. Sorry if I seemed like I was jumping down your throat. :] -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 03:11, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
::No need to apologize; you weren't harsh at all. I'm annoyed with the situation, not the people bringing it to my attention.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 06:33, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

== Package art ==

[http://www.botchthecrab.com/gallery.asp?gallery=7 This'll help] with the back-of-package art info! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 20:53, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

==Template names==
Hey, Rob -- you might be done creating nav templates now anyway, but just in case you are planning to do more: I recommend using all lowercase letters in the name of any template you create. It looks like there was already a mixture of cases in the nav templates when you started making yours, but, if template names are always all-lowercase, that just makes it easier to remember. Like all wiki pages with initial capital letters, something like [[Template:Nav-armada]] can be called with <nowiki>{{nav-armada}}</nowiki>, ignoring the initial capital. But if there's a capital letter in the middle somewhere, you ''have'' to match it or the link doesn't work. I'll put it on my todo list to go through all the templates and remove extraneous capital letters... But for future reference, please stick to lowercase. :) --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 05:19, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
:If it comes up again, I'll stick to lower case. I was just following what seemed to be the precedent, but what you say about linking makes a lot of sense. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 06:43, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

==Screencaps==
You've got some fantastic screencaps from the G1 cartoon on your blog. Any chance we could use some for episode/character pages? -- Repowers 19:23, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
:Why, thanks. The site is a little obsession of mine. I'd post more pictures on this wiki, but I haven't had the time. Do have some specific ones in mind you want? --[[User:Suzyprime|Suzyprime]] 19:37, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
::None in particular at the moment -- I was just skimming. Some of the group shots would be good for the main G1 cartoon page. Other than that, every episode page ought to have a couple of screencaps; likewise for character pages. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 19:54, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

== Protoform Toys ==

Awww...after all I went through to be sure the parallel versions were all accurate, too. Oh well, at least one of my captions survived, and the individual toy pages are fixed.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 15:47, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
:My sole purpose in life is to torment you thus! BWAAHAHAHA.
:Seriously... I almost purged the whole section before realizing it is a good idea to at least have some mention of toy incarnations. But IMO it's asking for trouble to have the same info repeated in two places like that. They'll inevitably drift apart. Anyways, what with this whole "World Wide Web" thing, we can just link from one location to the other and save ourselves the trouble! -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 16:03, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
::Ehn, I wasn't objecting to the deletion on principle or anything, just expressing disappointment that I'd expended some effort for nothing. As noted, the fixes still exist on Prime and Starscream's toy pages, so it's not like ''all'' the work was for naught.
::I kinda miss my revised Starscream caption, but I'll live.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 16:34, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

==Show bible==
... came "much, much later"? What, exactly, the ''hell''? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 19:32, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
:Who on ATT in 1994 had read the show bible? NOBODY, that's who! It was not a consideration until years later. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 19:37, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

== "error" in Prime spotlight ==

''Bristleback asks a question ("Which is?"), and Birdbrain starts to answer it ("SMASH our way in..."). However, in the following panel, Bristleback is shown finishing Birdbrain's sentence ("...and kill WHOEVER and WHATEVER we find inside!")''

: Not an error, here's why... In the panel before, one of them (not pictured) says "It it him?" [referring to Omega]. Then someone says "Only one way to find out." Then, as above, Bristleback says "Which is?" [referring to how they would find out]. Birdbrain says "Smash our way in" and Bristleback finishes the sentence, "...and kill WHOEVER and WHATEVER we find inside!" In other words, Birdbrain started to answer the question and Bristleback decided to add his 2 cents in.
:I really don't think it's an error, it makes sense to me. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 17:49, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
::So Bristleback doesn't know what they're going to do, and asks, and after three words from Birdbrain he suddenly answers his own question? Given IDW's propensity for screwing up their speech balloons, combined with the obscurity of the individual Pretender Monsters, I think it's an honest error. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 18:13, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
:::No biggie. However, they didn't correct it in the TPB. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 22:53, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
::::Y'know, I was thinking that'd be a good litmus test, actually. In light of that, I'm gonna re-write the note in a more neutral tone. I still think it ''could'' be an error, again owing to the obscurity of the characters, but the lack of a correction makes it a less solid case than I thought it was. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 01:40, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
:::::seems fair. cheers! --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 04:37, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

==Boxart copyright==
If the boxart belongs to either Hasbro or Takara (as boxart generally does), then we normally use the <nowiki>{{hastak}}</nowiki> tag, since it mentions the fair use provision of United States copyright law. But I guess the fair use tag is fine, too :) --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 02:53, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
:Ah, thanks for the heads-up. I wasn't aware of the difference. Will adjust accordingly! -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 02:57, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

==Something to help your Energon recaps==
I recommend referring to NTFA for the japanese episode names and airdates of both series: 
*[http://www.ntfa.net/ntfa/japan/SLeplist.php Superlink names and airdates]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/ntfa/energon/eplist.php Energon names and airdates]

I've added the info into the pages you've already done, so to simply follow what's already been written I recommend placing the Japanese SL airdate before the US Energon airdate in the Stats section, given that SL aired first and Energon suffered horrible gaps in episodes aired ;) --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 15:54, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

:Very late, but I just wanted to say how useful this info has been. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 05:07, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

== How does a plot NOT conclude successfully? ==

I of course feel that the platonic ideal of a plot not concluding successfully in any meaningful fashion whatsoever, a comic that just leaves you scratching your head and wondering why they even roused Rob Ruffolo out of whatever alcoholic haze he was in prior to drawing it, would have to be [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] [[Micromasters]].--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 23:17, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
:Hahahahaha. I was thinking nearly the same thing even as I wrote it. XD -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 23:19, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

=="Worthless piece of stupid trivia?"==
Buddy, I've seen a ''lot'' of "worthless pieces of stupid trivia" on here, of the irrelevant, personal canon, and/or just plain inaccurate kind. A while back, I had a huge debate with some editors on here over a trivia post I made on Blackarachnia's article stating how her telekinesis ''may'' have originated from her mind link with Tarantulas, with them saying that was wrong and had no basis in fact when it was "obvious" that she got it from the Transmetal driver, an opinion that was just as much speculation as they claimed the mind-link thing was. The editors here are mostly idiotic hypocrites that like to toss out anything that doesn't fit into their own "personal canon" as invalid for this wiki. I know for a fact that quite a few RiD fans joke about Scourge having Kelly's DNA in him makes him a transgender (as I said in Scourge's article's discussion, Ben Yee's TF forum made quite a few cracks about that), so it's valid. [[User:64.13.101.210|64.13.101.210]] 00:28, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
:It is valid to discuss Scourge having Kelly as part of his biosignature, since he actually does according to the show. Notice the great contrast between that and, say, Blackarachnia's telekinesis being caused by Tarantulas, which is something you just made up. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 00:52, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
:You're not listening to me. Go do something useful. This isn't it. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 02:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

== Hosehead ==

Your caption fu is mighty. [[User:JW|JW]] 19:49, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

== Selling toys Sandbox ==

Good work. A few comments/suggestions, mainly on bits imported:

''The Hasbro-induced need to show all the toys can also cause stories to suddenly focus on a new character, sometimes dropping ongoing plot threads about older ones. Examples include:
* ''The comic issue [[Pretender to the Throne!]]''

This isn't clear for anyone unfamiliar with the comic and even if one is it's not really clear how this one jars too much, particularly as it does pick up on Goldbug and Fort Max getting new bodies and leads into the next battle with Ratbat's Decepticons. I'd say the disjointed narrative problems the comic story had in 1988 are more down to having two Autobot factions and two Decepticon factions all running around on or in orbit around Earth, requiring each to take a back seat from time to time (and the UK comic makes it worse by throwing in a third earthbound Decepticon faction, the Autobots on Cybertron, the Transformers in the future and various mavericks) and the need to tie up loose ends (and cartoon adaptations) than the requirement to sell toys.

* ''Mainframe planned to use [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]] in ''Beast Wars'', but [[Tigatron]] appeared instead because he had an upcoming toy (and to save money as his cgi model was only a slight tweak of Cheetor's).''

That didn't really involve dumping any old characters. Scorponok taking a backseat to Inferno might be a better example but it's been a while since I've seen the first season of Beast Wars to be sure if that was the case.

* ''In the Marvel comics, the simultaneous introduction of the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] and [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], and the introduction of the Pretenders, saw a lot of rigamarole involved in explaining why both the Autobots and the Decepticons had new members with identical gimmicks at the same time.''

True in the UK comic but I can't recall any talk at all in the US one about Megatron explicitly copying the Aerialbots' combining ability for the Stunticons. The Head, Target and Power masters may be better examples.

''Power levels''

If you need a comic example, Omega Supreme annihilates six Decepticons in his first appearance over just a few pages (and would have got two more if they hadn't flown away). But in a later issue he's shown losing the return battle with just Buzz Saw!

* ''Megatron is turned into Galvatron three times - at the end of each series, he's turned back into Megatron but with a different body. This is due to Hasbro wanting to keep the [[trademark]]s "Megatron" and "Galvatron" as well as to sell more toys.''

Which era does this refer to?

* ''Numerous characters are killed in the Marvel UK comics saga [[Time Wars]]. The Grim Reaper seemed to spare either popular characters (Megatron and Shockwave) or newer characters ([[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]], [[Catilla (G1)|Catilla]], [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], for example.)''

Erm the Terrorcons in Time Wars were from the future and there were enough problems with future characters dying in the present day already. And their contemporary versions ''were'' killed off in the Underbase Saga.

Otherwise the piece looks a good rewrite/slim down so far.

[[User:Timrollpickering|Timrollpickering]] 19:36, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
:Thanks for the feedback. Some of that's just stuff that I didn't quite finish writing out as well, or didn't give additional context after pulling it from its original fiction section. Ironically, I think the page is actually a little bit ''longer'' than the pre-revision version. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 23:41, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

== Were you looking for this the other day? ==

http://www.emopanda.com/tmp/Energon%20-%2017%20-%20Return%20of%20Demolisher.avi
:Yeah, somebody found it for me, somewhere or other. I haven't gotten around to it yet; I've had to slow down on the Energon in general to preserve my brain cells. Thanks! -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 21:17, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
::Yeah, I think that was me, and I linked you to the wrong episode marked as Return of Demolisher on Veoh. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 22:04, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

== MediaWiki Stuff That Exists and How to Find It ==

[[Special:AllMessages]]

...not the most user-friendly organized list out there, to be sure, but it is a full list. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 15:03, 7 May 2009 (EDT)

== Magazine ==

According to my issue, the 3H club magazine was called "The Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine". The "the" is on the front outside cover but is not capitalized in the notes on the inside cover. --[[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 14:05, 24 May 2009 (EDT)

== Micromaster catalogues? ==

Hey Rob, seeing as wot you're uploading pics of the two teams that this question relates to - do you happen to have the instructions/catalogs for the MC reissues of the Train Team and the Turbo Team? Cause those are the only two that we need a picture from to complete the [[The Transformers: Micromaster|Micromaster Collection]] page's story section, all illustrated-like. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 10:59, 30 May 2009 (EDT)
:See if any of these are what you need: [http://www.builtstlouis.net/journal4/sixteams/ Core dump of my MM reissue scans] -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 13:16, 30 May 2009 (EDT)

== Amory's Page ==

Mrr. Sorry about that, I usually am instead writing out issue/episode synopses that use the present tense, and didn't even realize this time that I'd goofed. 
On that note, the likely reason it read similarly to the Cheap Shots synopsis is because I wrote that too, and you picked up on my writing style. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 13:25, 15 June 2009 (EDT)
:Ah, gotcha. No problem - stuff happens! -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 13:26, 15 June 2009 (EDT)

== It should be noted that... ==

... Rob hates it when others tell him to take note things. Seriously. He will kill you. Probably to death. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 02:26, 16 June 2009 (EDT)

==Micromaster Squad prices==

For what it's worth, there's a list of G1 prices here: [http://web.archive.org/web/20021205162625/www.geocities.com/pdpool/1990.html] I can't really speak to the validity of the list, however.--[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 10:51, 24 June 2009 (EDT)
:Interesting... I'm little leery of it, though. I remember the Battle Patrol costing me $5 at ToysRUs, and subsequently thinking to myself, wow, each of these little guys is only $1.25! It seems unlikely that the Patrol price jumped to $7 in just one year. I wonder where they got those numbers? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 11:08, 24 June 2009 (EDT)

::Heh, you'd probably be less confused had I linked you to the main page for that list like I'd intended. Sorry about that. On the [http://web.archive.org/web/20021205063120/www.geocities.com/pdpool/prices.html main page] it mentions that the prices were verified from catalogs and price tags. Catalog pricing could explain the why it seems high. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 02:09, 25 June 2009 (EDT)

== Jazz vs Frenzy ==

Optimus instructed Jazz to take on Frenzy two times in [[Ghosts of Yesterday]], leading Jazz to complain that he always fights the little ones. He only fought him once, though, but knocked him out cold in a matter of minutes. So they have encountered each other, just outside of the films and comics. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 17:02, 14 July 2009 (EDT)

== Bad version purging ==

By going to [[Special:Undelete/Nemesis_(SG)]], you could have selectively restored the history (i.e., including Blackout & McFeely, but not you-know-who). Just FTR - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 16:18, 25 August 2009 (EDT)

== You, sir, are a god. ==

I've read your near-total revision of the [[Death]] page, and it is GLORIOUS, sir. I'm deeply regretful that you don't receive some kinda recognition or payment for all the work you've done -- you've made a list of horrible slaughter and toy-based genocide fun and interesting to read, for which: KUDOS.

So, um, I can only hope that one day they name a toy after you. You deserve it.

== That's me! ==
Excuse me for the beginning on the very top, but your page is so great… Well, I'll try to consider your advices in my mind. Thank you. But tell me why there were no signs to illustrations in "Armada" almost at all till I began to add them? And now everybody tries to take part in name-giving… Excuse my poor English.--[[User:He-l-en1959|He-l-en1959]] 11:01, 29 November 2009 (EST)
::* Thank you VERY MUCH!!!--[[User:He-l-en1959|He-l-en1959]] 12:26, 29 November 2009 (EST)

== And who's the god that Beohort calls upon? ==

[[Tyrwas]]! --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:25, 22 December 2009 (EST)

== Alex Karras prime time spot ==

It seems the owner of Scratchbomb has seen fit to bestow upon Transfans a holiday gift. In his latest batch of commercials uploaded to YouTube, he has included the [http://scratchbomb.com/2009/12/holiday-triumphs-more-adtacular-halloween-1985.html Alex Karras prime time spot]. I was mucho excited as I had figured we'd probably never find a recording of it. I'm posting it on your talk page first, in case you'd like to be the one to write it up proper. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 23:47, 23 December 2009 (EST)
:Last call on writing this spot up. I'll do it next week unless you call dibs. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 23:34, 15 June 2010 (EDT)
::Heh, naw, go ahead. If it's a privilege, you've totally earned it by this point. Most of my energies are directed toward cartoon bloopers these days, anyway. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 23:41, 15 June 2010 (EDT)
:::Ok, cool. I wasn't thinking privilege so much as I was thinking you might want to finish what you started. On a related note, I found the audio for the Pretenders comic commercial on Bigbot. I wish Renaud would've credited the provider so I knew who to ask about possibly getting the video. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 23:58, 15 June 2010 (EDT)

== Thanx for blocking the account ==

Thanks. If that "Fuck DEtour" account worked, it was clearly a personal attack at DETOUR. [[Special:Contributions/86.147.177.207|86.147.177.207]] 07:56, 19 December 2010 (EST)

== Flagging ==

Good to know! :P [[User:Might Gaine|Might Gaine]] 19:16, 16 January 2011 (EST)

== Blaster Blues ==

From "Animation or technical glitches": Red Alert's "horns" flash orange. Last time, they flashed blue. 
From the "Gadgets and Powers" section of "Continuity notes": Red Alert's "horns" flash to indicate Decepticon activity, just like in "Auto Berserk". This time they're orange, though. 
I don't know which place is the best for it, but both is overkill. I simply removed the less detailed write up. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 11:00, 17 June 2011 (EDT)
:It's not overkill. One is noting an ability. The other is noting a technical glitch/inconsistency within the animation. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 22:05, 17 June 2011 (EDT)

== Question ==

Noticed you pretty much created the whole page of the [[OTFCC Live-Action Drama]]. You wouldn't happen to have a copy of the performance's script, would you? --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 14:35, 16 April 2012 (EDT)

== To do list Pt 2 ==

Sherma Bridge - retconned by Monstrosity as not Prime & Megs' first open fight?
Add Circle of Light to timeline
Add Sherma Bridge battle name to timeline

==Minimus Ambus edit clash==
Sorry, looks like we both went for it at the same time...I've left it as a hybrid of both versions if that's okay with you --[[User:Emvee|Emvee]] 06:04, 28 September 2013 (EDT)
:No problem - looks really good. The template's a nice touch. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 09:01, 28 September 2013 (EDT)

== Thumb|upright=* ==

It means people's profile thumbnail setting doesn't get crapped over, so if you like really big (or small) thumbnails you can have that. Upright=1.1 is 1.1x your profile thumbnail size rounded to the nearest 10px, and so on . - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] ([[User talk:SanityOrMadness|talk]]) 01:54, 8 December 2014 (EST)

== Notes for 1st Marvel Comic. ==

I agree that the IDW notes format would be a much better format for the Marvel Comics format. Hell, I think probably every comic article should use it. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 18:40, 18 December 2014 (EST)

=="Advertisements" not showing up==
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:Well ain't that just a thing. Short of turning off Adblock (hahahahaha not gonna happen) is there anything I can do about it? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] ([[User talk:Repowers|talk]]) 19:05, 19 December 2014 (EST)
::Adblock allows you to whitelist individual sites. It's what I do for this, webcomics, and video people's sites. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 07:20, 20 December 2014 (EST)

== Predacons ==

Not saying you're wrong to remove it, 'cos it doesn't belong in the cartoon write-up itself, but I dunno if you know that in Japanese continuity, story pages did establish that the Quintessons built the Predacons. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 19:16, 6 March 2015 (EST)
:Innnnnerestin'! Did not know that. Looks like it's on the Predaking and Predacon pages, but not the individuals' pages. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] ([[User talk:Repowers|talk]]) 09:18, 7 March 2015 (EST)

== Recent edits ==

I know, I had a little too much fun with the edits on the ''Energon'' pages, thanks for telling me to stop. Personally, the formal style of wiki editing is my strong suit but it's nice to get a laugh sometimes. For now, I'll stick to continuity and errors sections and edit sparingly. --[[User:Wxy|Wxy]] ([[User talk:Wxy|talk]]) 14:24, 12 September 2015 (EDT)

Starscream's Brigade

2015-09-12T18:14:43Z

Wxy: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|image=Starscreams_brigade_5_letsgo.jpg
|caption=Surely, this will be his moment to shine...or not.
|series=G1toon
|ep=62
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=53
|prev2=Auto-Bop
|next2=The Revenge of Bruticus
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=19
|prev3=Triple Takeover
|next3=The Revenge of Bruticus
|title="Starscream's Brigade"
|written by=[[Michael Charles Hill]]
|production code=700-61
|airdate=[[January 7]], 1986
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]] (maybe)
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''After his latest attempt to overthrow Megatron's rule of the Decepticons, Starscream is banished from HQ, but this time, he hatches a plan...'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Starscreamsbrigade1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|YOU'RE FIRED!]]

In [[1943]], at the height of [[World War II]], [[human]]s waged war on one another on the island of [[Guadalcanal]] in the south Pacific. Their wrecked and useless vehicles lay there untouched through the decades, until the present time—[[1985]].

Within [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon Headquarters]], [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] are having a spat over the fact Megatron favors [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Predictably, it ends with Starscream shooting Megatron in the back and proclaiming himself the new leader. Megatron recovers after a few seconds, knocking Starscream to the ground. The rest of the Decepticons refuse to obey Starscream's order to kill Megatron, so he attempts to flee, only to be shot down by Megatron. At the Decepticon leader's order, [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] carries Starscream away and dumps him on Guadalcanal.

Humiliated and infuriated, Starscream stumbles upon the remnants of some old World War II vehicles, which inspire him to create an army of his own. He forces his way past [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], who are guarding the [[space bridge]], and travels to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. There he breaks into a [[Decepticon Detention Center]] and liberates the [[personality component]]s of five [[Renegade Decepticon]]s. Returning to Guadalcanal, he installs them into the wrecked vehicles, which transform into the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. The quarrelsome warriors are not happy with their new bodies and threaten simply to beat Starscream to a pulp, until he reveals that their new bodies do not contain [[energy absorber]]s, without which they cannot refuel: "No energy, no life." In exchange for the needed equipment, the Combaticons agree to obey Starscream's orders for the moment.

[[File:StarscreamsBrigade Vortex capture.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|It was a whirlwind romance.]]

[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] are making a public appearance at the unveiling of the [[Optimus Prime memorial]] when Starscream and the Combaticons attack. The two [[Autobot]]s are badly outnumbered. The statue is soon in ruins, and pair are abducted in [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]'s cargo bay. The Decepticons return to Guadalcanal, where Starscream celebrates triumphantly and the Combaticons squabble over who was responsible for the victory. He tells them to settle down and informs them that until they obtain five energy absorbers, no one is getting one.

[[File:Starscreamsbrigade2.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"We all lost weight on the Subway diet!"]]

At the Decepticon base, Shockwave informs Megatron that the Combaticons' personality components are missing. Assuming the Autobots are responsible, Megatron launches an attack on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. The Autobots, meanwhile, have learned of the attack on the memorial and the abduction of Jazz and Cliffjumper, and they have assumed Megatron is responsible. When the Decepticon forces attack, the Autobots are confused by Megatron's demand for the personality components, and Optimus Prime's demand to turn over Jazz and Cliffjumper causes Megatron to suspect Starscream. Before he can complete his thought, a hit from Optimus knocks him to the ground and, realising that he and his men are low on energy, he orders a retreat. The Autobots consult [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] again for the scoop on the personality components.

Starscream and the Combaticons attack the Decepticons while they're attempting to refuel at a train station. With the refueling incomplete, Megatron and his forces are compelled to retreat, allowing Starscream to capture Dirge and Ramjet as well. The energy absorber count is now four, and Starscream and his men retire to the [[Amalgamated Water and Power Plant]] to recharge.

[[File:Starscreams brigade 7 SSrideshoulder.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"Aren't I supposed to have an evil ''and'' a good angel?"]]

Megatron, meanwhile, rallies his troops (except the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], who are "busy"), and moves against Starscream and his army. In the ensuing battle, Megatron pulls out his trump card: Devastator. Unfortunately for him, Starscream pulls out ''his'' trump card when he reveals that the Combaticons can likewise combine into a single titan: [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]! Bruticus makes short work of Devastator, laying out the combined [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. The massive combiner then scoops up Megatron in one hand and forces him to acknowledge Starscream as the new Decepticon leader.

The Autobots use the battle's distraction to rescue Jazz and Cliffjumper; meanwhile, the late-arriving Stunticons look over the situation and decide that Starscream is too likely to continue his rampage. Merging into Menasor, they defeat the unsuspecting Bruticus with one massive punch.

From the resultant crater, Megatron emerges; grabbing Starscream by the throat, he decrees that Starscream and his army are banished from Earth. The usurpers are hauled away by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and left stranded on a distant asteroid in deep space... from which Starscream swears vengeance.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (18)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (19)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (21)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (22)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (23)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (24)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (25)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (27)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (38)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (39)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (40)
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] (43)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (44)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (2)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (4)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (5)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (6)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (7)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (8)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (9)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (10)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (11)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (12)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (13)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (14)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (15)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (16)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (20)
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (26)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (28)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (29)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (30)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (31)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (32)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (33)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (34)
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] (35)
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (36)
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (37)
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (41)
*[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (42)
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] (45)
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (46)
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (47)

|c3=
*World War II soldiers (1)
*[[Marty Minkler]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
"NOBODY TURNS HIS BACK ON ME!"
:—'''Starscream''', as Megatron turns his back on him.

"Who are you? And what are we doing in these crude carcasses?" 
"Yes, I wouldn't want to be seen by anyone I know in ''this'' getup."
:—'''Onslaught''' and '''Blast Off''', fashion critics.

"Hey Swindle! Listen to this! ...My sonic blaster blows 'em away!" 
"That's hip, Brawl. But check this out! Instant air conditioning!" 
"''Really.'' My ionic blaster is more sophisticated than any of ''your'' crude weapons." 
"Hang on to your hats! It's gonna get a little windy! Heheheheh!" 
"Thanks, Vortex. I could use a little ''target practice''!"
:—the '''Combaticons''' do a little bit of [[introdump]]ing toy salesmanship.

"I see incompetence breeds even more incompetence. HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
:—'''Megatron''' to Starscream, after the latter fails in his attempt to destroy the Decepticon leader.

"Now, Megatron: who is the new Decepticon leader?" 
"Enough! Uhm...you are." 
"I can't hear you!" 
"You are!" 
"I am now the leader of all Decepticons!"
:—'''Starscream''' has '''Megatron''' in the grip of Bruticus, literally.

'''Motormaster''': Megatron's in trouble. 
'''Dead End''': Who cares? 
'''Wildrider''': It looks like Starscream's defeated him. 
'''Dead End''': So? 
'''Motormaster''': So, you think Starscream's going to stop here? 
'''Dead End''': Good point. He never knows when to quit. 
'''Motormaster''': Stunticons, unite to form Menasor!
:—The Stunticons survey Starscream's victory.

"Bruticus?" 
"No, Starscream, ''not'' Bruticus. It's Megatron—your ''leader''!" 
"Megatron, don't, please!" 
"This time, it really is 'goodbye', Starscream! Astrotrain, get him and his giant ally off this planet! They are banished from Earth...forever!" 
"You'll regret that you did not destroy me, Megatron! I shall have my revenge!"
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Megatron''' after the Decepticon leader survives Starscream's latest mutiny.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
[[File:StarscreamsBrigade Soundwave eyes.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Maybe Megatron isn't the one Starscream should be worried about...]]
* In the opening shot of the Decepticons in their base, Thrust, Dirge and Ramjet are all missing their wings. Astrotrain's head is too big, and he's missing the red bits of detailing on his chest.
*In the shot of Soundwave, Thrust and Astrotrain watching Megs and Screamer squabble, Soundwave's visor is incorrectly drawn as two separate (and rather creepy) optics, and his tape door has the wrong shape. Thrust's cockpit is drawn incorrectly and sort of bleeds into his chest, and he's drawn with a super-huge chin strap that shouldn't be there at all. And Astrotrain's still missing his red details, as well as the Decepticon insignia on his wings - which suddenly appear when he and the others react to Megatron getting shot.
* Starscream's missing one of his wing insignia as he walks over to the downed Megatron.
* Coloring errors:
** When Megatron kicks him away, Starscream's cockpit is all yellow instead of yellow with gray stripes.
** As he looms over Starscream, Megatron's abdominal section is uncolored (a few shots later, he has the red and blue buttons back).
** When Megatron jams his fusion cannon in Starscream's face, Starscream's mouth is the same medium gray as the rest of his face.
** As Starscream brushes off the tank's hatch, his red coloration bleeds into his helmet and face.
** Starscream has blue eyes as he orders Skywarp and Thundercracker to stand aside.
**While Starscream tells the Combaticons he wants them to defeat Megatron, he's got blue eyes again, his cockpit cowling is colored yellow, and his wings are missing for a moment - then they're drawn smaller than usual. They change in size and shape throughout the episode.
** As Vortex creates wind in helicopter mode, Cliffjumper is colored like Bumblebee.
** As he listens to Teletraan's report, Gears's back is colored the same light blue as his windshield.
** When Megatron says "This is your last chance, Optimus!", a black Thrust is standing to his left. The camera cuts to Prime and then back to Megatron, who now has a properly decoed Thrust standing to his right. In the latter shot, the barrel of Megatron's fusion cannon is too short.
** In the first shot of the Combaticons recharging, Vortex's forehead is colored red, instead of his visor.
** As Starscream says it will not be long before Megatron launches an assault, his hands and lower arms are red instead of blue.
** When Powerglide flies over the Decepticons, his plane mode is not only [[Bad Boy|white]], but a different model.
** When the Autobots arrive at the battle and transform, Optimus' waist is uncolored for a moment.
** As Menasor flies towards him, Starscream's face is dark gray instead of light gray, and his eyes are blue - and triangular instead of rectangular.
** Blue eyes on Starscream again as Megatron throttles him.
** As he lies face-down on the asteroid, Onslaught seems to have some of Prowl's color scheme.
* As Starscream orders "his" troops to attack Megatron, Soundwave, Thrust and Astrotrain are again shown watching, in the same positions but totally re-drawn, seemingly by the A-list illustrators this time. The only thing they got wrong is Thrust's cockpit, which is way too wide.
* When Megatron shoots Starscream at the beginning of the episode, a plume of fire appears at the aft end of his cannon, a phenomena not usually seen ([[Power Play!|in the cartoon, at least.]])
* Starscream's wing stripes and insignia appear out of nothing when Laserbeak picks him up.
[[File:StarscreamsBrigade Guadalcanal.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|No wing insignia, and he's missing the red striping on his wings as well.]]
*Throughout the episode, the animators can't seem to decide which way up to have Starscream's Decepticon [[insignia]] (or that he has them at all).
* Thundercracker's cockpit lines disappear as he turns to see Starscream's arrival.
* As the Space Bridge activates, the control panel that Skywarp just used is no longer there.
[[File:Decepticon Detention Center.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
* The Decepticon detention center sure looks like something you'd find on Earth, eh? The doors are labeled with Arabic numerals and personality components are kept in file cabinets!
*When he's in the Decepticon Detention Center, Starscream's audio is out of synch with the animation; he's still counting off room numbers well after he's already passed them and is standing in front of his destination.
* Starscream's vents are quite a bit higher than the door frame, but he miraculously manages to run into the room without them getting in the way.
* A couple of layering errors as Starscream inserts the personality cubes into the wrecked vehicles.
* Even disregarding the size of their original Earth vehicles and their final [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s, the Combaticons have a lot of scale issues throughout the episode. Generally, Onslaught should be the tallest, Swindle the shortest, with Brawl, Blast Off and Vortex somewhere in between.
* And like the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]]s before them, the Combaticons don't seem to have detailed transformation schemes worked out for the animators to use. The animators often show no understanding of what [[robot mode]] parts correspond to which vehicle mode parts. In his first transformation, for example, Vortex's helicopter mode morphs into an egg-shaped blob, which his robot form grows and morphs out of. And when Onslaught transforms during their first battle, the wheels on his arms disappear, and are replaced by ''other'' wheels that fold out from under him.
[[File:StarscreamsBrigade Starscream Brawl.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
* Onslaught's backpack guns are missing when he and Brawl react to the energy absorber news. And hey, wasn't Brawl over by Starscream, threatening his life, just one shot ago?
* In the first shot of the covered-up "memorial", it's actually floating above the pedestal. Jazz and Cliffjumper are in the shot, but in the next shot of the memorial, they're gone.
*In the first shot of the memorial, Cliffjumper is on Jazz's right; in subsequent shots, he's on Jazz's left. Also in the second shot, Jazz has a vertical line through his face instead of a mouth.
* When Blast Off pontificates about his ionic blaster, only the center part of his faceplate moves. The whole thing should be animated.
* Jazz starts reacting to being sucked into the air before it actually happens.
* Vortex is a hundred feet or so in the air when he pulls in the two Autobots... then only a few feet off the ground in the next shot.
[[File:StarscreamsBrigade OnslaughtVortex.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
* Onslaught has two separate eyes as he helps Vortex to his feet. During the same scene, the background music seems to be off-pitch.
*Megatron's head seems a little small when he's chatting to Shockwave over the comm. Also, he's missing his cannon.
* As he reacts to this the news, Optimus Prime's fog lights are drawn too long (they extend all the way to his back!).
* Prime's trailer has none of its detailing as he rolls out of Autobot Headquarters; it's just a plain gray box.
* Megatron and three jets are consistently shown to be attacking Autobot HQ... but as the 'bots watch them fly off, 8 Decepticons are shown.
*As Optimus watches the Decepticons retreat, a blue blemish appears at the upper left edge of the animation cell.
*During the same shot, Optimus turns towards the camera and his chest grille is triangular instead of rectangular. Also, as he leaves the frame it suddenly loses all of its detail (the lines disappear, leaving a white blob). His arms, meanwhile, have some extra rectangles on them.
* The plot point that Megatron and company are running low on energy is pretty easy to miss. It's only alluded to by a shot that briefly shows the Decepticons standing around at a train station, with cables connecting them to the trains - but the cables are barely visible. A later line by Soundwave spells it out more clearly. (Fans have also interpreted Megatron's aborted fusion cannon blast as a symptom of low energy; see the Trivia notes below for more.)
*When Starscream jumps over the subway car, he's missing his feet!
* Starscream's wings reach almost to his knees as he introduces Megatron to the Combaticons.
[[File:StarscreamsBrigade CombaticonsMegs.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
* When Swindle says "Bye bye, Megatron!", Onslaught is shorter than him and Vortex, and his face looks rather... smooshed.
*When Starscream says, "Don't think that it hasn't been fun," when he confronts Megatron, his wings are missing.
*There is no transformation noise for Thundercracker as the Decepticons bust out of the station.
*Just before Starscream points at Dirge and Ramjet, his mouth disappears for a moment.
* Ramjet fell on his back, but is laying face-down when Starscream points to him.
[[File:Combaticons group.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2.2]]
* In the pan across the debating Combaticons, Blast Off is tallest, instead of Onslaught.
* The scene transition music warbles in the subsequent cut to Autobot Headquarters.
*When Megatron rallies the Decepticons before going after Starscream, Shockwave is consistently shown with the group, even though he's supposed to be on Cybertron. A wingless Dirge is also seen in the group, despite the fact that he's supposed to be a prisoner of the Combaticons at that point. (It could be Thrust, miscolored.)
* Swindle and Starscream have little residual half-rings left on their chests when they detach the energy cables, but they're gone in the next shot.
* Thundercracker (again!) has no transformation sound effect as he lands to attack.
* Starscream doesn't get the usual Decepticon laser effect as he opens fire.
* Improbable viewpoints:
** When Powerglide reports in, Teletraan provides the Autobots with a view of him flying along. Why not show them what he's actually looking at, instead?
*As usual, Devastator's transformation sequence is all kinds of screwy. This time, Hook transforms not only into his own portion of Devastator, but also most of Long Haul's and much of Bonecrusher and Scavenger's as well, including their cabs. A second later, Bonecrusher and Scavenger transform into their usual Devastator components—including the parts that Hook already formed! Long Haul and Mixmaster's transformations are left out of the animation entirely.
*Devastator's voice is missing its usual reverb echo.
*When Devastator's head pops out, he has two eyes. When he starts firing, he has his more usual visor.
* In addition to their ridiculous grunting in Bruticus's voice, Blast Off and Vortex somehow ''walk'' over to Bruticus after transforming into his arms.
* Bruticus's first line is "You make Bruticus angry!" The first two words are ''really'' easy to miss, however.
* Devastator goes back to two eyes when Bruticus knocks him down, and as he stands back up.
*Ironhide was part of the team at Autobot HQ, but he's replaced by Ratchet and Grapple at the power plant.
* As the Decepticons fight alongside the fallen Devastator, Huffer is standing and shooting with them!
* Dead End's missing the line in the middle of his visor, and has a huge neck (to compensate for his over-long helmet.)


===Continuity errors===
* This episode was aired ''after'' "[[Aerial Assault]]", which also featured the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]].
* Thanks to the show's general reluctance to depict real-life firearms, the World War II soldiers are all fighting with laser guns.
* Starscream cannot seriously be so stupid as to think one shot is going to take out Megatron...[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3|can he?]]
* Starscream maintains control of the Combaticons by not installing [[energy absorber]]s into them, thereby preventing them from re-energising, and a repeated point is made that they must capture five Transformers in order to take their energy absorbers for the Combaticons. Yet the Combaticons are somehow able to recharge after capturing only four Transformers.
* Teletraan One has an odd habit of not telling the Autobots stuff it knows about! This time out, it doesn't informs them about the renegade Decepticon thefts until explicitly asked, even though five new Decepticons just showed up on Earth.
* After the Autobots figure out what's happening with Starscream and Megatron, Optimus dramatically orders his troops to "Transform and [[roll out]]!" But it seems they forgot to figure out where they were going; they're never shown arriving anywhere! The next time we see the Autobots, Optimus and Powerglide are once again standing in front of [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]], and Optimus orders Powerglide to search for Starscream. Who says Prime doesn't learn from his mistakes?
* Quite a few Decepticons are missing in the final battle, including Blitzwing, Skywarp, Thrust, Reflector, Ravage, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw and Frenzy.
* So Astrotrain, in his space shuttle mode, can transport Starscream and the Combaticons to an asteroid in deep space, but Blast Off, a space shuttle himself, can't fly them back to Earth?

===Continuity notes===
[[File:StarscreamsBrigade Optimus Memorial.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|We shall remember you, Optimus. In case you happen to die.]]
[[File:Starscreamsbrigade megatron grabbed.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|This morning Megatron chipped a nail, causing his lieutenant Starscream to declare himself Decepticon leader.]]
* The Combaticons' creation is pretty crazy. Starscream puts the "personality components" - which actually just look like tiny energon cubes - into 5 old wrecked vehicles. The vehicles then "transform" into a state of full repair, then transform again into the Combaticons' new modern [[alternate mode]]s. And ''somehow'' through this rather organic process, Starscream manages to exclude energy absorbers in their bodies.
* Earth builds a [[Optimus Prime memorial|memorial]] to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] before he's even dead... [[The Transformers: The Movie|Ominous]].
* Gadgets and powers:
** The Combaticons pontificate on their weapons and abilities, as quoted above.
** Jazz pulls his gun out of his aft. Seriously - he reaches behind his lower back, we hear a panel-sliding noise, and he brings his gun into view.
* Powerglide reports the location of the Decepticons' firefight as "on the north side" without mentioning any particular city. Another "appearance" of [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]]?
* As they transform into Bruticus's limbs, the Combaticons make groaning noises in Bruticus's voice, like they're having a really painful bowel movement. This was ''so amazingly cool'' that it would be [[The Route of All Evil|replicated in print form]] by Dreamwave two decades later.
* "Personality components" are shown to be small, glowing pink cubes.
* ''Timelines'' would revisit the history of the Combaticons, as alluded to in this episode, in its [[Transformers: Wings Universe|''Wings'' universe]].
* '''[[Triple Takeover|< <]]''' What makes Starscream the leader? Megatron said so! Well, hard to argue with that, huh? '''[[The Revenge of Bruticus|> >]]'''

===Real-world references===
* The episode opens with a sepia-toned flashback to the battle of Guadalcanal, 1943, with a variety of vehicles shown fighting, including a battle ship, a pillbox, a gun emplacement, and several amphibious landing ships. Several are shown abandoned in the present day and become the Combaticons:
** An M4 Sherman tank, which becomes Brawl (drawn a bit generically.)
** A (yellow and purple!) Jeep which becomes Swindle
** A (purple!) B-17 Flying Fortress, the 4-engine bomber which becomes Blast Off.
** An F4U Corsair - the single-engine fighter which becomes Vortex. (The pilot who ejects when the plane is shot down has his goggles pushed up onto his helmet.)
** A half-track transport which becomes Onslaught.
* Speaking of which, this is the one and only time we get a confirmed date for the cartoon's events. Unsurprisingly enough, they are set in 1985, when this season of the show aired.
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
** Clashing lightsabers as Devastator opens fire

===Trivia===
[[File:StarscreamsBrigade Jazz Cliffjumper chained.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right|Hey look! It's Jazz and Cliffjumper! Have we mentioned that lately?]]
* Notes from the original shooting script:
** According to the Generation 1 [[production bible]], this episode was titled "30 Seconds over Megatron" before broadcast - a reference to the 1944 war movie ''30 Seconds over Tokyo''. [http://tfarchive.com/cartoons/bible/#088]
** The shooting script dictates specific, historically-accurate World War II vehicles for each one (as listed above), and then it describes them as their modern, toy-based forms, but no explanation is given for the transition. The WWII element of the Combaticons' origin is a strange choice, since none of their toys are actually WWII-era vehicles. However, they can be shown going through a reconfiguration upon taking new bodies, causing the vehicles to "upgrade" into more advanced ones. Exactly how the Combaticons update their vehicular forms is not explained.
** The original shooting script also calls for them to still be rusty and battered upon activation (hence their displeasure with their new bodies); some off-screen repairs then get them into fighting shape.
** Megatron's fusion cannon troubles are expanded upon in the original script (the reason for its original malfunction, during the attack on Autobot Headquarters, is not made clear - though the blast from Optimus that hits him might be a reasonable guess.) Later he's shown repairing it while the Decepticons re-energize in the train station, but it continues to give him trouble, giving him another reason to withdraw.
** Megatron says "Where is that fool Starscream?", as if to imply that they came to the train station to look for him. A cut script line from Soundwave makes it clear that Megatron has totally forgotten that he ousted his lieutenant and is just idly wondering where he is.
** The Aerialbots were slated to go scouting alongside Powerglide.
** A brief flashback, narrated by Megatron, was supposed to show the imprisoned Combaticons having their personality components removed back on Cybertron.
** Prime waits for a more opportune moment before sending his troops to rescue the prisoners.
** The script accounts for the energy absorber discrepancy - in the original version, only four of the Combaticons recharge, with Brawl as the odd man out. As a result, Bruticus runs out of power at the end of the battle.
** The Stunticons are notably absent from the original script; it seems likely they were shoehorned in at the last minute by the same sort of corporate command that later brought us the Protectobots - thus accounting for the episode's most egregious plot error.
* Starscream blows up the Decepticon detention center after raiding it. Did he just kill a bajillion disembodied Decepticons? ''Cold''.
* Number of times that somebody says "Jazz and Cliffjumper": 7
* Devastator got his tail kicked. Can you tell he's no longer a new toy, folks?
* The plot of this episode is reused in a simplified form in "[[The Special Teams]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title (Generation 2 dub):'' "'''Starscreams großer Kampf'''" ("Starscream's Big Fight")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 3]], [[1994]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''I Combacticons'''" ("The Combaticons")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''La brigata di Starscream'''" ("The Brigade of Starscream")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
:* The 2008 redub adds a fandom in-joke, as Marty's misnaming of Cliffjumper is changed to "[[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]]".

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Starscream Gundan'''" (スタースクリーム軍団, "Starscream's Brigade")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 18]], [[1986]]

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Otryad Skandalista'''" (Отряд Скандалиста, "Starscream's Brigade")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1988 — The Action Adventure Collection ([[Tempo Video]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1989 — ''Transformers'' — Starscream's Brigade (Tempo Video) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1993 — The Biggest Ever Saturday Morning Heroes (Tempo Video) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 1999 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Volume 3: Programmed for Evil ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])
;[[Wikipedia:LaserDisc|LaserDisc]]
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1995 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 8 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — The Best of ''The Transformers'' (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Episodes (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 06: Stagione Due Parte Quarta ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/starscream's_brigade.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]
[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]

Crisscross (episode)

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 17
|prev=Operation: Breakdown
|next=Metal Attraction
|image=Airachnid and Silas.jpeg
|caption=They'll make you jump, jump.
|title="Crisscross"
|airdate=[[June 25]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Joseph Kuhr]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''Airachnid teams up with MECH to get revenge on Arcee and Jack.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Silas]] and three MECH soldiers are searching through a wooded area for a Decepticon. They jump into a web-shrouded ravine, but the three soldiers are snatched from the ground and stuck on one of the webs by [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. Silas takes a shot at her, but is promptly thrown against a rock wall and webbed there. The Decepticon threatens to eviscerate him for what MECH did to [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]], but wants his help in finding [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack Darby]] and will give them [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]].

Jack arrives home with Arcee, to find [[June Darby|his mother]] mad that he's been breaking curfew and neglecting his job and schoolwork. She believes he may have been racing his motorcycle and grounds him for the next few weeks—with no motorcycle use. Arcee says she'll miss Jack during that time, but he points out that if she doesn't stay in the garage, his mom will think he's breaking her rules. Arcee promises she'll try to be back in the garage before his mom gets home each night.

[[Image:Motorcycle abuse.jpeg|thumb|left|300px|This must be some form of abuse, surely.]]
The next day, as Jack's leaving [[KO Burger]], he gets a call from his mother, who is on her way home early to make dinner for him. He frantically contacts Arcee, who's with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] in the middle of a fight with some [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s. Arcee leaves Bumblebee to it and [[GroundBridge|bridges]] out. June arrives home to find the garage empty, and she blows up at Jack as he arrives on his bicycle. Arcee bridges into the garage behind her, but this merely results in June thinking one of Jack's friends snuck the motorcycle in. Jack spills all about the Autobots, but when Arcee refuses to transform, Jack's mom asks if he's been hanging out with a science fiction club. She leaves to return to work, the conversation unfinished.

[[Image:MECH ambush.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|"I.R.S."]]
Silas uses images from the black box from Airachnid's ship to track down information on Jack, including the identity of his mother. A MECH vehicle soon arrives to abduct June as she leaves the [[Jasper Hospital|hospital]].

Jack arrives home on his cycle to find Arcee, but no mom. There's a package waiting for him, which turns out to be a MECH communicator. Silas tells the pair that MECH has June, and there are GPS coordinates that will lead them to the temporary MECH facility. Arcee attempts to contact base and gets an instant headache. Silas explains the communicator will scramble her brain as well as Autobot communications. Jack and Arcee follow the communicator's map to a disused factory, where they're met by Silas and a bunch of MECH goons. They race past the MECH guys to look for Jack's mom and instead find Airachnid. Airachnid webs Arcee, who is then zapped by a MECH soldier. The 'Con tells Jack he has until midnight to rescue his mother. Jack tries to plead with Silas for help, but the MECH leader pushes him back. Jack then races off to find his mom, followed by Airachnid. Silas tells his men to start working on Arcee, as he suspects Airachnid will double-cross them.

Jack runs through the factory, but is unable to find June until Airachnid points her out, dangling in a web cocoon from a building. At this point, June awakens both to discover her predicament and to spy Airachnid. Jack tells Airachnid he's found his mom, but she points out the task was to ''rescue'' June. Webbing Jack's hand to the ground, she prepares to destroy his family.

The MECH surgeons finish cutting through the web holding Arcee, and Silas instructs them go for the heart, as they only have time to take one part. Arcee has recovered consciousness by this point, and she tosses the MECH personnel aside before leaving to help Jack.

[[Image:Airachnidconcrete.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"Thanks a lot, Mixmaster."]]

As Jack continues to try to free his hand, Airachnid moves in on June. Before she can lay a hand on mom, however, Arcee comes barreling up a nearby roof and tackles her. Jack gets free and goes to help June, while Arcee and Airachnid battle on the factory superstructure. They eventually reach the ground, but Airachnid's laser fire damages the platform June is dangling from, and Jack has to scramble to avoid falling. Jack accidentally knocks against a lever, pouring concrete into a concrete truck on the ground. Arcee manages to kick Airachnid into a container nearby, and with Jack's help, pours concrete in on top of her. Airachnid starts climbing out, but is frozen by the quick-drying substance. Arcee goes to help June, but the concrete isn't enough, and Airachnid webs her back to the ground. Luckily, the cavalry arrives in the form of [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] with three helicopters armed with chain guns.

Silas wonders how Fowler was alerted, and then realizes Jack stole his radio earlier.

The helicopters stop firing, but this just allows Airachnid to [[scanning|scan]] Fowler's chopper and make her escape in her new [[alternate mode|altmode]]. Her scanning process is also observed by Silas.

Fowler introduces himself to June and attempts to weave a cover story, but June doesn't buy it. Jack introduces her to Arcee, and the next day, they go to the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] so she can meet the rest of the Autobots.

{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (7)
* [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (12)
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (13)
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (16)

|c2=
* [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (3)
* [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (8)

|c3=
* [[Silas]] (1)
* [[MECH]] soldiers (2)
* [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack Darby]] (4)
* [[June Darby]] (6)
* [[MECH Surgeon]] (9)
* [[William Fowler]] (10)
* Soldier (11)
* [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko Nakadai]] (14)
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (15)
}}

==Quotes==

"Tell me you haven't fallen in with a bad crowd." 
"W-what? N-no no no no, my friends are the good crowd, seriously good."
:—'''Jack''''s not wrong.

"Ah, the mother lode." 
"Government database?" 
"Social networking page."
:—'''Silas''' teaches '''Airachnid''' the fastest way to track down a teenager.

"Now, I know we promised the spider-bot that she would have first crack at you, but something tells me she's going to turn our mutual crisscross... into a double-cross."
:—'''Silas''' shows he is alarmingly genre-savvy.

"Jack, your motorcycle?" 
"I can explain, Mom. Wait, I already did."
:—Even with '''June Darby''' in mortal peril, '''Jack''' can still crack wise.

"Oh, not again!"
:—'''Agent Fowler''' is exasperated at Decepticons copying his vehicles.

"So that's how it's done. Genius."
:—'''Silas''' on seeing how Airachnid scans a vehicle mode.

"It's time you knew the truth. For the past several months, Jack has been... interning for me at the agency." 
"Agent Fowler, Mom's not gonna buy that." 
"He's got that right."
:—'''Agent Fowler''''s first meeting with '''June''' hits a rocky start.

"Motorcycle, Guardian, Autobot, friend."
:—'''Jack''' lists '''Arcee''''s status to his mom.

"Mom, meet my science fiction club!"
:—'''Jack''' introducing June to the Autobots

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*The amount of cement shown pouring onto Airachnid isn't actually enough to cover her ''entire'' body.
*When Airachnid addresses that Jack is facing a time limit, the first time the clock is seen, it is just after 11:53 PM. Within the span of about thirty seconds real-time in the episode, it is seen again, but has jumped to 11:54. It could just be that we are not being shown what happened in the full span of that minute in-universe onscreen, or we're playing by dramatic tension and it's a Hollywood-style "magic" countdown, or Airachnid and/or MECH is playing unfair and speeding the countdown up. Whatever in the case, [[wikipedia:Mystery Science Theater3000|it's just a show and we really should just relax.]]

===Continuity errors===
*June takes an early break from work to cook Jack a dinner, but then as soon as she gets home, she returns to work.
*Airachnid scans Agent Fowler's helicopter, which resembles a [[wikipedia:Bell UH-1 Iroquois|UH-1 "Huey"]], but the alt-mode she adopts is of a completely different design, resembling a futuristic [[wikipedia:Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche|RAH-66 Comanche]]. However, this isn't the first time in a ''Transformers'' continuity that robots have [[Starscream's Brigade|reconfigured their alt modes into something more advanced once they've obtained one]], suggesting they can sometimes update/upgrade machines.

===Continuity notes===
*Airachnid wants revenge on Arcee and Jack for the events in "[[Predatory]]".
*The rumors June heard about Jack racing his motorcycle may have been referencing the events of "[[Speed Metal]]".
*Airachnid has heard of Breakdown's treatment by MECH, which happened in [[Operation: Breakdown|the previous episode]].
*Messages on Jack's social networking page refer back to "Speed Metal" (Sierra refers to a race) and "[[Con Job]]" (Miko's message about a monster truck rally references a line of dialog from that episode).
*Agent Fowler previously had a vehicle of his scanned for an alternate mode by Skyquake back in "[[Masters & Students]]".
*The soldier who reports to Fowler at the end is the same one who was on the train in "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]".

===Transformers references===
*The final sequence of Arcee and Jack taking June to the Autobot base is an almost shot-for-shot replica of the first time Jack, Miko and Raf were taken there back in the pilot. Even the same musical piece, "We Have Returned", is used.

===Real-world references===
* The title of this episode is a reference to Alfred Hitchcock's [[wikipedia:Strangers on a Train (film)|''Strangers on a Train'']], which famously originated the use of the word "crisscross" for a team-up murder plot in which each participant takes out the enemy of the other. Silas even uses the term to describe MECH's alliance with Airachnid. Until he suspects it will instead become a double-cross, where one side betrays the other.
* [[Super Guitar Band]], which Miko posts on Jack's social networking page, is an amalgam of ''[[wikipedia:Guitar Hero|Guitar Hero]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Rock Band|Rock Band]]'' and the plethora of video games with Super- as a prefix.

===Trivia===
*The name of this episode was parsed "Criss-Cross" [http://www.hubworld.com/watch/1118858775001/transformers-prime-clip-criss-cross on the Hub's website].
*MECH has a really funny concept of "suppression fire".
*The name of the social networking page is partially obscured, but begins with "Some Social".
*Fowler got someone else to pilot his helicopter for him this time.
*Silas calls June Darby "Miss Darby", but Fowler calls her "Mrs. Darby". The following episode would reveal the former to be accurate.
*Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Bulkhead, Raf, and Miko all cameo at the end, but have no lines.
*The way Airachnid says "'Transformer', was it", implies that Cybertronians don't use that term themselves and that it's mainly an invention of humans. This is different from most (if not all) other continuities, where "[[Transformer]]s" is a term that they themselves seem to have come up with.
*This is the first time anyone from the Autobots' team meets Silas face to face.
*The photo in the Darby household is the opening shot from "[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]", only flipped.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der Hinterhalt'''" ("The Ambush")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 13|13 January]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Túszjátszma'''" ("Hostage Game")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 31|31 January]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Airachnid: Pencarian Jack'''" ("Airachnid: Search of Jack")
:*''Original airdate:'' 24 September [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rivelazioni'''" ("Revelations")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 20|20 November]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bōryaku Henkei! Jaaku na Ito o Dante! '''" (謀略変形!邪悪な糸を断て!, "Strategy Transformation! Unravel the Sinister Thread!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 28|28 July]] [[2012]]
:* Airachnid's romantic infatuation with Jack is much less exaggerated in this episode than in the dub of "Predatory". While she still refers to him by amorous pet names, her cruel quest for vengeance remains unaltered.
::* ''Despite that'', her crush on Jack is not forgotten. When Silas identifies him via the footage from "Predatory", Airachnid swoons with joy as she shouts, "''Aha!'' Yes, yes! That's the one! My Jack!"
::* Then, when Silas reads Jack's online profile to Airachnid and mentions that he's 16 years old, Airachnid excitedly shouts, "''16!?'' At last!" Specifically, she says "''kitaaaaaa--!''", which literally means "It has come!" but has become Japanese internet slang for just being really, really, ''really'' excited about something.
::* After Arcee arrives and the final fight of the episode begins, Airachnid angrily cries that she's sick and tired of Arcee constantly interrupting her "flirting".
:* Airachnid's delusional and vain personality, exclusive to the Japanese dub, is on prominent display in this episode. When the quick-drying cement descends upon her, Airachnid cries that she's the ''heroine'' and these sorts of things aren't supposed to happen to her. She then screams that she absolutely ''hates'' to get dirty (strange, considering her habit of burrowing in the dirt).
:* When Fowler and his reinforcements open fire on her, Airachnid screams, "Hey, wait! Aren't you overdoing it? Isn't this cruel? The heroine... can't die! ''Scanning!''"

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Geomi ui Boksu'''" (거미의 복수, "Spider's Revenge")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 24|24 October]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 27|27 December]] [[2011]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dupla Atração'''" ("Double Atraction")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 27|27 February]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Entrecruzado'''" ("Crisscross")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 9|9 June]] [[2012]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Shockblast: Rampage

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{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=21
|prev=Alpha Q: Identity
|next=Survival Instincts
|title="Laser Wave: Rampage" "Shockblast: Rampage"
|japanese=大暴れ! レーザーウェーブ
|romaji=Ōabare! Laserwave
|translation=Rampage! Laserwave
|image=E21_titlecard.jpg
|caption= Oddly enough, of the three [[generic]]s about to be blasted by 'ol Shock, the [[wikipedia:Redshirt_(character)|redshirt]] survives. [[Each One Fights...|For now...]] then he [[Unicron Unleashed|gets better]] and [[Wing Saber (Energon)|quits being a redshirt.]]
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[May 28|28 May]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[July 3]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Shockblast disables Cybertron's energon grid, while Kicker tries to convince the Autobots to listen to Alpha Q.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] careens madly across the surfaces of [[Unicron]]'s head, with [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] at the controls and [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha]] screaming in terror. [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] is excited at the prospect of joining forces with the [[Autobot]]s and gaining freedom at last; Kicker is also happy over the prospect of bringing Unicron's head to the Autobots.

Autobot troops continue searching for [[Shockblast]]. As the escaped fugitive watches from the shadows, a guard refuses [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] and [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] entry to a restricted area, and the two head onwards in their search. Shockblast wastes no time in killing the guard after they leave and leaping through the doors. He lands in the "energon core" chamber, which blasts him.

[[File:Energon-Misha-Hugs-Kicker.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Mmm, yeah, that's right, hug me hard. If you like, you can come back to my room so we can hug some more.]]

[[Rad White|Rad]] reports on Shockblast's intrusion, and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Prime]], [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] head that way. Padlock and Wing Dagger arrive first and find Shockblast lying inert, but it's just an act. Shockblast takes Padlock hostage, holding off the Autobots as Prime and company arrive. He exits... and kills Padlock on the way out. The doors are sealed behind him. An infuriated Wing Dagger futilely tries to bash his way out of the [[Primus]] chamber, while Hot Shot contacts Rad to open the doors.

Shockblast radios [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], demanding to be rescued. He informs Megatron that there's a huge cache of [[energon]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], enough to revive Unicron, and offers to disable the [[energon grid]] so the [[Decepticon]]s can infiltrate the planet. Megatron sends his troops to help, despite [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]'s warnings about trusting Shockblast.

Rad detects the Decepticons approaching the planet with a mobile fortress, and he powers up the energon grid. Prime and company continue their hunt for Shockblast.

[[File:Energon-Shockblast-Rides-Tidal-Wave.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Dude, hang ten!]]

[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and the troops arrive at Cybertron; Shockblast, who's been put in charge, orders them to crash the mobile fortress into the energon grid, over their protests. A huge explosion ensues; Shockblast uses the distraction to destroy one of the [[energon tower]]s. [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] and Decepticons swarm in through the resultant hole in the energon grid.

Shockblast links up with the Decepticons, and he and Tidal Wave immediately begin squabbling. When Shockblast begins picking on Tidal Wave, the Decepticons fight among themselves.

Rad redirects the energon grid to blast Shockblast. Megatron arrives and orders the others to rescue Shockblast, and Tidal Wave reluctantly does so. Shockblast delivers one last blast, destroying another tower, before Megatron orders a retreat.

In the wake of the battle, Wing Dagger recriminates himself for letting Shockblast get away. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] radios in with news that Kicker is on his way, with Unicron's head. Alpha Q hopes he's doing the right thing.

[[File:Energon-Optimus-VS-Rodimus.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Admit it, you always wanted to see this.]]

Jetfire is shocked to see Unicron. Prime and company arrive aboard the ''[[Miranda II]]'', as does [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Optimus demands that he release Kicker; Rodimus refuses until Optimus listens to everything he has to say. Optimus is prepared to use force to get his allies back, and the two come to blows, while the puzzled Kicker watches. Summoning the [[Energon Saber]], Kicker gets between the two and orders them to stop. He pleads with Optimus to listen to Alpha Q's plans for Unicron. Optimus reluctantly agrees, at least until Megatron is dealt with. A deal is struck, and he and Rodimus shake on it.

Aboard Unicron's body, Shockblast bashes Tidal Wave for failing to cover him adequately during the battle on Cybertron. Megatron orders him to lay off. Shockblast leaves with Snow Cat and Demolishor. Megatron tells Tidal Wave that he'll eventually be allowed to deal with Shockblast himself, and that an attack on Cybertron is nigh...

Kicker leads Optimus and the rest back to Alpha Q, and Optimus prepares himself to listen to the alien's tale.
{{--}}
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (1)
* [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (6)
* [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (7)
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] (8)
* [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] (9)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (13)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (14)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (21)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (22)

|c2=
* [[Shockblast]] (10)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (15)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (16)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (17)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (18)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (19)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (2)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (3)
* [[Rad White]] (11)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (4)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (5)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (20)
* [[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] (23)
* [[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]] (24)
* [[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]] (25)
}}

==Quotes==
"I can't believe we've actually joined forces with the talking Q-heads!"
:—'''Kicker''' reflects on his newest ally.

"Don't trust Shockblast. Shockblast BAD."
:—'''Tidal Wave''' is both eloquent and succinct.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* As Ironhide careens across Unicron's head, ''Super Link'' has Kicker essentially saying to Misha, "Ha ha, this scares you? Keep it up, Ironhide!" In the dub, he just says "Relax, everything's under control."
* Alpha Q's opening lines are a bit mangled by the dub. He says "It is time to bring him to us", even though Kicker's ''already'' been brought before Alpha Q. Then he says "He sees it!" as Ironhide stops in front of nothing. In ''Super Link'', Kicker notices that the stars are moving relative to them, meaning that Unicron's head is moving, but this reaction is missing from the dub, instead replaced with the bizarre observation that "We're moving at light speed on Unicron's head!"
* The dub inserts some strange dialogue from Rodimus about Unicron's ''body'' moving. It's supposed to be about his ''head'' moving. Y'know, like, the thing that they're inside of and have control over.
* The dub scrambles Kicker and Ironhide's chat about bringing the head to Optimus; in ''Super Link'', they're worried about what he will think, while in the dub, they're just like YAY WE DID A GREAT THING GO US.
* For some reason, the dub changes the first mention of Primus's chamber into "the energon core". A moment later, it's the chamber of Primus, as intended.
* Hot Shot's bizarre "Who are they?", referring to the two Autobot guards, is a dub addition, as is Prime's rather excited "Let's go find out!" reply. In ''Super Link'', it's more along the lines of "What was that?" and "Doesn't matter; we're going our own way."
* The dub animation omits some anime teardrops falling from Wing Dagger's eyes as he mourns for Padlock. The dub animation also gives Wing Dagger blue eyes, while in ''Super Link'', they're green.
* Five seconds after informing Optimus that Unicron's head is approaching, Jetfire is shocked and alarmed at the sight of...Unicron's head.
* Kicker tells Optimus that "we're coming through the warp gate", even though they're ''already right there''. A second later, ''Rodimus'' comes through a warp gate.
* For once, someone was paying attention: the dialog for ''Super Link'' indicates that the Decepticons are using several mobile fortresses; the dub changes it to just one, as shown in the animation.
* The dub animation is missing an energon glow effect over Optimus as the Decepticons retreat.
* The dub animation is missing a brief slash of highlighting white light as Kicker steps between Rodimus and Optimus.
* After the battle, Snow Cat and Demolishor lead Shockblast away to be repaired. The dub adds dialog that makes it sound like Shockblast is taking ''them'' away.

===Pain Count===
* "Uh?": 11
* Stock footage: 4
* Energon is great: 1
* Let's do this: 1
* Aw man: 2

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Laser Wave Rampage.jpg|thumb|To be fair, translating is tough.]]
* When first broadcast, this episode was titled "Laser Wave: Rampage", using Shockblast's Japanese name. Amazingly, it was fixed when the episode was rebroadcast.
* In the middle of a quiet moment, Hot Shot ''yells'' at Inferno to suggest they powerlink...even though they're standing right next to each other.
* Misha's hair flows freely from the back of her space suit helmet. It even flaps around from all the wind that's blowing around in the airless vacuum of deep space. Somehow this does not kill her.

===Trivia===
[[File:Tf Energon Unfinished Foreground Fight.jpg|thumb|It probably went down like this at the animation studio: Worker A: "They left the background out!" Worker B: "It's ok, here's a sketch to tide us over for now- we'll fix it in post-production." Worker A: "It goes out ''TODAY!''" Worker B: "WHAT!?!"]]
*In the scene that shows Optimus and Rodimus fighting with Kicker in the background, the ground they are standing on is a rough sketch, with a visible signature and some Japanese characters. Apparently, it was either overlooked or the animators sent in an incomplete print of the episode running low on time, as had happened in the past with several episodes exported to America.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 006 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Shockblast: Rampage

2015-09-12T02:29:17Z

Wxy:

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=21
|prev=Alpha Q: Identity
|next=Survival Instincts
|title="Laser Wave: Rampage" "Shockblast: Rampage"
|japanese=大暴れ! レーザーウェーブ
|romaji=Ōabare! Laserwave
|translation=Rampage! Laserwave
|image=E21_titlecard.jpg
|caption= Oddly enough, of the three [[generic]]s shown here, only the [[wikipedia:Redshirt_(character)|redshirt]] survives the imminent curb-stomping. [[Each One Fights...|For now...]] then he [[Unicron Unleashed|gets better]] and [[Wing Saber (Energon)|quits being a redshirt.]]
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[May 28|28 May]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[July 3]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Shockblast disables Cybertron's energon grid, while Kicker tries to convince the Autobots to listen to Alpha Q.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] careens madly across the surfaces of [[Unicron]]'s head, with [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] at the controls and [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha]] screaming in terror. [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] is excited at the prospect of joining forces with the [[Autobot]]s and gaining freedom at last; Kicker is also happy over the prospect of bringing Unicron's head to the Autobots.

Autobot troops continue searching for [[Shockblast]]. As the escaped fugitive watches from the shadows, a guard refuses [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] and [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] entry to a restricted area, and the two head onwards in their search. Shockblast wastes no time in killing the guard after they leave and leaping through the doors. He lands in the "energon core" chamber, which blasts him.

[[File:Energon-Misha-Hugs-Kicker.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Mmm, yeah, that's right, hug me hard. If you like, you can come back to my room so we can hug some more.]]

[[Rad White|Rad]] reports on Shockblast's intrusion, and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Prime]], [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] head that way. Padlock and Wing Dagger arrive first and find Shockblast lying inert, but it's just an act. Shockblast takes Padlock hostage, holding off the Autobots as Prime and company arrive. He exits... and kills Padlock on the way out. The doors are sealed behind him. An infuriated Wing Dagger futilely tries to bash his way out of the [[Primus]] chamber, while Hot Shot contacts Rad to open the doors.

Shockblast radios [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], demanding to be rescued. He informs Megatron that there's a huge cache of [[energon]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], enough to revive Unicron, and offers to disable the [[energon grid]] so the [[Decepticon]]s can infiltrate the planet. Megatron sends his troops to help, despite [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]'s warnings about trusting Shockblast.

Rad detects the Decepticons approaching the planet with a mobile fortress, and he powers up the energon grid. Prime and company continue their hunt for Shockblast.

[[File:Energon-Shockblast-Rides-Tidal-Wave.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Dude, hang ten!]]

[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and the troops arrive at Cybertron; Shockblast, who's been put in charge, orders them to crash the mobile fortress into the energon grid, over their protests. A huge explosion ensues; Shockblast uses the distraction to destroy one of the [[energon tower]]s. [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] and Decepticons swarm in through the resultant hole in the energon grid.

Shockblast links up with the Decepticons, and he and Tidal Wave immediately begin squabbling. When Shockblast begins picking on Tidal Wave, the Decepticons fight among themselves.

Rad redirects the energon grid to blast Shockblast. Megatron arrives and orders the others to rescue Shockblast, and Tidal Wave reluctantly does so. Shockblast delivers one last blast, destroying another tower, before Megatron orders a retreat.

In the wake of the battle, Wing Dagger recriminates himself for letting Shockblast get away. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] radios in with news that Kicker is on his way, with Unicron's head. Alpha Q hopes he's doing the right thing.

[[File:Energon-Optimus-VS-Rodimus.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Admit it, you always wanted to see this.]]

Jetfire is shocked to see Unicron. Prime and company arrive aboard the ''[[Miranda II]]'', as does [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Optimus demands that he release Kicker; Rodimus refuses until Optimus listens to everything he has to say. Optimus is prepared to use force to get his allies back, and the two come to blows, while the puzzled Kicker watches. Summoning the [[Energon Saber]], Kicker gets between the two and orders them to stop. He pleads with Optimus to listen to Alpha Q's plans for Unicron. Optimus reluctantly agrees, at least until Megatron is dealt with. A deal is struck, and he and Rodimus shake on it.

Aboard Unicron's body, Shockblast bashes Tidal Wave for failing to cover him adequately during the battle on Cybertron. Megatron orders him to lay off. Shockblast leaves with Snow Cat and Demolishor. Megatron tells Tidal Wave that he'll eventually be allowed to deal with Shockblast himself, and that an attack on Cybertron is nigh...

Kicker leads Optimus and the rest back to Alpha Q, and Optimus prepares himself to listen to the alien's tale.
{{--}}
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (1)
* [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (6)
* [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (7)
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] (8)
* [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] (9)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (13)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (14)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (21)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (22)

|c2=
* [[Shockblast]] (10)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (15)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (16)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (17)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (18)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (19)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (2)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (3)
* [[Rad White]] (11)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (4)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (5)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (20)
* [[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] (23)
* [[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]] (24)
* [[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]] (25)
}}

==Quotes==
"I can't believe we've actually joined forces with the talking Q-heads!"
:—'''Kicker''' reflects on his newest ally.

"Don't trust Shockblast. Shockblast BAD."
:—'''Tidal Wave''' is both eloquent and succinct.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* As Ironhide careens across Unicron's head, ''Super Link'' has Kicker essentially saying to Misha, "Ha ha, this scares you? Keep it up, Ironhide!" In the dub, he just says "Relax, everything's under control."
* Alpha Q's opening lines are a bit mangled by the dub. He says "It is time to bring him to us", even though Kicker's ''already'' been brought before Alpha Q. Then he says "He sees it!" as Ironhide stops in front of nothing. In ''Super Link'', Kicker notices that the stars are moving relative to them, meaning that Unicron's head is moving, but this reaction is missing from the dub, instead replaced with the bizarre observation that "We're moving at light speed on Unicron's head!"
* The dub inserts some strange dialogue from Rodimus about Unicron's ''body'' moving. It's supposed to be about his ''head'' moving. Y'know, like, the thing that they're inside of and have control over.
* The dub scrambles Kicker and Ironhide's chat about bringing the head to Optimus; in ''Super Link'', they're worried about what he will think, while in the dub, they're just like YAY WE DID A GREAT THING GO US.
* For some reason, the dub changes the first mention of Primus's chamber into "the energon core". A moment later, it's the chamber of Primus, as intended.
* Hot Shot's bizarre "Who are they?", referring to the two Autobot guards, is a dub addition, as is Prime's rather excited "Let's go find out!" reply. In ''Super Link'', it's more along the lines of "What was that?" and "Doesn't matter; we're going our own way."
* The dub animation omits some anime teardrops falling from Wing Dagger's eyes as he mourns for Padlock. The dub animation also gives Wing Dagger blue eyes, while in ''Super Link'', they're green.
* Five seconds after informing Optimus that Unicron's head is approaching, Jetfire is shocked and alarmed at the sight of...Unicron's head.
* Kicker tells Optimus that "we're coming through the warp gate", even though they're ''already right there''. A second later, ''Rodimus'' comes through a warp gate.
* For once, someone was paying attention: the dialog for ''Super Link'' indicates that the Decepticons are using several mobile fortresses; the dub changes it to just one, as shown in the animation.
* The dub animation is missing an energon glow effect over Optimus as the Decepticons retreat.
* The dub animation is missing a brief slash of highlighting white light as Kicker steps between Rodimus and Optimus.
* After the battle, Snow Cat and Demolishor lead Shockblast away to be repaired. The dub adds dialog that makes it sound like Shockblast is taking ''them'' away.

===Pain Count===
* "Uh?": 11
* Stock footage: 4
* Energon is great: 1
* Let's do this: 1
* Aw man: 2

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Laser Wave Rampage.jpg|thumb|To be fair, translating is tough.]]
* When first broadcast, this episode was titled "Laser Wave: Rampage", using Shockblast's Japanese name. Amazingly, it was fixed when the episode was rebroadcast.
* In the middle of a quiet moment, Hot Shot ''yells'' at Inferno to suggest they powerlink...even though they're standing right next to each other.
* Misha's hair flows freely from the back of her space suit helmet. It even flaps around from all the wind that's blowing around in the airless vacuum of deep space. Somehow this does not kill her.

===Trivia===
[[File:Tf Energon Unfinished Foreground Fight.jpg|thumb|It probably went down like this at the animation studio: Worker A: "They left the background out!" Worker B: "It's ok, here's a sketch to tide us over for now- we'll fix it in post-production." Worker A: "It goes out ''TODAY!''" Worker B: "WHAT!?!"]]
*In the scene that shows Optimus and Rodimus fighting with Kicker in the background, the ground they are standing on is a rough sketch, with a visible signature and some Japanese characters. Apparently, it was either overlooked or the animators sent in an incomplete print of the episode running low on time, as had happened in the past with several episodes exported to America.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 006 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Shockblast: Rampage

2015-09-12T02:28:31Z

Wxy:

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=21
|prev=Alpha Q: Identity
|next=Survival Instincts
|title="Laser Wave: Rampage" "Shockblast: Rampage"
|japanese=大暴れ! レーザーウェーブ
|romaji=Ōabare! Laserwave
|translation=Rampage! Laserwave
|image=E21_titlecard.jpg
|caption= Oddly enough, of the three [[generic]]s shown here, only the redshirt survives the imminent curb-stomping. [[Each One Fights...|For now...]] then he [[Unicron Unleashed|gets better]] and [[Wing Saber (Energon)|quits being a redshirt.]]
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[May 28|28 May]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[July 3]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Shockblast disables Cybertron's energon grid, while Kicker tries to convince the Autobots to listen to Alpha Q.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] careens madly across the surfaces of [[Unicron]]'s head, with [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] at the controls and [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha]] screaming in terror. [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] is excited at the prospect of joining forces with the [[Autobot]]s and gaining freedom at last; Kicker is also happy over the prospect of bringing Unicron's head to the Autobots.

Autobot troops continue searching for [[Shockblast]]. As the escaped fugitive watches from the shadows, a guard refuses [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] and [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] entry to a restricted area, and the two head onwards in their search. Shockblast wastes no time in killing the guard after they leave and leaping through the doors. He lands in the "energon core" chamber, which blasts him.

[[File:Energon-Misha-Hugs-Kicker.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Mmm, yeah, that's right, hug me hard. If you like, you can come back to my room so we can hug some more.]]

[[Rad White|Rad]] reports on Shockblast's intrusion, and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Prime]], [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] head that way. Padlock and Wing Dagger arrive first and find Shockblast lying inert, but it's just an act. Shockblast takes Padlock hostage, holding off the Autobots as Prime and company arrive. He exits... and kills Padlock on the way out. The doors are sealed behind him. An infuriated Wing Dagger futilely tries to bash his way out of the [[Primus]] chamber, while Hot Shot contacts Rad to open the doors.

Shockblast radios [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], demanding to be rescued. He informs Megatron that there's a huge cache of [[energon]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], enough to revive Unicron, and offers to disable the [[energon grid]] so the [[Decepticon]]s can infiltrate the planet. Megatron sends his troops to help, despite [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]'s warnings about trusting Shockblast.

Rad detects the Decepticons approaching the planet with a mobile fortress, and he powers up the energon grid. Prime and company continue their hunt for Shockblast.

[[File:Energon-Shockblast-Rides-Tidal-Wave.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Dude, hang ten!]]

[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and the troops arrive at Cybertron; Shockblast, who's been put in charge, orders them to crash the mobile fortress into the energon grid, over their protests. A huge explosion ensues; Shockblast uses the distraction to destroy one of the [[energon tower]]s. [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] and Decepticons swarm in through the resultant hole in the energon grid.

Shockblast links up with the Decepticons, and he and Tidal Wave immediately begin squabbling. When Shockblast begins picking on Tidal Wave, the Decepticons fight among themselves.

Rad redirects the energon grid to blast Shockblast. Megatron arrives and orders the others to rescue Shockblast, and Tidal Wave reluctantly does so. Shockblast delivers one last blast, destroying another tower, before Megatron orders a retreat.

In the wake of the battle, Wing Dagger recriminates himself for letting Shockblast get away. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] radios in with news that Kicker is on his way, with Unicron's head. Alpha Q hopes he's doing the right thing.

[[File:Energon-Optimus-VS-Rodimus.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Admit it, you always wanted to see this.]]

Jetfire is shocked to see Unicron. Prime and company arrive aboard the ''[[Miranda II]]'', as does [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Optimus demands that he release Kicker; Rodimus refuses until Optimus listens to everything he has to say. Optimus is prepared to use force to get his allies back, and the two come to blows, while the puzzled Kicker watches. Summoning the [[Energon Saber]], Kicker gets between the two and orders them to stop. He pleads with Optimus to listen to Alpha Q's plans for Unicron. Optimus reluctantly agrees, at least until Megatron is dealt with. A deal is struck, and he and Rodimus shake on it.

Aboard Unicron's body, Shockblast bashes Tidal Wave for failing to cover him adequately during the battle on Cybertron. Megatron orders him to lay off. Shockblast leaves with Snow Cat and Demolishor. Megatron tells Tidal Wave that he'll eventually be allowed to deal with Shockblast himself, and that an attack on Cybertron is nigh...

Kicker leads Optimus and the rest back to Alpha Q, and Optimus prepares himself to listen to the alien's tale.
{{--}}
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (1)
* [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (6)
* [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (7)
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] (8)
* [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] (9)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (13)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (14)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (21)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (22)

|c2=
* [[Shockblast]] (10)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (15)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (16)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (17)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (18)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (19)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (2)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (3)
* [[Rad White]] (11)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (4)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (5)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (20)
* [[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] (23)
* [[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]] (24)
* [[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]] (25)
}}

==Quotes==
"I can't believe we've actually joined forces with the talking Q-heads!"
:—'''Kicker''' reflects on his newest ally.

"Don't trust Shockblast. Shockblast BAD."
:—'''Tidal Wave''' is both eloquent and succinct.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* As Ironhide careens across Unicron's head, ''Super Link'' has Kicker essentially saying to Misha, "Ha ha, this scares you? Keep it up, Ironhide!" In the dub, he just says "Relax, everything's under control."
* Alpha Q's opening lines are a bit mangled by the dub. He says "It is time to bring him to us", even though Kicker's ''already'' been brought before Alpha Q. Then he says "He sees it!" as Ironhide stops in front of nothing. In ''Super Link'', Kicker notices that the stars are moving relative to them, meaning that Unicron's head is moving, but this reaction is missing from the dub, instead replaced with the bizarre observation that "We're moving at light speed on Unicron's head!"
* The dub inserts some strange dialogue from Rodimus about Unicron's ''body'' moving. It's supposed to be about his ''head'' moving. Y'know, like, the thing that they're inside of and have control over.
* The dub scrambles Kicker and Ironhide's chat about bringing the head to Optimus; in ''Super Link'', they're worried about what he will think, while in the dub, they're just like YAY WE DID A GREAT THING GO US.
* For some reason, the dub changes the first mention of Primus's chamber into "the energon core". A moment later, it's the chamber of Primus, as intended.
* Hot Shot's bizarre "Who are they?", referring to the two Autobot guards, is a dub addition, as is Prime's rather excited "Let's go find out!" reply. In ''Super Link'', it's more along the lines of "What was that?" and "Doesn't matter; we're going our own way."
* The dub animation omits some anime teardrops falling from Wing Dagger's eyes as he mourns for Padlock. The dub animation also gives Wing Dagger blue eyes, while in ''Super Link'', they're green.
* Five seconds after informing Optimus that Unicron's head is approaching, Jetfire is shocked and alarmed at the sight of...Unicron's head.
* Kicker tells Optimus that "we're coming through the warp gate", even though they're ''already right there''. A second later, ''Rodimus'' comes through a warp gate.
* For once, someone was paying attention: the dialog for ''Super Link'' indicates that the Decepticons are using several mobile fortresses; the dub changes it to just one, as shown in the animation.
* The dub animation is missing an energon glow effect over Optimus as the Decepticons retreat.
* The dub animation is missing a brief slash of highlighting white light as Kicker steps between Rodimus and Optimus.
* After the battle, Snow Cat and Demolishor lead Shockblast away to be repaired. The dub adds dialog that makes it sound like Shockblast is taking ''them'' away.

===Pain Count===
* "Uh?": 11
* Stock footage: 4
* Energon is great: 1
* Let's do this: 1
* Aw man: 2

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Laser Wave Rampage.jpg|thumb|To be fair, translating is tough.]]
* When first broadcast, this episode was titled "Laser Wave: Rampage", using Shockblast's Japanese name. Amazingly, it was fixed when the episode was rebroadcast.
* In the middle of a quiet moment, Hot Shot ''yells'' at Inferno to suggest they powerlink...even though they're standing right next to each other.
* Misha's hair flows freely from the back of her space suit helmet. It even flaps around from all the wind that's blowing around in the airless vacuum of deep space. Somehow this does not kill her.

===Trivia===
[[File:Tf Energon Unfinished Foreground Fight.jpg|thumb|It probably went down like this at the animation studio: Worker A: "They left the background out!" Worker B: "It's ok, here's a sketch to tide us over for now- we'll fix it in post-production." Worker A: "It goes out ''TODAY!''" Worker B: "WHAT!?!"]]
*In the scene that shows Optimus and Rodimus fighting with Kicker in the background, the ground they are standing on is a rough sketch, with a visible signature and some Japanese characters. Apparently, it was either overlooked or the animators sent in an incomplete print of the episode running low on time, as had happened in the past with several episodes exported to America.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 006 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Shockblast: Rampage

2015-09-12T02:22:57Z

Wxy:

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=21
|prev=Alpha Q: Identity
|next=Survival Instincts
|title="Laser Wave: Rampage" "Shockblast: Rampage"
|japanese=大暴れ! レーザーウェーブ
|romaji=Ōabare! Laserwave
|translation=Rampage! Laserwave
|image=E21_titlecard.jpg
|caption= Oddly enough, out of the three generics shown here, only the redshirt survives. [[Each One Fights...|For now...]] then he gets better and [[Unicron Unleashed|stops]] being a redshirt.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[May 28|28 May]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[July 3]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Shockblast disables Cybertron's energon grid, while Kicker tries to convince the Autobots to listen to Alpha Q.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] careens madly across the surfaces of [[Unicron]]'s head, with [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] at the controls and [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha]] screaming in terror. [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] is excited at the prospect of joining forces with the [[Autobot]]s and gaining freedom at last; Kicker is also happy over the prospect of bringing Unicron's head to the Autobots.

Autobot troops continue searching for [[Shockblast]]. As the escaped fugitive watches from the shadows, a guard refuses [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] and [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] entry to a restricted area, and the two head onwards in their search. Shockblast wastes no time in killing the guard after they leave and leaping through the doors. He lands in the "energon core" chamber, which blasts him.

[[File:Energon-Misha-Hugs-Kicker.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Mmm, yeah, that's right, hug me hard. If you like, you can come back to my room so we can hug some more.]]

[[Rad White|Rad]] reports on Shockblast's intrusion, and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Prime]], [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] head that way. Padlock and Wing Dagger arrive first and find Shockblast lying inert, but it's just an act. Shockblast takes Padlock hostage, holding off the Autobots as Prime and company arrive. He exits... and kills Padlock on the way out. The doors are sealed behind him. An infuriated Wing Dagger futilely tries to bash his way out of the [[Primus]] chamber, while Hot Shot contacts Rad to open the doors.

Shockblast radios [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], demanding to be rescued. He informs Megatron that there's a huge cache of [[energon]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], enough to revive Unicron, and offers to disable the [[energon grid]] so the [[Decepticon]]s can infiltrate the planet. Megatron sends his troops to help, despite [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]'s warnings about trusting Shockblast.

Rad detects the Decepticons approaching the planet with a mobile fortress, and he powers up the energon grid. Prime and company continue their hunt for Shockblast.

[[File:Energon-Shockblast-Rides-Tidal-Wave.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Dude, hang ten!]]

[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and the troops arrive at Cybertron; Shockblast, who's been put in charge, orders them to crash the mobile fortress into the energon grid, over their protests. A huge explosion ensues; Shockblast uses the distraction to destroy one of the [[energon tower]]s. [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] and Decepticons swarm in through the resultant hole in the energon grid.

Shockblast links up with the Decepticons, and he and Tidal Wave immediately begin squabbling. When Shockblast begins picking on Tidal Wave, the Decepticons fight among themselves.

Rad redirects the energon grid to blast Shockblast. Megatron arrives and orders the others to rescue Shockblast, and Tidal Wave reluctantly does so. Shockblast delivers one last blast, destroying another tower, before Megatron orders a retreat.

In the wake of the battle, Wing Dagger recriminates himself for letting Shockblast get away. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] radios in with news that Kicker is on his way, with Unicron's head. Alpha Q hopes he's doing the right thing.

[[File:Energon-Optimus-VS-Rodimus.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Admit it, you always wanted to see this.]]

Jetfire is shocked to see Unicron. Prime and company arrive aboard the ''[[Miranda II]]'', as does [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Optimus demands that he release Kicker; Rodimus refuses until Optimus listens to everything he has to say. Optimus is prepared to use force to get his allies back, and the two come to blows, while the puzzled Kicker watches. Summoning the [[Energon Saber]], Kicker gets between the two and orders them to stop. He pleads with Optimus to listen to Alpha Q's plans for Unicron. Optimus reluctantly agrees, at least until Megatron is dealt with. A deal is struck, and he and Rodimus shake on it.

Aboard Unicron's body, Shockblast bashes Tidal Wave for failing to cover him adequately during the battle on Cybertron. Megatron orders him to lay off. Shockblast leaves with Snow Cat and Demolishor. Megatron tells Tidal Wave that he'll eventually be allowed to deal with Shockblast himself, and that an attack on Cybertron is nigh...

Kicker leads Optimus and the rest back to Alpha Q, and Optimus prepares himself to listen to the alien's tale.
{{--}}
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (1)
* [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (6)
* [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (7)
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] (8)
* [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] (9)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (13)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (14)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (21)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (22)

|c2=
* [[Shockblast]] (10)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (15)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (16)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (17)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (18)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (19)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (2)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (3)
* [[Rad White]] (11)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (4)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (5)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (20)
* [[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] (23)
* [[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]] (24)
* [[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]] (25)
}}

==Quotes==
"I can't believe we've actually joined forces with the talking Q-heads!"
:—'''Kicker''' reflects on his newest ally.

"Don't trust Shockblast. Shockblast BAD."
:—'''Tidal Wave''' is both eloquent and succinct.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* As Ironhide careens across Unicron's head, ''Super Link'' has Kicker essentially saying to Misha, "Ha ha, this scares you? Keep it up, Ironhide!" In the dub, he just says "Relax, everything's under control."
* Alpha Q's opening lines are a bit mangled by the dub. He says "It is time to bring him to us", even though Kicker's ''already'' been brought before Alpha Q. Then he says "He sees it!" as Ironhide stops in front of nothing. In ''Super Link'', Kicker notices that the stars are moving relative to them, meaning that Unicron's head is moving, but this reaction is missing from the dub, instead replaced with the bizarre observation that "We're moving at light speed on Unicron's head!"
* The dub inserts some strange dialogue from Rodimus about Unicron's ''body'' moving. It's supposed to be about his ''head'' moving. Y'know, like, the thing that they're inside of and have control over.
* The dub scrambles Kicker and Ironhide's chat about bringing the head to Optimus; in ''Super Link'', they're worried about what he will think, while in the dub, they're just like YAY WE DID A GREAT THING GO US.
* For some reason, the dub changes the first mention of Primus's chamber into "the energon core". A moment later, it's the chamber of Primus, as intended.
* Hot Shot's bizarre "Who are they?", referring to the two Autobot guards, is a dub addition, as is Prime's rather excited "Let's go find out!" reply. In ''Super Link'', it's more along the lines of "What was that?" and "Doesn't matter; we're going our own way."
* The dub animation omits some anime teardrops falling from Wing Dagger's eyes as he mourns for Padlock. The dub animation also gives Wing Dagger blue eyes, while in ''Super Link'', they're green.
* Five seconds after informing Optimus that Unicron's head is approaching, Jetfire is shocked and alarmed at the sight of...Unicron's head.
* Kicker tells Optimus that "we're coming through the warp gate", even though they're ''already right there''. A second later, ''Rodimus'' comes through a warp gate.
* For once, someone was paying attention: the dialog for ''Super Link'' indicates that the Decepticons are using several mobile fortresses; the dub changes it to just one, as shown in the animation.
* The dub animation is missing an energon glow effect over Optimus as the Decepticons retreat.
* The dub animation is missing a brief slash of highlighting white light as Kicker steps between Rodimus and Optimus.
* After the battle, Snow Cat and Demolishor lead Shockblast away to be repaired. The dub adds dialog that makes it sound like Shockblast is taking ''them'' away.

===Pain Count===
* "Uh?": 11
* Stock footage: 4
* Energon is great: 1
* Let's do this: 1
* Aw man: 2

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Laser Wave Rampage.jpg|thumb|To be fair, translating is tough.]]
* When first broadcast, this episode was titled "Laser Wave: Rampage", using Shockblast's Japanese name. Amazingly, it was fixed when the episode was rebroadcast.
* In the middle of a quiet moment, Hot Shot ''yells'' at Inferno to suggest they powerlink...even though they're standing right next to each other.
* Misha's hair flows freely from the back of her space suit helmet. It even flaps around from all the wind that's blowing around in the airless vacuum of deep space. Somehow this does not kill her.

===Trivia===
[[File:Tf Energon Unfinished Foreground Fight.jpg|thumb|It probably went down like this at the animation studio: Worker A: "They left the background out!" Worker B: "It's ok, here's a sketch to tide us over for now- we'll fix it in post-production." Worker A: "It goes out ''TODAY!''" Worker B: "WHAT!?!"]]
*In the scene that shows Optimus and Rodimus fighting with Kicker in the background, the ground they are standing on is a rough sketch, with a visible signature and some Japanese characters. Apparently, it was either overlooked or the animators sent in an incomplete print of the episode running low on time, as had happened in the past with several episodes exported to America.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 006 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Shockblast: Rampage

2015-09-12T02:22:25Z

Wxy:

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=21
|prev=Alpha Q: Identity
|next=Survival Instincts
|title="Laser Wave: Rampage" "Shockblast: Rampage"
|japanese=大暴れ! レーザーウェーブ
|romaji=Ōabare! Laserwave
|translation=Rampage! Laserwave
|image=E21_titlecard.jpg
|caption= Oddly enough, out of the three generics shown here, only the redshirt survives. [[Each One Fights...|For now...]] then he gets better and [[Unicron Unleashed quits]] being a redshirt.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[May 28|28 May]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[July 3]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Shockblast disables Cybertron's energon grid, while Kicker tries to convince the Autobots to listen to Alpha Q.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] careens madly across the surfaces of [[Unicron]]'s head, with [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] at the controls and [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha]] screaming in terror. [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] is excited at the prospect of joining forces with the [[Autobot]]s and gaining freedom at last; Kicker is also happy over the prospect of bringing Unicron's head to the Autobots.

Autobot troops continue searching for [[Shockblast]]. As the escaped fugitive watches from the shadows, a guard refuses [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] and [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] entry to a restricted area, and the two head onwards in their search. Shockblast wastes no time in killing the guard after they leave and leaping through the doors. He lands in the "energon core" chamber, which blasts him.

[[File:Energon-Misha-Hugs-Kicker.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Mmm, yeah, that's right, hug me hard. If you like, you can come back to my room so we can hug some more.]]

[[Rad White|Rad]] reports on Shockblast's intrusion, and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Prime]], [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] head that way. Padlock and Wing Dagger arrive first and find Shockblast lying inert, but it's just an act. Shockblast takes Padlock hostage, holding off the Autobots as Prime and company arrive. He exits... and kills Padlock on the way out. The doors are sealed behind him. An infuriated Wing Dagger futilely tries to bash his way out of the [[Primus]] chamber, while Hot Shot contacts Rad to open the doors.

Shockblast radios [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], demanding to be rescued. He informs Megatron that there's a huge cache of [[energon]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], enough to revive Unicron, and offers to disable the [[energon grid]] so the [[Decepticon]]s can infiltrate the planet. Megatron sends his troops to help, despite [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]'s warnings about trusting Shockblast.

Rad detects the Decepticons approaching the planet with a mobile fortress, and he powers up the energon grid. Prime and company continue their hunt for Shockblast.

[[File:Energon-Shockblast-Rides-Tidal-Wave.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Dude, hang ten!]]

[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and the troops arrive at Cybertron; Shockblast, who's been put in charge, orders them to crash the mobile fortress into the energon grid, over their protests. A huge explosion ensues; Shockblast uses the distraction to destroy one of the [[energon tower]]s. [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] and Decepticons swarm in through the resultant hole in the energon grid.

Shockblast links up with the Decepticons, and he and Tidal Wave immediately begin squabbling. When Shockblast begins picking on Tidal Wave, the Decepticons fight among themselves.

Rad redirects the energon grid to blast Shockblast. Megatron arrives and orders the others to rescue Shockblast, and Tidal Wave reluctantly does so. Shockblast delivers one last blast, destroying another tower, before Megatron orders a retreat.

In the wake of the battle, Wing Dagger recriminates himself for letting Shockblast get away. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] radios in with news that Kicker is on his way, with Unicron's head. Alpha Q hopes he's doing the right thing.

[[File:Energon-Optimus-VS-Rodimus.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Admit it, you always wanted to see this.]]

Jetfire is shocked to see Unicron. Prime and company arrive aboard the ''[[Miranda II]]'', as does [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Optimus demands that he release Kicker; Rodimus refuses until Optimus listens to everything he has to say. Optimus is prepared to use force to get his allies back, and the two come to blows, while the puzzled Kicker watches. Summoning the [[Energon Saber]], Kicker gets between the two and orders them to stop. He pleads with Optimus to listen to Alpha Q's plans for Unicron. Optimus reluctantly agrees, at least until Megatron is dealt with. A deal is struck, and he and Rodimus shake on it.

Aboard Unicron's body, Shockblast bashes Tidal Wave for failing to cover him adequately during the battle on Cybertron. Megatron orders him to lay off. Shockblast leaves with Snow Cat and Demolishor. Megatron tells Tidal Wave that he'll eventually be allowed to deal with Shockblast himself, and that an attack on Cybertron is nigh...

Kicker leads Optimus and the rest back to Alpha Q, and Optimus prepares himself to listen to the alien's tale.
{{--}}
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (1)
* [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (6)
* [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (7)
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] (8)
* [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] (9)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (13)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (14)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (21)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (22)

|c2=
* [[Shockblast]] (10)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (15)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (16)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (17)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (18)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (19)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (2)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (3)
* [[Rad White]] (11)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (4)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (5)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (20)
* [[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] (23)
* [[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]] (24)
* [[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]] (25)
}}

==Quotes==
"I can't believe we've actually joined forces with the talking Q-heads!"
:—'''Kicker''' reflects on his newest ally.

"Don't trust Shockblast. Shockblast BAD."
:—'''Tidal Wave''' is both eloquent and succinct.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* As Ironhide careens across Unicron's head, ''Super Link'' has Kicker essentially saying to Misha, "Ha ha, this scares you? Keep it up, Ironhide!" In the dub, he just says "Relax, everything's under control."
* Alpha Q's opening lines are a bit mangled by the dub. He says "It is time to bring him to us", even though Kicker's ''already'' been brought before Alpha Q. Then he says "He sees it!" as Ironhide stops in front of nothing. In ''Super Link'', Kicker notices that the stars are moving relative to them, meaning that Unicron's head is moving, but this reaction is missing from the dub, instead replaced with the bizarre observation that "We're moving at light speed on Unicron's head!"
* The dub inserts some strange dialogue from Rodimus about Unicron's ''body'' moving. It's supposed to be about his ''head'' moving. Y'know, like, the thing that they're inside of and have control over.
* The dub scrambles Kicker and Ironhide's chat about bringing the head to Optimus; in ''Super Link'', they're worried about what he will think, while in the dub, they're just like YAY WE DID A GREAT THING GO US.
* For some reason, the dub changes the first mention of Primus's chamber into "the energon core". A moment later, it's the chamber of Primus, as intended.
* Hot Shot's bizarre "Who are they?", referring to the two Autobot guards, is a dub addition, as is Prime's rather excited "Let's go find out!" reply. In ''Super Link'', it's more along the lines of "What was that?" and "Doesn't matter; we're going our own way."
* The dub animation omits some anime teardrops falling from Wing Dagger's eyes as he mourns for Padlock. The dub animation also gives Wing Dagger blue eyes, while in ''Super Link'', they're green.
* Five seconds after informing Optimus that Unicron's head is approaching, Jetfire is shocked and alarmed at the sight of...Unicron's head.
* Kicker tells Optimus that "we're coming through the warp gate", even though they're ''already right there''. A second later, ''Rodimus'' comes through a warp gate.
* For once, someone was paying attention: the dialog for ''Super Link'' indicates that the Decepticons are using several mobile fortresses; the dub changes it to just one, as shown in the animation.
* The dub animation is missing an energon glow effect over Optimus as the Decepticons retreat.
* The dub animation is missing a brief slash of highlighting white light as Kicker steps between Rodimus and Optimus.
* After the battle, Snow Cat and Demolishor lead Shockblast away to be repaired. The dub adds dialog that makes it sound like Shockblast is taking ''them'' away.

===Pain Count===
* "Uh?": 11
* Stock footage: 4
* Energon is great: 1
* Let's do this: 1
* Aw man: 2

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Laser Wave Rampage.jpg|thumb|To be fair, translating is tough.]]
* When first broadcast, this episode was titled "Laser Wave: Rampage", using Shockblast's Japanese name. Amazingly, it was fixed when the episode was rebroadcast.
* In the middle of a quiet moment, Hot Shot ''yells'' at Inferno to suggest they powerlink...even though they're standing right next to each other.
* Misha's hair flows freely from the back of her space suit helmet. It even flaps around from all the wind that's blowing around in the airless vacuum of deep space. Somehow this does not kill her.

===Trivia===
[[File:Tf Energon Unfinished Foreground Fight.jpg|thumb|It probably went down like this at the animation studio: Worker A: "They left the background out!" Worker B: "It's ok, here's a sketch to tide us over for now- we'll fix it in post-production." Worker A: "It goes out ''TODAY!''" Worker B: "WHAT!?!"]]
*In the scene that shows Optimus and Rodimus fighting with Kicker in the background, the ground they are standing on is a rough sketch, with a visible signature and some Japanese characters. Apparently, it was either overlooked or the animators sent in an incomplete print of the episode running low on time, as had happened in the past with several episodes exported to America.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 006 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Shockblast: Rampage

2015-09-12T02:16:59Z

Wxy:

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=21
|prev=Alpha Q: Identity
|next=Survival Instincts
|title="Laser Wave: Rampage" "Shockblast: Rampage"
|japanese=大暴れ! レーザーウェーブ
|romaji=Ōabare! Laserwave
|translation=Rampage! Laserwave
|image=E21_titlecard.jpg
|caption= In a few seconds, these bots are gonna feel a heck of one ''shock'', as another has a ''blast''. (again, we're sorry)
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[May 28|28 May]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[July 3]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Shockblast disables Cybertron's energon grid, while Kicker tries to convince the Autobots to listen to Alpha Q.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] careens madly across the surfaces of [[Unicron]]'s head, with [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] at the controls and [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha]] screaming in terror. [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] is excited at the prospect of joining forces with the [[Autobot]]s and gaining freedom at last; Kicker is also happy over the prospect of bringing Unicron's head to the Autobots.

Autobot troops continue searching for [[Shockblast]]. As the escaped fugitive watches from the shadows, a guard refuses [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] and [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] entry to a restricted area, and the two head onwards in their search. Shockblast wastes no time in killing the guard after they leave and leaping through the doors. He lands in the "energon core" chamber, which blasts him.

[[File:Energon-Misha-Hugs-Kicker.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Mmm, yeah, that's right, hug me hard. If you like, you can come back to my room so we can hug some more.]]

[[Rad White|Rad]] reports on Shockblast's intrusion, and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Prime]], [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] head that way. Padlock and Wing Dagger arrive first and find Shockblast lying inert, but it's just an act. Shockblast takes Padlock hostage, holding off the Autobots as Prime and company arrive. He exits... and kills Padlock on the way out. The doors are sealed behind him. An infuriated Wing Dagger futilely tries to bash his way out of the [[Primus]] chamber, while Hot Shot contacts Rad to open the doors.

Shockblast radios [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], demanding to be rescued. He informs Megatron that there's a huge cache of [[energon]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], enough to revive Unicron, and offers to disable the [[energon grid]] so the [[Decepticon]]s can infiltrate the planet. Megatron sends his troops to help, despite [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]'s warnings about trusting Shockblast.

Rad detects the Decepticons approaching the planet with a mobile fortress, and he powers up the energon grid. Prime and company continue their hunt for Shockblast.

[[File:Energon-Shockblast-Rides-Tidal-Wave.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Dude, hang ten!]]

[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and the troops arrive at Cybertron; Shockblast, who's been put in charge, orders them to crash the mobile fortress into the energon grid, over their protests. A huge explosion ensues; Shockblast uses the distraction to destroy one of the [[energon tower]]s. [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] and Decepticons swarm in through the resultant hole in the energon grid.

Shockblast links up with the Decepticons, and he and Tidal Wave immediately begin squabbling. When Shockblast begins picking on Tidal Wave, the Decepticons fight among themselves.

Rad redirects the energon grid to blast Shockblast. Megatron arrives and orders the others to rescue Shockblast, and Tidal Wave reluctantly does so. Shockblast delivers one last blast, destroying another tower, before Megatron orders a retreat.

In the wake of the battle, Wing Dagger recriminates himself for letting Shockblast get away. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] radios in with news that Kicker is on his way, with Unicron's head. Alpha Q hopes he's doing the right thing.

[[File:Energon-Optimus-VS-Rodimus.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Admit it, you always wanted to see this.]]

Jetfire is shocked to see Unicron. Prime and company arrive aboard the ''[[Miranda II]]'', as does [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Optimus demands that he release Kicker; Rodimus refuses until Optimus listens to everything he has to say. Optimus is prepared to use force to get his allies back, and the two come to blows, while the puzzled Kicker watches. Summoning the [[Energon Saber]], Kicker gets between the two and orders them to stop. He pleads with Optimus to listen to Alpha Q's plans for Unicron. Optimus reluctantly agrees, at least until Megatron is dealt with. A deal is struck, and he and Rodimus shake on it.

Aboard Unicron's body, Shockblast bashes Tidal Wave for failing to cover him adequately during the battle on Cybertron. Megatron orders him to lay off. Shockblast leaves with Snow Cat and Demolishor. Megatron tells Tidal Wave that he'll eventually be allowed to deal with Shockblast himself, and that an attack on Cybertron is nigh...

Kicker leads Optimus and the rest back to Alpha Q, and Optimus prepares himself to listen to the alien's tale.
{{--}}
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (1)
* [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (6)
* [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (7)
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] (8)
* [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] (9)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (13)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (14)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (21)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (22)

|c2=
* [[Shockblast]] (10)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (15)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (16)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (17)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (18)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (19)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (2)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (3)
* [[Rad White]] (11)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (4)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (5)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (20)
* [[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] (23)
* [[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]] (24)
* [[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]] (25)
}}

==Quotes==
"I can't believe we've actually joined forces with the talking Q-heads!"
:—'''Kicker''' reflects on his newest ally.

"Don't trust Shockblast. Shockblast BAD."
:—'''Tidal Wave''' is both eloquent and succinct.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* As Ironhide careens across Unicron's head, ''Super Link'' has Kicker essentially saying to Misha, "Ha ha, this scares you? Keep it up, Ironhide!" In the dub, he just says "Relax, everything's under control."
* Alpha Q's opening lines are a bit mangled by the dub. He says "It is time to bring him to us", even though Kicker's ''already'' been brought before Alpha Q. Then he says "He sees it!" as Ironhide stops in front of nothing. In ''Super Link'', Kicker notices that the stars are moving relative to them, meaning that Unicron's head is moving, but this reaction is missing from the dub, instead replaced with the bizarre observation that "We're moving at light speed on Unicron's head!"
* The dub inserts some strange dialogue from Rodimus about Unicron's ''body'' moving. It's supposed to be about his ''head'' moving. Y'know, like, the thing that they're inside of and have control over.
* The dub scrambles Kicker and Ironhide's chat about bringing the head to Optimus; in ''Super Link'', they're worried about what he will think, while in the dub, they're just like YAY WE DID A GREAT THING GO US.
* For some reason, the dub changes the first mention of Primus's chamber into "the energon core". A moment later, it's the chamber of Primus, as intended.
* Hot Shot's bizarre "Who are they?", referring to the two Autobot guards, is a dub addition, as is Prime's rather excited "Let's go find out!" reply. In ''Super Link'', it's more along the lines of "What was that?" and "Doesn't matter; we're going our own way."
* The dub animation omits some anime teardrops falling from Wing Dagger's eyes as he mourns for Padlock. The dub animation also gives Wing Dagger blue eyes, while in ''Super Link'', they're green.
* Five seconds after informing Optimus that Unicron's head is approaching, Jetfire is shocked and alarmed at the sight of...Unicron's head.
* Kicker tells Optimus that "we're coming through the warp gate", even though they're ''already right there''. A second later, ''Rodimus'' comes through a warp gate.
* For once, someone was paying attention: the dialog for ''Super Link'' indicates that the Decepticons are using several mobile fortresses; the dub changes it to just one, as shown in the animation.
* The dub animation is missing an energon glow effect over Optimus as the Decepticons retreat.
* The dub animation is missing a brief slash of highlighting white light as Kicker steps between Rodimus and Optimus.
* After the battle, Snow Cat and Demolishor lead Shockblast away to be repaired. The dub adds dialog that makes it sound like Shockblast is taking ''them'' away.

===Pain Count===
* "Uh?": 11
* Stock footage: 4
* Energon is great: 1
* Let's do this: 1
* Aw man: 2

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Laser Wave Rampage.jpg|thumb|To be fair, translating is tough.]]
* When first broadcast, this episode was titled "Laser Wave: Rampage", using Shockblast's Japanese name. Amazingly, it was fixed when the episode was rebroadcast.
* In the middle of a quiet moment, Hot Shot ''yells'' at Inferno to suggest they powerlink...even though they're standing right next to each other.
* Misha's hair flows freely from the back of her space suit helmet. It even flaps around from all the wind that's blowing around in the airless vacuum of deep space. Somehow this does not kill her.

===Trivia===
[[File:Tf Energon Unfinished Foreground Fight.jpg|thumb|It probably went down like this at the animation studio: Worker A: "They left the background out!" Worker B: "It's ok, here's a sketch to tide us over for now- we'll fix it in post-production." Worker A: "It goes out ''TODAY!''" Worker B: "WHAT!?!"]]
*In the scene that shows Optimus and Rodimus fighting with Kicker in the background, the ground they are standing on is a rough sketch, with a visible signature and some Japanese characters. Apparently, it was either overlooked or the animators sent in an incomplete print of the episode running low on time, as had happened in the past with several episodes exported to America.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 006 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Break Through

2015-09-12T02:06:36Z

Wxy:

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|series2=Transformers: Super Link
|ep=42
|ep2=43
|prev=Galvatron!
|next=Distribution
|title="Break Through"
|japanese=それゆけ! オムニコン
|romaji=Sore yuke! Omnicon
|translation=Keep Going! Omnicons
|image=E42 titlecard.jpg
|caption= Where's Captain Planet when you really need him?
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Shōji Tonoike]]
|director=[[Mitsuru Kawasaki]], [[Hideaki Nakano]] (asst. dir.)
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[October 29|29 October]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[January 21]], [[2005]] (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Kicker and the Omnicons struggle to shut off the Decepticons' energon gas grid and get Optimus's team onto Cybertron.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] and [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] make their landing on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], with the [[Omnicon]]s behind them. They try to figure out where they've landed.

From orbit, [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] waits and worries over Kicker. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] checks in with him, but there's nothing to report. From elsewhere, [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] observes that Kicker is the only hope for the [[Autobot]]s and the planet.

Out on the frontier, two Autobot troops observe that [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Jones]]'s ship has been shot down, and head to "[[Outpost SW3]]" to report this news. They use a distraction to sneak past a cloud of orbiting [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s and head underground; they skip past their dozing comrade to send out a report.

At the former Autobot command center, [[Six Shot (Energon)|Six Shot]] detects an Autobot signal from the southern hemisphere. [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] sends the two combiners to scope out the situation.

[[File:Energon-Generics-With-Binoculars.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|I spy with my little optical receptor, something beginning with E.]]

Kicker and the Omnicons are closing in on the pipeline that supplies the [[energon tower]]s. At the frontier outpost, Dozey goes to find his captain, but comes under Terrorcon attack the second he sets foot outside. Six Shot detects the Autobots and unleashes a blast from the energon towers at their base. Kicker is angry that the [[Decepticon]]s are running rampant over the planet.

Below ground, [[Sally Jones (Energon)|Sally]] watches Terrorcons stalk past their hiding place. [[Miranda Jones (Energon)|Mrs. Jones]] is busy baking cookies to keep herself from worrying. Meanwhile, [[Rad White|Rad]] and Dr. Jones have found the elevator shaft that leads to [[Primus]]... but it's in ruins. As they consider looking for another route, a [[Cruellock]] drone finds them. They hide in the shaft, but when the Terrorcon breaks through, they have no choice but to jump.

[[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]] and [[Constructicon Maximus]] arrive in the southern hemisphere, and start using the ''[[Miranda II]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hull for target practice. Nearby, the Autobot troops send a few fliers to try and go for help, but the combiners being shooting them. The Autobots attack to try and cover their comrades.

[[File:Energon-Heres-Cruellock.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Heeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Cruelly!]]

The Omnicons arrive at a point where they can stop the gas flow; [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] proposes using a hardening gel to jam up the pipe. The group observes the fleeing Autobot fliers, and smoke from the distant battle. Kicker and Arcee go to help out.

The Autobots are having a tough time against the combiners, falling back repeatedly. Arcee and Kicker arrive and counter-attack.

The Omnicons stop up the pipe, then break it open to vent the gas. They prepare to signal Optimus.

Kicker and Arcee have eluded the combiners. They observe that the Autobots here appear to have all fled safely, and head back to the Omnicons.

Four [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]]s fire up into the sky, the signal that Optimus has been waiting for. Assigning [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] and some others to stay behind, Optimus prepares to go to the surface. Six Shot detects a signal as the Autobots approach. He wants to attack, but Galvatron orders him not to. Then he detects the blocked pipeline, which is none too pleasing to Galvatron.

[[File:Energon-Wideload-Ramp.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Weeeee!]]

The Omnicons report to Kicker that the gel is still holding, but gas is still flowing to the towers. Before they can take action, the combiners appear on the horizon. Kicker takes Skyblast to create a larger opening.

The Autobots reach the spot where the signal was seen, but there's no opening in the gas grid. They wait for Kicker's signal.

Kicker has Skyblast fire three [[energon star]]s at a tower. After a moment, it erupts into fire, opening a hole. Optimus and the others fly through. The Omnicons provide covering fire, but soon come under attack from the combiners and Galvatron's other troops. Optimus's troops soon join the battle, as does Galvatron himself.

Six Shot observes that this is the perfect opportunity to finish all the combatants off and take control. He unleashes the [[energon gas]] on the surface.

[[File:Energon-Omnicon-Support.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|You can help by firing in the air a lot.]]

Kicker observes the gas approaching, and concludes that they must run.

Optimus observes the gas approaching, and concludes that they must run.

Ironhide and Hot Shot observe the gas approaching, and conclude that they must run.

Galvatron observes the gas approaching, and concludes that Six Shot has defied his orders again.

Prime's team meets up the Autobot troops from earlier, who leads them underground to safety from the gas.

Elsewhere, [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]]'s team is in a fight with [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]. The two surviving fliers arrive with a message, to shut off the pipeline. Alpha Q frets that the gas is now keeping the Autobots trapped under the planet, but says that Prime will find a way.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] (2)
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (3)
*[[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (4)
*[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (6)
*[[Superion Maximus]] (26)
*[[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] (27)
*[[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (28)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (29)
*[[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] (30)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (31)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (32)
*[[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] (40)

|c2=
*[[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] drones (8)
*[[Six Shot (Energon)|Six Shot]] (9)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] (10)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (11)
*[[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]] (12)
*[[Constructicon Maximus]] (13)
*[[Cruellock]] drones (14)
*[[Steamhammer (Energon)|Steamhammer]] (19)
*[[Wideload (Energon)|Wideload]] (20)
*[[Blackout (combiner)|Blackout]] (21)
*[[Stormcloud (Energon)|Stormcloud]] (22)
*[[Barricade (Energon)|Barricade]] (23)
*[[Blight (Energon)|Blight]] (24)
*[[Kickback (Energon)|Kickback]] (25)
*[[Bonecrusher (Energon)|Bonecrusher]] (33)
*[[Duststorm (Energon)|Duststorm]] (34)
*[[Sledge (Energon)|Sledge]] (35)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (36)
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] (37)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (38)
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (39)

|c3=
*[[Kicker Jones]] (1)
*[[Sally Jones (Energon)|Sally Jones]] (15)
*[[Miranda Jones (Energon)|Miranda Jones]] (16)
*[[Brian Jones (Energon)|Brian Jones]] (17)
*[[Rad White]] (18)

|c4=
*[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (7) (voice only)
}}

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* The point of the temporary energon fields deployed by the Omnicons isn't to keep the gas away from them, as stated in the dub, but to cushion their landing. The plot has already established that the Omnicons are unaffected by the gas (that being the whole reason they're the ones carrying out the mission), and regardless, the animation clearly shows that they've already passed through the gas layer by that point.
* An added dub line has Arcee saying that they're close to the energon tower (singular, as in one tower) that's releasing the gas. A moment later, the animation (and even Alpha Q's dialog) shows that the gas is coming from many towers.
* The two generics are supposed to be identifying the ship as that of commander Optimus Prime, not "the ship that Dr. Jones was on"—since, y'know, ''Dr. Jones was never on it.''
* The dub gives a deep, guttural voice to the dozing generic in the command center—sparing viewers the agony of the absurdly high-pitched voice that this character has in ''Super Link''.
* Six Shot weirdly says the transmission is coming from ''above'' the southern hemisphere, like it's in orbit or something. It's a dub flub.
* A second later, he says the energon gas will take care of any Autobots on the surface, in clear defiance of the animation, which shows the gas as cloud in the upper atmosphere. He's ''supposed'' to be saying that the Autobots couldn't have broken ''through'' the gas grid.
* Skyblast's flyover report is supposed to say that what Kicker sees are just ruins, not "exhaust".
* For some reason, the Omnicons' original plan to freeze the gas is changed to stopping the flow with a hardening gel. (The dub version, truth be told, makes more sense.)
* A missing line or bad translation has Skyblast saying "If that's the case, then the energon gas will disperse" in reply to... nothing.
* After stopping the pipe up, Skyblast is supposed to note that there's still some gas in the pipe, explaining why Strongarm bashes it open a second later. The explanation is missing in the dub.
* The dub omits the Omnicons' explanation that gas from the other towers flowed in and filled the gap from the tower they shut down.
* In ''Super Link'', Six Shot doesn't really have any interest in "taking control", just avenging his brother.
* The message to Wing Saber was originally about the crash landing of the ''Miranda II''. The dub changes it an order to destroy the energon grid, which causes Wing Saber to randomly start panicking.

===Animation and technical errors===
* The energon gas clouds are completely unaffected by the energon tower's detonation, still flowing past the resultant opening in the clouds. Going by the animation, the hole should be filled and covered up immediately, but it magically stays in place long enough for Prime's team to fly through it.

===Trivia===
* After three episodes, the animation ''finally'' gets around to showing the energon towers actually emitting the energon gas.
* Cybertron's atmosphere gets utterly polluted with killer energon gas. Can anyone say "green aesop?"
* The men go and look for God, while the women stay home and bake food. Yeah.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 011 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Crash Course

2015-09-12T01:55:08Z

Wxy:

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|series2=Transformers: Super Link
|ep=33
|ep2=34
|prev2=Return! Our Scorponok
|prev=Farewell Inferno
|next=Omega Supreme (episode)
|title="Crash Course"
|japanese=特訓だぁ! ロードバスター
|romaji=Tokkun dā! Roadbuster
|translation=Special Training! Roadbuster
|image=E33_titlecard.jpg
|caption= That moment when ''Energon'' went all ''[[wikipedia:Wacky Races|Wacky Races]]''. We're just as befuddled as you are.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Kei'ichirō Kawaguchi]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[August 27|27 August]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[November 8]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''The Autobots hold a race to unwind for a bit, while Megatron beats up Shockblast.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] views a video message from his [[Brian Jones (Energon)|dad]], [[Miranda Jones (Energon)|mom]], and [[Sally Jones (Energon)|sister]], with Dr. Jones waxing enthusiastic over the new [[energon grid]]. Of course, he urges Kicker to keep looking for more [[energon]]. Kicker turns the message off in frustration, only to have Sally show up in person. [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] also arrives and tells everyone that their work is not done yet, as the [[Decepticon]]s are still running rampant.

[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] leads a horde of [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] and [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticon]] drones on a bombing run. Below ground, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] is impatient for [[Unicron]]'s restoration to be completed. [[Shockblast]] comments that it's his own fault for failing to defeat the [[Autobot]]s, and Megatron orders him to fight him.

[[File:E33 skyblastemcees.jpg|thumb|Skyblast is...um...what in the world are you doing, Skyblast?]]

[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] laments that he still feels like a rookie. Hot Shot takes him off on a [[space bridge]] run, to "show him something". Feeling bored, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and Kicker follow, to [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha]]'s frustration. [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] notes that "the boys" are treating the new planet as their personal playground. Hot Shot and Ironhide arrive there, and Hot Shot announces that they're going to work on driving skills.

They arrive to find they're here for the [[Autobot Grand Prix]], hosted by Sally and [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (who somehow found sunglasses in his size)... and Ironhide's entered! The other 'bots are doubtful that the rookie can handle it, but Hot Shot gives him a vote of confidence.

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] reports the race to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], who's a bit surprised, but takes it in stride when Rodimus admits to organizing it. Ironhide crashes while trying to pass the others, and Kicker joins him to help out. Jetfire and [[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]] go to "make things interesting". [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] and [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] wind up in a pileup, but keep going. Kicker shows Ironhide how to cheat by drafting off of Downshift, which Ironhide interprets as a cue to sideswipe Prowl out of the way.

[[File:Energon-Ironhide-Cel-Crash.jpg|thumb|left|Ah, what's the use? I'm just not good enough to be CGI-rendered.]]

Bulkhead decides it's a good idea to open fire on the track, destroying a section of it, delaying some of the racers. Kicker lectures Ironhide on what Hot Shot's been trying to teach him.

Only Hot Shot and Ironhide make it past all the obstacles, when Jetfire decides to add more missile fire to the mix. Optimus shows up with <s>his valet</s> [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] in tow and, after verifying that the laser fire is harmless, decides to join in the shooting-at-one's-comrades fun.

Prime lands in the race course, and Hot Shot and Ironhide must get past him. Ironhide ends up holding Optimus at a standstill, and urges Hot Shot to reach the finish line. But before Hot Shot can get there, Arcee and a mysterrrrious helmeted rider with a lot of long, flowing black hair passes them all and reaches the finish line. It's Misha! OMG! Who coulda guessed?

In a shiny place, [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] laughs with the Autobots as they celebrate, and finds he likes laughing. His planet is safe!

[[File:E33 mishakamenrider.jpg|thumb|Misha rides Arcee hard.]] Hot Shot and Sally says farewell to Kicker and Misha, and depart.

Megatron has beaten the stuffing out of Shockblast, and only stops at the behest of Starscream, who needs him to finish the reconstruction of Unicron.

Dr. Jones finds what he suspects is an ancient temple where an ancient life force awaits to help protect the planet. Suddenly a figure emerges from the floor; energy strikes it, bringing it to life: [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]!
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (6)
*[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (13)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (14)
*[[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] (15)
*[[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] (16)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (17)
*[[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (18)
*[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] (19)
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (20)
*[[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (21)
*[[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (22)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (23)
*[[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]] (24)
*[[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] (25)
*[[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] (27)

|c2=
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (8)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (9)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (11)
*[[Shockblast]] (12)

|c3=
*[[Brian Jones (Energon)|Brian Jones]] (1)
*[[Miranda Jones (Energon)|Miranda Jones]] (2)
*[[Sally Jones (Energon)|Sally Jones]] (3)
*[[Kicker Jones]] (4)
*[[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (5)

|c4=
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (7)
*[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (26)

}}

==Quotes==
"What's going on?! Is it an earthquake?" 
"It's Megatron. He's on the throne again!" 
"What has he been ''eating''?" 
"It's energon. He's crazy for it! He sits around in the dark 'cause he doesn't want to waste any of it."
:—'''Snow Cat''' and '''Demolishor'''

"I hope you're using blanks." 
"Oh, I am, sir."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Jetfire''' pretty much sum up the entire show

"Go.. get 'em... sir?"
:—'''Jetfire''', suitably confused

"What happened? It feels like I've been hit by a semi."
:—'''Kicker''', stating the obvious

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* Ironhide is particularly miserable in this episode because of his recent defeat at the hands of [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]], and his desire to beat him is mentioned several times in the original version of the episode. This defeat, however, occurred in the undubbed episode "[[Return! Our Scorponok]]", and these references are removed from the dubbed version of this episode to pave over the hole that the absence of "Return!" left.
* The dub omits the fact that while Jetfire is firing blanks at the competitors, Optimus uses ''real'' shots, which is why Hot Shot actually gets affected when he's hit.
* Continuing the ''Energon'' dub's bizarre fixation with trying to push Primus out of the picture by giving his lines to other characters or just cutting it out entirely, the final scene of this episode totally omits the dialogue between Primus and Doctor Jones featured in the original version. All the necessary information is still conveyed by Doctor Jones (who is, uh, talking to himself), but it makes it seem as though he has somehow discovered Omega Supreme's shrine on his own, when Primus originally led him there.

===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 9
* Team: 2
* Energon is great: 2
* "Let's do it!": 6
* Stock footage: 1

===Continuity errors===
*Dr. Jones tells Kicker he's just arrived on Cybertron via the ''[[Miranda II]]'', and points helpfully to the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]''.

===Trivia===
* When Kicker first asks who brought Sally from Earth, the music playing is a considerably inappropriate violin piece. When combined with Hot Shot's also inappropriately sombre delivery of the line "I'm sorry, Kicker", it makes it seem like something sad has happened. It's the sort of music that would play if Hot Shot was about to tell Kicker his parents were killed and he brought Sally there for safety. Instead, he just brought Sally there so she could be the commentator for the race, and apologizes because Kicker isn't the only one on a special mission. Even with the Decepticons, nothing particularly dark is happening in this episode, so who's idea was it to slap that score into that scene?!
* This is the first episode where they finally unscramble [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift's]] and [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper's]] names and voice actors.
* Although Inferno himself doesn't put in an appearance, there are a number of generic bots that use his animation model; all of them are white with limited highlights. The first one appears in the background of the sequence where the pit is shown, and the rest are in an early pan shot of the audience.
** Additionally a number of silver Hot Shots in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] appear throughout the episode, a few bots using Arcee's animation model towards the end.
* After he crashes on a curve, there's yet another scene with Ironhide drawn by hand.
* Arcee is also hand-drawn in the final scene.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 4: Omega Supreme ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 009 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 4: Omega Supreme (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Crash Course

2015-09-12T01:54:41Z

Wxy:

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|series2=Transformers: Super Link
|ep=33
|ep2=34
|prev2=Return! Our Scorponok
|prev=Farewell Inferno
|next=Omega Supreme (episode)
|title="Crash Course"
|japanese=特訓だぁ! ロードバスター
|romaji=Tokkun dā! Roadbuster
|translation=Special Training! Roadbuster
|image=E33_titlecard.jpg
|caption= That moment when ''Energon'' went all ''[[wikipedia:Wacky Races|Wacky Races]]''.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Kei'ichirō Kawaguchi]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[August 27|27 August]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[November 8]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''The Autobots hold a race to unwind for a bit, while Megatron beats up Shockblast.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] views a video message from his [[Brian Jones (Energon)|dad]], [[Miranda Jones (Energon)|mom]], and [[Sally Jones (Energon)|sister]], with Dr. Jones waxing enthusiastic over the new [[energon grid]]. Of course, he urges Kicker to keep looking for more [[energon]]. Kicker turns the message off in frustration, only to have Sally show up in person. [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] also arrives and tells everyone that their work is not done yet, as the [[Decepticon]]s are still running rampant.

[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] leads a horde of [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] and [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticon]] drones on a bombing run. Below ground, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] is impatient for [[Unicron]]'s restoration to be completed. [[Shockblast]] comments that it's his own fault for failing to defeat the [[Autobot]]s, and Megatron orders him to fight him.

[[File:E33 skyblastemcees.jpg|thumb|Skyblast is...um...what in the world are you doing, Skyblast?]]

[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] laments that he still feels like a rookie. Hot Shot takes him off on a [[space bridge]] run, to "show him something". Feeling bored, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and Kicker follow, to [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha]]'s frustration. [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] notes that "the boys" are treating the new planet as their personal playground. Hot Shot and Ironhide arrive there, and Hot Shot announces that they're going to work on driving skills.

They arrive to find they're here for the [[Autobot Grand Prix]], hosted by Sally and [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (who somehow found sunglasses in his size)... and Ironhide's entered! The other 'bots are doubtful that the rookie can handle it, but Hot Shot gives him a vote of confidence.

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] reports the race to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], who's a bit surprised, but takes it in stride when Rodimus admits to organizing it. Ironhide crashes while trying to pass the others, and Kicker joins him to help out. Jetfire and [[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]] go to "make things interesting". [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] and [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] wind up in a pileup, but keep going. Kicker shows Ironhide how to cheat by drafting off of Downshift, which Ironhide interprets as a cue to sideswipe Prowl out of the way.

[[File:Energon-Ironhide-Cel-Crash.jpg|thumb|left|Ah, what's the use? I'm just not good enough to be CGI-rendered.]]

Bulkhead decides it's a good idea to open fire on the track, destroying a section of it, delaying some of the racers. Kicker lectures Ironhide on what Hot Shot's been trying to teach him.

Only Hot Shot and Ironhide make it past all the obstacles, when Jetfire decides to add more missile fire to the mix. Optimus shows up with <s>his valet</s> [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] in tow and, after verifying that the laser fire is harmless, decides to join in the shooting-at-one's-comrades fun.

Prime lands in the race course, and Hot Shot and Ironhide must get past him. Ironhide ends up holding Optimus at a standstill, and urges Hot Shot to reach the finish line. But before Hot Shot can get there, Arcee and a mysterrrrious helmeted rider with a lot of long, flowing black hair passes them all and reaches the finish line. It's Misha! OMG! Who coulda guessed?

In a shiny place, [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] laughs with the Autobots as they celebrate, and finds he likes laughing. His planet is safe!

[[File:E33 mishakamenrider.jpg|thumb|Misha rides Arcee hard.]] Hot Shot and Sally says farewell to Kicker and Misha, and depart.

Megatron has beaten the stuffing out of Shockblast, and only stops at the behest of Starscream, who needs him to finish the reconstruction of Unicron.

Dr. Jones finds what he suspects is an ancient temple where an ancient life force awaits to help protect the planet. Suddenly a figure emerges from the floor; energy strikes it, bringing it to life: [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]!
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (6)
*[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (13)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (14)
*[[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] (15)
*[[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] (16)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (17)
*[[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (18)
*[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] (19)
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (20)
*[[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (21)
*[[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (22)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (23)
*[[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]] (24)
*[[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] (25)
*[[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] (27)

|c2=
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (8)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (9)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (11)
*[[Shockblast]] (12)

|c3=
*[[Brian Jones (Energon)|Brian Jones]] (1)
*[[Miranda Jones (Energon)|Miranda Jones]] (2)
*[[Sally Jones (Energon)|Sally Jones]] (3)
*[[Kicker Jones]] (4)
*[[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (5)

|c4=
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (7)
*[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (26)

}}

==Quotes==
"What's going on?! Is it an earthquake?" 
"It's Megatron. He's on the throne again!" 
"What has he been ''eating''?" 
"It's energon. He's crazy for it! He sits around in the dark 'cause he doesn't want to waste any of it."
:—'''Snow Cat''' and '''Demolishor'''

"I hope you're using blanks." 
"Oh, I am, sir."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Jetfire''' pretty much sum up the entire show

"Go.. get 'em... sir?"
:—'''Jetfire''', suitably confused

"What happened? It feels like I've been hit by a semi."
:—'''Kicker''', stating the obvious

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* Ironhide is particularly miserable in this episode because of his recent defeat at the hands of [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]], and his desire to beat him is mentioned several times in the original version of the episode. This defeat, however, occurred in the undubbed episode "[[Return! Our Scorponok]]", and these references are removed from the dubbed version of this episode to pave over the hole that the absence of "Return!" left.
* The dub omits the fact that while Jetfire is firing blanks at the competitors, Optimus uses ''real'' shots, which is why Hot Shot actually gets affected when he's hit.
* Continuing the ''Energon'' dub's bizarre fixation with trying to push Primus out of the picture by giving his lines to other characters or just cutting it out entirely, the final scene of this episode totally omits the dialogue between Primus and Doctor Jones featured in the original version. All the necessary information is still conveyed by Doctor Jones (who is, uh, talking to himself), but it makes it seem as though he has somehow discovered Omega Supreme's shrine on his own, when Primus originally led him there.

===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 9
* Team: 2
* Energon is great: 2
* "Let's do it!": 6
* Stock footage: 1

===Continuity errors===
*Dr. Jones tells Kicker he's just arrived on Cybertron via the ''[[Miranda II]]'', and points helpfully to the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]''.

===Trivia===
* When Kicker first asks who brought Sally from Earth, the music playing is a considerably inappropriate violin piece. When combined with Hot Shot's also inappropriately sombre delivery of the line "I'm sorry, Kicker", it makes it seem like something sad has happened. It's the sort of music that would play if Hot Shot was about to tell Kicker his parents were killed and he brought Sally there for safety. Instead, he just brought Sally there so she could be the commentator for the race, and apologizes because Kicker isn't the only one on a special mission. Even with the Decepticons, nothing particularly dark is happening in this episode, so who's idea was it to slap that score into that scene?!
* This is the first episode where they finally unscramble [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift's]] and [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper's]] names and voice actors.
* Although Inferno himself doesn't put in an appearance, there are a number of generic bots that use his animation model; all of them are white with limited highlights. The first one appears in the background of the sequence where the pit is shown, and the rest are in an early pan shot of the audience.
** Additionally a number of silver Hot Shots in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] appear throughout the episode, a few bots using Arcee's animation model towards the end.
* After he crashes on a curve, there's yet another scene with Ironhide drawn by hand.
* Arcee is also hand-drawn in the final scene.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 4: Omega Supreme ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 009 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 4: Omega Supreme (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Return! Our Scorponok

2015-09-12T01:48:09Z

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{{episode|
|series=SLtoon
|ep=33
|prev=Farewell Inferno
|next=Crash Course
|title="Return! Our Scorponok"
|japanese=戻れ! われらのメガザラック
|romaji=Modore! Warera no MegaZarak
|image=Scorponoksscars.jpg
|caption= Possibly the most pivotal episode in the whole show. Ironically, the one that got skipped in America.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Shōji Tonoike]]
|director=[[Mitsuru Kawasaki]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[August 20|20 August]] [[2004]]
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''The episode you never saw.'''

==Synopsis==
As [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] plunges himself into the heart of [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]]'s [[energon]] sun, burning away the [[Decepticon]] programming [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] infected him with, the light of the sun cascades over his pursuer, [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]. From within the sun, Alpha Q calls out to him, and Scorponok recognizes the voice...

Inferno does not survive his immersion in the energon sun, and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] instructs [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] to take his surviving [[spark]] to [[Primus]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Even though the rebirth of their comrade is ensured, the [[Autobot]]s are a solemn bunch in the wake of Jetfire's departure, with [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] especially concerned that, if Inferno had to ''die'' to escape Megatron's Decepticon programming, then his former friend Scorponok will never be able to free himself from Megatron's evil brainwashing.

After Jetfire leaves for Cybertron, the Autobots activate their new [[energon grid]], shielding the system's planets from the Decepticons. Observing from his position in the energon sun Alpha Q is unsure what to make of the situation—although it will certainly protect his planets, the grid will also prevent Scorponok from entering the system, and Alpha Q is consumed with the desire to try and bring Scorponok back to the side of good...

Off in the dark recesses of space, Scorponok returns to Unicron's dormant body to report to Megatron his discovery that the energon sun is Unicron's head. Megatron orders the Decepticons to ready for an attack, but [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] are not keen on meeting the same fate as Inferno, even though Megatron assures them that he would recover their sparks. Megatron then explains that he knows they will not be able to retrieve Unicron's head, and that he wants them instead to attack the tiny, half-formed planets that are outside of the energon grid's reach.

Through their telepathic connection, Alpha Q requests that [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] have the energon grid shut down until Scorponok returns. Ironhide happens to overhear, but Kicker discards the whole notion of Scorponok returning as nonsense. This prompts Alpha Q to reveal a previously-hidden secret—Scorponok is not, in fact, a reincarnated inhabitant of [[Planet Q]], as had previously been suggested, but, in fact, was created in that being's image using the wandering spark of a Decepticon warrior. Regardless of what Megatron did to Scorponok, he always remained loyal to Alpha Q, and Alpha Q believes that he must still be loyal even now, and only needs for Alpha Q to call to him. The "call" goes out in the form of a new planet that Alpha Q hastily creates outside of the energon grid, focusing all the power of his sun upon it to mature it as fast as possible—Planet Q, his homeworld, reborn at last. Sure enough, Scorponok soon arrives with an army of [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]], and his signal is detected by the Autobots, who immediately mobilize to stop him.

Drawn by a focused beam of sunlight, Scorponok discovers that Alpha Q has even recreated his old palace, in hopes of bringing Scorponok's memories of their life there back to the surface. Scorponok stares at it for a long moment... then raises his cannons and opens fire, blasting the palace's towers to rubble. He calls to his Terrorcon followers, instructing them to enter the palace and consume the energon that will be found within.

Meanwhile, the Autobots and Decepticons arrive on the planet, but neither group is able to track down Scorponok, and as you might expect, the Decepticons decide to attack the Autobots instead. As the battle begins, Optimus Prime instructs Kicker, accompanied by [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]], Ironhide and [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]], to find the energon site. As they make haste, Ironhide tells Kicker that he knows how Alpha Q feels, and that if Scorponok cannot be saved, then he will defeat him with his own two hands.

Soon, Kicker and company arrive at the palace and smash their way through [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]], Snow Cat and Demolishor, only for Scorponok to burst through the desert sands and engage Ironhide in a one-on-one battle. Their combat takes them inside the palace, as Ironhide decries Scorponok for allowing Megatron's Decepticon programming to overwhelm him, unlike Inferno, who fought it to the end. Scorponok disregards Inferno's struggle as a pointless one, enraging Ironhide, but even a burning heart that must succeed earns Ironhide nothing but a backhand and a barrage of cannon fire. Scorponok throws Ironhide to the ground and declares that the universe belongs to Megatron.

As the battle rages outside, Optimus Prime radios Kicker for an update, and when the news proves less than positive he orders [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] to back Kicker up. They quickly race across the desert and join Kicker's team, at which point Kicker breaks off to aid Ironhide inside the palace. Just as Kicker arrives, however, the ceiling of the palace crumbles away, and a powerful beam of energon sunlight stabs into the darkened chamber, striking Scorponok directly. Scorponok howls in pain as Alpha Q apologizes for what he must do – the planet will live, even if Scorponok has to die. Scorponok is able to overpower the beam, but Ironhide uses the distraction to land a series of blows on his opponent.

Outside, Snow Cat and Demolishor rush into the middle of Optimus Prime and Megatron's battle to inform their leader that the Terrorcons have given up their pursuit of energon and are fleeing. Enraged, Megatron contacts Scorponok to chastise him for his failure, and orders him to pull out. The Decepticons retreat back to Unicron's body, where Megatron warns Scorponok that any further instances of him acting on his own impulses will be seriously punished.

Down on Planet Q, Optimus Prime announces that the Autobots will take shifts guarding the new world until the energon grid can be expanded to protect it. Alpha Q communicates with Kicker, telling him to let Ironhide know that he has truly proven himself to be the warrior that Scorponok once acknowledged. Kicker smiles, saying that Ironhide already knows, and watches as Ironhide stares at the ruined palace and vows to become stronger to defeat Scorponok once and for all.

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (5)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (6)
*[[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (7)
*[[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (8)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (9)
*[[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] (17)
*[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] (18)
*[[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]] (19)
*[[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] (20)
*[[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] (21)

|c2=
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (1)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (11)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (12)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (13)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (14)
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] (15)
*[[Shockblast]] (16)

|c3=
*[[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] (10)
*[[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (17)

|c4=
*[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (2)

}}
==Other notes==
===Lost in translation===
The whole thing.

For unknown reasons, this episode was not aired as part of the ''Energon'' series, and according to [[Voicebox Productions|Voicebox]]'s Heather Anne Puttock, was never even dubbed into English [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/energon-6/energon-episode-33-never-recorded-2473/]. Puttock's guess that the animation may not have been up to scratch seems unlikely in light of [[Battle of the Asteroid Belt|certain other episodes]], but no other reason is evident—there's nothing morally questionable about the content of the episode that would result in its being withheld, nor was there a real-world event that suddenly cast the episode in a different light (''a la'' the missing [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] episodes). It's a genuinely odd situation, but the following episode, "[[Crash Course]]", is even redubbed to remove a reference to its events. Despite this little attempt at a patch-job, the removal of the episode leaves ''Energon'' with a couple of pronounced holes in its ongoing story—plots already in motion are expanded on, important events occur which influence future episodes, and the ''Energon'' audience didn't get to see any of it. In addition to never learning Scorponok's "secret origin", viewers missed out on the following:

*Scorponok and Ironhide's relationship undergoes a turning point that drives it through the rest of the series to literally the final episode.
*The Decepticons discover that the energon sun is Unicron's head, which plays into the remainder of this story arc.
*The opening scene of the episode is pretty much the only time anyone has a reaction to Inferno's death from the [[Farewell Inferno|previous episode]], so in ''Energon'', it's like nobody cares.
*Alpha Q finally recreates [[Planet Q|his home planet]] in this episode, but since he never accomplished it in ''Energon'', it ''completely removed the whole entire fricking point of everything that he was doing and the main thing that had driven the series forward to this point. '''AAARGH.'''''

===Animation and technical errors===
*The scenes with the Decepticons inside Unicron's deactivated body are underlit to the point of indecipherability. Aside from some close-ups of Megatron's face, all you can see are the green-tinted highlights of indistinct figures standing stock-still in a black field. It's absolutely ridiculous.

===Transformers references===
*Although the identity of the "lost Decepticon spark" that Alpha Q used to create Scorponok is never revealed, fans have theorized that it could be [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], since he was shown to die on Unicron during ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]''. Delightfully, Scorponok and Thrust ''are'' both voiced by [[Colin Murdoch]], who used the same voice for both of them (although they have different voice actors in Japan), but to believe that such a thing was intentional would be putting '''''way''''' too much [[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|faith]] in the ''Energon'' dub crew.

===Trivia===
*Despite the fact that it didn't air as part of ''Energon'', the existence of this episode was still acknowledged by assorted episode guides and online sources—as the episodes were being put up on Cartoon Network's website, for instance, "Farewell Inferno" was labelled episode 32, and the next episode, "Crash Course", was listed as 34, acknowledging the skipped episode, rather than actively rubbing it out of the series. Its would-be English title, "'''Scorponok's Scars'''", apparently came from an online episode listing, or something. It's sorta lost to the Interwebs at this point. It was the early 2000's and the Internet was still budding around then, so information wasn't as easy to come by, let alone archive.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 009 ([[Interchannel]])

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Return! Our Scorponok

2015-09-12T01:47:43Z

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{{episode|
|series=SLtoon
|ep=33
|prev=Farewell Inferno
|next=Crash Course
|title="Return! Our Scorponok"
|japanese=戻れ! われらのメガザラック
|romaji=Modore! Warera no MegaZarak
|image=Scorponoksscars.jpg
|caption= Possibly the most pivotal moment in the show. Ironically, the one that got skipped in America.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Shōji Tonoike]]
|director=[[Mitsuru Kawasaki]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[August 20|20 August]] [[2004]]
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''The episode you never saw.'''

==Synopsis==
As [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] plunges himself into the heart of [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]]'s [[energon]] sun, burning away the [[Decepticon]] programming [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] infected him with, the light of the sun cascades over his pursuer, [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]. From within the sun, Alpha Q calls out to him, and Scorponok recognizes the voice...

Inferno does not survive his immersion in the energon sun, and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] instructs [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] to take his surviving [[spark]] to [[Primus]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Even though the rebirth of their comrade is ensured, the [[Autobot]]s are a solemn bunch in the wake of Jetfire's departure, with [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] especially concerned that, if Inferno had to ''die'' to escape Megatron's Decepticon programming, then his former friend Scorponok will never be able to free himself from Megatron's evil brainwashing.

After Jetfire leaves for Cybertron, the Autobots activate their new [[energon grid]], shielding the system's planets from the Decepticons. Observing from his position in the energon sun Alpha Q is unsure what to make of the situation—although it will certainly protect his planets, the grid will also prevent Scorponok from entering the system, and Alpha Q is consumed with the desire to try and bring Scorponok back to the side of good...

Off in the dark recesses of space, Scorponok returns to Unicron's dormant body to report to Megatron his discovery that the energon sun is Unicron's head. Megatron orders the Decepticons to ready for an attack, but [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] are not keen on meeting the same fate as Inferno, even though Megatron assures them that he would recover their sparks. Megatron then explains that he knows they will not be able to retrieve Unicron's head, and that he wants them instead to attack the tiny, half-formed planets that are outside of the energon grid's reach.

Through their telepathic connection, Alpha Q requests that [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] have the energon grid shut down until Scorponok returns. Ironhide happens to overhear, but Kicker discards the whole notion of Scorponok returning as nonsense. This prompts Alpha Q to reveal a previously-hidden secret—Scorponok is not, in fact, a reincarnated inhabitant of [[Planet Q]], as had previously been suggested, but, in fact, was created in that being's image using the wandering spark of a Decepticon warrior. Regardless of what Megatron did to Scorponok, he always remained loyal to Alpha Q, and Alpha Q believes that he must still be loyal even now, and only needs for Alpha Q to call to him. The "call" goes out in the form of a new planet that Alpha Q hastily creates outside of the energon grid, focusing all the power of his sun upon it to mature it as fast as possible—Planet Q, his homeworld, reborn at last. Sure enough, Scorponok soon arrives with an army of [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]], and his signal is detected by the Autobots, who immediately mobilize to stop him.

Drawn by a focused beam of sunlight, Scorponok discovers that Alpha Q has even recreated his old palace, in hopes of bringing Scorponok's memories of their life there back to the surface. Scorponok stares at it for a long moment... then raises his cannons and opens fire, blasting the palace's towers to rubble. He calls to his Terrorcon followers, instructing them to enter the palace and consume the energon that will be found within.

Meanwhile, the Autobots and Decepticons arrive on the planet, but neither group is able to track down Scorponok, and as you might expect, the Decepticons decide to attack the Autobots instead. As the battle begins, Optimus Prime instructs Kicker, accompanied by [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]], Ironhide and [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]], to find the energon site. As they make haste, Ironhide tells Kicker that he knows how Alpha Q feels, and that if Scorponok cannot be saved, then he will defeat him with his own two hands.

Soon, Kicker and company arrive at the palace and smash their way through [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]], Snow Cat and Demolishor, only for Scorponok to burst through the desert sands and engage Ironhide in a one-on-one battle. Their combat takes them inside the palace, as Ironhide decries Scorponok for allowing Megatron's Decepticon programming to overwhelm him, unlike Inferno, who fought it to the end. Scorponok disregards Inferno's struggle as a pointless one, enraging Ironhide, but even a burning heart that must succeed earns Ironhide nothing but a backhand and a barrage of cannon fire. Scorponok throws Ironhide to the ground and declares that the universe belongs to Megatron.

As the battle rages outside, Optimus Prime radios Kicker for an update, and when the news proves less than positive he orders [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] to back Kicker up. They quickly race across the desert and join Kicker's team, at which point Kicker breaks off to aid Ironhide inside the palace. Just as Kicker arrives, however, the ceiling of the palace crumbles away, and a powerful beam of energon sunlight stabs into the darkened chamber, striking Scorponok directly. Scorponok howls in pain as Alpha Q apologizes for what he must do – the planet will live, even if Scorponok has to die. Scorponok is able to overpower the beam, but Ironhide uses the distraction to land a series of blows on his opponent.

Outside, Snow Cat and Demolishor rush into the middle of Optimus Prime and Megatron's battle to inform their leader that the Terrorcons have given up their pursuit of energon and are fleeing. Enraged, Megatron contacts Scorponok to chastise him for his failure, and orders him to pull out. The Decepticons retreat back to Unicron's body, where Megatron warns Scorponok that any further instances of him acting on his own impulses will be seriously punished.

Down on Planet Q, Optimus Prime announces that the Autobots will take shifts guarding the new world until the energon grid can be expanded to protect it. Alpha Q communicates with Kicker, telling him to let Ironhide know that he has truly proven himself to be the warrior that Scorponok once acknowledged. Kicker smiles, saying that Ironhide already knows, and watches as Ironhide stares at the ruined palace and vows to become stronger to defeat Scorponok once and for all.

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (5)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (6)
*[[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (7)
*[[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (8)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (9)
*[[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] (17)
*[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] (18)
*[[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]] (19)
*[[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] (20)
*[[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] (21)

|c2=
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (1)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (11)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (12)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (13)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (14)
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] (15)
*[[Shockblast]] (16)

|c3=
*[[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] (10)
*[[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (17)

|c4=
*[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (2)

}}
==Other notes==
===Lost in translation===
The whole thing.

For unknown reasons, this episode was not aired as part of the ''Energon'' series, and according to [[Voicebox Productions|Voicebox]]'s Heather Anne Puttock, was never even dubbed into English [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/energon-6/energon-episode-33-never-recorded-2473/]. Puttock's guess that the animation may not have been up to scratch seems unlikely in light of [[Battle of the Asteroid Belt|certain other episodes]], but no other reason is evident—there's nothing morally questionable about the content of the episode that would result in its being withheld, nor was there a real-world event that suddenly cast the episode in a different light (''a la'' the missing [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] episodes). It's a genuinely odd situation, but the following episode, "[[Crash Course]]", is even redubbed to remove a reference to its events. Despite this little attempt at a patch-job, the removal of the episode leaves ''Energon'' with a couple of pronounced holes in its ongoing story—plots already in motion are expanded on, important events occur which influence future episodes, and the ''Energon'' audience didn't get to see any of it. In addition to never learning Scorponok's "secret origin", viewers missed out on the following:

*Scorponok and Ironhide's relationship undergoes a turning point that drives it through the rest of the series to literally the final episode.
*The Decepticons discover that the energon sun is Unicron's head, which plays into the remainder of this story arc.
*The opening scene of the episode is pretty much the only time anyone has a reaction to Inferno's death from the [[Farewell Inferno|previous episode]], so in ''Energon'', it's like nobody cares.
*Alpha Q finally recreates [[Planet Q|his home planet]] in this episode, but since he never accomplished it in ''Energon'', it ''completely removed the whole entire fricking point of everything that he was doing and the main thing that had driven the series forward to this point. '''AAARGH.'''''

===Animation and technical errors===
*The scenes with the Decepticons inside Unicron's deactivated body are underlit to the point of indecipherability. Aside from some close-ups of Megatron's face, all you can see are the green-tinted highlights of indistinct figures standing stock-still in a black field. It's absolutely ridiculous.

===Transformers references===
*Although the identity of the "lost Decepticon spark" that Alpha Q used to create Scorponok is never revealed, fans have theorized that it could be [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], since he was shown to die on Unicron during ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]''. Delightfully, Scorponok and Thrust ''are'' both voiced by [[Colin Murdoch]], who used the same voice for both of them (although they have different voice actors in Japan), but to believe that such a thing was intentional would be putting '''''way''''' too much [[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|faith]] in the ''Energon'' dub crew.

===Trivia===
*Despite the fact that it didn't air as part of ''Energon'', the existence of this episode was still acknowledged by assorted episode guides and online sources—as the episodes were being put up on Cartoon Network's website, for instance, "Farewell Inferno" was labelled episode 32, and the next episode, "Crash Course", was listed as 34, acknowledging the skipped episode, rather than actively rubbing it out of the series. Its would-be English title, "'''Scorponok's Scars'''", apparently came from an online episode listing, or something. It's sorta lost to the Interwebs at this point. It was the early 2000's and the Internet was still budding around then, so information wasn't as easy to come by, let alone archive.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 009 ([[Interchannel]])

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Imprisoned Inferno

2015-09-12T01:43:47Z

Wxy:

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=29
|prev=Protection
|next=Jungle Planet (episode)
|title="Improsoned Inferno" "Imprisoned Inferno"
|japanese=囚われのインフェルノ
|romaji=Toraware no Inferno
|translation=
|image=ImprisonedInferno choked.jpg
|caption= If only the rest of the show looked this slick. Someone should find whoever gave us bland 3-D over the cel-shaded treatment and give ''them'' a good smackbottom!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Kei'ichirō Kawaguchi]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[July 23|23 July]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[October 15]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Ambushed and alone, Inferno is taken to his limits and beyond by Megatron.'''

==Synopsis==
On [[Iron Planet]], [[Shockblast]], chained up and guarded by the stoic and silent [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]], is bored. He entertains himself by verbally harassing his guard. His taunts fall on deaf ears; finally Inferno stands, walks off, and nails a distant peak with one shot from his weapon, to Shockblast's puzzlement.

[[File:E29 mirangaiilands.jpg|left|thumb|Like some [[Furmanism|vast, predatory bird]] casting its shadow over the land...]]

[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] delights over one of his new planets, and laments [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]'s fall. On the temperate surface of the planet, [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]], [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], and [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha]] land the ''[[Miranda II]]'' in a lake. The planet's atmosphere is identical to [[Earth]], to Misha's relief. She wonders if it's inhabited.

Inferno calls in a report to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s team on the ''Miranda II'', though he has little to tell them; he expects [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] to be along soon. Suddenly, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] radios Shockblast, taunting him for his betrayal.

Megatron expects Shockblast will come crawling back soon enough... and indeed, he radios a moment later, begging to be freed and promising loyalty. Megatron agrees. Inferno doesn't seem to notice.

Rodimus observes space debris from [[Unicron]] flying into the [[Rift|void]]. Elsewhere, on a planet, the two-member search team of [[Autobot]]s drive around and conclude that it's deserted. [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] isn't happy about searching planet after planet, but [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] reminds him that that's what their orders are. Suddenly, they see a flash of light. Somewhere in space, Rodimus speaks to all Autobot warriors, telling them to use his flag as a beacon-guide if they've lost their way.

On Iron Planet, Inferno comes under heavy attack from Megatron's squad.

Misha observes a giant dragon fly, which freaks out Kicker. Kicker explains to Ironhide that the planet's so nutrient-rich that it's driving the eco-system to extremes. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] reports that Inferno is under attack, and the Autobots prepare to move out. Ironhide is depressed, wondering if Scorponok will be there.

Inferno has retreated into a crevasse, defending himself from there. Megatron approaches the chained Shockblast; [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] advises not releasing him, advice that Megatron agrees with. He threatens to "rewire" Shockblast. Desperate, Shockblast pleads for release, saying he'll capture an Autobot as proof of his loyalty. Inferno is still in the crevasse, waiting.

In space, [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]], and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] fight their way through the debris-filled void. Through the void, they see Rodimus's glowing Autobot [[insignia]]-beacon, a sign of hope.

Shockblast is free; Mirage thinks it's a mistake. Inferno comes under attack from the sky, as Shockblast dives on him, firing. Starscream joins him.

Shockblast tries to flush out Inferno, but the Autobot just waits patiently, gun aimed. But Starscream gets behind him before he can fire.

Scorponok flies through the void with a horde of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]], as Rodimus observes.

[[File:Energon InfernoImprisoned torture.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Such excellent animation... something's wrong.]]

The Autobots arrive and locate Inferno. Below, Megatron chews out Shockblast and sends him to join the others above in battling the Autobots, before interrogating his captive. Above, the [[Decepticon]]s hold the Autobots at a standstill.

Megatron tortures Inferno, demanding to know where the [[energon]] is. When Inferno refuses, he stabs him with his sword and threatens to turn him into a Decepticon.

Scorponok and his [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s arrive; Ironhide holds him off while Prime goes after Inferno, only to run into Mirage. Megatron forces an energy ball into Inferno's wound, saying that soon he'll be a Decepticon.

Ironhide confronts Scorponok over his changed allegiance. Scorponok simply states that his only master is Megatron.

Under torture, Inferno flashes back to the beauty of Earth, and refuses to yield. Hot Shot and Rodimus arrive and finally make it into the crevasse. Surrounded, Megatron retreats. Inferno lies damaged and inert. The Decepticons transform and fly/drive off into the sky. Ironhide is still angry over Scorponok's betrayal.

The Autobots fly Inferno away. Weak, Inferno asks about Kicker's status... and, unseen by all, his Autobot symbol morphs into a Decepticon one.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (2)
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (4)
* [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (9)
* [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] (10)
* [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] (11)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (15)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (16)
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] (17)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (18)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (19)
* [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (20)

|c2=
* [[Shockblast]] (1)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (7)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (8)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (12)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (13)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] (14)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (21)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (5)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (6)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (3)
* [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticon drones]] (22)
}}

==Quotes==
"I'm bored out of my mainframe here. What's wrong? Your batteries go dead? You're a regular riot, soldier boy! HEY! Mr. Happy! Would ya lighten up a little? Teh! You can ''guard'' me without being a ''jerk'', y'know."
:—The captive '''Shockblast''' taunts Inferno.

"Shockblast! Exactly what part of that order don't you understand? Starscream, Demolishor, Snow Cat and Mirage rank ''above'' you. And I expect you to follow ''their'' orders, soldier!"
:—'''Megatron''' lets Shockblast know exactly where he stands.

"Hey! You're Shockblast!" 
"That's right... boss." 
"Huh? Boss?!" 
"That's right. At least, that's what Megatron tells me." 
"Oh. In that case, I want you to destroy Optimus!" 
"HUH?!" 
"Huh—uh—I mean, if—that's okay with ''you''."
:—'''Demolishor''' and '''Shockblast'''

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
The only changes in the dub are a few trivial items—which is quite surprising considering that there's a ''typo in the title''. [[Scorpinok|Again.]]

* Kicker kicks Ironhide after they land the ''Miranda II'' on the first planet. In ''Super Link'', it's because Ironhide had said the air was great and refreshing, and Kicker says he couldn't possibly know that. The dub changes it to Kicker staking his claim that ''he'' was the one to tell Misha that the air was safe.
* Kicker's original claim about the ecosystem is more about the planet's instinct to support life, rather than its nutrient-rich ecosystem.
* Megatron originally threatens to ''reformat'' Shockblast (rather than "rewire" him), a bit more serious-sounding considering what's happened to Demolishor, Starscream and Scorponok (and to some lesser extent, Snow Cat and Mirage).
* In the dub, Inferno asks for an update on Kicker as he's carried away from Iron Planet. In ''Super Link'', he asks if they're going to where Kicker is, so he can heal on a peaceful planet.
* Absurdly triumphant background music plays over this same scene in the dub; ''Super Link'' has silence instead, more befitting the somber mood as the gravely damaged Inferno is carried off.

===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 17
* Stock footage: 3
* Let's do it: 2
* You got it: 1
* You're kidding me: 1

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Improsonedinferno.jpg|thumb|For God's ''sake''.]]
* This episode was originally titled "Improsoned Inferno". The episode's title was corrected for the ''Transformers: Energon - Ultimate Collection'' DVD release (albeit now using text that differs from the other episode titles in both font and color).
* The ''red'' energon sun somehow casts normal yellow/white light onto Iron Planet. The [[Jungle Planet (episode)|next episode]] would show that the planet has a yellow-tinted atmosphere. That still doesn't work with a red light source... but points for trying!
* The neck segment of Misha's space suit is missing in one shot.
* Cliffjumper and Downshift have their names reversed. It won't be the last time. (They're not named in ''Super Link''.)
* Rodimus's magic beacon-projecting flag ''flaps in the vacuum of space''.
* [[Rift|The rift]]—referred to here as "the [[void]]"—is so badly animated and edited that it's impossible to tell what or where it is. No establishing shots make clear where it sits in relationship to anything else in the show, and it's shown differently than in previous episodes. A casual viewer would have ''no clue'' where Hot Shot's team is or what they're doing.
* Likewise, the idea is that Rodimus shines his beacon at the rift's exit, giving both Hot Shot's team (who are lost in the rift) and the search party (who are on the other side of the rift, still in normal space) a sign post to follow. The animation makes this a bit difficult to figure out, the editing makes it worse, and the dialog in both versions doesn't help much.
* As they fly away from Iron Planet, the heavily-injured Inferno seems to have Powerlinked with Prowl for some reason.

===Continuity errors===
* So... Rodimus and Optimus entered the rift ''after'' Hot Shot, Prowl and Landmine were sucked in, as happened in "[[Ripped Up Space]]". They made it all the way through, had a whole series of adventures and battles on Iron Planet, and meanwhile... Hot Shot's team ''still'' hasn't gotten through the rift? What've they been ''doing'' in there?

===Trivia===
* During the torture scene, Megatron and Inferno are both hand-drawn, allowing them to emote beyond the level of "[[Dull surprise|mouth open/mouth closed]]", and the action consequentially gets a lot more dramatic and fluid than usual. It is ''glorious!''
* Unicron is apparently missing in action—there's no trace of him—but the dialog only vaguely hints at this mystery, when Rodimus says something vague about debris from Unicron.
* Even for this series, this is one of the noticeably darker moments of the show. Inferno is impaled and screaming in agony for the better half of this episode.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 008 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Imprisoned Inferno

2015-09-12T01:43:27Z

Wxy:

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=29
|prev=Protection
|next=Jungle Planet (episode)
|title="Improsoned Inferno" "Imprisoned Inferno"
|japanese=囚われのインフェルノ
|romaji=Toraware no Inferno
|translation=
|image=ImprisonedInferno choked.jpg
|caption= If only the rest of the show looked this slick. Someone should find whoever gave us bland 3-D over the cel-shaded treatment and give them a good smackbottom!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Kei'ichirō Kawaguchi]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[July 23|23 July]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[October 15]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Ambushed and alone, Inferno is taken to his limits and beyond by Megatron.'''

==Synopsis==
On [[Iron Planet]], [[Shockblast]], chained up and guarded by the stoic and silent [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]], is bored. He entertains himself by verbally harassing his guard. His taunts fall on deaf ears; finally Inferno stands, walks off, and nails a distant peak with one shot from his weapon, to Shockblast's puzzlement.

[[File:E29 mirangaiilands.jpg|left|thumb|Like some [[Furmanism|vast, predatory bird]] casting its shadow over the land...]]

[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] delights over one of his new planets, and laments [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]'s fall. On the temperate surface of the planet, [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]], [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], and [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha]] land the ''[[Miranda II]]'' in a lake. The planet's atmosphere is identical to [[Earth]], to Misha's relief. She wonders if it's inhabited.

Inferno calls in a report to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s team on the ''Miranda II'', though he has little to tell them; he expects [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] to be along soon. Suddenly, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] radios Shockblast, taunting him for his betrayal.

Megatron expects Shockblast will come crawling back soon enough... and indeed, he radios a moment later, begging to be freed and promising loyalty. Megatron agrees. Inferno doesn't seem to notice.

Rodimus observes space debris from [[Unicron]] flying into the [[Rift|void]]. Elsewhere, on a planet, the two-member search team of [[Autobot]]s drive around and conclude that it's deserted. [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] isn't happy about searching planet after planet, but [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] reminds him that that's what their orders are. Suddenly, they see a flash of light. Somewhere in space, Rodimus speaks to all Autobot warriors, telling them to use his flag as a beacon-guide if they've lost their way.

On Iron Planet, Inferno comes under heavy attack from Megatron's squad.

Misha observes a giant dragon fly, which freaks out Kicker. Kicker explains to Ironhide that the planet's so nutrient-rich that it's driving the eco-system to extremes. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] reports that Inferno is under attack, and the Autobots prepare to move out. Ironhide is depressed, wondering if Scorponok will be there.

Inferno has retreated into a crevasse, defending himself from there. Megatron approaches the chained Shockblast; [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] advises not releasing him, advice that Megatron agrees with. He threatens to "rewire" Shockblast. Desperate, Shockblast pleads for release, saying he'll capture an Autobot as proof of his loyalty. Inferno is still in the crevasse, waiting.

In space, [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]], and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] fight their way through the debris-filled void. Through the void, they see Rodimus's glowing Autobot [[insignia]]-beacon, a sign of hope.

Shockblast is free; Mirage thinks it's a mistake. Inferno comes under attack from the sky, as Shockblast dives on him, firing. Starscream joins him.

Shockblast tries to flush out Inferno, but the Autobot just waits patiently, gun aimed. But Starscream gets behind him before he can fire.

Scorponok flies through the void with a horde of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]], as Rodimus observes.

[[File:Energon InfernoImprisoned torture.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Such excellent animation... something's wrong.]]

The Autobots arrive and locate Inferno. Below, Megatron chews out Shockblast and sends him to join the others above in battling the Autobots, before interrogating his captive. Above, the [[Decepticon]]s hold the Autobots at a standstill.

Megatron tortures Inferno, demanding to know where the [[energon]] is. When Inferno refuses, he stabs him with his sword and threatens to turn him into a Decepticon.

Scorponok and his [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s arrive; Ironhide holds him off while Prime goes after Inferno, only to run into Mirage. Megatron forces an energy ball into Inferno's wound, saying that soon he'll be a Decepticon.

Ironhide confronts Scorponok over his changed allegiance. Scorponok simply states that his only master is Megatron.

Under torture, Inferno flashes back to the beauty of Earth, and refuses to yield. Hot Shot and Rodimus arrive and finally make it into the crevasse. Surrounded, Megatron retreats. Inferno lies damaged and inert. The Decepticons transform and fly/drive off into the sky. Ironhide is still angry over Scorponok's betrayal.

The Autobots fly Inferno away. Weak, Inferno asks about Kicker's status... and, unseen by all, his Autobot symbol morphs into a Decepticon one.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (2)
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (4)
* [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (9)
* [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] (10)
* [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] (11)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (15)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (16)
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] (17)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (18)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (19)
* [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (20)

|c2=
* [[Shockblast]] (1)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (7)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (8)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (12)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (13)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] (14)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (21)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (5)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (6)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (3)
* [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticon drones]] (22)
}}

==Quotes==
"I'm bored out of my mainframe here. What's wrong? Your batteries go dead? You're a regular riot, soldier boy! HEY! Mr. Happy! Would ya lighten up a little? Teh! You can ''guard'' me without being a ''jerk'', y'know."
:—The captive '''Shockblast''' taunts Inferno.

"Shockblast! Exactly what part of that order don't you understand? Starscream, Demolishor, Snow Cat and Mirage rank ''above'' you. And I expect you to follow ''their'' orders, soldier!"
:—'''Megatron''' lets Shockblast know exactly where he stands.

"Hey! You're Shockblast!" 
"That's right... boss." 
"Huh? Boss?!" 
"That's right. At least, that's what Megatron tells me." 
"Oh. In that case, I want you to destroy Optimus!" 
"HUH?!" 
"Huh—uh—I mean, if—that's okay with ''you''."
:—'''Demolishor''' and '''Shockblast'''

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
The only changes in the dub are a few trivial items—which is quite surprising considering that there's a ''typo in the title''. [[Scorpinok|Again.]]

* Kicker kicks Ironhide after they land the ''Miranda II'' on the first planet. In ''Super Link'', it's because Ironhide had said the air was great and refreshing, and Kicker says he couldn't possibly know that. The dub changes it to Kicker staking his claim that ''he'' was the one to tell Misha that the air was safe.
* Kicker's original claim about the ecosystem is more about the planet's instinct to support life, rather than its nutrient-rich ecosystem.
* Megatron originally threatens to ''reformat'' Shockblast (rather than "rewire" him), a bit more serious-sounding considering what's happened to Demolishor, Starscream and Scorponok (and to some lesser extent, Snow Cat and Mirage).
* In the dub, Inferno asks for an update on Kicker as he's carried away from Iron Planet. In ''Super Link'', he asks if they're going to where Kicker is, so he can heal on a peaceful planet.
* Absurdly triumphant background music plays over this same scene in the dub; ''Super Link'' has silence instead, more befitting the somber mood as the gravely damaged Inferno is carried off.

===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 17
* Stock footage: 3
* Let's do it: 2
* You got it: 1
* You're kidding me: 1

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Improsonedinferno.jpg|thumb|For God's ''sake''.]]
* This episode was originally titled "Improsoned Inferno". The episode's title was corrected for the ''Transformers: Energon - Ultimate Collection'' DVD release (albeit now using text that differs from the other episode titles in both font and color).
* The ''red'' energon sun somehow casts normal yellow/white light onto Iron Planet. The [[Jungle Planet (episode)|next episode]] would show that the planet has a yellow-tinted atmosphere. That still doesn't work with a red light source... but points for trying!
* The neck segment of Misha's space suit is missing in one shot.
* Cliffjumper and Downshift have their names reversed. It won't be the last time. (They're not named in ''Super Link''.)
* Rodimus's magic beacon-projecting flag ''flaps in the vacuum of space''.
* [[Rift|The rift]]—referred to here as "the [[void]]"—is so badly animated and edited that it's impossible to tell what or where it is. No establishing shots make clear where it sits in relationship to anything else in the show, and it's shown differently than in previous episodes. A casual viewer would have ''no clue'' where Hot Shot's team is or what they're doing.
* Likewise, the idea is that Rodimus shines his beacon at the rift's exit, giving both Hot Shot's team (who are lost in the rift) and the search party (who are on the other side of the rift, still in normal space) a sign post to follow. The animation makes this a bit difficult to figure out, the editing makes it worse, and the dialog in both versions doesn't help much.
* As they fly away from Iron Planet, the heavily-injured Inferno seems to have Powerlinked with Prowl for some reason.

===Continuity errors===
* So... Rodimus and Optimus entered the rift ''after'' Hot Shot, Prowl and Landmine were sucked in, as happened in "[[Ripped Up Space]]". They made it all the way through, had a whole series of adventures and battles on Iron Planet, and meanwhile... Hot Shot's team ''still'' hasn't gotten through the rift? What've they been ''doing'' in there?

===Trivia===
* During the torture scene, Megatron and Inferno are both hand-drawn, allowing them to emote beyond the level of "[[Dull surprise|mouth open/mouth closed]]", and the action consequentially gets a lot more dramatic and fluid than usual. It is ''glorious!''
* Unicron is apparently missing in action—there's no trace of him—but the dialog only vaguely hints at this mystery, when Rodimus says something vague about debris from Unicron.
* Even for this series, this is one of the noticeably darker moments of the show. Inferno is impaled and screaming in agony for the better half of this episode.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 008 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Imprisoned Inferno

2015-09-12T01:40:31Z

Wxy:

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=29
|prev=Protection
|next=Jungle Planet (episode)
|title="Improsoned Inferno" "Imprisoned Inferno"
|japanese=囚われのインフェルノ
|romaji=Toraware no Inferno
|translation=
|image=ImprisonedInferno choked.jpg
|caption= If only the rest of the show looked this slick. Someone should give the person who decided the bland 3-D was better than cel-shaded a good smackbottom!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Kei'ichirō Kawaguchi]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[July 23|23 July]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[October 15]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Ambushed and alone, Inferno is taken to his limits and beyond by Megatron.'''

==Synopsis==
On [[Iron Planet]], [[Shockblast]], chained up and guarded by the stoic and silent [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]], is bored. He entertains himself by verbally harassing his guard. His taunts fall on deaf ears; finally Inferno stands, walks off, and nails a distant peak with one shot from his weapon, to Shockblast's puzzlement.

[[File:E29 mirangaiilands.jpg|left|thumb|Like some [[Furmanism|vast, predatory bird]] casting its shadow over the land...]]

[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] delights over one of his new planets, and laments [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]'s fall. On the temperate surface of the planet, [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]], [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], and [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha]] land the ''[[Miranda II]]'' in a lake. The planet's atmosphere is identical to [[Earth]], to Misha's relief. She wonders if it's inhabited.

Inferno calls in a report to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s team on the ''Miranda II'', though he has little to tell them; he expects [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] to be along soon. Suddenly, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] radios Shockblast, taunting him for his betrayal.

Megatron expects Shockblast will come crawling back soon enough... and indeed, he radios a moment later, begging to be freed and promising loyalty. Megatron agrees. Inferno doesn't seem to notice.

Rodimus observes space debris from [[Unicron]] flying into the [[Rift|void]]. Elsewhere, on a planet, the two-member search team of [[Autobot]]s drive around and conclude that it's deserted. [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] isn't happy about searching planet after planet, but [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] reminds him that that's what their orders are. Suddenly, they see a flash of light. Somewhere in space, Rodimus speaks to all Autobot warriors, telling them to use his flag as a beacon-guide if they've lost their way.

On Iron Planet, Inferno comes under heavy attack from Megatron's squad.

Misha observes a giant dragon fly, which freaks out Kicker. Kicker explains to Ironhide that the planet's so nutrient-rich that it's driving the eco-system to extremes. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] reports that Inferno is under attack, and the Autobots prepare to move out. Ironhide is depressed, wondering if Scorponok will be there.

Inferno has retreated into a crevasse, defending himself from there. Megatron approaches the chained Shockblast; [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] advises not releasing him, advice that Megatron agrees with. He threatens to "rewire" Shockblast. Desperate, Shockblast pleads for release, saying he'll capture an Autobot as proof of his loyalty. Inferno is still in the crevasse, waiting.

In space, [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]], and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] fight their way through the debris-filled void. Through the void, they see Rodimus's glowing Autobot [[insignia]]-beacon, a sign of hope.

Shockblast is free; Mirage thinks it's a mistake. Inferno comes under attack from the sky, as Shockblast dives on him, firing. Starscream joins him.

Shockblast tries to flush out Inferno, but the Autobot just waits patiently, gun aimed. But Starscream gets behind him before he can fire.

Scorponok flies through the void with a horde of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]], as Rodimus observes.

[[File:Energon InfernoImprisoned torture.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Such excellent animation... something's wrong.]]

The Autobots arrive and locate Inferno. Below, Megatron chews out Shockblast and sends him to join the others above in battling the Autobots, before interrogating his captive. Above, the [[Decepticon]]s hold the Autobots at a standstill.

Megatron tortures Inferno, demanding to know where the [[energon]] is. When Inferno refuses, he stabs him with his sword and threatens to turn him into a Decepticon.

Scorponok and his [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s arrive; Ironhide holds him off while Prime goes after Inferno, only to run into Mirage. Megatron forces an energy ball into Inferno's wound, saying that soon he'll be a Decepticon.

Ironhide confronts Scorponok over his changed allegiance. Scorponok simply states that his only master is Megatron.

Under torture, Inferno flashes back to the beauty of Earth, and refuses to yield. Hot Shot and Rodimus arrive and finally make it into the crevasse. Surrounded, Megatron retreats. Inferno lies damaged and inert. The Decepticons transform and fly/drive off into the sky. Ironhide is still angry over Scorponok's betrayal.

The Autobots fly Inferno away. Weak, Inferno asks about Kicker's status... and, unseen by all, his Autobot symbol morphs into a Decepticon one.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (2)
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (4)
* [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (9)
* [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] (10)
* [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] (11)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (15)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (16)
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] (17)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (18)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (19)
* [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (20)

|c2=
* [[Shockblast]] (1)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (7)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (8)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (12)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (13)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] (14)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (21)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (5)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (6)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (3)
* [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticon drones]] (22)
}}

==Quotes==
"I'm bored out of my mainframe here. What's wrong? Your batteries go dead? You're a regular riot, soldier boy! HEY! Mr. Happy! Would ya lighten up a little? Teh! You can ''guard'' me without being a ''jerk'', y'know."
:—The captive '''Shockblast''' taunts Inferno.

"Shockblast! Exactly what part of that order don't you understand? Starscream, Demolishor, Snow Cat and Mirage rank ''above'' you. And I expect you to follow ''their'' orders, soldier!"
:—'''Megatron''' lets Shockblast know exactly where he stands.

"Hey! You're Shockblast!" 
"That's right... boss." 
"Huh? Boss?!" 
"That's right. At least, that's what Megatron tells me." 
"Oh. In that case, I want you to destroy Optimus!" 
"HUH?!" 
"Huh—uh—I mean, if—that's okay with ''you''."
:—'''Demolishor''' and '''Shockblast'''

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
The only changes in the dub are a few trivial items—which is quite surprising considering that there's a ''typo in the title''. [[Scorpinok|Again.]]

* Kicker kicks Ironhide after they land the ''Miranda II'' on the first planet. In ''Super Link'', it's because Ironhide had said the air was great and refreshing, and Kicker says he couldn't possibly know that. The dub changes it to Kicker staking his claim that ''he'' was the one to tell Misha that the air was safe.
* Kicker's original claim about the ecosystem is more about the planet's instinct to support life, rather than its nutrient-rich ecosystem.
* Megatron originally threatens to ''reformat'' Shockblast (rather than "rewire" him), a bit more serious-sounding considering what's happened to Demolishor, Starscream and Scorponok (and to some lesser extent, Snow Cat and Mirage).
* In the dub, Inferno asks for an update on Kicker as he's carried away from Iron Planet. In ''Super Link'', he asks if they're going to where Kicker is, so he can heal on a peaceful planet.
* Absurdly triumphant background music plays over this same scene in the dub; ''Super Link'' has silence instead, more befitting the somber mood as the gravely damaged Inferno is carried off.

===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 17
* Stock footage: 3
* Let's do it: 2
* You got it: 1
* You're kidding me: 1

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Improsonedinferno.jpg|thumb|For God's ''sake''.]]
* This episode was originally titled "Improsoned Inferno". The episode's title was corrected for the ''Transformers: Energon - Ultimate Collection'' DVD release (albeit now using text that differs from the other episode titles in both font and color).
* The ''red'' energon sun somehow casts normal yellow/white light onto Iron Planet. The [[Jungle Planet (episode)|next episode]] would show that the planet has a yellow-tinted atmosphere. That still doesn't work with a red light source... but points for trying!
* The neck segment of Misha's space suit is missing in one shot.
* Cliffjumper and Downshift have their names reversed. It won't be the last time. (They're not named in ''Super Link''.)
* Rodimus's magic beacon-projecting flag ''flaps in the vacuum of space''.
* [[Rift|The rift]]—referred to here as "the [[void]]"—is so badly animated and edited that it's impossible to tell what or where it is. No establishing shots make clear where it sits in relationship to anything else in the show, and it's shown differently than in previous episodes. A casual viewer would have ''no clue'' where Hot Shot's team is or what they're doing.
* Likewise, the idea is that Rodimus shines his beacon at the rift's exit, giving both Hot Shot's team (who are lost in the rift) and the search party (who are on the other side of the rift, still in normal space) a sign post to follow. The animation makes this a bit difficult to figure out, the editing makes it worse, and the dialog in both versions doesn't help much.
* As they fly away from Iron Planet, the heavily-injured Inferno seems to have Powerlinked with Prowl for some reason.

===Continuity errors===
* So... Rodimus and Optimus entered the rift ''after'' Hot Shot, Prowl and Landmine were sucked in, as happened in "[[Ripped Up Space]]". They made it all the way through, had a whole series of adventures and battles on Iron Planet, and meanwhile... Hot Shot's team ''still'' hasn't gotten through the rift? What've they been ''doing'' in there?

===Trivia===
* During the torture scene, Megatron and Inferno are both hand-drawn, allowing them to emote beyond the level of "[[Dull surprise|mouth open/mouth closed]]", and the action consequentially gets a lot more dramatic and fluid than usual. It is ''glorious!''
* Unicron is apparently missing in action—there's no trace of him—but the dialog only vaguely hints at this mystery, when Rodimus says something vague about debris from Unicron.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 008 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Shockblast: Rampage

2015-09-12T01:33:54Z

Wxy: /* Notes */

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=21
|prev=Alpha Q: Identity
|next=Survival Instincts
|title="Laser Wave: Rampage" "Shockblast: Rampage"
|japanese=大暴れ! レーザーウェーブ
|romaji=Ōabare! Laserwave
|translation=Rampage! Laserwave
|image=E21_titlecard.jpg
|caption= In a few seconds, it'll be laser ''rape''. (again, we're sorry)
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[May 28|28 May]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[July 3]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Shockblast disables Cybertron's energon grid, while Kicker tries to convince the Autobots to listen to Alpha Q.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] careens madly across the surfaces of [[Unicron]]'s head, with [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] at the controls and [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha]] screaming in terror. [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] is excited at the prospect of joining forces with the [[Autobot]]s and gaining freedom at last; Kicker is also happy over the prospect of bringing Unicron's head to the Autobots.

Autobot troops continue searching for [[Shockblast]]. As the escaped fugitive watches from the shadows, a guard refuses [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] and [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] entry to a restricted area, and the two head onwards in their search. Shockblast wastes no time in killing the guard after they leave and leaping through the doors. He lands in the "energon core" chamber, which blasts him.

[[File:Energon-Misha-Hugs-Kicker.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Mmm, yeah, that's right, hug me hard. If you like, you can come back to my room so we can hug some more.]]

[[Rad White|Rad]] reports on Shockblast's intrusion, and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Prime]], [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] head that way. Padlock and Wing Dagger arrive first and find Shockblast lying inert, but it's just an act. Shockblast takes Padlock hostage, holding off the Autobots as Prime and company arrive. He exits... and kills Padlock on the way out. The doors are sealed behind him. An infuriated Wing Dagger futilely tries to bash his way out of the [[Primus]] chamber, while Hot Shot contacts Rad to open the doors.

Shockblast radios [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], demanding to be rescued. He informs Megatron that there's a huge cache of [[energon]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], enough to revive Unicron, and offers to disable the [[energon grid]] so the [[Decepticon]]s can infiltrate the planet. Megatron sends his troops to help, despite [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]'s warnings about trusting Shockblast.

Rad detects the Decepticons approaching the planet with a mobile fortress, and he powers up the energon grid. Prime and company continue their hunt for Shockblast.

[[File:Energon-Shockblast-Rides-Tidal-Wave.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Dude, hang ten!]]

[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and the troops arrive at Cybertron; Shockblast, who's been put in charge, orders them to crash the mobile fortress into the energon grid, over their protests. A huge explosion ensues; Shockblast uses the distraction to destroy one of the [[energon tower]]s. [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] and Decepticons swarm in through the resultant hole in the energon grid.

Shockblast links up with the Decepticons, and he and Tidal Wave immediately begin squabbling. When Shockblast begins picking on Tidal Wave, the Decepticons fight among themselves.

Rad redirects the energon grid to blast Shockblast. Megatron arrives and orders the others to rescue Shockblast, and Tidal Wave reluctantly does so. Shockblast delivers one last blast, destroying another tower, before Megatron orders a retreat.

In the wake of the battle, Wing Dagger recriminates himself for letting Shockblast get away. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] radios in with news that Kicker is on his way, with Unicron's head. Alpha Q hopes he's doing the right thing.

[[File:Energon-Optimus-VS-Rodimus.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Admit it, you always wanted to see this.]]

Jetfire is shocked to see Unicron. Prime and company arrive aboard the ''[[Miranda II]]'', as does [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Optimus demands that he release Kicker; Rodimus refuses until Optimus listens to everything he has to say. Optimus is prepared to use force to get his allies back, and the two come to blows, while the puzzled Kicker watches. Summoning the [[Energon Saber]], Kicker gets between the two and orders them to stop. He pleads with Optimus to listen to Alpha Q's plans for Unicron. Optimus reluctantly agrees, at least until Megatron is dealt with. A deal is struck, and he and Rodimus shake on it.

Aboard Unicron's body, Shockblast bashes Tidal Wave for failing to cover him adequately during the battle on Cybertron. Megatron orders him to lay off. Shockblast leaves with Snow Cat and Demolishor. Megatron tells Tidal Wave that he'll eventually be allowed to deal with Shockblast himself, and that an attack on Cybertron is nigh...

Kicker leads Optimus and the rest back to Alpha Q, and Optimus prepares himself to listen to the alien's tale.
{{--}}
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (1)
* [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (6)
* [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (7)
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] (8)
* [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] (9)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (13)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (14)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (21)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (22)

|c2=
* [[Shockblast]] (10)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (15)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (16)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (17)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (18)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (19)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (2)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (3)
* [[Rad White]] (11)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (4)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (5)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (20)
* [[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] (23)
* [[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]] (24)
* [[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]] (25)
}}

==Quotes==
"I can't believe we've actually joined forces with the talking Q-heads!"
:—'''Kicker''' reflects on his newest ally.

"Don't trust Shockblast. Shockblast BAD."
:—'''Tidal Wave''' is both eloquent and succinct.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* As Ironhide careens across Unicron's head, ''Super Link'' has Kicker essentially saying to Misha, "Ha ha, this scares you? Keep it up, Ironhide!" In the dub, he just says "Relax, everything's under control."
* Alpha Q's opening lines are a bit mangled by the dub. He says "It is time to bring him to us", even though Kicker's ''already'' been brought before Alpha Q. Then he says "He sees it!" as Ironhide stops in front of nothing. In ''Super Link'', Kicker notices that the stars are moving relative to them, meaning that Unicron's head is moving, but this reaction is missing from the dub, instead replaced with the bizarre observation that "We're moving at light speed on Unicron's head!"
* The dub inserts some strange dialogue from Rodimus about Unicron's ''body'' moving. It's supposed to be about his ''head'' moving. Y'know, like, the thing that they're inside of and have control over.
* The dub scrambles Kicker and Ironhide's chat about bringing the head to Optimus; in ''Super Link'', they're worried about what he will think, while in the dub, they're just like YAY WE DID A GREAT THING GO US.
* For some reason, the dub changes the first mention of Primus's chamber into "the energon core". A moment later, it's the chamber of Primus, as intended.
* Hot Shot's bizarre "Who are they?", referring to the two Autobot guards, is a dub addition, as is Prime's rather excited "Let's go find out!" reply. In ''Super Link'', it's more along the lines of "What was that?" and "Doesn't matter; we're going our own way."
* The dub animation omits some anime teardrops falling from Wing Dagger's eyes as he mourns for Padlock. The dub animation also gives Wing Dagger blue eyes, while in ''Super Link'', they're green.
* Five seconds after informing Optimus that Unicron's head is approaching, Jetfire is shocked and alarmed at the sight of...Unicron's head.
* Kicker tells Optimus that "we're coming through the warp gate", even though they're ''already right there''. A second later, ''Rodimus'' comes through a warp gate.
* For once, someone was paying attention: the dialog for ''Super Link'' indicates that the Decepticons are using several mobile fortresses; the dub changes it to just one, as shown in the animation.
* The dub animation is missing an energon glow effect over Optimus as the Decepticons retreat.
* The dub animation is missing a brief slash of highlighting white light as Kicker steps between Rodimus and Optimus.
* After the battle, Snow Cat and Demolishor lead Shockblast away to be repaired. The dub adds dialog that makes it sound like Shockblast is taking ''them'' away.

===Pain Count===
* "Uh?": 11
* Stock footage: 4
* Energon is great: 1
* Let's do this: 1
* Aw man: 2

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Laser Wave Rampage.jpg|thumb|To be fair, translating is tough.]]
* When first broadcast, this episode was titled "Laser Wave: Rampage", using Shockblast's Japanese name. Amazingly, it was fixed when the episode was rebroadcast.
* In the middle of a quiet moment, Hot Shot ''yells'' at Inferno to suggest they powerlink...even though they're standing right next to each other.
* Misha's hair flows freely from the back of her space suit helmet. It even flaps around from all the wind that's blowing around in the airless vacuum of deep space. Somehow this does not kill her.

===Trivia===
[[File:Tf Energon Unfinished Foreground Fight.jpg|thumb|It probably went down like this at the animation studio: Worker A: "They left the background out!" Worker B: "It's ok, here's a sketch to tide us over for now- we'll fix it in post-production." Worker A: "It goes out ''TODAY!''" Worker B: "WHAT!?!"]]
*In the scene that shows Optimus and Rodimus fighting with Kicker in the background, the ground they are standing on is a rough sketch, with a visible signature and some Japanese characters. Apparently, it was either overlooked or the animators sent in an incomplete print of the episode running low on time, as had happened in the past with several episodes exported to America.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 006 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Shockblast: Rampage

2015-09-12T01:32:30Z

Wxy: /* Notes */

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=21
|prev=Alpha Q: Identity
|next=Survival Instincts
|title="Laser Wave: Rampage" "Shockblast: Rampage"
|japanese=大暴れ! レーザーウェーブ
|romaji=Ōabare! Laserwave
|translation=Rampage! Laserwave
|image=E21_titlecard.jpg
|caption= In a few seconds, it'll be laser ''rape''. (again, we're sorry)
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[May 28|28 May]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[July 3]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Shockblast disables Cybertron's energon grid, while Kicker tries to convince the Autobots to listen to Alpha Q.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] careens madly across the surfaces of [[Unicron]]'s head, with [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] at the controls and [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha]] screaming in terror. [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] is excited at the prospect of joining forces with the [[Autobot]]s and gaining freedom at last; Kicker is also happy over the prospect of bringing Unicron's head to the Autobots.

Autobot troops continue searching for [[Shockblast]]. As the escaped fugitive watches from the shadows, a guard refuses [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] and [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] entry to a restricted area, and the two head onwards in their search. Shockblast wastes no time in killing the guard after they leave and leaping through the doors. He lands in the "energon core" chamber, which blasts him.

[[File:Energon-Misha-Hugs-Kicker.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Mmm, yeah, that's right, hug me hard. If you like, you can come back to my room so we can hug some more.]]

[[Rad White|Rad]] reports on Shockblast's intrusion, and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Prime]], [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] head that way. Padlock and Wing Dagger arrive first and find Shockblast lying inert, but it's just an act. Shockblast takes Padlock hostage, holding off the Autobots as Prime and company arrive. He exits... and kills Padlock on the way out. The doors are sealed behind him. An infuriated Wing Dagger futilely tries to bash his way out of the [[Primus]] chamber, while Hot Shot contacts Rad to open the doors.

Shockblast radios [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], demanding to be rescued. He informs Megatron that there's a huge cache of [[energon]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], enough to revive Unicron, and offers to disable the [[energon grid]] so the [[Decepticon]]s can infiltrate the planet. Megatron sends his troops to help, despite [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]'s warnings about trusting Shockblast.

Rad detects the Decepticons approaching the planet with a mobile fortress, and he powers up the energon grid. Prime and company continue their hunt for Shockblast.

[[File:Energon-Shockblast-Rides-Tidal-Wave.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Dude, hang ten!]]

[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and the troops arrive at Cybertron; Shockblast, who's been put in charge, orders them to crash the mobile fortress into the energon grid, over their protests. A huge explosion ensues; Shockblast uses the distraction to destroy one of the [[energon tower]]s. [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] and Decepticons swarm in through the resultant hole in the energon grid.

Shockblast links up with the Decepticons, and he and Tidal Wave immediately begin squabbling. When Shockblast begins picking on Tidal Wave, the Decepticons fight among themselves.

Rad redirects the energon grid to blast Shockblast. Megatron arrives and orders the others to rescue Shockblast, and Tidal Wave reluctantly does so. Shockblast delivers one last blast, destroying another tower, before Megatron orders a retreat.

In the wake of the battle, Wing Dagger recriminates himself for letting Shockblast get away. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] radios in with news that Kicker is on his way, with Unicron's head. Alpha Q hopes he's doing the right thing.

[[File:Energon-Optimus-VS-Rodimus.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Admit it, you always wanted to see this.]]

Jetfire is shocked to see Unicron. Prime and company arrive aboard the ''[[Miranda II]]'', as does [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Optimus demands that he release Kicker; Rodimus refuses until Optimus listens to everything he has to say. Optimus is prepared to use force to get his allies back, and the two come to blows, while the puzzled Kicker watches. Summoning the [[Energon Saber]], Kicker gets between the two and orders them to stop. He pleads with Optimus to listen to Alpha Q's plans for Unicron. Optimus reluctantly agrees, at least until Megatron is dealt with. A deal is struck, and he and Rodimus shake on it.

Aboard Unicron's body, Shockblast bashes Tidal Wave for failing to cover him adequately during the battle on Cybertron. Megatron orders him to lay off. Shockblast leaves with Snow Cat and Demolishor. Megatron tells Tidal Wave that he'll eventually be allowed to deal with Shockblast himself, and that an attack on Cybertron is nigh...

Kicker leads Optimus and the rest back to Alpha Q, and Optimus prepares himself to listen to the alien's tale.
{{--}}
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (1)
* [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (6)
* [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (7)
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] (8)
* [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] (9)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (13)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (14)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (21)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (22)

|c2=
* [[Shockblast]] (10)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (15)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (16)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (17)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (18)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (19)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (2)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (3)
* [[Rad White]] (11)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (4)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (5)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (20)
* [[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] (23)
* [[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]] (24)
* [[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]] (25)
}}

==Quotes==
"I can't believe we've actually joined forces with the talking Q-heads!"
:—'''Kicker''' reflects on his newest ally.

"Don't trust Shockblast. Shockblast BAD."
:—'''Tidal Wave''' is both eloquent and succinct.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* As Ironhide careens across Unicron's head, ''Super Link'' has Kicker essentially saying to Misha, "Ha ha, this scares you? Keep it up, Ironhide!" In the dub, he just says "Relax, everything's under control."
* Alpha Q's opening lines are a bit mangled by the dub. He says "It is time to bring him to us", even though Kicker's ''already'' been brought before Alpha Q. Then he says "He sees it!" as Ironhide stops in front of nothing. In ''Super Link'', Kicker notices that the stars are moving relative to them, meaning that Unicron's head is moving, but this reaction is missing from the dub, instead replaced with the bizarre observation that "We're moving at light speed on Unicron's head!"
* The dub inserts some strange dialogue from Rodimus about Unicron's ''body'' moving. It's supposed to be about his ''head'' moving. Y'know, like, the thing that they're inside of and have control over.
* The dub scrambles Kicker and Ironhide's chat about bringing the head to Optimus; in ''Super Link'', they're worried about what he will think, while in the dub, they're just like YAY WE DID A GREAT THING GO US.
* For some reason, the dub changes the first mention of Primus's chamber into "the energon core". A moment later, it's the chamber of Primus, as intended.
* Hot Shot's bizarre "Who are they?", referring to the two Autobot guards, is a dub addition, as is Prime's rather excited "Let's go find out!" reply. In ''Super Link'', it's more along the lines of "What was that?" and "Doesn't matter; we're going our own way."
* The dub animation omits some anime teardrops falling from Wing Dagger's eyes as he mourns for Padlock. The dub animation also gives Wing Dagger blue eyes, while in ''Super Link'', they're green.
* Five seconds after informing Optimus that Unicron's head is approaching, Jetfire is shocked and alarmed at the sight of...Unicron's head.
* Kicker tells Optimus that "we're coming through the warp gate", even though they're ''already right there''. A second later, ''Rodimus'' comes through a warp gate.
* For once, someone was paying attention: the dialog for ''Super Link'' indicates that the Decepticons are using several mobile fortresses; the dub changes it to just one, as shown in the animation.
* The dub animation is missing an energon glow effect over Optimus as the Decepticons retreat.
* The dub animation is missing a brief slash of highlighting white light as Kicker steps between Rodimus and Optimus.
* After the battle, Snow Cat and Demolishor lead Shockblast away to be repaired. The dub adds dialog that makes it sound like Shockblast is taking ''them'' away.

===Pain Count===
* "Uh?": 11
* Stock footage: 4
* Energon is great: 1
* Let's do this: 1
* Aw man: 2

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Laser Wave Rampage.jpg|thumb|To be fair, translating is tough.]]
* When first broadcast, this episode was titled "Laser Wave: Rampage", using Shockblast's Japanese name. Amazingly, it was fixed when the episode was rebroadcast.
* In the middle of a quiet moment, Hot Shot ''yells'' at Inferno to suggest they powerlink...even though they're standing right next to each other.
* Misha's hair flows freely from the back of her space suit helmet. It even flaps around from all the wind that's blowing around in the airless vacuum of deep space. Somehow this does not kill her.

===Trivia===
[[File:Tf Energon Unfinished Foreground Fight.jpg|thumb|It probably went down like this at the animation studio: Worker A: "They left the background out!" Worker B: "It's ok, here's a sketch to tide us over for now- we'll fix it in post-production." Worker A: "It goes out ''TODAY!''" Worker A: "WHAT?!"]]
*In the scene that shows Optimus and Rodimus fighting with Kicker in the background, the ground they are standing on is a rough sketch, with a visible signature and some Japanese characters. Apparently, it was either overlooked or the animators sent in an incomplete print of the episode running low on time, as had happened in the past with several episodes exported to America.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 006 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Shockblast: Rampage

2015-09-12T01:32:02Z

Wxy: /* Notes */

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=21
|prev=Alpha Q: Identity
|next=Survival Instincts
|title="Laser Wave: Rampage" "Shockblast: Rampage"
|japanese=大暴れ! レーザーウェーブ
|romaji=Ōabare! Laserwave
|translation=Rampage! Laserwave
|image=E21_titlecard.jpg
|caption= In a few seconds, it'll be laser ''rape''. (again, we're sorry)
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[May 28|28 May]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[July 3]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Shockblast disables Cybertron's energon grid, while Kicker tries to convince the Autobots to listen to Alpha Q.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] careens madly across the surfaces of [[Unicron]]'s head, with [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] at the controls and [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha]] screaming in terror. [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] is excited at the prospect of joining forces with the [[Autobot]]s and gaining freedom at last; Kicker is also happy over the prospect of bringing Unicron's head to the Autobots.

Autobot troops continue searching for [[Shockblast]]. As the escaped fugitive watches from the shadows, a guard refuses [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] and [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] entry to a restricted area, and the two head onwards in their search. Shockblast wastes no time in killing the guard after they leave and leaping through the doors. He lands in the "energon core" chamber, which blasts him.

[[File:Energon-Misha-Hugs-Kicker.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Mmm, yeah, that's right, hug me hard. If you like, you can come back to my room so we can hug some more.]]

[[Rad White|Rad]] reports on Shockblast's intrusion, and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Prime]], [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] head that way. Padlock and Wing Dagger arrive first and find Shockblast lying inert, but it's just an act. Shockblast takes Padlock hostage, holding off the Autobots as Prime and company arrive. He exits... and kills Padlock on the way out. The doors are sealed behind him. An infuriated Wing Dagger futilely tries to bash his way out of the [[Primus]] chamber, while Hot Shot contacts Rad to open the doors.

Shockblast radios [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], demanding to be rescued. He informs Megatron that there's a huge cache of [[energon]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], enough to revive Unicron, and offers to disable the [[energon grid]] so the [[Decepticon]]s can infiltrate the planet. Megatron sends his troops to help, despite [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]'s warnings about trusting Shockblast.

Rad detects the Decepticons approaching the planet with a mobile fortress, and he powers up the energon grid. Prime and company continue their hunt for Shockblast.

[[File:Energon-Shockblast-Rides-Tidal-Wave.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Dude, hang ten!]]

[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and the troops arrive at Cybertron; Shockblast, who's been put in charge, orders them to crash the mobile fortress into the energon grid, over their protests. A huge explosion ensues; Shockblast uses the distraction to destroy one of the [[energon tower]]s. [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] and Decepticons swarm in through the resultant hole in the energon grid.

Shockblast links up with the Decepticons, and he and Tidal Wave immediately begin squabbling. When Shockblast begins picking on Tidal Wave, the Decepticons fight among themselves.

Rad redirects the energon grid to blast Shockblast. Megatron arrives and orders the others to rescue Shockblast, and Tidal Wave reluctantly does so. Shockblast delivers one last blast, destroying another tower, before Megatron orders a retreat.

In the wake of the battle, Wing Dagger recriminates himself for letting Shockblast get away. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] radios in with news that Kicker is on his way, with Unicron's head. Alpha Q hopes he's doing the right thing.

[[File:Energon-Optimus-VS-Rodimus.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Admit it, you always wanted to see this.]]

Jetfire is shocked to see Unicron. Prime and company arrive aboard the ''[[Miranda II]]'', as does [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Optimus demands that he release Kicker; Rodimus refuses until Optimus listens to everything he has to say. Optimus is prepared to use force to get his allies back, and the two come to blows, while the puzzled Kicker watches. Summoning the [[Energon Saber]], Kicker gets between the two and orders them to stop. He pleads with Optimus to listen to Alpha Q's plans for Unicron. Optimus reluctantly agrees, at least until Megatron is dealt with. A deal is struck, and he and Rodimus shake on it.

Aboard Unicron's body, Shockblast bashes Tidal Wave for failing to cover him adequately during the battle on Cybertron. Megatron orders him to lay off. Shockblast leaves with Snow Cat and Demolishor. Megatron tells Tidal Wave that he'll eventually be allowed to deal with Shockblast himself, and that an attack on Cybertron is nigh...

Kicker leads Optimus and the rest back to Alpha Q, and Optimus prepares himself to listen to the alien's tale.
{{--}}
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (1)
* [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (6)
* [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (7)
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] (8)
* [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] (9)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (13)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (14)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (21)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (22)

|c2=
* [[Shockblast]] (10)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (15)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (16)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (17)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (18)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (19)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (2)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (3)
* [[Rad White]] (11)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (4)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (5)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (20)
* [[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] (23)
* [[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]] (24)
* [[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]] (25)
}}

==Quotes==
"I can't believe we've actually joined forces with the talking Q-heads!"
:—'''Kicker''' reflects on his newest ally.

"Don't trust Shockblast. Shockblast BAD."
:—'''Tidal Wave''' is both eloquent and succinct.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* As Ironhide careens across Unicron's head, ''Super Link'' has Kicker essentially saying to Misha, "Ha ha, this scares you? Keep it up, Ironhide!" In the dub, he just says "Relax, everything's under control."
* Alpha Q's opening lines are a bit mangled by the dub. He says "It is time to bring him to us", even though Kicker's ''already'' been brought before Alpha Q. Then he says "He sees it!" as Ironhide stops in front of nothing. In ''Super Link'', Kicker notices that the stars are moving relative to them, meaning that Unicron's head is moving, but this reaction is missing from the dub, instead replaced with the bizarre observation that "We're moving at light speed on Unicron's head!"
* The dub inserts some strange dialogue from Rodimus about Unicron's ''body'' moving. It's supposed to be about his ''head'' moving. Y'know, like, the thing that they're inside of and have control over.
* The dub scrambles Kicker and Ironhide's chat about bringing the head to Optimus; in ''Super Link'', they're worried about what he will think, while in the dub, they're just like YAY WE DID A GREAT THING GO US.
* For some reason, the dub changes the first mention of Primus's chamber into "the energon core". A moment later, it's the chamber of Primus, as intended.
* Hot Shot's bizarre "Who are they?", referring to the two Autobot guards, is a dub addition, as is Prime's rather excited "Let's go find out!" reply. In ''Super Link'', it's more along the lines of "What was that?" and "Doesn't matter; we're going our own way."
* The dub animation omits some anime teardrops falling from Wing Dagger's eyes as he mourns for Padlock. The dub animation also gives Wing Dagger blue eyes, while in ''Super Link'', they're green.
* Five seconds after informing Optimus that Unicron's head is approaching, Jetfire is shocked and alarmed at the sight of...Unicron's head.
* Kicker tells Optimus that "we're coming through the warp gate", even though they're ''already right there''. A second later, ''Rodimus'' comes through a warp gate.
* For once, someone was paying attention: the dialog for ''Super Link'' indicates that the Decepticons are using several mobile fortresses; the dub changes it to just one, as shown in the animation.
* The dub animation is missing an energon glow effect over Optimus as the Decepticons retreat.
* The dub animation is missing a brief slash of highlighting white light as Kicker steps between Rodimus and Optimus.
* After the battle, Snow Cat and Demolishor lead Shockblast away to be repaired. The dub adds dialog that makes it sound like Shockblast is taking ''them'' away.

===Pain Count===
* "Uh?": 11
* Stock footage: 4
* Energon is great: 1
* Let's do this: 1
* Aw man: 2

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Laser Wave Rampage.jpg|thumb|To be fair, translating is tough.]]
* When first broadcast, this episode was titled "Laser Wave: Rampage", using Shockblast's Japanese name. Amazingly, it was fixed when the episode was rebroadcast.
* In the middle of a quiet moment, Hot Shot ''yells'' at Inferno to suggest they powerlink...even though they're standing right next to each other.
* Misha's hair flows freely from the back of her space suit helmet. It even flaps around from all the wind that's blowing around in the airless vacuum of deep space. Somehow this does not kill her.

===Trivia===
[[File:Tf Energon Unfinished Foreground Fight.jpg|thumb|It probably went down like this at the animation studio: Worker A: "They left the background out!" Worker B: "It's ok, here's a sketch to tide us over for now- we'll fix it in post-production." Worker A: "It goes out ''TODAY!''" Worker A: "WHAT!?"]]
*In the scene that shows Optimus and Rodimus fighting with Kicker in the background, the ground they are standing on is a rough sketch, with a visible signature and some Japanese characters. Apparently, it was either overlooked or the animators sent in an incomplete print of the episode running low on time, as had happened in the past with several episodes exported to America.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 006 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Shockblast: Rampage

2015-09-12T01:30:22Z

Wxy:

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=21
|prev=Alpha Q: Identity
|next=Survival Instincts
|title="Laser Wave: Rampage" "Shockblast: Rampage"
|japanese=大暴れ! レーザーウェーブ
|romaji=Ōabare! Laserwave
|translation=Rampage! Laserwave
|image=E21_titlecard.jpg
|caption= In a few seconds, it'll be laser ''rape''. (again, we're sorry)
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[May 28|28 May]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[July 3]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Shockblast disables Cybertron's energon grid, while Kicker tries to convince the Autobots to listen to Alpha Q.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] careens madly across the surfaces of [[Unicron]]'s head, with [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] at the controls and [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha]] screaming in terror. [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] is excited at the prospect of joining forces with the [[Autobot]]s and gaining freedom at last; Kicker is also happy over the prospect of bringing Unicron's head to the Autobots.

Autobot troops continue searching for [[Shockblast]]. As the escaped fugitive watches from the shadows, a guard refuses [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] and [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] entry to a restricted area, and the two head onwards in their search. Shockblast wastes no time in killing the guard after they leave and leaping through the doors. He lands in the "energon core" chamber, which blasts him.

[[File:Energon-Misha-Hugs-Kicker.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Mmm, yeah, that's right, hug me hard. If you like, you can come back to my room so we can hug some more.]]

[[Rad White|Rad]] reports on Shockblast's intrusion, and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Prime]], [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] head that way. Padlock and Wing Dagger arrive first and find Shockblast lying inert, but it's just an act. Shockblast takes Padlock hostage, holding off the Autobots as Prime and company arrive. He exits... and kills Padlock on the way out. The doors are sealed behind him. An infuriated Wing Dagger futilely tries to bash his way out of the [[Primus]] chamber, while Hot Shot contacts Rad to open the doors.

Shockblast radios [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], demanding to be rescued. He informs Megatron that there's a huge cache of [[energon]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], enough to revive Unicron, and offers to disable the [[energon grid]] so the [[Decepticon]]s can infiltrate the planet. Megatron sends his troops to help, despite [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]'s warnings about trusting Shockblast.

Rad detects the Decepticons approaching the planet with a mobile fortress, and he powers up the energon grid. Prime and company continue their hunt for Shockblast.

[[File:Energon-Shockblast-Rides-Tidal-Wave.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Dude, hang ten!]]

[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and the troops arrive at Cybertron; Shockblast, who's been put in charge, orders them to crash the mobile fortress into the energon grid, over their protests. A huge explosion ensues; Shockblast uses the distraction to destroy one of the [[energon tower]]s. [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] and Decepticons swarm in through the resultant hole in the energon grid.

Shockblast links up with the Decepticons, and he and Tidal Wave immediately begin squabbling. When Shockblast begins picking on Tidal Wave, the Decepticons fight among themselves.

Rad redirects the energon grid to blast Shockblast. Megatron arrives and orders the others to rescue Shockblast, and Tidal Wave reluctantly does so. Shockblast delivers one last blast, destroying another tower, before Megatron orders a retreat.

In the wake of the battle, Wing Dagger recriminates himself for letting Shockblast get away. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] radios in with news that Kicker is on his way, with Unicron's head. Alpha Q hopes he's doing the right thing.

[[File:Energon-Optimus-VS-Rodimus.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Admit it, you always wanted to see this.]]

Jetfire is shocked to see Unicron. Prime and company arrive aboard the ''[[Miranda II]]'', as does [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Optimus demands that he release Kicker; Rodimus refuses until Optimus listens to everything he has to say. Optimus is prepared to use force to get his allies back, and the two come to blows, while the puzzled Kicker watches. Summoning the [[Energon Saber]], Kicker gets between the two and orders them to stop. He pleads with Optimus to listen to Alpha Q's plans for Unicron. Optimus reluctantly agrees, at least until Megatron is dealt with. A deal is struck, and he and Rodimus shake on it.

Aboard Unicron's body, Shockblast bashes Tidal Wave for failing to cover him adequately during the battle on Cybertron. Megatron orders him to lay off. Shockblast leaves with Snow Cat and Demolishor. Megatron tells Tidal Wave that he'll eventually be allowed to deal with Shockblast himself, and that an attack on Cybertron is nigh...

Kicker leads Optimus and the rest back to Alpha Q, and Optimus prepares himself to listen to the alien's tale.
{{--}}
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (1)
* [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (6)
* [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (7)
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]] (8)
* [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]] (9)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (13)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (14)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (21)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (22)

|c2=
* [[Shockblast]] (10)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (15)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (16)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (17)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (18)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (19)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (2)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (3)
* [[Rad White]] (11)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (4)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (5)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (20)
* [[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] (23)
* [[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]] (24)
* [[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]] (25)
}}

==Quotes==
"I can't believe we've actually joined forces with the talking Q-heads!"
:—'''Kicker''' reflects on his newest ally.

"Don't trust Shockblast. Shockblast BAD."
:—'''Tidal Wave''' is both eloquent and succinct.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* As Ironhide careens across Unicron's head, ''Super Link'' has Kicker essentially saying to Misha, "Ha ha, this scares you? Keep it up, Ironhide!" In the dub, he just says "Relax, everything's under control."
* Alpha Q's opening lines are a bit mangled by the dub. He says "It is time to bring him to us", even though Kicker's ''already'' been brought before Alpha Q. Then he says "He sees it!" as Ironhide stops in front of nothing. In ''Super Link'', Kicker notices that the stars are moving relative to them, meaning that Unicron's head is moving, but this reaction is missing from the dub, instead replaced with the bizarre observation that "We're moving at light speed on Unicron's head!"
* The dub inserts some strange dialogue from Rodimus about Unicron's ''body'' moving. It's supposed to be about his ''head'' moving. Y'know, like, the thing that they're inside of and have control over.
* The dub scrambles Kicker and Ironhide's chat about bringing the head to Optimus; in ''Super Link'', they're worried about what he will think, while in the dub, they're just like YAY WE DID A GREAT THING GO US.
* For some reason, the dub changes the first mention of Primus's chamber into "the energon core". A moment later, it's the chamber of Primus, as intended.
* Hot Shot's bizarre "Who are they?", referring to the two Autobot guards, is a dub addition, as is Prime's rather excited "Let's go find out!" reply. In ''Super Link'', it's more along the lines of "What was that?" and "Doesn't matter; we're going our own way."
* The dub animation omits some anime teardrops falling from Wing Dagger's eyes as he mourns for Padlock. The dub animation also gives Wing Dagger blue eyes, while in ''Super Link'', they're green.
* Five seconds after informing Optimus that Unicron's head is approaching, Jetfire is shocked and alarmed at the sight of...Unicron's head.
* Kicker tells Optimus that "we're coming through the warp gate", even though they're ''already right there''. A second later, ''Rodimus'' comes through a warp gate.
* For once, someone was paying attention: the dialog for ''Super Link'' indicates that the Decepticons are using several mobile fortresses; the dub changes it to just one, as shown in the animation.
* The dub animation is missing an energon glow effect over Optimus as the Decepticons retreat.
* The dub animation is missing a brief slash of highlighting white light as Kicker steps between Rodimus and Optimus.
* After the battle, Snow Cat and Demolishor lead Shockblast away to be repaired. The dub adds dialog that makes it sound like Shockblast is taking ''them'' away.

===Pain Count===
* "Uh?": 11
* Stock footage: 4
* Energon is great: 1
* Let's do this: 1
* Aw man: 2

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:Laser Wave Rampage.jpg|thumb|To be fair, translating is tough.]]
* When first broadcast, this episode was titled "Laser Wave: Rampage", using Shockblast's Japanese name. Amazingly, it was fixed when the episode was rebroadcast.
* In the middle of a quiet moment, Hot Shot ''yells'' at Inferno to suggest they powerlink...even though they're standing right next to each other.
* Misha's hair flows freely from the back of her space suit helmet. It even flaps around from all the wind that's blowing around in the airless vacuum of deep space. Somehow this does not kill her.

===Trivia===
[[File:Tf Energon Unfinished Foreground Fight.jpg|thumb|It probably went down like this at the animation studio: Worker A: "They left the background out!" Worker B: "It's ok, here's a sketch to tide us over for now- we'll fix it in post-production." Worker A: "It goes out ''TODAY!''" Worker N: "WHAT!?"]]
*In the scene that shows Optimus and Rodimus fighting with Kicker in the background, the ground they are standing on is a rough sketch, with a visible signature and some Japanese characters.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 006 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 3: Shockblast Unleashed (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

A Tale of Two Heros

2015-09-12T01:15:32Z

Wxy:

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=18
|prev=The Return of Demolishor
|next=Battle Stations
|title="A Tale of Two Heros"
|japanese=対決! ふたりのコンボイ
|romaji=Taiketsu! Futari no Convoy
|translation=A Confrontation! The Two Convoys
|image=Tale of Heros Optimus Rodimus.jpg
|caption= Can hardly make out anyone- is this from an unseen [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]]'s vantage point? Is he cameraman now? Maybe that's why we don't see him anymore.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Mitsuru Kawasaki]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[May 7|7 May]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[July 3]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Ironhide follows Rodimus, determined to find out more about the mysterious Alpha Q.'''

==Synopsis==
Aboard the ''[[Miranda II]]'', the [[Autobot]]s have tracked the tracer signal to a [[Decepticon]] warp point.

[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] freaks out in light of the recent [[energon]] theft. [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] offers to get more, using his position in [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s ranks... and [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]].

[[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] is worried about a Decepticon attack, and "that [[Unicron]] thing". Suddenly, they see an approaching ship, flying a flag (literally) with the AutoBrand—Rodimus's ship!

Rodimus opens a channel, asking permission to come aboard. [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], naturally, [[Rodimus Friend or Foe?|isn't too happy about this]], but can't offer any proof to the others that anything's amiss.

[[File:Energon-Optimus-And-Rodimus.jpg|left|upright=1.3|thumb|A dream is born, double prime!]]

Rodimus lays it out: he wants [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] not to destroy Unicron, and focus on defeating Megatron instead. He tells Optimus that Unicron can create new life, such as the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s created by Alpha Q, and that it's only dangerous in the wrong hands. Prime isn't buying it, but Rodimus tells him that Unicron consumed [[Planet Q|Alpha Q's planet]].

Kicker asks [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] how Rodimus and Optimus know each other. Inferno tells him a story that doesn't answer the question.

Rodimus says that the consumed planets can be re-created. Prime still thinks it's too dangerous. Rodimus leaves... and as he does, [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] overhears him and [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] discussing what they're going to tell Alpha Q.

Kicker finds Ironhide watching Rodimus's ship depart, and deduces that he plans to track him back to Alpha Q's location. The ''Miranda II'' powers up. Ironhide doubts if he should go by himself, since he's spent his whole life following others, but a pep talk from Kicker gets him going; Kicker lends him the [[Energon Saber]]. Optimus solemnly watches Rodimus's ship depart.

[[File:Energon-Ironhide-Teary-Hand-Drawn.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|What is this, 1994?]]

Rodimus is well aware of his stowaway, but decides to let him be for now.

The Autobots get their first look at Unicron. Hot Shot notices Ironhide's absence and figures out that he's gone to do something foolhardy. Kicker confirms it, and notes that Hot Shot must surely understand, given his past. Hot Shot does understand... and immediately reports it to Optimus. Prime isn't worried.

Rodimus's ship approaches Unicron's head and enters, as Ironhide grows more and more worried.

Within Unicron, Megatron is delighted to hear a report from [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] that a ship has been sighted, and orders Starscream to do nothing. When the titan is activated, Optimus will be its first victim!

The Decepticons immediately attack the ''Miranda II''. As Prime goes to counter-attack, Kicker tells [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha]] to release all the energon, to help Ironhide. Or a small chunk.

Within Unicron, Ironhide comes to his senses and begins tracking Rodimus. Alpha Q observes him and frets, but Rodimus tells him not to worry. Alpha Q sends Scorponok to bring in the stowaway. Ironhide follows an opening door, and finds himself in a warehouse full of Terrorcon eggs. They hatch, of course, unleashing a swarm of [[Cruellock]] drones on him.

[[File:Energon-Ironhide-Infiltration.jpg‎|left|upright=1.3|thumb|Alpha Q tries to imitate Saruman.]]

Misha sends out a chunk of energon, which Kicker tosses into space. As the Terrorcons swarm toward it, Inferno blows it up, annihilating them.

The drones steal Ironhide's [[energon star]], but he fights his way free... and finds himself facing Scorponok. He demands to know where Alpha Q is, and peppers Scorponok with questions. They struggle. Ironhide punches him, and somehow knocks himself out. Scorponok agrees to take him there. He brings the unconscious Autobot into Alpha Q's chamber, to Rodimus's horror.

The Autobots have driven off their attackers, and vow to be ready next time. Megatron gloats that they don't have a clue what they're in store for.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (1)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (2)
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (6)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (7)
* [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (9)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (10)
* [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (11)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (15)

|c2=
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (4)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (16)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (17)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (18)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (19)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (20)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (6)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (8)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (3)
* [[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] (12)
* [[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]] (13)
* [[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]] (14)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (21)
* [[Cruellock|Cruellock drones]] (22)
}}

==Quotes==
"''You're being stubborn. '''PROWL!''' Let's go.''"
:—'''Rodimus''' throws a sort of low-key tantrum.

"Uh, it's like, I've always lived my life following someone else around. Maybe it's time I saw what I can do on my own. Do you understand what I mean, Kicker?" 
"I know exactly how you feel. I'm ''always'' being told what to do. If you have to do this on your own, then go for it!" 
"Yeah. I will." 
"Come on, what are you waiting for? This is your chance, get on with it!"
:—'''Ironhide''' is ordered to think for himself by '''Kicker'''.

==Notes==
===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 10
* Stock footage: 1
* We need/they want energon: 2
* "Gimme a break": 1
* "You can't be serious": 1
* "I know what you mean": 1

===Lost in translation===
Nothing major or devastating, but this episode is rife with examples of the dub team just not paying attention:

* It starts almost immediately, as Optimus advises that they've tracked the Decepticons' "warp signal", and warns the others that the Decepticons have probably set up a defensive line to defend Unicron and a battle will happen as soon as they emerge from warp. The dub mangles this into the Autobots ''detecting'' a Decepticon warp point, in clear contradiction to the animation, which shows that they're ''already in warp space''. The dub also omits the important point that they're heading for Unicron, instead having Prime just say "we don't want to walk into a trap".
* In ''Super Link'', Scorponok doesn't propose to use Rodimus for the mundane task of retrieving more energon, but for ''re-taking Unicron's body'', since it's apparently going to be finished soon.
* Kicker's question is originally about the ''relationship'' between Optimus and Rodimus. The dub transmangulates this into "how do they know each other"; this turns Inferno's answer, correctly translated, into a non sequitur.
* In ''Super Link'', Inferno further elaborates that the two leaders don't see eye-to-eye, and that their ways of living are not compatible; Misha describes them as two heroes who walk different paths. The dub dumbs this down to Misha saying "they really are heroes, aren't they", somewhat at odds with the dramatic background music.
* The dub replaces Megatron's implied intention to attack ("we should go ahead and start the fun") with him telling Starscream not to attack. This makes it very odd when the very next scene is... the Decepticons attacking the Autobots.
* The purpose of Scorponok and the Terrorcons attacking Ironhide is to test his strength (thus showing if he can be of some use to Alpha Q), not to "see if he can be trusted" per the dub.
* Megatron's final lines are a dub addition; ''Super Link'' just has him laughing ominously.

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:E18 titlecard.jpg|thumb|Where did the "E" go? Who knows- it's a Mister E! (we're sorry)]]
* The dub budget was so cheap, they couldn't afford an "e" for the title card. [[Scorpinok|(Not]] [[Imprisoned Inferno|again.)]] This was not fixed for the DVD release. However, the DVD menus and case have the correct spelling.
* Kicker says "It's hard to tell what his intentions are!" without moving his mouth. (Despite appearances, the dialog is not a dub addition; the error repeats in ''Super Link''.)
* Prowl is ''tiny'' compared to Rodimus, as they prepare to leave the ''Miranda II''. They should be nearly the same height.
* Some odd editing, as Prime reacts to something off-screen, then immediately goes into his combination sequence, without the viewer ever learning what he was reacting to.
* The flag on Rodimus's ship waves in the wind... in space.

===Continuity errors===
* Hot Shot says that he doesn't "know how, but I think Rodimus is somehow involved with Unicron"; that he doesn't have proof, just a feeling. He apparently was not paying attention when Rodimus [[Rodimus Friend or Foe?|previously laid out directly, specifically and in great detail his involvement with Alpha Q and Unicron]]. Perhaps it's that blaster shot he took at close range just moments later.
* Kicker urges Ironhide to hurry and transform as Rodimus leaves. But they're in space. Ironhide remains in [[robot mode]] the rest of the episode.
* A second later, Kicker produces the Energon Saber out of nowhere.
* It's not a terrible leap of logic to figure out that Ironhide's gone to follow Rodimus, but how does Hot Shot figure out that he's heading for ''Unicron''? The mention of Unicron is another dub artifact.

===References===
* In an obvious ''Star Wars'' homage, Jetfire looks at Unicron and comments "Look at the size of that thing!" It'd be a bit less nonsequitur if it was his first reaction, but by that time he's already made several other comments.
* Kicker references the time that Hot Shot single-handedly "stormed that Decepticon base", which could be a nod to the events of the ''Armada'' episode "[[Credulous]]" or "[[Dash (episode)|Dash]]".

===Trivia===
*Ironhide complains that he's been walking for what seems like hours. Guess he forgot that he turns into an automobile.
*The final battle is... not really there. The Decepticons swoop in once, then are never seen again. Optimus combines and takes off, then is not seen again till the battle is over. Inferno blows up some Terrorcons, who weren't shown until it was time for them to die. All the while, Kicker floats around outside the ship, not doing much of anything.
*There's another hand-drawn moment in this episode, which illustrates just how lackluster ''Energon's'' CGI really is. When Kicker encourages him to go after Rodimus, Ironhide displays the robotic equivalent of getting teary-eyed. This sort of minor shaking was done pretty much constantly back in ''Beast Wars'', but over ten years later it's apparently too difficult to animate.
*Ironhide knocks himself out. Let that sink in for a moment.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 005 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tale of Two Heros}}
[[Category:Energon episodes]]

A Tale of Two Heros

2015-09-12T01:14:24Z

Wxy:

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=18
|prev=The Return of Demolishor
|next=Battle Stations
|title="A Tale of Two Heros"
|japanese=対決! ふたりのコンボイ
|romaji=Taiketsu! Futari no Convoy
|translation=A Confrontation! The Two Convoys
|image=Tale of Heros Optimus Rodimus.jpg
|caption= Can hardly make out anyone- is this from an unseen [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]]'s vantage point? In fact, where even ''is'' he by this point in the [[Unicron Trilogy]]? Is he the series cameraman now?
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Mitsuru Kawasaki]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[May 7|7 May]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[July 3]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Ironhide follows Rodimus, determined to find out more about the mysterious Alpha Q.'''

==Synopsis==
Aboard the ''[[Miranda II]]'', the [[Autobot]]s have tracked the tracer signal to a [[Decepticon]] warp point.

[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] freaks out in light of the recent [[energon]] theft. [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] offers to get more, using his position in [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s ranks... and [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]].

[[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] is worried about a Decepticon attack, and "that [[Unicron]] thing". Suddenly, they see an approaching ship, flying a flag (literally) with the AutoBrand—Rodimus's ship!

Rodimus opens a channel, asking permission to come aboard. [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], naturally, [[Rodimus Friend or Foe?|isn't too happy about this]], but can't offer any proof to the others that anything's amiss.

[[File:Energon-Optimus-And-Rodimus.jpg|left|upright=1.3|thumb|A dream is born, double prime!]]

Rodimus lays it out: he wants [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] not to destroy Unicron, and focus on defeating Megatron instead. He tells Optimus that Unicron can create new life, such as the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s created by Alpha Q, and that it's only dangerous in the wrong hands. Prime isn't buying it, but Rodimus tells him that Unicron consumed [[Planet Q|Alpha Q's planet]].

Kicker asks [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] how Rodimus and Optimus know each other. Inferno tells him a story that doesn't answer the question.

Rodimus says that the consumed planets can be re-created. Prime still thinks it's too dangerous. Rodimus leaves... and as he does, [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] overhears him and [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] discussing what they're going to tell Alpha Q.

Kicker finds Ironhide watching Rodimus's ship depart, and deduces that he plans to track him back to Alpha Q's location. The ''Miranda II'' powers up. Ironhide doubts if he should go by himself, since he's spent his whole life following others, but a pep talk from Kicker gets him going; Kicker lends him the [[Energon Saber]]. Optimus solemnly watches Rodimus's ship depart.

[[File:Energon-Ironhide-Teary-Hand-Drawn.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|What is this, 1994?]]

Rodimus is well aware of his stowaway, but decides to let him be for now.

The Autobots get their first look at Unicron. Hot Shot notices Ironhide's absence and figures out that he's gone to do something foolhardy. Kicker confirms it, and notes that Hot Shot must surely understand, given his past. Hot Shot does understand... and immediately reports it to Optimus. Prime isn't worried.

Rodimus's ship approaches Unicron's head and enters, as Ironhide grows more and more worried.

Within Unicron, Megatron is delighted to hear a report from [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] that a ship has been sighted, and orders Starscream to do nothing. When the titan is activated, Optimus will be its first victim!

The Decepticons immediately attack the ''Miranda II''. As Prime goes to counter-attack, Kicker tells [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha]] to release all the energon, to help Ironhide. Or a small chunk.

Within Unicron, Ironhide comes to his senses and begins tracking Rodimus. Alpha Q observes him and frets, but Rodimus tells him not to worry. Alpha Q sends Scorponok to bring in the stowaway. Ironhide follows an opening door, and finds himself in a warehouse full of Terrorcon eggs. They hatch, of course, unleashing a swarm of [[Cruellock]] drones on him.

[[File:Energon-Ironhide-Infiltration.jpg‎|left|upright=1.3|thumb|Alpha Q tries to imitate Saruman.]]

Misha sends out a chunk of energon, which Kicker tosses into space. As the Terrorcons swarm toward it, Inferno blows it up, annihilating them.

The drones steal Ironhide's [[energon star]], but he fights his way free... and finds himself facing Scorponok. He demands to know where Alpha Q is, and peppers Scorponok with questions. They struggle. Ironhide punches him, and somehow knocks himself out. Scorponok agrees to take him there. He brings the unconscious Autobot into Alpha Q's chamber, to Rodimus's horror.

The Autobots have driven off their attackers, and vow to be ready next time. Megatron gloats that they don't have a clue what they're in store for.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (1)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (2)
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (6)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (7)
* [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (9)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (10)
* [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] (11)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (15)

|c2=
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (4)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (16)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (17)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (18)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (19)
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (20)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (6)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (8)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (3)
* [[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] (12)
* [[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]] (13)
* [[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]] (14)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (21)
* [[Cruellock|Cruellock drones]] (22)
}}

==Quotes==
"''You're being stubborn. '''PROWL!''' Let's go.''"
:—'''Rodimus''' throws a sort of low-key tantrum.

"Uh, it's like, I've always lived my life following someone else around. Maybe it's time I saw what I can do on my own. Do you understand what I mean, Kicker?" 
"I know exactly how you feel. I'm ''always'' being told what to do. If you have to do this on your own, then go for it!" 
"Yeah. I will." 
"Come on, what are you waiting for? This is your chance, get on with it!"
:—'''Ironhide''' is ordered to think for himself by '''Kicker'''.

==Notes==
===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 10
* Stock footage: 1
* We need/they want energon: 2
* "Gimme a break": 1
* "You can't be serious": 1
* "I know what you mean": 1

===Lost in translation===
Nothing major or devastating, but this episode is rife with examples of the dub team just not paying attention:

* It starts almost immediately, as Optimus advises that they've tracked the Decepticons' "warp signal", and warns the others that the Decepticons have probably set up a defensive line to defend Unicron and a battle will happen as soon as they emerge from warp. The dub mangles this into the Autobots ''detecting'' a Decepticon warp point, in clear contradiction to the animation, which shows that they're ''already in warp space''. The dub also omits the important point that they're heading for Unicron, instead having Prime just say "we don't want to walk into a trap".
* In ''Super Link'', Scorponok doesn't propose to use Rodimus for the mundane task of retrieving more energon, but for ''re-taking Unicron's body'', since it's apparently going to be finished soon.
* Kicker's question is originally about the ''relationship'' between Optimus and Rodimus. The dub transmangulates this into "how do they know each other"; this turns Inferno's answer, correctly translated, into a non sequitur.
* In ''Super Link'', Inferno further elaborates that the two leaders don't see eye-to-eye, and that their ways of living are not compatible; Misha describes them as two heroes who walk different paths. The dub dumbs this down to Misha saying "they really are heroes, aren't they", somewhat at odds with the dramatic background music.
* The dub replaces Megatron's implied intention to attack ("we should go ahead and start the fun") with him telling Starscream not to attack. This makes it very odd when the very next scene is... the Decepticons attacking the Autobots.
* The purpose of Scorponok and the Terrorcons attacking Ironhide is to test his strength (thus showing if he can be of some use to Alpha Q), not to "see if he can be trusted" per the dub.
* Megatron's final lines are a dub addition; ''Super Link'' just has him laughing ominously.

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:E18 titlecard.jpg|thumb|Where did the "E" go? Who knows- it's a Mister E! (we're sorry)]]
* The dub budget was so cheap, they couldn't afford an "e" for the title card. [[Scorpinok|(Not]] [[Imprisoned Inferno|again.)]] This was not fixed for the DVD release. However, the DVD menus and case have the correct spelling.
* Kicker says "It's hard to tell what his intentions are!" without moving his mouth. (Despite appearances, the dialog is not a dub addition; the error repeats in ''Super Link''.)
* Prowl is ''tiny'' compared to Rodimus, as they prepare to leave the ''Miranda II''. They should be nearly the same height.
* Some odd editing, as Prime reacts to something off-screen, then immediately goes into his combination sequence, without the viewer ever learning what he was reacting to.
* The flag on Rodimus's ship waves in the wind... in space.

===Continuity errors===
* Hot Shot says that he doesn't "know how, but I think Rodimus is somehow involved with Unicron"; that he doesn't have proof, just a feeling. He apparently was not paying attention when Rodimus [[Rodimus Friend or Foe?|previously laid out directly, specifically and in great detail his involvement with Alpha Q and Unicron]]. Perhaps it's that blaster shot he took at close range just moments later.
* Kicker urges Ironhide to hurry and transform as Rodimus leaves. But they're in space. Ironhide remains in [[robot mode]] the rest of the episode.
* A second later, Kicker produces the Energon Saber out of nowhere.
* It's not a terrible leap of logic to figure out that Ironhide's gone to follow Rodimus, but how does Hot Shot figure out that he's heading for ''Unicron''? The mention of Unicron is another dub artifact.

===References===
* In an obvious ''Star Wars'' homage, Jetfire looks at Unicron and comments "Look at the size of that thing!" It'd be a bit less nonsequitur if it was his first reaction, but by that time he's already made several other comments.
* Kicker references the time that Hot Shot single-handedly "stormed that Decepticon base", which could be a nod to the events of the ''Armada'' episode "[[Credulous]]" or "[[Dash (episode)|Dash]]".

===Trivia===
*Ironhide complains that he's been walking for what seems like hours. Guess he forgot that he turns into an automobile.
*The final battle is... not really there. The Decepticons swoop in once, then are never seen again. Optimus combines and takes off, then is not seen again till the battle is over. Inferno blows up some Terrorcons, who weren't shown until it was time for them to die. All the while, Kicker floats around outside the ship, not doing much of anything.
*There's another hand-drawn moment in this episode, which illustrates just how lackluster ''Energon's'' CGI really is. When Kicker encourages him to go after Rodimus, Ironhide displays the robotic equivalent of getting teary-eyed. This sort of minor shaking was done pretty much constantly back in ''Beast Wars'', but over ten years later it's apparently too difficult to animate.
*Ironhide knocks himself out. Let that sink in for a moment.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 005 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tale of Two Heros}}
[[Category:Energon episodes]]

The Return of Demolishor

2015-09-12T00:54:38Z

Wxy:

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=17
|prev=Go for Unicron!
|next=A Tale of Two Heros
|title="The Return of Demolishor"
|japanese=ダイノボットが降ってくる!
|romaji=Dinobot ga Futte Kuru!
|translation=A Rain of Dinobots!
|image=E17_titlecard.jpg
|caption= SKREEONK!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Dan Daiyū]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[April 30|30 April]] [[2004]] (Japan) [[July 31]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''Following Kicker's energon instinct, the Autobots land on a frozen planet, and soon become stranded—a predicament for which Kicker blames himself.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Energon-Demolishor-New-Body.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Trukk impersonates munky]]

As recapped by [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], the ''[[Miranda II]]'' leaves [[Earth]]'s [[solar system]] (and maybe [[Milky Way|its galaxy]]?) in search of [[Unicron]]. Arriving in orbit over an unknown planet, Kicker is surprised to sense [[energon]]. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] orders an immediate investigation, even though it means a distraction from the hunt for Unicron.

[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has put [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]'s [[spark]] in a new, "invincible" body; Demolishor yells and beats his chest. Megatron wonders what's become of [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]; [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] hasn't seen him since his rescue by [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]].<ref>In the episode "[[Go for Unicron!]]".</ref> [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] relays a message from [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]], that Optimus has found energon in "a distant [[solar system|galaxy]]". Megatron prepares to follow.

On a blizzard-swept planet, the ''Miranda II'' approaches the [[energon point]]. As Kicker yells and complains a lot, [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] attempts to steer the ship through the rapidly-growing ice peaks ("glaciers"), but the ship winds up wedged between two of them. The hull creaks ominously as the ice begins to crush it.

[[File:Energon-Glacier.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|I'm pretty sure glaciers don't work that way.]]

Snow Cat approaches the ship from the outside. With the ship's escape hatches frozen shut, Prime orders the ship's reverse thrusters fired, in an attempt to melt the ice. The team deploys out the back hatch. Inferno and Prime work to free the ship; Kicker, [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] go after the energon. Prime orders Jetfire to look out for Kicker, sensing that something's not right.

Within Unicron's head, Alpha Q suspects the Autobots are up to something. Scorponok, hooked to tubes as he recovers, offers to investigate, but Alpha Q proposes releasing the ''new'' [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s, gestating inside hundreds of eggs.

Snow Cat is having the time of his life careening around in the snow. Demolishor, in his new body, catches up with him and re-introduces himself, while smashing some ice.

[[File:Energon-Snowcat-New-Demolishor.jpg‎|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Dumb and dumber.]]

Kicker has located the energon in a cave; the [[Omnicon]]s get to work. Kicker is nervous. Sure enough, the two Decepticons arrive and attack. The cave floor gives out below the Autobots, sending them tumbling.

Elsewhere, Megatron and Tidal Wave attack the ship. Inferno rushes to finish freeing the ship. Kicker calls in to report trouble; Jetfire is damaged and can't fly.

Demolishor and Snow Cat finish knocking aside the Omnicons, and the Terrorcons move in and chow down on the energon.

Megatron moves in, but the ship rises up, freed. The Autobots start to withdraw. Suddenly, a rain of blue spheres comes from the sky,

Jetfire lectures Kicker, telling him not to blame himself for their predicament. He powerlinks with Ironhide to try and fly out of the crevasse.

The Terrorcons are nearly done feasting, when an ice wall breaks behind Snow Cat and Demolishor. Alpha Q's [[Cruellock|new Terrorcons]] burst through and begin tearing apart Megatron's Terrorcons. A squad of them confront Megatron as well.

[[File:Energon-Cruellock-1st-Appearance.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|[[Dinobot (G1)|Out]] [[Dinobot (BW)|of]] [[Dinobot (BM)|all]] [[Dinobot (Dinobots)|the]] [[Dinobot (Classics)|Dinobots]] [[Dinobot (Animated)|in]] [[Dinobot (SG)|existence]], you've got the most energon.]]

Jetfire, et al., make it to the surface, only to find themselves facing the new Terrorcons. Kicker prepares to defend his teammates with one of Jetfire's [[energon weapon]]s, when the ''Miranda II'' arrives over head. Its [[energon shield]] makes quick work of the Terrorcons. Prime retrieves Jetfire's group; the Autobots retreat, leaving the energon to Megatron so they can continue on towards Unicron.

Megatron finishes off the Terrorcons; the energon is his.

Optimus watches footage of the new Terrorcons, and concludes that they are Alpha Q's minions. He also decides that Unicron is already split in two. Kicker suspects one half is Alpha Q, and flashes back to Rodimus and Hot Shot's confrontation on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]].<ref>In the episode "[[Rodimus Friend or Foe?]]".</ref>

As Jetfire heals, Ironhide laments not stopping Megatron this time, but Kicker yells that it's in the past, and they'll get another chance. Ironhide realizes that he's a soldier, so everything is okay.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (2)
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (3)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (9)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (10)
* [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (12)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (13)

|c2=
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (5)
* [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (6)
* [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (7)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (8)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] (11)

|c3=
* [[Kicker Jones]] (1)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (4)

|c4=
* [[Alpha Quintesson]] (14)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (15)
* [[Battle Ravage|Battle Ravage drones]] (16)
* [[Cruellock|Cruellock drones]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
"We warped into another galaxy on the outer reaches of the solar system."
:—No wonder '''Kicker''' is afraid of space. He doesn't know a damn thing about it.

"You're now invincible. And with your new armor, you will be virtually unstoppable."
:—'''Megatron''' doesn't seem to realize that "unstoppable" is a subset of "invincible", or that "armor" does not mean "body".

"Man! I sometimes hate having this sixth sense!" 
"Yeah, right. You love all the attention." 
"Thanks a lot. Do you really think I enjoy being stuck out here in the middle of nowhere looking for stupid energon?!" 
"Aw, you're just a big baby!" 
"Hey. Bug off, Misha!"
:—'''Kicker''' complains; '''Misha''' calls him on it. Just another day on the farm.

'''Kicker:''' "What's going on?!" 
'''Inferno:''' "The glacier. It's moving, Kicker!" 
'''Misha:''' "I think I know why, Inferno. It's kind of like the glaciers around the [[North Pole]], Kicker, they're constantly moving and shifting!" 
'''Inferno:''' "Trying to steer a starship through a whiteout is like trying to thread a needle!"
:—EVERYONE CONFUSED

"Hey, Optimus." 
"What is it, Kicker?" 
"Optimus...is there anything that I can do?" 
"Good question. I'm not sure yet. But let's get going."
:—'''Optimus''' and '''Kicker''' work hard to advance the plot.

"This place is swarming with a new kind of Terrorcon!" 
"They look like raptors." 
"Whoah. ''Dinobots!'' I thought they were extinct!"
:—'''Jetfire''' and '''Kicker''' give us ''Energon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s very confused, weak brand of fan service.

"I could annihilate the Decepticons by deploying the energon grid. But then I run the risk of destroying the entire universe, because it's loaded with raw energon!"
:—Science with '''Optimus Prime'''

'''Optimus Prime:''' "Wait. Are those bots Alpha Q's minions?!" 
'''Inferno:''' "Well if they are, then that means Alpha Q is after the energon too, sir!" 
'''Optimus Prime:''' "And I believe Unicron is already split in ''two''." 
'''Kicker:''' "What?!" 
'''Inferno:''' "If that's the case, then that would explain why we received two separate signals back on Earth!" 
'''Misha:''' "Very interesting. An entire planet splitting in two. I've heard of it before when I was taught the Earth split from the Moon back in science class." 
'''Hot Shot:''' "You're saying it's possible, Misha?" 
'''Misha:''' "Well, I'd need evidence to prove it happened to Unicron."
:—EVERYONE VERY, VERY CONFUSED

==Notes==
===Pain Count===
* "Uh?": 4
* Stock footage: 3
* It's time to: 3
* We're a team: 5
* Our mission is: 1
* "Gimme a break": 1
* Aw man: 1

===Lost in translation===
The dub is essentially asleep at the wheel. Even things that are translated correctly just don't flow well or make a lot of sense.

* The dub makes less explicit the fact that Scorponok has ceased communicating with the Decepticons. Megatron's conclusion that he's abandoned them shouldn't have an "if" attached to it.
* Two counts of [[solar system]]/galaxy confusion in this episode, both of which are dub artifacts: Kicker's absurd narration, and Tidal Wave's claim that Optimus Prime's find is in "a distant galaxy".
* The dub adds a lot of Autobot yammering as the ''Miranda II'' cruises through the glaciers. ''Super Link'' has only silence.
* The dub portrays Kicker as whining and yelling a lot about all the trouble his power has caused. In ''Super Link'', he's just quietly regretful.
* In ''Super Link'', Misha's explanation about the glaciers is that the whole planet's icy surface is constantly moving, in coordination with changes in the atmosphere. This is already a rather dumb explanation; the dub dumbs it down further to have her randomly comparing it to the North Pole instead of mentioning the atmosphere.
* Inferno's mangled "needle" line, and the status report after the ship crashes, are both dub additions.
* The scene where Kicker briefly speaks to Prime is originally him apologizing for causing them to land on the planet, to which Prime replies that he is not responsible. A massively stupid dub mangulation replaces this with Kicker just asking "what can I do to help", as quoted above. Kicker's self-recrimination is the theme of the whole episode, which is significantly reduced by this omission.
* Prime's aside to Jetfire is originally a bit more subtle, telling him to help Kicker deal with his anxieties since he's so far from home.
* Most of Snow Cat and Demolishor's reunion yammering is a dub addition. The ''Super Link'' version has them briefly noting that there's no [[energon tower]] or [[Armed City|armed city]] in this place to stop them.
* Jetfire's blase attitude toward Kicker and Ironhide's worries is originally closer to dismissal for what Jetfire perceives as their somewhat cowardly attitude.
* After Demolishor and Snow Cat launch their attack, they have a somewhat disjointed conversation. The point of it is supposed to be that Demolishor no longer cares about the Autobots and their human friends; Snow Cat concludes that Megatron erased his memory. Demolishor doesn't know what he's talking about, and carries on. The dub removes the mention of Demolishor's concern for the others, and instead has him just saying that "this reminds me of the old days!" When Snow Cat replies that "You remember the old days? I thought Megatron erased your memory!", Demolishor very randomly replies "I thought [Megatron] erased ''your'' memory!"
* Snow Cat's observation that Demolishor is a lot more hot-headed now is likewise lost in the dub.
* Megatron's observation that there's no annoying [[energon grid]] here: lost in the dub.
* Kicker's report to Misha that the attack is his fault: lost in the dub.
* In the dub, Jetfire seems to fluctuate between trying to get out of the crevasse and ordering the others to leave him, then randomly starts ranting about being a soldier. In ''Super Link'', his lecture stems from Kicker's continued self-blame (mostly excised from the dub); he says that they are all soldiers, that they followed Kicker's instincts of their own free will, and that Kicker's constant self-blame is becoming an impediment.
* The animation of the two versions are identical...''mostly''. As Prime evacuates Kicker and Jetfire, ''Super Link'' intercuts a couple of still shots, showing Rodimus, Prowl and Landmine watching, which are completely missing from ''Energon''. Considering they don't ''do'' anything, it's not a terrible loss.
* Prime doesn't fear ''destroying the entire universe'' (as quoted above), just the planet that they're on. Also, Kicker is the one who proposes using the energon grid to wipe out the Decepticons, rather than Prime just randomly bringing it up only to dismiss it out of hand. Also also, the dub omits Prime telling Kicker that planets are the source of life, and therefore precious; instead, he basically repeats what he'd already said about valuing the lives of his men.
* The conversation on the bridge (quoted above) is correct in essence, but flows badly in the dub and is full of little errors. For example, in ''Super Link'', Inferno says that Alpha Q is apparently going after the energon ''again''; the dub omits the "again", making it seem like Inferno hasn't been paying attention for the last dozen episodes. The dub replaces Misha's example of [[Pluto]] and Charon as a planet that split in two with "I was taught that in my SCIENCE CLASS! Science is HARD! Tee hee!"
* In the dub, Ironhide and Kicker's closing conversation loses some points where Ironhide has doubts about "blindly rushing forward" as they have been. It also loses some points about Ironhide not wanting to blindly follow, which will come into play in [[A Tale of Two Heros|the next episode]].

===Animation and technical errors===
* Not an error per se, but the animation of the growing ice and glaciers is incredibly cheap—the new ice just appears out of nowhere in large chunks.
* Right after Demolishor makes ice cubes out of some nearby glaciers in a display of newfound strength to Snowcat, there is a shot of Snowcat to the right side of the screen. Except, the piece of armor that fits over his left leg and forms the front of his snow skis is askew (hanging crooked off its hinges), as though someone either forgot to move it into place flush with the rest of his leg while dragging a mouse around on a 3-D animation program, or just plain missed it altogether.

===Trivia===
*The dialogue in this episode is SO FREAKING AWFUL.
* Hot Shot states that he hates the cold. With a more savvy show, one might presume this is an intentional callback to his experiences in the ''Armada'' episode "[[Soldier (episode)|Soldier]]". However, this is ''Energon''.
* This is the first appearance of the Cruellock Terrorcons. Enjoy!
*And so, Demolishor's character arc comes to its brilliant conclusion: he's been mind-wiped by Megatron, and remembers nothing of his past relationships with Kicker, Ironhide and the others. You might ''think'' this is leading up to something, but nope, Demolishor will spend the rest of his days running around beating his chest and smashing things. Good thing they spent all that time building him up as a complex, conflicted individual.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 005 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

==Footnotes==
<references/>

{{DEFAULTSORT:Return of Demolishor}}
[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Energon Stars

2015-09-12T00:42:15Z

Wxy: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=2
|prev=Cybertron City (episode)
|next=Scorpinok
|title="Energon Stars"
|japanese=輝け! エネルゴンスター
|romaji=Kagakaye! Energon Star
|translation=Shine! Energon Stars
|image=E2_titlecard.jpg
|caption= The red ones make Autobots go faster. Ironically, so do the stars. Take one punch and kiss it goodbye!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Jun Kawagoe]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[January 16|16 January]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[February 7]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''The Autobots prepare for the Terrorcons' second strike, but it's not where they expected.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)|Alexis]], now an official of some importance, is driven into [[Ocean City]] on [[Earth]]. She meets [[Sally Jones (Energon)|Sally]], but can't stay and chat—she has a meeting, much to Sally's disappointment.

Meanwhile, [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] is marvelling at his new armor in his room, when an alarm sounds. He panics, and trips over a conveniently placed bench—then realizes, much to his frustration, that the alarm is sounding for the meeting.

[[File:Energon-Optimus-Holds-Kicker.jpg|230px|thumb|left|A rather interesting specimen, wouldn't you say?]] At the meeting, Prime, [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] and others watch a satellite transmission showing a motionless [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], repeating his name and being carried away by a swarm of [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] jaguars. A closeup reveals that the creatures eat [[energon]]. Alexis explains that the Terrorcons are high-tech androids, called... Terrorcons. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus]] deduces that the Terrorcons' next target will be the energon mines on [[Earth]], and Alexis agrees. However, to fight the Terrorcons would go against the [[Earth Federation Treaty]], which forbids [[Transformer]]s to take up arms against other Transformers. Kicker doesn't take well to this, of course, interrupting the meeting.

Alexis concludes that the only option is to evacuate Ocean City. Kicker starts shouting and arguing, demanding that nobody take him away from Earth. Optimus allows him to stay on Earth with the [[Autobot]]s, but tells him he'd better learn to follow orders. A [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] wonders if the [[Omnicon]]s will be evacuated too, but before he can get an answer, a [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] verbally drags him away to get back to work.

As the evacuation of the city proceeds, Kicker watches Sally leave and comments on how strange it will be without them. [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] informs him that he is now Kicker's guardian. Neither Kicker nor Ironhide are particularly happy about the situation.

Optimus Prime sends a [[radio]] transmission informing the other troops that they are moving to Defcon level 4 and that they know very little about their enemy. All the humans have been evacuated except for [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Mika]] and Kicker as the city submerges.

Ironhide grumbles about having to guard a boring [[human]] and vows that one day he'll get his [[Spark of Combination]]... then reality sets in and Ironhide deflates.

[[File:Energon-Tidal-Wave-Carried-Away.jpg|230px|thumb|He was once [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron's]] huge secret weapon, now being carried off by the guys who explode in one hit. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.]]

On the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] can hardly wait for the battle to start, already firing off his guns. His shots are answered as a horde of Terrorcons attacks. Prime is taken by surprise, having anticipated an attack on Earth. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] prepares to take the [[space bridge]] to the Moon as an initial reinforcement, and Kicker insists on coming along, to Ironhide's relief.

Ocean City raises, activating the space bridge. Hot Shot assures Ironhide that Prime will hear about it if he does well. The Omnicons power up Prime's team with [[energon star]]s, and the team then drives off into the sky.

On the Moon, Jetfire and Kicker have their hands full. Prime's team arrives and counterattacks, while Ironhide heads for the energon mines. After passing several fallen Transformers near the entrance, Ironhide heads down the elevator shaft, interrupting the Terrorcons at work there. Despite his [[energon star]] running out, he holds his own against them for a while, till Kicker and the others arrive to back him up. The surviving Terrorcons retreat.

[[File:Energon-Kicker-Finds-Mine.jpg|230px|thumb|left|Hello? Anyone there?]]

The Autobots return to Earth with the damaged Ironhide, who blames himself for the loss. Kicker starts to storm off, but Prime forcefully reminds him that Ironhide's his partner, so the human tries to cheer him up—by kicking him and arguing with him, of course. It works.

Demolishor asks what happened on the Moon and if they saw Cyclonus there. The Autobots report that there was no trace of him, to Demolishor's concern. Prime starts to remember something, but stops short of sharing it with the others.

[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] muses that his army will soon be more powerful even than the [[Decepticon]]s, as [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] arises...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (8)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (9)
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (11)
* [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (12)
* [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (13)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (16)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (17)
* [[Generic|Generic Autobots]] (18 - 22)

|c2=
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (2)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (5)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (23)

|c3=
* [[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)|Alexis]] (1)
* [[Sally Jones (Energon)|Sally Jones]] (3)
* [[Kicker Jones]] (4)
* [[Miranda Jones (Energon)|Miranda Jones]] (10)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (14)

|c4=
* [[Battle Ravage]] (6)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] (7)
* [[Primus]] (15)
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (24)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (25)

}}

==Quotes==
"I ''ordered'' you to team up with Ironhide! Or did you forget that." 
"Aw, gimme a break." 
"If you want to ignore my orders, then I have no choice but to send you back to your ''mother''." 
"You ''wouldn't!''" 
"''Try me.''"
:—'''Optimus''' knows how to push '''Kicker'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s buttons

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* In ''Super Link'', Alexis doesn't just tell Sally about a meeting; she has her help assemble everyone. Sally is a bit unsure about telling her brother. The dub mangles their conversation in all sorts of strange ways, including having ''Sally'' say that she thought she'd never get past Demolishor (even though she ''lives in the city''), and having her ask Alexis if she's seen Kicker around—even though Alexis ''just got there''.
* Alexis identifies the attackers as ''Transformers'', not ''Terrorcons'' as in the dub.
* In ''Energon'', Alexis says that the Earth government has declared that Transformers can't take up arms against other Transformers. What she's supposed to be explaining is that the Earth government has declared the battle to be entirely between Transformers, and hence is unwilling to interfere. ''That'' is why Kicker abruptly blows his stack at Alexis and everyone else.
* The dub then makes it sound like Alexis is calling for the evacuation of the entire planet, rather than just Ocean City.
* Subtitles in the ''Super Link'' version identify Plains City, Jungle City, and Desert City during Prime's evacuation announcement. They remain unnamed in the dub.
* ''Super Link'' Ironhide is more angry that Kicker gets to leave ahead of him than relieved at being rid of him.
* Optimus originally tells the overconfident Ironhide not to rely too heavily on the Energon Star, a point lost in the dub.

===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 29
* Stock footage: 3
* Listen up: 1
* It's time to: 2
* (X) is counting on you/me/us: 1
* "Gimme a break": 2
* "You can't be serious": 1
* Like: 2
* Aw man: 4

===Continuity errors===
* The [[Mars City|Mars base]] is misidentified as "Cyber City"; later Ocean City is misidentified as "Cybertron City" ''and'' "Cyber City".
* Is she "Misha" or "Mika"?
* Are they energon ''cells'' per the dialog, or ''stars'' per the title? (Never mind that they're energon ''chips'' in the toyline...)
* Ironhide doesn't even fire a shot before his energon star fades out.
* Prime is initially fine with Kicker running off with Jetfire, yet later berates him for not teaming up with Ironhide.
* Hot Shot complains about running out of energon, even though he still clearly has an energon star.

===Trivia===
*As Optimus transforms during his stock transformation upon arriving at the moon, Generation 1 transformation sounds can be heard.
*When Optimus manhandles Kicker, his hand appears to be hand-drawn, as the CGI department seems to lack the means to realistically pose and articulate Optimus's hand grabbing a much smaller two-dimensional character in three dimensions.
*So one [[Kicker Jones|teenage human male]] kicking [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]'s shoulder cannon makes it tilt AND shoot? That's a bit awkward when you're in battle.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 001 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Energon Stars

2015-09-12T00:41:50Z

Wxy: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=2
|prev=Cybertron City (episode)
|next=Scorpinok
|title="Energon Stars"
|japanese=輝け! エネルゴンスター
|romaji=Kagakaye! Energon Star
|translation=Shine! Energon Stars
|image=E2_titlecard.jpg
|caption= The red ones make Autobots go faster. Ironically, so do the stars. Take one punch and kiss it goodbye!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Jun Kawagoe]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[January 16|16 January]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[February 7]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''The Autobots prepare for the Terrorcons' second strike, but it's not where they expected.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)|Alexis]], now an official of some importance, is driven into [[Ocean City]] on [[Earth]]. She meets [[Sally Jones (Energon)|Sally]], but can't stay and chat—she has a meeting, much to Sally's disappointment.

Meanwhile, [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] is marvelling at his new armor in his room, when an alarm sounds. He panics, and trips over a conveniently placed bench—then realizes, much to his frustration, that the alarm is sounding for the meeting.

[[File:Energon-Optimus-Holds-Kicker.jpg|230px|thumb|left|A rather interesting specimen, wouldn't you say?]] At the meeting, Prime, [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] and others watch a satellite transmission showing a motionless [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], repeating his name and being carried away by a swarm of [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] jaguars. A closeup reveals that the creatures eat [[energon]]. Alexis explains that the Terrorcons are high-tech androids, called... Terrorcons. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus]] deduces that the Terrorcons' next target will be the energon mines on [[Earth]], and Alexis agrees. However, to fight the Terrorcons would go against the [[Earth Federation Treaty]], which forbids [[Transformer]]s to take up arms against other Transformers. Kicker doesn't take well to this, of course, interrupting the meeting.

Alexis concludes that the only option is to evacuate Ocean City. Kicker starts shouting and arguing, demanding that nobody take him away from Earth. Optimus allows him to stay on Earth with the [[Autobot]]s, but tells him he'd better learn to follow orders. A [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] wonders if the [[Omnicon]]s will be evacuated too, but before he can get an answer, a [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] verbally drags him away to get back to work.

As the evacuation of the city proceeds, Kicker watches Sally leave and comments on how strange it will be without them. [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] informs him that he is now Kicker's guardian. Neither Kicker nor Ironhide are particularly happy about the situation.

Optimus Prime sends a [[radio]] transmission informing the other troops that they are moving to Defcon level 4 and that they know very little about their enemy. All the humans have been evacuated except for [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Mika]] and Kicker as the city submerges.

Ironhide grumbles about having to guard a boring [[human]] and vows that one day he'll get his [[Spark of Combination]]... then reality sets in and Ironhide deflates.

[[File:Energon-Tidal-Wave-Carried-Away.jpg|230px|thumb|He was once [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron's]] huge secret weapon, now being carried off by the guys who explode in one hit. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.]]

On the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] can hardly wait for the battle to start, already firing off his guns. His shots are answered as a horde of Terrorcons attacks. Prime is taken by surprise, having anticipated an attack on Earth. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] prepares to take the [[space bridge]] to the Moon as an initial reinforcement, and Kicker insists on coming along, to Ironhide's relief.

Ocean City raises, activating the space bridge. Hot Shot assures Ironhide that Prime will hear about it if he does well. The Omnicons power up Prime's team with [[energon star]]s, and the team then drives off into the sky.

On the Moon, Jetfire and Kicker have their hands full. Prime's team arrives and counterattacks, while Ironhide heads for the energon mines. After passing several fallen Transformers near the entrance, Ironhide heads down the elevator shaft, interrupting the Terrorcons at work there. Despite his [[energon star]] running out, he holds his own against them for a while, till Kicker and the others arrive to back him up. The surviving Terrorcons retreat.

[[File:Energon-Kicker-Finds-Mine.jpg|230px|thumb|left|Hello? Anyone there?]]

The Autobots return to Earth with the damaged Ironhide, who blames himself for the loss. Kicker starts to storm off, but Prime forcefully reminds him that Ironhide's his partner, so the human tries to cheer him up—by kicking him and arguing with him, of course. It works.

Demolishor asks what happened on the Moon and if they saw Cyclonus there. The Autobots report that there was no trace of him, to Demolishor's concern. Prime starts to remember something, but stops short of sharing it with the others.

[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] muses that his army will soon be more powerful even than the [[Decepticon]]s, as [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] arises...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (8)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (9)
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (11)
* [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (12)
* [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (13)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (16)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (17)
* [[Generic|Generic Autobots]] (18 - 22)

|c2=
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (2)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (5)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (23)

|c3=
* [[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)|Alexis]] (1)
* [[Sally Jones (Energon)|Sally Jones]] (3)
* [[Kicker Jones]] (4)
* [[Miranda Jones (Energon)|Miranda Jones]] (10)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (14)

|c4=
* [[Battle Ravage]] (6)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] (7)
* [[Primus]] (15)
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (24)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (25)

}}

==Quotes==
"I ''ordered'' you to team up with Ironhide! Or did you forget that." 
"Aw, gimme a break." 
"If you want to ignore my orders, then I have no choice but to send you back to your ''mother''." 
"You ''wouldn't!''" 
"''Try me.''"
:—'''Optimus''' knows how to push '''Kicker'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s buttons

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* In ''Super Link'', Alexis doesn't just tell Sally about a meeting; she has her help assemble everyone. Sally is a bit unsure about telling her brother. The dub mangles their conversation in all sorts of strange ways, including having ''Sally'' say that she thought she'd never get past Demolishor (even though she ''lives in the city''), and having her ask Alexis if she's seen Kicker around—even though Alexis ''just got there''.
* Alexis identifies the attackers as ''Transformers'', not ''Terrorcons'' as in the dub.
* In ''Energon'', Alexis says that the Earth government has declared that Transformers can't take up arms against other Transformers. What she's supposed to be explaining is that the Earth government has declared the battle to be entirely between Transformers, and hence is unwilling to interfere. ''That'' is why Kicker abruptly blows his stack at Alexis and everyone else.
* The dub then makes it sound like Alexis is calling for the evacuation of the entire planet, rather than just Ocean City.
* Subtitles in the ''Super Link'' version identify Plains City, Jungle City, and Desert City during Prime's evacuation announcement. They remain unnamed in the dub.
* ''Super Link'' Ironhide is more angry that Kicker gets to leave ahead of him than relieved at being rid of him.
* Optimus originally tells the overconfident Ironhide not to rely too heavily on the Energon Star, a point lost in the dub.

===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 29
* Stock footage: 3
* Listen up: 1
* It's time to: 2
* (X) is counting on you/me/us: 1
* "Gimme a break": 2
* "You can't be serious": 1
* Like: 2
* Aw man: 4

===Continuity errors===
* The [[Mars City|Mars base]] is misidentified as "Cyber City"; later Ocean City is misidentified as "Cybertron City" ''and'' "Cyber City".
* Is she "Misha" or "Mika"?
* Are they energon ''cells'' per the dialog, or ''stars'' per the title? (Never mind that they're energon ''chips'' in the toyline...)
* Ironhide doesn't even fire a shot before his energon star fades out.
* Prime is initially fine with Kicker running off with Jetfire, yet later berates him for not teaming up with Ironhide.
* Hot Shot complains about running out of energon, even though he still clearly has an energon star.

===Trivia===
*As Optimus transforms during his stock transformation upon arriving at the moon, Generation 1 transformation sounds can be heard.
*When Optimus manhandles Kicker, his hand appears to be hand-drawn, as the CGI department seems to lack the means to realistically pose and articulate Optimus's hand grabbing a much smaller two dimensional character in three dimensions.
*So one [[Kicker Jones|teenage human male]] kicking [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]'s shoulder cannon makes it tilt AND shoot? That's a bit awkward when you're in battle.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 001 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Energon Stars

2015-09-12T00:37:38Z

Wxy:

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=2
|prev=Cybertron City (episode)
|next=Scorpinok
|title="Energon Stars"
|japanese=輝け! エネルゴンスター
|romaji=Kagakaye! Energon Star
|translation=Shine! Energon Stars
|image=E2_titlecard.jpg
|caption= The red ones make Autobots go faster. Ironically, so do the stars. Take one punch and kiss it goodbye!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Jun Kawagoe]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[January 16|16 January]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[February 7]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''The Autobots prepare for the Terrorcons' second strike, but it's not where they expected.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)|Alexis]], now an official of some importance, is driven into [[Ocean City]] on [[Earth]]. She meets [[Sally Jones (Energon)|Sally]], but can't stay and chat—she has a meeting, much to Sally's disappointment.

Meanwhile, [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] is marvelling at his new armor in his room, when an alarm sounds. He panics, and trips over a conveniently placed bench—then realizes, much to his frustration, that the alarm is sounding for the meeting.

[[File:Energon-Optimus-Holds-Kicker.jpg|230px|thumb|left|A rather interesting specimen, wouldn't you say?]] At the meeting, Prime, [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] and others watch a satellite transmission showing a motionless [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], repeating his name and being carried away by a swarm of [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] jaguars. A closeup reveals that the creatures eat [[energon]]. Alexis explains that the Terrorcons are high-tech androids, called... Terrorcons. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus]] deduces that the Terrorcons' next target will be the energon mines on [[Earth]], and Alexis agrees. However, to fight the Terrorcons would go against the [[Earth Federation Treaty]], which forbids [[Transformer]]s to take up arms against other Transformers. Kicker doesn't take well to this, of course, interrupting the meeting.

Alexis concludes that the only option is to evacuate Ocean City. Kicker starts shouting and arguing, demanding that nobody take him away from Earth. Optimus allows him to stay on Earth with the [[Autobot]]s, but tells him he'd better learn to follow orders. A [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] wonders if the [[Omnicon]]s will be evacuated too, but before he can get an answer, a [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] verbally drags him away to get back to work.

As the evacuation of the city proceeds, Kicker watches Sally leave and comments on how strange it will be without them. [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] informs him that he is now Kicker's guardian. Neither Kicker nor Ironhide are particularly happy about the situation.

Optimus Prime sends a [[radio]] transmission informing the other troops that they are moving to Defcon level 4 and that they know very little about their enemy. All the humans have been evacuated except for [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Mika]] and Kicker as the city submerges.

Ironhide grumbles about having to guard a boring [[human]] and vows that one day he'll get his [[Spark of Combination]]... then reality sets in and Ironhide deflates.

[[File:Energon-Tidal-Wave-Carried-Away.jpg|230px|thumb|He was once [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron's]] huge secret weapon, now being carried off by the guys who explode in one hit. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.]]

On the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] can hardly wait for the battle to start, already firing off his guns. His shots are answered as a horde of Terrorcons attacks. Prime is taken by surprise, having anticipated an attack on Earth. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] prepares to take the [[space bridge]] to the Moon as an initial reinforcement, and Kicker insists on coming along, to Ironhide's relief.

Ocean City raises, activating the space bridge. Hot Shot assures Ironhide that Prime will hear about it if he does well. The Omnicons power up Prime's team with [[energon star]]s, and the team then drives off into the sky.

On the Moon, Jetfire and Kicker have their hands full. Prime's team arrives and counterattacks, while Ironhide heads for the energon mines. After passing several fallen Transformers near the entrance, Ironhide heads down the elevator shaft, interrupting the Terrorcons at work there. Despite his [[energon star]] running out, he holds his own against them for a while, till Kicker and the others arrive to back him up. The surviving Terrorcons retreat.

[[File:Energon-Kicker-Finds-Mine.jpg|230px|thumb|left|Hello? Anyone there?]]

The Autobots return to Earth with the damaged Ironhide, who blames himself for the loss. Kicker starts to storm off, but Prime forcefully reminds him that Ironhide's his partner, so the human tries to cheer him up—by kicking him and arguing with him, of course. It works.

Demolishor asks what happened on the Moon and if they saw Cyclonus there. The Autobots report that there was no trace of him, to Demolishor's concern. Prime starts to remember something, but stops short of sharing it with the others.

[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] muses that his army will soon be more powerful even than the [[Decepticon]]s, as [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] arises...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (8)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (9)
* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (11)
* [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (12)
* [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (13)
* [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (16)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (17)
* [[Generic|Generic Autobots]] (18 - 22)

|c2=
* [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (2)
* [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (5)
* [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (23)

|c3=
* [[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)|Alexis]] (1)
* [[Sally Jones (Energon)|Sally Jones]] (3)
* [[Kicker Jones]] (4)
* [[Miranda Jones (Energon)|Miranda Jones]] (10)
* [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Misha Miramond]] (14)

|c4=
* [[Battle Ravage]] (6)
* [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] (7)
* [[Primus]] (15)
* [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] (24)
* [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (25)

}}

==Quotes==
"I ''ordered'' you to team up with Ironhide! Or did you forget that." 
"Aw, gimme a break." 
"If you want to ignore my orders, then I have no choice but to send you back to your ''mother''." 
"You ''wouldn't!''" 
"''Try me.''"
:—'''Optimus''' knows how to push '''Kicker'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s buttons

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
* In ''Super Link'', Alexis doesn't just tell Sally about a meeting; she has her help assemble everyone. Sally is a bit unsure about telling her brother. The dub mangles their conversation in all sorts of strange ways, including having ''Sally'' say that she thought she'd never get past Demolishor (even though she ''lives in the city''), and having her ask Alexis if she's seen Kicker around—even though Alexis ''just got there''.
* Alexis identifies the attackers as ''Transformers'', not ''Terrorcons'' as in the dub.
* In ''Energon'', Alexis says that the Earth government has declared that Transformers can't take up arms against other Transformers. What she's supposed to be explaining is that the Earth government has declared the battle to be entirely between Transformers, and hence is unwilling to interfere. ''That'' is why Kicker abruptly blows his stack at Alexis and everyone else.
* The dub then makes it sound like Alexis is calling for the evacuation of the entire planet, rather than just Ocean City.
* Subtitles in the ''Super Link'' version identify Plains City, Jungle City, and Desert City during Prime's evacuation announcement. They remain unnamed in the dub.
* ''Super Link'' Ironhide is more angry that Kicker gets to leave ahead of him than relieved at being rid of him.
* Optimus originally tells the overconfident Ironhide not to rely too heavily on the Energon Star, a point lost in the dub.

===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 29
* Stock footage: 3
* Listen up: 1
* It's time to: 2
* (X) is counting on you/me/us: 1
* "Gimme a break": 2
* "You can't be serious": 1
* Like: 2
* Aw man: 4

===Continuity errors===
* The [[Mars City|Mars base]] is misidentified as "Cyber City"; later Ocean City is misidentified as "Cybertron City" ''and'' "Cyber City".
* Is she "Misha" or "Mika"?
* Are they energon ''cells'' per the dialog, or ''stars'' per the title? (Never mind that they're energon ''chips'' in the toyline...)
* Ironhide doesn't even fire a shot before his energon star fades out.
* Prime is initially fine with Kicker running off with Jetfire, yet later berates him for not teaming up with Ironhide.
* Hot Shot complains about running out of energon, even though he still clearly has an energon star.

===Trivia===
*As Optimus transforms during his stock transformation upon arriving at the moon, Generation 1 transformation sounds can be heard.
*So one [[Kicker Jones|teenage human male]] kicking [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]'s shoulder cannon makes it tilt AND shoot? That's a bit awkward when you're in battle.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 001 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Scorpinok (episode)

2015-09-12T00:20:47Z

Wxy: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the ''Energon'' episode|the characters whose names you can't spell correctly|Scorponok (disambiguation)}}

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=3
|prev=Energon Stars
|next=Megatron's Sword
|title="Scorpinok"
|japanese=メガザラックの罠
|romaji=MegaZarak no Wana
|translation=MegaZarak's Trap
|image=Scorpinok Scorponok.jpg
|caption=''Nokus scorpiones'' in his natural desert habitat, about to go on the hunt.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Shōji Tonoike]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[January 23|23 January]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[February 14]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''At Desert City, the Autobots fend off the first Terrorcon attack against Earth.'''

==Synopsis==
Somewhere in space, a giant ship thing of some sort emerges from some kind of glowing spatial space thing. In space. Within, as [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] prepares to depart, [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] gives him a "little gift": a holographic image showing a fried husk.

[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] wonders where he's being taken. Alpha Q tells him that they merely require his services... and he doesn't get a say in the matter.

On his [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] orbital station, [[Carlos Lopez (Armada)|Carlos]] searches video records for evidence of where Tidal Wave and [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] went. Suddenly, he observes a comet-like object, which abruptly vanishes.

[[File:Energon-Tidal-Wave-Meets-Scorponok.jpg|230px|thumb|left|Scorponok tells Tidal Wave they can resurrect Megatron. Unfortunately for Scorponok, he will shortly discover he was telling the truth.]]

In [[Ocean City]], [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] briefs his troops on the mining operations underway there and in [[Plains City]] and [[Desert City]]. He sends [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] to defend the other two stations. [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] passes along Carlos's comet sighting. [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] continues to grumble about his assignment, and Prime gives him a short dressing-down. Elsewhere, [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Meeka]] refuses to leave her city, to [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]]'s frustration.

Aboard his comet-ship, Scorponok explains that they need Tidal Wave's help in reviving someone. Tidal Wave asks who, and Scorponok shows him the hologram—the corpse of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. Scorponok explains to Tidal Wave that his superior needs his help to revive Megatron, via large quantities of [[energon]]. Tidal Wave is ready and willing.

Hot Shot arrives at Desert City, reassures Meeka, and briefs some generic troops on the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] threat. Jetfire does likewise at [[Plains City]]. An enemy force is detected just then; the [[Autobot]]s wonder where they're headed, but Kicker is certain they're bound for Desert City. Optimus believes his intuition, and they prepare to move out. The [[Omnicon]]s power them up and provide them with extra [[energon weapon]]s.

[[File:Energon-Ironhides-1st-Energon-Weapon.jpg|230px|thumb|This'll last a whole battle, right?]]

Hot Shot's troops defend Desert City as Tidal Wave leads a fleet of Terrorcons. Hot Shot is miffed to see that their former ally is attacking. That anger turns to shock when he hears Tidal Wave say "must revive Megatron". Scorponok soon arrives as well. As Tidal Wave advances, the Autobots fall back to defend the mine entrance.

Meeka frets as the battle closes in on the research center. The [[Omnicon]]s hurry as well, but decide not to abandon their posts. Gotta respect bots who will keep working in the face of certain death.

The Terrorcons break through, head into the mine, and begin munching away at all the tasty, yummy, energony goodness. Prime and company drive down out of the sky and head for the mine entrance. Tidal Wave attacks them, but Prime holds him off while the others head for the mine.

Prime demands an explanation from Tidal Wave, getting a "Must revive Megatron" in response. Scorponok introduces himself for no reason, then immediately orders Tidal Wave to destroy Prime. Kicker and Ironhide find Hot Shot. Informed that Meeka is still in the [[Extraterrestrial Research and Development Center|R&D center]], Kicker heads that way with Ironhide following.

[[File:Energon-Ironhide-Faces-Sunset.jpg|230px|thumb|left|]]

The Omnicons create a special [[energon star]] to revive Hot Shot. The group loads him up and heads out the back exit from the mines just ahead of the swarming Terrorcons, only to find themselves face-to-claw with the mighty Scorponok. Ironhide attempts to hold him off but is no match for the titan. The Omnicons give him the energon star meant for Hot Shot, but Scorponok leads the Terrorcons away before Ironhide can attack them. Tidal Wave tries to grab a raw energon star and gets a shock for his troubles.

Ironhide is awarded a [[Spark of Combination|Combination Spark]] for his bravery, making him a full-fledged member of Prime's team.

At Ocean City, Demolishor wonders if Tidal Wave is right—can Megatron be re-awakened?
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (7)
*[[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (8)
*[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (9)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (10)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (11)
*[[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (17)
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (18)

|c2=
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (4)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (14)

|c3=
*[[Carlos Lopez (Armada)|Carlos Lopez]] (6)
*[[Kicker Jones]] (12)
*[[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Meeka]] (13)
*Scientist (19)

|c4=
*[[Alpha Quintesson]] (1)
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (2)
*[[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (3)
*[[Battle Ravage|Battle Ravage drones]] (5)
*[[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] (15)
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"Tidal Wave! Tidal Wave! Tidal Wave! Tidal Wave!(...)"
:—'''Tidal Wave''' works really hard to not forget his name.

"Tidal Wave! Tidal Wave! Where are you taking me?!"
:—'''Tidal Wave''' demands answers in his own unique style.

"Hey, let me put it this way. 'Worried' is putting it mildly."
:—'''Hot Shot''', master orator

"Man! Why doesn't that girl ever ''listen'' to me?!" 
"Hm. That kid might want to eat more fiber."
:—'''Kicker''', observed by '''Demolishor'''

"Wouldn't a cannon have been simpler?"
:—'''Ironhide''' comments on the Omnicons' energon weapons.

"You can never have too many weapons."
:— '''Optimus Prime''', champion of the Autobot ideals of peace and justice.

"Man, that kid really gets under my armor!"
:—'''Ironhide''''s reaction is not exactly unique among the Autobots.

"This just doesn't make any sense. How is it possible Tidal Wave said 'reanimated'?"
:—'''Demolishor''' questions Tidal Wave's potential to have a vocabulary.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
[[File:Energonep3 shock shock shock.jpg|thumb|]]
Amazingly, almost nothing:

* Jetfire mentions the enemy's penchant for rushing blindly toward energon, not mentioned in the dub but pretty clear from the animation.
* "Meeka" and her fellow scientist are worried about getting attacked because of the energon star the Omnicons are working to create, a point lost in the dub.
* In ''Super Link'', when Tidal Wave grabs the Energon star, we see a full-body shot of him writhing as he is shocked, which concludes with the appearance of his "lightning" scars and him collapsing on his back. ''Energon'', apparently working with unfinished animation, substitutes all of this with a still close up of Tidal Wave's head taken from earlier in the episode (and hence featuring a space backdrop), with white flashes superimposed over the top of it.
* At the end of the battle, Ironhide originally comments on Tidal Wave's intelligence, prompting Kicker to make a similar crack about Ironhide. This is why Ironhide is visibly frustrated at the end of the scene.

===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 7
* Stock footage: 3
* "It's time to:" 2
* Gimme a break: 1
* We're a team: 3

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:E3 titlecard.jpg|thumb|]]
* What is that chick's name? Mika? Meeka? Misha? Whatever.
* The Terrorcons' energon stars are animated differently in ''Super Link''. In ''Energon'', the entire Terrorcon glows purple as the star is generated; in ''Super Link'', just the star itself lights up.
* After Skyblast gives Optimus an energon star, Optimus thanks Strongarm.
* When Ironhide runs toward the mine entrance, the background is animated so slowly it appears to be staying still. A more visible scroll was used in the ''Super Link'' version.
* Nobody can spell "[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]", apparently.
* The whereabouts of the missing "o" in "Scorpinok" (and the source of the "i") would eventually be revealed in "[[Imprisoned Inferno|Improsoned Inferno]]".
* When the Omnicon pushes the ore cart, his feet don't touch the floor.

===Continuity errors===
* The disappearing comet is Scorponok and Alpha Q's ship, but its disappearing act is never explained.
* Apparently Ironhide suffers from the same selective blindness that Hot Shot did in the previous episode. When Ironhide's Energon Weapon vanishes, Kicker says he's out of Energon. Ironhide replies "You're right!" as he looks straight at the Energon Star which is still on his forearm.
* Kicker's shout of "we're surrounded!" doesn't really translate to the reality of "A single rather big thing is ahead and to our right."
* So, did Tidal Wave retreat, or what? He's last shown getting zapped by the energon star he attempts to grab.

===Trivia===
* The Street Action Mini-Cons make an appearance in their combined form as Perceptor, and Sureshock as Kicker's ATV, but they're never mentioned by name (besides Sureshock) or given anything to do beyond acting as Kicker's vehicle(s).
* There's a lot of sweet looking generic bots shown in Desert City and Plains City.
**Multiple generic [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlocks]] and "[[Padlock (Energon)#Orange jet Autobot|orange jet Autobots]]" are among Hot Shot's troops at Desert City.
* The identities of Skyblast and Strongarm are very confused after this episode. They're clearly shown in Ocean City, but identical 'bots with identical voices are also shown in Desert City at the same time. Apparently there's just a lot of the same dude running around.
* Seriously. The energon powerups are totally useless. Ironhide hits ''one Terrorcon'' with his energon weapon, and it promptly fades away.
* "Out of energon" doesn't have the same meaning in this series as any other.
* Nobody seems to give a crap about all the generics who get shot up in this episode, seemingly exploding and dying after a single hit. Only Hot Shot matters!
* As Kicker emerges from the space bridge, he's animated in CGI for animation conveniences (easy to hide since he's wearing his protective suit). This is a really rare occurrence in the series, as normally humans are always hand-drawn. On the other hand, instances where the Transformers get the privilege of hand-drawn animation are few and far between. *sob*
* Scorponok's tail stinger is white instead of purple in this episode. Perhaps the color change is because he decided to lace it with poison after this battle? Or the animators goofed, go figure.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 001 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Scorpinok (episode)

2015-09-12T00:20:32Z

Wxy: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the ''Energon'' episode|the characters whose names you can't spell correctly|Scorponok (disambiguation)}}

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=3
|prev=Energon Stars
|next=Megatron's Sword
|title="Scorpinok"
|japanese=メガザラックの罠
|romaji=MegaZarak no Wana
|translation=MegaZarak's Trap
|image=Scorpinok Scorponok.jpg
|caption=''Nokus scorpiones'' in his natural desert habitat, about to go on the hunt.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Shōji Tonoike]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[January 23|23 January]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[February 14]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''At Desert City, the Autobots fend off the first Terrorcon attack against Earth.'''

==Synopsis==
Somewhere in space, a giant ship thing of some sort emerges from some kind of glowing spatial space thing. In space. Within, as [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] prepares to depart, [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] gives him a "little gift": a holographic image showing a fried husk.

[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] wonders where he's being taken. Alpha Q tells him that they merely require his services... and he doesn't get a say in the matter.

On his [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] orbital station, [[Carlos Lopez (Armada)|Carlos]] searches video records for evidence of where Tidal Wave and [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] went. Suddenly, he observes a comet-like object, which abruptly vanishes.

[[File:Energon-Tidal-Wave-Meets-Scorponok.jpg|230px|thumb|left|Scorponok tells Tidal Wave they can resurrect Megatron. Unfortunately for Scorponok, he will shortly discover he was telling the truth.]]

In [[Ocean City]], [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] briefs his troops on the mining operations underway there and in [[Plains City]] and [[Desert City]]. He sends [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] to defend the other two stations. [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] passes along Carlos's comet sighting. [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] continues to grumble about his assignment, and Prime gives him a short dressing-down. Elsewhere, [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Meeka]] refuses to leave her city, to [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]]'s frustration.

Aboard his comet-ship, Scorponok explains that they need Tidal Wave's help in reviving someone. Tidal Wave asks who, and Scorponok shows him the hologram—the corpse of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. Scorponok explains to Tidal Wave that his superior needs his help to revive Megatron, via large quantities of [[energon]]. Tidal Wave is ready and willing.

Hot Shot arrives at Desert City, reassures Meeka, and briefs some generic troops on the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] threat. Jetfire does likewise at [[Plains City]]. An enemy force is detected just then; the [[Autobot]]s wonder where they're headed, but Kicker is certain they're bound for Desert City. Optimus believes his intuition, and they prepare to move out. The [[Omnicon]]s power them up and provide them with extra [[energon weapon]]s.

[[File:Energon-Ironhides-1st-Energon-Weapon.jpg|230px|thumb|This'll last a whole battle, right?]]

Hot Shot's troops defend Desert City as Tidal Wave leads a fleet of Terrorcons. Hot Shot is miffed to see that their former ally is attacking. That anger turns to shock when he hears Tidal Wave say "must revive Megatron". Scorponok soon arrives as well. As Tidal Wave advances, the Autobots fall back to defend the mine entrance.

Meeka frets as the battle closes in on the research center. The [[Omnicon]]s hurry as well, but decide not to abandon their posts. Gotta respect bots who will keep working in the face of certain death.

The Terrorcons break through, head into the mine, and begin munching away at all the tasty, yummy, energony goodness. Prime and company drive down out of the sky and head for the mine entrance. Tidal Wave attacks them, but Prime holds him off while the others head for the mine.

Prime demands an explanation from Tidal Wave, getting a "Must revive Megatron" in response. Scorponok introduces himself for no reason, then immediately orders Tidal Wave to destroy Prime. Kicker and Ironhide find Hot Shot. Informed that Meeka is still in the [[Extraterrestrial Research and Development Center|R&D center]], Kicker heads that way with Ironhide following.

[[File:Energon-Ironhide-Faces-Sunset.jpg|230px|thumb|left|]]

The Omnicons create a special [[energon star]] to revive Hot Shot. The group loads him up and heads out the back exit from the mines just ahead of the swarming Terrorcons, only to find themselves face-to-claw with the mighty Scorponok. Ironhide attempts to hold him off but is no match for the titan. The Omnicons give him the energon star meant for Hot Shot, but Scorponok leads the Terrorcons away before Ironhide can attack them. Tidal Wave tries to grab a raw energon star and gets a shock for his troubles.

Ironhide is awarded a [[Spark of Combination|Combination Spark]] for his bravery, making him a full-fledged member of Prime's team.

At Ocean City, Demolishor wonders if Tidal Wave is right—can Megatron be re-awakened?
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (7)
*[[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (8)
*[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (9)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (10)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (11)
*[[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (17)
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (18)

|c2=
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (4)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (14)

|c3=
*[[Carlos Lopez (Armada)|Carlos Lopez]] (6)
*[[Kicker Jones]] (12)
*[[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Meeka]] (13)
*Scientist (19)

|c4=
*[[Alpha Quintesson]] (1)
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (2)
*[[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (3)
*[[Battle Ravage|Battle Ravage drones]] (5)
*[[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] (15)
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"Tidal Wave! Tidal Wave! Tidal Wave! Tidal Wave!(...)"
:—'''Tidal Wave''' works really hard to not forget his name.

"Tidal Wave! Tidal Wave! Where are you taking me?!"
:—'''Tidal Wave''' demands answers in his own unique style.

"Hey, let me put it this way. 'Worried' is putting it mildly."
:—'''Hot Shot''', master orator

"Man! Why doesn't that girl ever ''listen'' to me?!" 
"Hm. That kid might want to eat more fiber."
:—'''Kicker''', observed by '''Demolishor'''

"Wouldn't a cannon have been simpler?"
:—'''Ironhide''' comments on the Omnicons' energon weapons.

"You can never have too many weapons."
:— '''Optimus Prime''', champion of the Autobot ideals of peace and justice.

"Man, that kid really gets under my armor!"
:—'''Ironhide''''s reaction is not exactly unique among the Autobots.

"This just doesn't make any sense. How is it possible Tidal Wave said 'reanimated'?"
:—'''Demolishor''' questions Tidal Wave's potential to have a vocabulary.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
[[File:Energonep3 shock shock shock.jpg|thumb|]]
Amazingly, almost nothing:

* Jetfire mentions the enemy's penchant for rushing blindly toward energon, not mentioned in the dub but pretty clear from the animation.
* "Meeka" and her fellow scientist are worried about getting attacked because of the energon star the Omnicons are working to create, a point lost in the dub.
* In ''Super Link'', when Tidal Wave grabs the Energon star, we see a full-body shot of him writhing as he is shocked, which concludes with the appearance of his "lightning" scars and him collapsing on his back. ''Energon'', apparently working with unfinished animation, substitutes all of this with a still close up of Tidal Wave's head taken from earlier in the episode (and hence featuring a space backdrop), with white flashes superimposed over the top of it.
* At the end of the battle, Ironhide originally comments on Tidal Wave's intelligence, prompting Kicker to make a similar crack about Ironhide. This is why Ironhide is visibly frustrated at the end of the scene.

===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 7
* Stock footage: 3
* "It's time to:" 2
* Gimme a break: 1
* We're a team: 3

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:E3 titlecard.jpg|thumb|]]
* What is that chick's name? Mika? Meeka? Misha? Whatever.
* The Terrorcons' energon stars are animated differently in ''Super Link''. In ''Energon'', the entire Terrorcon glows purple as the star is generated; in ''Super Link'', just the star itself lights up.
* After Skyblast gives Optimus an energon star, Optimus thanks Strongarm.
* When Ironhide runs toward the mine entrance, the background is animated so slowly it appears to be staying still. A more visible scroll was used in the ''Super Link'' version.
* Nobody can spell "[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]", apparently.
* The whereabouts of the missing "o" in "Scorpinok" (and the source of the "i") would eventually be revealed in "[[Imprisoned Inferno|Improsoned Inferno]]".
* When the Omnicon pushes the ore cart, his feet don't touch the floor.

===Continuity errors===
* The disappearing comet is Scorponok and Alpha Q's ship, but its disappearing act is never explained.
* Apparently Ironhide suffers from the same selective blindness that Hot Shot did in the previous episode. When Ironhide's Energon Weapon vanishes, Kicker says he's out of Energon. Ironhide replies "You're right!" as he looks straight at the Energon Star which is still on his forearm.
* Kicker's shout of "we're surrounded!" doesn't really translate to the reality of "A single rather big thing is ahead and to our right."
* So, did Tidal Wave retreat, or what? He's last shown getting zapped by the energon star he attempts to grab.

===Trivia===
* The Street Action Mini-Cons make an appearance in their combined form as Perceptor, and Sureshock as Kicker's ATV, but they're never mentioned by name (besides Sureshock) or given anything to do beyond acting as Kicker's vehicle(s).
* There's a lot of sweet looking generic bots shown in Desert City and Plains City.
**Multiple generic [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlocks]] and "[[Padlock (Energon)#Orange jet Autobot|orange jet Autobots]]" are among Hot Shot's troops at Desert City.
* The identities of Skyblast and Strongarm are very confused after this episode. They're clearly shown in Ocean City, but identical 'bots with identical voices are also shown in Desert City at the same time. Apparently there's just a lot of the same dude running around.
* Seriously. The energon powerups are totally useless. Ironhide hits ''one Terrorcon'' with his energon weapon, and it promptly fades away.
* "Out of energon" doesn't have the same meaning in this series as any other.
* Nobody seems to give a crap about all the generics who get shot up in this episode, seemingly exploding and dying after a single hit. Only Hot Shot matters!
* As Kicker emerges from the space bridge, he's animated in CGI for animation conveniences (easy to hide since he's wearing his protective suit). This is a really rare occurrence in the series, as normally humans are always hand-drawn. On the other hand, instances where the Transformers get the privilege of hand-drawn animation are few and far between. *sob*
* Scorponock's tail stinger is white instead of purple in this episode. Perhaps the color change is because he decided to lace it with poison after this battle? Or the animators goofed, go figure.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 001 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Scorpinok (episode)

2015-09-12T00:18:44Z

Wxy:

{{disambig2|the ''Energon'' episode|the characters whose names you can't spell correctly|Scorponok (disambiguation)}}

{{episode|
|series=Energon
|ep=3
|prev=Energon Stars
|next=Megatron's Sword
|title="Scorpinok"
|japanese=メガザラックの罠
|romaji=MegaZarak no Wana
|translation=MegaZarak's Trap
|image=Scorpinok Scorponok.jpg
|caption=''Nokus scorpiones'' in his natural desert habitat, about to go on the hunt.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Shōji Tonoike]]
|director=[[Naoki Ōhira]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.|Actas]], [[Studio A-CAT]] (3D)
|airdate=[[January 23|23 January]] [[2004]] (Japanese) [[February 14]], 2004 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''At Desert City, the Autobots fend off the first Terrorcon attack against Earth.'''

==Synopsis==
Somewhere in space, a giant ship thing of some sort emerges from some kind of glowing spatial space thing. In space. Within, as [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] prepares to depart, [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] gives him a "little gift": a holographic image showing a fried husk.

[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] wonders where he's being taken. Alpha Q tells him that they merely require his services... and he doesn't get a say in the matter.

On his [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] orbital station, [[Carlos Lopez (Armada)|Carlos]] searches video records for evidence of where Tidal Wave and [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] went. Suddenly, he observes a comet-like object, which abruptly vanishes.

[[File:Energon-Tidal-Wave-Meets-Scorponok.jpg|230px|thumb|left|Scorponok tells Tidal Wave they can resurrect Megatron. Unfortunately for Scorponok, he will shortly discover he was telling the truth.]]

In [[Ocean City]], [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] briefs his troops on the mining operations underway there and in [[Plains City]] and [[Desert City]]. He sends [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] to defend the other two stations. [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] passes along Carlos's comet sighting. [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] continues to grumble about his assignment, and Prime gives him a short dressing-down. Elsewhere, [[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Meeka]] refuses to leave her city, to [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]]'s frustration.

Aboard his comet-ship, Scorponok explains that they need Tidal Wave's help in reviving someone. Tidal Wave asks who, and Scorponok shows him the hologram—the corpse of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. Scorponok explains to Tidal Wave that his superior needs his help to revive Megatron, via large quantities of [[energon]]. Tidal Wave is ready and willing.

Hot Shot arrives at Desert City, reassures Meeka, and briefs some generic troops on the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] threat. Jetfire does likewise at [[Plains City]]. An enemy force is detected just then; the [[Autobot]]s wonder where they're headed, but Kicker is certain they're bound for Desert City. Optimus believes his intuition, and they prepare to move out. The [[Omnicon]]s power them up and provide them with extra [[energon weapon]]s.

[[File:Energon-Ironhides-1st-Energon-Weapon.jpg|230px|thumb|This'll last a whole battle, right?]]

Hot Shot's troops defend Desert City as Tidal Wave leads a fleet of Terrorcons. Hot Shot is miffed to see that their former ally is attacking. That anger turns to shock when he hears Tidal Wave say "must revive Megatron". Scorponok soon arrives as well. As Tidal Wave advances, the Autobots fall back to defend the mine entrance.

Meeka frets as the battle closes in on the research center. The [[Omnicon]]s hurry as well, but decide not to abandon their posts. Gotta respect bots who will keep working in the face of certain death.

The Terrorcons break through, head into the mine, and begin munching away at all the tasty, yummy, energony goodness. Prime and company drive down out of the sky and head for the mine entrance. Tidal Wave attacks them, but Prime holds him off while the others head for the mine.

Prime demands an explanation from Tidal Wave, getting a "Must revive Megatron" in response. Scorponok introduces himself for no reason, then immediately orders Tidal Wave to destroy Prime. Kicker and Ironhide find Hot Shot. Informed that Meeka is still in the [[Extraterrestrial Research and Development Center|R&D center]], Kicker heads that way with Ironhide following.

[[File:Energon-Ironhide-Faces-Sunset.jpg|230px|thumb|left|]]

The Omnicons create a special [[energon star]] to revive Hot Shot. The group loads him up and heads out the back exit from the mines just ahead of the swarming Terrorcons, only to find themselves face-to-claw with the mighty Scorponok. Ironhide attempts to hold him off but is no match for the titan. The Omnicons give him the energon star meant for Hot Shot, but Scorponok leads the Terrorcons away before Ironhide can attack them. Tidal Wave tries to grab a raw energon star and gets a shock for his troubles.

Ironhide is awarded a [[Spark of Combination|Combination Spark]] for his bravery, making him a full-fledged member of Prime's team.

At Ocean City, Demolishor wonders if Tidal Wave is right—can Megatron be re-awakened?
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (7)
*[[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] (8)
*[[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] (9)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (10)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (11)
*[[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] (17)
*[[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]] (18)

|c2=
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (4)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (14)

|c3=
*[[Carlos Lopez (Armada)|Carlos Lopez]] (6)
*[[Kicker Jones]] (12)
*[[Misha Miramond (Energon)|Meeka]] (13)
*Scientist (19)

|c4=
*[[Alpha Quintesson]] (1)
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] (2)
*[[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb drones]] (3)
*[[Battle Ravage|Battle Ravage drones]] (5)
*[[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] (15)
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"Tidal Wave! Tidal Wave! Tidal Wave! Tidal Wave!(...)"
:—'''Tidal Wave''' works really hard to not forget his name.

"Tidal Wave! Tidal Wave! Where are you taking me?!"
:—'''Tidal Wave''' demands answers in his own unique style.

"Hey, let me put it this way. 'Worried' is putting it mildly."
:—'''Hot Shot''', master orator

"Man! Why doesn't that girl ever ''listen'' to me?!" 
"Hm. That kid might want to eat more fiber."
:—'''Kicker''', observed by '''Demolishor'''

"Wouldn't a cannon have been simpler?"
:—'''Ironhide''' comments on the Omnicons' energon weapons.

"You can never have too many weapons."
:— '''Optimus Prime''', champion of the Autobot ideals of peace and justice.

"Man, that kid really gets under my armor!"
:—'''Ironhide''''s reaction is not exactly unique among the Autobots.

"This just doesn't make any sense. How is it possible Tidal Wave said 'reanimated'?"
:—'''Demolishor''' questions Tidal Wave's potential to have a vocabulary.

==Notes==
===Lost in translation===
[[File:Energonep3 shock shock shock.jpg|thumb|]]
Amazingly, almost nothing:

* Jetfire mentions the enemy's penchant for rushing blindly toward energon, not mentioned in the dub but pretty clear from the animation.
* "Meeka" and her fellow scientist are worried about getting attacked because of the energon star the Omnicons are working to create, a point lost in the dub.
* In ''Super Link'', when Tidal Wave grabs the Energon star, we see a full-body shot of him writhing as he is shocked, which concludes with the appearance of his "lightning" scars and him collapsing on his back. ''Energon'', apparently working with unfinished animation, substitutes all of this with a still close up of Tidal Wave's head taken from earlier in the episode (and hence featuring a space backdrop), with white flashes superimposed over the top of it.
* At the end of the battle, Ironhide originally comments on Tidal Wave's intelligence, prompting Kicker to make a similar crack about Ironhide. This is why Ironhide is visibly frustrated at the end of the scene.

===Pain count===
* "Uh?": 7
* Stock footage: 3
* "It's time to:" 2
* Gimme a break: 1
* We're a team: 3

===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:E3 titlecard.jpg|thumb|]]
* What is that chick's name? Mika? Meeka? Misha? Whatever.
* The Terrorcons' energon stars are animated differently in ''Super Link''. In ''Energon'', the entire Terrorcon glows purple as the star is generated; in ''Super Link'', just the star itself lights up.
* After Skyblast gives Optimus an energon star, Optimus thanks Strongarm.
* When Ironhide runs toward the mine entrance, the background is animated so slowly it appears to be staying still. A more visible scroll was used in the ''Super Link'' version.
* Nobody can spell "[[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]", apparently.
* The whereabouts of the missing "o" in "Scorpinok" (and the source of the "i") would eventually be revealed in "[[Imprisoned Inferno|Improsoned Inferno]]".
* When the Omnicon pushes the ore cart, his feet don't touch the floor.

===Continuity errors===
* The disappearing comet is Scorponok and Alpha Q's ship, but its disappearing act is never explained.
* Apparently Ironhide suffers from the same selective blindness that Hot Shot did in the previous episode. When Ironhide's Energon Weapon vanishes, Kicker says he's out of Energon. Ironhide replies "You're right!" as he looks straight at the Energon Star which is still on his forearm.
* Kicker's shout of "we're surrounded!" doesn't really translate to the reality of "A single rather big thing is ahead and to our right."
* So, did Tidal Wave retreat, or what? He's last shown getting zapped by the energon star he attempts to grab.

===Trivia===
* The Street Action Mini-Cons make an appearance in their combined form as Perceptor, and Sureshock as Kicker's ATV, but they're never mentioned by name (besides Sureshock) or given anything to do beyond acting as Kicker's vehicle(s).
* There's a lot of sweet looking generic bots shown in Desert City and Plains City.
**Multiple generic [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlocks]] and "[[Padlock (Energon)#Orange jet Autobot|orange jet Autobots]]" are among Hot Shot's troops at Desert City.
* The identities of Skyblast and Strongarm are very confused after this episode. They're clearly shown in Ocean City, but identical 'bots with identical voices are also shown in Desert City at the same time. Apparently there's just a lot of the same dude running around.
* Seriously. The energon powerups are totally useless. Ironhide hits ''one Terrorcon'' with his energon weapon, and it promptly fades away.
* "Out of energon" doesn't have the same meaning in this series as any other.
* Nobody seems to give a crap about all the generics who get shot up in this episode, seemingly exploding and dying after a single hit. Only Hot Shot matters!
* As Kicker emerges from the space bridge, he's animated in CGI for animation conveniences (easy to hide since he's wearing his protective suit). This is a really rare occurrence in the series, as normally humans are always hand-drawn. On the other hand, instances where the Transformers get the privilege of hand-drawn animation are few and far between. *sob*

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount)
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Transformer: Super Link'' — Volume 001 ([[Interchannel]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — Volume 1: The Battle for Energon (Paramount) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Energon'' — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)

[[Category:Energon episodes]]

Crisscross (episode)

2015-09-11T23:56:44Z

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 17
|prev=Operation: Breakdown
|next=Metal Attraction
|image=Airachnid and Silas.jpeg
|caption=They'll make you jump, jump.
|title="Crisscross"
|airdate=[[June 25]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Joseph Kuhr]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''Airachnid teams up with MECH to get revenge on Arcee and Jack.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Silas]] and three MECH soldiers are searching through a wooded area for a Decepticon. They jump into a web-shrouded ravine, but the three soldiers are snatched from the ground and stuck on one of the webs by [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. Silas takes a shot at her, but is promptly thrown against a rock wall and webbed there. The Decepticon threatens to eviscerate him for what MECH did to [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]], but wants his help in finding [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack Darby]] and will give them [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]].

Jack arrives home with Arcee, to find [[June Darby|his mother]] mad that he's been breaking curfew and neglecting his job and schoolwork. She believes he may have been racing his motorcycle and grounds him for the next few weeks—with no motorcycle use. Arcee says she'll miss Jack during that time, but he points out that if she doesn't stay in the garage, his mom will think he's breaking her rules. Arcee promises she'll try to be back in the garage before his mom gets home each night.

[[Image:Motorcycle abuse.jpeg|thumb|left|300px|This must be some form of abuse, surely.]]
The next day, as Jack's leaving [[KO Burger]], he gets a call from his mother, who is on her way home early to make dinner for him. He frantically contacts Arcee, who's with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] in the middle of a fight with some [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s. Arcee leaves Bumblebee to it and [[GroundBridge|bridges]] out. June arrives home to find the garage empty, and she blows up at Jack as he arrives on his bicycle. Arcee bridges into the garage behind her, but this merely results in June thinking one of Jack's friends snuck the motorcycle in. Jack spills all about the Autobots, but when Arcee refuses to transform, Jack's mom asks if he's been hanging out with a science fiction club. She leaves to return to work, the conversation unfinished.

[[Image:MECH ambush.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|"I.R.S."]]
Silas uses images from the black box from Airachnid's ship to track down information on Jack, including the identity of his mother. A MECH vehicle soon arrives to abduct June as she leaves the [[Jasper Hospital|hospital]].

Jack arrives home on his cycle to find Arcee, but no mom. There's a package waiting for him, which turns out to be a MECH communicator. Silas tells the pair that MECH has June, and there are GPS coordinates that will lead them to the temporary MECH facility. Arcee attempts to contact base and gets an instant headache. Silas explains the communicator will scramble her brain as well as Autobot communications. Jack and Arcee follow the communicator's map to a disused factory, where they're met by Silas and a bunch of MECH goons. They race past the MECH guys to look for Jack's mom and instead find Airachnid. Airachnid webs Arcee, who is then zapped by a MECH soldier. The 'Con tells Jack he has until midnight to rescue his mother. Jack tries to plead with Silas for help, but the MECH leader pushes him back. Jack then races off to find his mom, followed by Airachnid. Silas tells his men to start working on Arcee, as he suspects Airachnid will double-cross them.

Jack runs through the factory, but is unable to find June until Airachnid points her out, dangling in a web cocoon from a building. At this point, June awakens both to discover her predicament and to spy Airachnid. Jack tells Airachnid he's found his mom, but she points out the task was to ''rescue'' June. Webbing Jack's hand to the ground, she prepares to destroy his family.

The MECH surgeons finish cutting through the web holding Arcee, and Silas instructs them go for the heart, as they only have time to take one part. Arcee has recovered consciousness by this point, and she tosses the MECH personnel aside before leaving to help Jack.

[[Image:Airachnidconcrete.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"Thanks a lot, Mixmaster."]]

As Jack continues to try to free his hand, Airachnid moves in on June. Before she can lay a hand on mom, however, Arcee comes barreling up a nearby roof and tackles her. Jack gets free and goes to help June, while Arcee and Airachnid battle on the factory superstructure. They eventually reach the ground, but Airachnid's laser fire damages the platform June is dangling from, and Jack has to scramble to avoid falling. Jack accidentally knocks against a lever, pouring concrete into a concrete truck on the ground. Arcee manages to kick Airachnid into a container nearby, and with Jack's help, pours concrete in on top of her. Airachnid starts climbing out, but is frozen by the quick-drying substance. Arcee goes to help June, but the concrete isn't enough, and Airachnid webs her back to the ground. Luckily, the cavalry arrives in the form of [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] with three helicopters armed with chain guns.

Silas wonders how Fowler was alerted, and then realizes Jack stole his radio earlier.

The helicopters stop firing, but this just allows Airachnid to [[scanning|scan]] Fowler's chopper and make her escape in her new [[alternate mode|altmode]]. Her scanning process is also observed by Silas.

Fowler introduces himself to June and attempts to weave a cover story, but June doesn't buy it. Jack introduces her to Arcee, and the next day, they go to the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] so she can meet the rest of the Autobots.

{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (7)
* [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (12)
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (13)
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (16)

|c2=
* [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (3)
* [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (8)

|c3=
* [[Silas]] (1)
* [[MECH]] soldiers (2)
* [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack Darby]] (4)
* [[June Darby]] (6)
* [[MECH Surgeon]] (9)
* [[William Fowler]] (10)
* Soldier (11)
* [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko Nakadai]] (14)
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (15)
}}

==Quotes==

"Tell me you haven't fallen in with a bad crowd." 
"W-what? N-no no no no, my friends are the good crowd, seriously good."
:—'''Jack''''s not wrong.

"Ah, the mother lode." 
"Government database?" 
"Social networking page."
:—'''Silas''' teaches '''Airachnid''' the fastest way to track down a teenager.

"Now, I know we promised the spider-bot that she would have first crack at you, but something tells me she's going to turn our mutual crisscross... into a double-cross."
:—'''Silas''' shows he is alarmingly genre-savvy.

"Jack, your motorcycle?" 
"I can explain, Mom. Wait, I already did."
:—Even with '''June Darby''' in mortal peril, '''Jack''' can still crack wise.

"Oh, not again!"
:—'''Agent Fowler''' is exasperated at Decepticons copying his vehicles.

"So that's how it's done. Genius."
:—'''Silas''' on seeing how Airachnid scans a vehicle mode.

"It's time you knew the truth. For the past several months, Jack has been... interning for me at the agency." 
"Agent Fowler, Mom's not gonna buy that." 
"He's got that right."
:—'''Agent Fowler''''s first meeting with '''June''' hits a rocky start.

"Motorcycle, Guardian, Autobot, friend."
:—'''Jack''' lists '''Arcee''''s status to his mom.

"Mom, meet my science fiction club!"
:—'''Jack''' introducing June to the Autobots

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*The amount of cement shown pouring onto Airachnid isn't actually enough to cover her ''entire'' body.
*When Airachnid addresses that Jack is facing a time limit, the first time the clock is seen, it is just after 11:53 PM. Within the span of about thirty seconds real-time in the episode, it is seen again, but has jumped to 11:54. It could just be that we are not being shown what happened in the full span of that minute in-universe onscreen, or we're playing by dramatic tension and it's a Hollywood-style "magic" countdown, and or Airachnid and/or MECH is playing unfair and speeding the countdown up. Whatever in the case, [[wikipedia:Mystery Science Theater3000|it's just a show and we really should just relax.]]

===Continuity errors===
*June takes an early break from work to cook Jack a dinner, but then as soon as she gets home, she returns to work.
*Airachnid scans Agent Fowler's helicopter, which resembles a [[wikipedia:Bell UH-1 Iroquois|UH-1 "Huey"]], but the alt-mode she adopts is of a completely different design, resembling a futuristic [[wikipedia:Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche|RAH-66 Comanche]].

===Continuity notes===
*Airachnid wants revenge on Arcee and Jack for the events in "[[Predatory]]".
*The rumors June heard about Jack racing his motorcycle may have been referencing the events of "[[Speed Metal]]".
*Airachnid has heard of Breakdown's treatment by MECH, which happened in [[Operation: Breakdown|the previous episode]].
*Messages on Jack's social networking page refer back to "Speed Metal" (Sierra refers to a race) and "[[Con Job]]" (Miko's message about a monster truck rally references a line of dialog from that episode).
*Agent Fowler previously had a vehicle of his scanned for an alternate mode by Skyquake back in "[[Masters & Students]]".
*The soldier who reports to Fowler at the end is the same one who was on the train in "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]".

===Transformers references===
*The final sequence of Arcee and Jack taking June to the Autobot base is an almost shot-for-shot replica of the first time Jack, Miko and Raf were taken there back in the pilot. Even the same musical piece, "We Have Returned", is used.

===Real-world references===
* The title of this episode is a reference to Alfred Hitchcock's [[wikipedia:Strangers on a Train (film)|''Strangers on a Train'']], which famously originated the use of the word "crisscross" for a team-up murder plot in which each participant takes out the enemy of the other. Silas even uses the term to describe MECH's alliance with Airachnid. Until he suspects it will instead become a double-cross, where one side betrays the other.
* [[Super Guitar Band]], which Miko posts on Jack's social networking page, is an amalgam of ''[[wikipedia:Guitar Hero|Guitar Hero]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Rock Band|Rock Band]]'' and the plethora of video games with Super- as a prefix.

===Trivia===
*The name of this episode was parsed "Criss-Cross" [http://www.hubworld.com/watch/1118858775001/transformers-prime-clip-criss-cross on the Hub's website].
*MECH has a really funny concept of "suppression fire".
*The name of the social networking page is partially obscured, but begins with "Some Social".
*Fowler got someone else to pilot his helicopter for him this time.
*Silas calls June Darby "Miss Darby", but Fowler calls her "Mrs. Darby". The following episode would reveal the former to be accurate.
*Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Bulkhead, Raf, and Miko all cameo at the end, but have no lines.
*The way Airachnid says "'Transformer', was it", implies that Cybertronians don't use that term themselves and that it's mainly an invention of humans. This is different from most (if not all) other continuities, where "[[Transformer]]s" is a term that they themselves seem to have come up with.
*This is the first time anyone from the Autobots' team meets Silas face to face.
*The photo in the Darby household is the opening shot from "[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]", only flipped.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der Hinterhalt'''" ("The Ambush")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 13|13 January]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Túszjátszma'''" ("Hostage Game")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 31|31 January]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Airachnid: Pencarian Jack'''" ("Airachnid: Search of Jack")
:*''Original airdate:'' 24 September [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rivelazioni'''" ("Revelations")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 20|20 November]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bōryaku Henkei! Jaaku na Ito o Dante! '''" (謀略変形!邪悪な糸を断て!, "Strategy Transformation! Unravel the Sinister Thread!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 28|28 July]] [[2012]]
:* Airachnid's romantic infatuation with Jack is much less exaggerated in this episode than in the dub of "Predatory". While she still refers to him by amorous pet names, her cruel quest for vengeance remains unaltered.
::* ''Despite that'', her crush on Jack is not forgotten. When Silas identifies him via the footage from "Predatory", Airachnid swoons with joy as she shouts, "''Aha!'' Yes, yes! That's the one! My Jack!"
::* Then, when Silas reads Jack's online profile to Airachnid and mentions that he's 16 years old, Airachnid excitedly shouts, "''16!?'' At last!" Specifically, she says "''kitaaaaaa--!''", which literally means "It has come!" but has become Japanese internet slang for just being really, really, ''really'' excited about something.
::* After Arcee arrives and the final fight of the episode begins, Airachnid angrily cries that she's sick and tired of Arcee constantly interrupting her "flirting".
:* Airachnid's delusional and vain personality, exclusive to the Japanese dub, is on prominent display in this episode. When the quick-drying cement descends upon her, Airachnid cries that she's the ''heroine'' and these sorts of things aren't supposed to happen to her. She then screams that she absolutely ''hates'' to get dirty (strange, considering her habit of burrowing in the dirt).
:* When Fowler and his reinforcements open fire on her, Airachnid screams, "Hey, wait! Aren't you overdoing it? Isn't this cruel? The heroine... can't die! ''Scanning!''"

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Geomi ui Boksu'''" (거미의 복수, "Spider's Revenge")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 24|24 October]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 27|27 December]] [[2011]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dupla Atração'''" ("Double Atraction")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 27|27 February]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Entrecruzado'''" ("Crisscross")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 9|9 June]] [[2012]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Crisscross (episode)

2015-09-11T23:55:11Z

Wxy: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 17
|prev=Operation: Breakdown
|next=Metal Attraction
|image=Airachnid and Silas.jpeg
|caption=They'll make you jump, jump.
|title="Crisscross"
|airdate=[[June 25]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Joseph Kuhr]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''Airachnid teams up with MECH to get revenge on Arcee and Jack.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Silas]] and three MECH soldiers are searching through a wooded area for a Decepticon. They jump into a web-shrouded ravine, but the three soldiers are snatched from the ground and stuck on one of the webs by [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. Silas takes a shot at her, but is promptly thrown against a rock wall and webbed there. The Decepticon threatens to eviscerate him for what MECH did to [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]], but wants his help in finding [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack Darby]] and will give them [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]].

Jack arrives home with Arcee, to find [[June Darby|his mother]] mad that he's been breaking curfew and neglecting his job and schoolwork. She believes he may have been racing his motorcycle and grounds him for the next few weeks—with no motorcycle use. Arcee says she'll miss Jack during that time, but he points out that if she doesn't stay in the garage, his mom will think he's breaking her rules. Arcee promises she'll try to be back in the garage before his mom gets home each night.

[[Image:Motorcycle abuse.jpeg|thumb|left|300px|This must be some form of abuse, surely.]]
The next day, as Jack's leaving [[KO Burger]], he gets a call from his mother, who is on her way home early to make dinner for him. He frantically contacts Arcee, who's with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] in the middle of a fight with some [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s. Arcee leaves Bumblebee to it and [[GroundBridge|bridges]] out. June arrives home to find the garage empty, and she blows up at Jack as he arrives on his bicycle. Arcee bridges into the garage behind her, but this merely results in June thinking one of Jack's friends snuck the motorcycle in. Jack spills all about the Autobots, but when Arcee refuses to transform, Jack's mom asks if he's been hanging out with a science fiction club. She leaves to return to work, the conversation unfinished.

[[Image:MECH ambush.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|"I.R.S."]]
Silas uses images from the black box from Airachnid's ship to track down information on Jack, including the identity of his mother. A MECH vehicle soon arrives to abduct June as she leaves the [[Jasper Hospital|hospital]].

Jack arrives home on his cycle to find Arcee, but no mom. There's a package waiting for him, which turns out to be a MECH communicator. Silas tells the pair that MECH has June, and there are GPS coordinates that will lead them to the temporary MECH facility. Arcee attempts to contact base and gets an instant headache. Silas explains the communicator will scramble her brain as well as Autobot communications. Jack and Arcee follow the communicator's map to a disused factory, where they're met by Silas and a bunch of MECH goons. They race past the MECH guys to look for Jack's mom and instead find Airachnid. Airachnid webs Arcee, who is then zapped by a MECH soldier. The 'Con tells Jack he has until midnight to rescue his mother. Jack tries to plead with Silas for help, but the MECH leader pushes him back. Jack then races off to find his mom, followed by Airachnid. Silas tells his men to start working on Arcee, as he suspects Airachnid will double-cross them.

Jack runs through the factory, but is unable to find June until Airachnid points her out, dangling in a web cocoon from a building. At this point, June awakens both to discover her predicament and to spy Airachnid. Jack tells Airachnid he's found his mom, but she points out the task was to ''rescue'' June. Webbing Jack's hand to the ground, she prepares to destroy his family.

The MECH surgeons finish cutting through the web holding Arcee, and Silas instructs them go for the heart, as they only have time to take one part. Arcee has recovered consciousness by this point, and she tosses the MECH personnel aside before leaving to help Jack.

[[Image:Airachnidconcrete.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"Thanks a lot, Mixmaster."]]

As Jack continues to try to free his hand, Airachnid moves in on June. Before she can lay a hand on mom, however, Arcee comes barreling up a nearby roof and tackles her. Jack gets free and goes to help June, while Arcee and Airachnid battle on the factory superstructure. They eventually reach the ground, but Airachnid's laser fire damages the platform June is dangling from, and Jack has to scramble to avoid falling. Jack accidentally knocks against a lever, pouring concrete into a concrete truck on the ground. Arcee manages to kick Airachnid into a container nearby, and with Jack's help, pours concrete in on top of her. Airachnid starts climbing out, but is frozen by the quick-drying substance. Arcee goes to help June, but the concrete isn't enough, and Airachnid webs her back to the ground. Luckily, the cavalry arrives in the form of [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] with three helicopters armed with chain guns.

Silas wonders how Fowler was alerted, and then realizes Jack stole his radio earlier.

The helicopters stop firing, but this just allows Airachnid to [[scanning|scan]] Fowler's chopper and make her escape in her new [[alternate mode|altmode]]. Her scanning process is also observed by Silas.

Fowler introduces himself to June and attempts to weave a cover story, but June doesn't buy it. Jack introduces her to Arcee, and the next day, they go to the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] so she can meet the rest of the Autobots.

{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (7)
* [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (12)
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (13)
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (16)

|c2=
* [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (3)
* [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (8)

|c3=
* [[Silas]] (1)
* [[MECH]] soldiers (2)
* [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack Darby]] (4)
* [[June Darby]] (6)
* [[MECH Surgeon]] (9)
* [[William Fowler]] (10)
* Soldier (11)
* [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko Nakadai]] (14)
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (15)
}}

==Quotes==

"Tell me you haven't fallen in with a bad crowd." 
"W-what? N-no no no no, my friends are the good crowd, seriously good."
:—'''Jack''''s not wrong.

"Ah, the mother lode." 
"Government database?" 
"Social networking page."
:—'''Silas''' teaches '''Airachnid''' the fastest way to track down a teenager.

"Now, I know we promised the spider-bot that she would have first crack at you, but something tells me she's going to turn our mutual crisscross... into a double-cross."
:—'''Silas''' shows he is alarmingly genre-savvy.

"Jack, your motorcycle?" 
"I can explain, Mom. Wait, I already did."
:—Even with '''June Darby''' in mortal peril, '''Jack''' can still crack wise.

"Oh, not again!"
:—'''Agent Fowler''' is exasperated at Decepticons copying his vehicles.

"So that's how it's done. Genius."
:—'''Silas''' on seeing how Airachnid scans a vehicle mode.

"It's time you knew the truth. For the past several months, Jack has been... interning for me at the agency." 
"Agent Fowler, Mom's not gonna buy that." 
"He's got that right."
:—'''Agent Fowler''''s first meeting with '''June''' hits a rocky start.

"Motorcycle, Guardian, Autobot, friend."
:—'''Jack''' lists '''Arcee''''s status to his mom.

"Mom, meet my science fiction club!"
:—'''Jack''' introducing June to the Autobots

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*The amount of cement shown pouring onto Airachnid isn't actually enough to cover her ''entire'' body.
*When Airachnid addresses that Jack is facing a time limit, the first time the clock is seen, it is just after 11:53 PM. Within the span of about thirty seconds, it is seen again, but has jumped to 11:54. It could just be that we are not being shown what happened in the full span of that minute on-screen, or we're playing by dramatic tension and or Airachnid and/or MECH is playing unfair and speeding the countdown up. Whatever in the case, [[wikipedia:Mystery Science Theater3000|it's just a show and we really should just relax.]]

===Continuity errors===
*June takes an early break from work to cook Jack a dinner, but then as soon as she gets home, she returns to work.
*Airachnid scans Agent Fowler's helicopter, which resembles a [[wikipedia:Bell UH-1 Iroquois|UH-1 "Huey"]], but the alt-mode she adopts is of a completely different design, resembling a futuristic [[wikipedia:Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche|RAH-66 Comanche]].

===Continuity notes===
*Airachnid wants revenge on Arcee and Jack for the events in "[[Predatory]]".
*The rumors June heard about Jack racing his motorcycle may have been referencing the events of "[[Speed Metal]]".
*Airachnid has heard of Breakdown's treatment by MECH, which happened in [[Operation: Breakdown|the previous episode]].
*Messages on Jack's social networking page refer back to "Speed Metal" (Sierra refers to a race) and "[[Con Job]]" (Miko's message about a monster truck rally references a line of dialog from that episode).
*Agent Fowler previously had a vehicle of his scanned for an alternate mode by Skyquake back in "[[Masters & Students]]".
*The soldier who reports to Fowler at the end is the same one who was on the train in "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]".

===Transformers references===
*The final sequence of Arcee and Jack taking June to the Autobot base is an almost shot-for-shot replica of the first time Jack, Miko and Raf were taken there back in the pilot. Even the same musical piece, "We Have Returned", is used.

===Real-world references===
* The title of this episode is a reference to Alfred Hitchcock's [[wikipedia:Strangers on a Train (film)|''Strangers on a Train'']], which famously originated the use of the word "crisscross" for a team-up murder plot in which each participant takes out the enemy of the other. Silas even uses the term to describe MECH's alliance with Airachnid. Until he suspects it will instead become a double-cross, where one side betrays the other.
* [[Super Guitar Band]], which Miko posts on Jack's social networking page, is an amalgam of ''[[wikipedia:Guitar Hero|Guitar Hero]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Rock Band|Rock Band]]'' and the plethora of video games with Super- as a prefix.

===Trivia===
*The name of this episode was parsed "Criss-Cross" [http://www.hubworld.com/watch/1118858775001/transformers-prime-clip-criss-cross on the Hub's website].
*MECH has a really funny concept of "suppression fire".
*The name of the social networking page is partially obscured, but begins with "Some Social".
*Fowler got someone else to pilot his helicopter for him this time.
*Silas calls June Darby "Miss Darby", but Fowler calls her "Mrs. Darby". The following episode would reveal the former to be accurate.
*Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Bulkhead, Raf, and Miko all cameo at the end, but have no lines.
*The way Airachnid says "'Transformer', was it", implies that Cybertronians don't use that term themselves and that it's mainly an invention of humans. This is different from most (if not all) other continuities, where "[[Transformer]]s" is a term that they themselves seem to have come up with.
*This is the first time anyone from the Autobots' team meets Silas face to face.
*The photo in the Darby household is the opening shot from "[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]", only flipped.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der Hinterhalt'''" ("The Ambush")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 13|13 January]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Túszjátszma'''" ("Hostage Game")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 31|31 January]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Airachnid: Pencarian Jack'''" ("Airachnid: Search of Jack")
:*''Original airdate:'' 24 September [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rivelazioni'''" ("Revelations")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 20|20 November]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bōryaku Henkei! Jaaku na Ito o Dante! '''" (謀略変形!邪悪な糸を断て!, "Strategy Transformation! Unravel the Sinister Thread!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 28|28 July]] [[2012]]
:* Airachnid's romantic infatuation with Jack is much less exaggerated in this episode than in the dub of "Predatory". While she still refers to him by amorous pet names, her cruel quest for vengeance remains unaltered.
::* ''Despite that'', her crush on Jack is not forgotten. When Silas identifies him via the footage from "Predatory", Airachnid swoons with joy as she shouts, "''Aha!'' Yes, yes! That's the one! My Jack!"
::* Then, when Silas reads Jack's online profile to Airachnid and mentions that he's 16 years old, Airachnid excitedly shouts, "''16!?'' At last!" Specifically, she says "''kitaaaaaa--!''", which literally means "It has come!" but has become Japanese internet slang for just being really, really, ''really'' excited about something.
::* After Arcee arrives and the final fight of the episode begins, Airachnid angrily cries that she's sick and tired of Arcee constantly interrupting her "flirting".
:* Airachnid's delusional and vain personality, exclusive to the Japanese dub, is on prominent display in this episode. When the quick-drying cement descends upon her, Airachnid cries that she's the ''heroine'' and these sorts of things aren't supposed to happen to her. She then screams that she absolutely ''hates'' to get dirty (strange, considering her habit of burrowing in the dirt).
:* When Fowler and his reinforcements open fire on her, Airachnid screams, "Hey, wait! Aren't you overdoing it? Isn't this cruel? The heroine... can't die! ''Scanning!''"

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Geomi ui Boksu'''" (거미의 복수, "Spider's Revenge")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 24|24 October]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 27|27 December]] [[2011]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dupla Atração'''" ("Double Atraction")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 27|27 February]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Entrecruzado'''" ("Crisscross")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 9|9 June]] [[2012]]

[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Crisscross (episode)

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 17
|prev=Operation: Breakdown
|next=Metal Attraction
|image=Airachnid and Silas.jpeg
|caption=They'll make you jump, jump.
|title="Crisscross"
|airdate=[[June 25]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[Joseph Kuhr]]
|directed by=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}
'''Airachnid teams up with MECH to get revenge on Arcee and Jack.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Silas]] and three MECH soldiers are searching through a wooded area for a Decepticon. They jump into a web-shrouded ravine, but the three soldiers are snatched from the ground and stuck on one of the webs by [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. Silas takes a shot at her, but is promptly thrown against a rock wall and webbed there. The Decepticon threatens to eviscerate him for what MECH did to [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]], but wants his help in finding [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack Darby]] and will give them [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]].

Jack arrives home with Arcee, to find [[June Darby|his mother]] mad that he's been breaking curfew and neglecting his job and schoolwork. She believes he may have been racing his motorcycle and grounds him for the next few weeks—with no motorcycle use. Arcee says she'll miss Jack during that time, but he points out that if she doesn't stay in the garage, his mom will think he's breaking her rules. Arcee promises she'll try to be back in the garage before his mom gets home each night.

[[Image:Motorcycle abuse.jpeg|thumb|left|300px|This must be some form of abuse, surely.]]
The next day, as Jack's leaving [[KO Burger]], he gets a call from his mother, who is on her way home early to make dinner for him. He frantically contacts Arcee, who's with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] in the middle of a fight with some [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s. Arcee leaves Bumblebee to it and [[GroundBridge|bridges]] out. June arrives home to find the garage empty, and she blows up at Jack as he arrives on his bicycle. Arcee bridges into the garage behind her, but this merely results in June thinking one of Jack's friends snuck the motorcycle in. Jack spills all about the Autobots, but when Arcee refuses to transform, Jack's mom asks if he's been hanging out with a science fiction club. She leaves to return to work, the conversation unfinished.

[[Image:MECH ambush.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|"I.R.S."]]
Silas uses images from the black box from Airachnid's ship to track down information on Jack, including the identity of his mother. A MECH vehicle soon arrives to abduct June as she leaves the [[Jasper Hospital|hospital]].

Jack arrives home on his cycle to find Arcee, but no mom. There's a package waiting for him, which turns out to be a MECH communicator. Silas tells the pair that MECH has June, and there are GPS coordinates that will lead them to the temporary MECH facility. Arcee attempts to contact base and gets an instant headache. Silas explains the communicator will scramble her brain as well as Autobot communications. Jack and Arcee follow the communicator's map to a disused factory, where they're met by Silas and a bunch of MECH goons. They race past the MECH guys to look for Jack's mom and instead find Airachnid. Airachnid webs Arcee, who is then zapped by a MECH soldier. The 'Con tells Jack he has until midnight to rescue his mother. Jack tries to plead with Silas for help, but the MECH leader pushes him back. Jack then races off to find his mom, followed by Airachnid. Silas tells his men to start working on Arcee, as he suspects Airachnid will double-cross them.

Jack runs through the factory, but is unable to find June until Airachnid points her out, dangling in a web cocoon from a building. At this point, June awakens both to discover her predicament and to spy Airachnid. Jack tells Airachnid he's found his mom, but she points out the task was to ''rescue'' June. Webbing Jack's hand to the ground, she prepares to destroy his family.

The MECH surgeons finish cutting through the web holding Arcee, and Silas instructs them go for the heart, as they only have time to take one part. Arcee has recovered consciousness by this point, and she tosses the MECH personnel aside before leaving to help Jack.

[[Image:Airachnidconcrete.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"Thanks a lot, Mixmaster."]]

As Jack continues to try to free his hand, Airachnid moves in on June. Before she can lay a hand on mom, however, Arcee comes barreling up a nearby roof and tackles her. Jack gets free and goes to help June, while Arcee and Airachnid battle on the factory superstructure. They eventually reach the ground, but Airachnid's laser fire damages the platform June is dangling from, and Jack has to scramble to avoid falling. Jack accidentally knocks against a lever, pouring concrete into a concrete truck on the ground. Arcee manages to kick Airachnid into a container nearby, and with Jack's help, pours concrete in on top of her. Airachnid starts climbing out, but is frozen by the quick-drying substance. Arcee goes to help June, but the concrete isn't enough, and Airachnid webs her back to the ground. Luckily, the cavalry arrives in the form of [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] with three helicopters armed with chain guns.

Silas wonders how Fowler was alerted, and then realizes Jack stole his radio earlier.

The helicopters stop firing, but this just allows Airachnid to [[scanning|scan]] Fowler's chopper and make her escape in her new [[alternate mode|altmode]]. Her scanning process is also observed by Silas.

Fowler introduces himself to June and attempts to weave a cover story, but June doesn't buy it. Jack introduces her to Arcee, and the next day, they go to the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] so she can meet the rest of the Autobots.

{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (5)
* [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (7)
* [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (12)
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (13)
* [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (16)

|c2=
* [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (3)
* [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s (8)

|c3=
* [[Silas]] (1)
* [[MECH]] soldiers (2)
* [[Jack Darby (Prime)|Jack Darby]] (4)
* [[June Darby]] (6)
* [[MECH Surgeon]] (9)
* [[William Fowler]] (10)
* Soldier (11)
* [[Miko Nakadai (Prime)|Miko Nakadai]] (14)
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (15)
}}

==Quotes==

"Tell me you haven't fallen in with a bad crowd." 
"W-what? N-no no no no, my friends are the good crowd, seriously good."
:—'''Jack''''s not wrong.

"Ah, the mother lode." 
"Government database?" 
"Social networking page."
:—'''Silas''' teaches '''Airachnid''' the fastest way to track down a teenager.

"Now, I know we promised the spider-bot that she would have first crack at you, but something tells me she's going to turn our mutual crisscross... into a double-cross."
:—'''Silas''' shows he is alarmingly genre-savvy.

"Jack, your motorcycle?" 
"I can explain, Mom. Wait, I already did."
:—Even with '''June Darby''' in mortal peril, '''Jack''' can still crack wise.

"Oh, not again!"
:—'''Agent Fowler''' is exasperated at Decepticons copying his vehicles.

"So that's how it's done. Genius."
:—'''Silas''' on seeing how Airachnid scans a vehicle mode.

"It's time you knew the truth. For the past several months, Jack has been... interning for me at the agency." 
"Agent Fowler, Mom's not gonna buy that." 
"He's got that right."
:—'''Agent Fowler''''s first meeting with '''June''' hits a rocky start.

"Motorcycle, Guardian, Autobot, friend."
:—'''Jack''' lists '''Arcee''''s status to his mom.

"Mom, meet my science fiction club!"
:—'''Jack''' introducing June to the Autobots

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*The amount of cement shown pouring onto Airachnid isn't actually enough to cover her ''entire'' body.
*When Airachnid addresses that Jack is facing a time limit, the first time the clock is seen, it is just after 11:53 PM. Within the span of about thirty seconds, it is seen again, but has jumped to 11:54. It could just be that we are not being show what happened in the full span of that minute on-screen, or we're playing by dramatic tension and or Airachnid and/or MECH is playing unfair and speeding the countdown up. Whatever in the case, [[wikipedia:Mystery Science Theater3000|it's just a show and we really should just relax.]]

===Continuity errors===
*June takes an early break from work to cook Jack a dinner, but then as soon as she gets home, she returns to work.
*Airachnid scans Agent Fowler's helicopter, which resembles a [[wikipedia:Bell UH-1 Iroquois|UH-1 "Huey"]], but the alt-mode she adopts is of a completely different design, resembling a futuristic [[wikipedia:Boeing/Sikorsky RAH-66 Comanche|RAH-66 Comanche]].

===Continuity notes===
*Airachnid wants revenge on Arcee and Jack for the events in "[[Predatory]]".
*The rumors June heard about Jack racing his motorcycle may have been referencing the events of "[[Speed Metal]]".
*Airachnid has heard of Breakdown's treatment by MECH, which happened in [[Operation: Breakdown|the previous episode]].
*Messages on Jack's social networking page refer back to "Speed Metal" (Sierra refers to a race) and "[[Con Job]]" (Miko's message about a monster truck rally references a line of dialog from that episode).
*Agent Fowler previously had a vehicle of his scanned for an alternate mode by Skyquake back in "[[Masters & Students]]".
*The soldier who reports to Fowler at the end is the same one who was on the train in "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]".

===Transformers references===
*The final sequence of Arcee and Jack taking June to the Autobot base is an almost shot-for-shot replica of the first time Jack, Miko and Raf were taken there back in the pilot. Even the same musical piece, "We Have Returned", is used.

===Real-world references===
* The title of this episode is a reference to Alfred Hitchcock's [[wikipedia:Strangers on a Train (film)|''Strangers on a Train'']], which famously originated the use of the word "crisscross" for a team-up murder plot in which each participant takes out the enemy of the other. Silas even uses the term to describe MECH's alliance with Airachnid. Until he suspects it will instead become a double-cross, where one side betrays the other.
* [[Super Guitar Band]], which Miko posts on Jack's social networking page, is an amalgam of ''[[wikipedia:Guitar Hero|Guitar Hero]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Rock Band|Rock Band]]'' and the plethora of video games with Super- as a prefix.

===Trivia===
*The name of this episode was parsed "Criss-Cross" [http://www.hubworld.com/watch/1118858775001/transformers-prime-clip-criss-cross on the Hub's website].
*MECH has a really funny concept of "suppression fire".
*The name of the social networking page is partially obscured, but begins with "Some Social".
*Fowler got someone else to pilot his helicopter for him this time.
*Silas calls June Darby "Miss Darby", but Fowler calls her "Mrs. Darby". The following episode would reveal the former to be accurate.
*Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Bulkhead, Raf, and Miko all cameo at the end, but have no lines.
*The way Airachnid says "'Transformer', was it", implies that Cybertronians don't use that term themselves and that it's mainly an invention of humans. This is different from most (if not all) other continuities, where "[[Transformer]]s" is a term that they themselves seem to have come up with.
*This is the first time anyone from the Autobots' team meets Silas face to face.
*The photo in the Darby household is the opening shot from "[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]", only flipped.

===Foreign localization===
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Der Hinterhalt'''" ("The Ambush")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 13|13 January]] [[2012]]

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Túszjátszma'''" ("Hostage Game")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 31|31 January]] [[2012]]

'''Indonesian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Airachnid: Pencarian Jack'''" ("Airachnid: Search of Jack")
:*''Original airdate:'' 24 September [[2012]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Rivelazioni'''" ("Revelations")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 20|20 November]] [[2011]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bōryaku Henkei! Jaaku na Ito o Dante! '''" (謀略変形!邪悪な糸を断て!, "Strategy Transformation! Unravel the Sinister Thread!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 28|28 July]] [[2012]]
:* Airachnid's romantic infatuation with Jack is much less exaggerated in this episode than in the dub of "Predatory". While she still refers to him by amorous pet names, her cruel quest for vengeance remains unaltered.
::* ''Despite that'', her crush on Jack is not forgotten. When Silas identifies him via the footage from "Predatory", Airachnid swoons with joy as she shouts, "''Aha!'' Yes, yes! That's the one! My Jack!"
::* Then, when Silas reads Jack's online profile to Airachnid and mentions that he's 16 years old, Airachnid excitedly shouts, "''16!?'' At last!" Specifically, she says "''kitaaaaaa--!''", which literally means "It has come!" but has become Japanese internet slang for just being really, really, ''really'' excited about something.
::* After Arcee arrives and the final fight of the episode begins, Airachnid angrily cries that she's sick and tired of Arcee constantly interrupting her "flirting".
:* Airachnid's delusional and vain personality, exclusive to the Japanese dub, is on prominent display in this episode. When the quick-drying cement descends upon her, Airachnid cries that she's the ''heroine'' and these sorts of things aren't supposed to happen to her. She then screams that she absolutely ''hates'' to get dirty (strange, considering her habit of burrowing in the dirt).
:* When Fowler and his reinforcements open fire on her, Airachnid screams, "Hey, wait! Aren't you overdoing it? Isn't this cruel? The heroine... can't die! ''Scanning!''"

'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Geomi ui Boksu'''" (거미의 복수, "Spider's Revenge")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 24|24 October]] [[2011]]

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 27|27 December]] [[2011]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dupla Atração'''" ("Double Atraction")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 27|27 February]] [[2012]]

'''Spanish (Spain)'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Entrecruzado'''" ("Crisscross")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 9|9 June]] [[2012]]

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