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A Friendly Contest

2017-12-30T02:59:26Z

Zcat6: /* Differences with Car Robots */

{{episode|
|series=rid
|ep=31
|prev=Koji Gets His Wish
|next=Peril from the Past
|title="A Friendly Contest"
|japanese=ゲルシャークの罠
|romaji=Gelshark no Wana
|translation=Gelshark's Trap
|image=A Friendly Contest Skybyteslapper.jpg
|caption=You know, if we tried this hard to find the real O-Parts, we'd probably have them by now.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Yukiyoshi Ōhashi]] (Japanese) [[Matthew V. Lewis]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[November 1|1 November]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[November 10]], [[2001]] (English)
}}

'''Searching for O-Parts''' 
'''Sky-Byte's plans all fail badly''' 
'''So no change there then.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:A Friendly Contest Sideburn.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|[[Wikipedia:Lego|Lego-mania]] this ain't.]]
The [[Autobot Brothers]] look for the [[O-Part]]s using an O-Part detector developed by [[T-AI]]. The [[Build Team (RID)|Build Team]] arrives with another detector as [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] finds the first O-Part, and they decide to turn finding the rest into a friendly contest between the two teams. At this point [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] arrives with the rest of the Decepticons, and the Autobots retreat via the [[Global Space Bridge]]. [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] creates a fake O-Part, and he and [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] attempt to bury it as a decoy. However, before they're finished, the Autobots turn up, swipe the real O-Part while under fire from [[Movor]] and [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]], and are gone again.

[[File:A Friendly Contest Scourge.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Oh magic 8-ball, will we find all the O-Parts?]]
Sky-Byte's plan B involves hiding more of the fake O-Parts around some Grecian ruins. Unfortunately, he then realises they can tell the fake O-Parts from the real ones, and has to make the fakes with an S. Scourge arrives and quickly locates the real O-Part, but the Autobots promptly arrive along with [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] and take it from him.

The Build Team locates another O-Part, and Sky-Byte attempts to convince them that it's a fake so he can swap it with one of his fake ones. After a moment of confusion, Scourge confiscates one of them and the Decepticons blast the Autobots off a cliff. Scourge is somewhat deflated when Sky-Byte points out he confiscated the fake O-Part, and contacts [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] who is even less impressed.

[[File:A Friendly Contest Wedge.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|My PKE Meter's going crazy!]]
[[Wedge]] locates the last O-Part in a [[pyramid]] in [[Egypt]], thus the Build Team wins the contest 3-2. Side Burn is depressed, at least until the arrival of [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] in a bright-red jeep cheers him up. Before he can pursue her, the Decepticons and Megatron all turn up. [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]], and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] both arrive ready to protect the O-Parts.

[[File:A Friendly Contest Megatronwedge.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Never make eye contact with a two headed dragon during rutting season.]]
Megatron manages to take [[Wedge]] hostage and demands all the O-Parts. The Autobots decide to make the trade. Sky-Byte, who has been watching the fight from the sidelines, makes an ill-conceived plan to somehow switch the real parts with some fake ones he is carrying. As Optimus approaches Megatron to make the hostage exchange, Sky-Byte collides with him and scatters the real and fake O-Parts together.

In the commotion, Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus merge to form [[Omega Prime]]. This startles Megatron who drops Wedge. The Autobots open fire and Megatron and the Decepticons flee.

Back at base, the Autobots combine the O-Parts to form a key which [[Kenneth Onishi|Dr. Onishi]] believes will open up a brave new world. T-AI has misgivings which she doesn't share with the rest of the group.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[X-Brawn]] (1)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (2)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (3)
*[[Wedge]] (4)
*[[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]] (5)
*[[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] (6)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2001)|Grimlock]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (14)
*[[T-AI]] (17)
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (20)
*[[Omega Prime]] (23)

|c2=
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (8)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (9)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (10)
*[[Movor]] (11)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (12)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (13)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (18)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (19)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (22)

|c3=
*[[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Kenneth Onishi]] (15)
*[[Koji Onishi]] (16)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (21)
}}

==Quotes==
"Why I... cynical newt! The plan's perfect, it can't fail."
:—'''Sky-Byte''''s famous last words.

"Why does this always happen when I arrive?!"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' on his lot in life

"Hey, since your plan failed miserably, can I have the fake O-Parts? They're kind of cool!"
:—'''Slapper''' is easily impressed.

"Slapper, you're about to witness an acting tour de force. I'm going to pull off the biggest hoax of my career. I'll tell them, dullards that they are, that the O-Parts that they've been collecting up to now are all my fakes."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' overestimates both his own acting ability and the gullibility of the Autobots.

"Don't worry about them, shark. The real O-Part's here." 
"...actually not. The real one's down there." 
"Then, uh...what's this?" 
"That, my slow friend, is the fake." 
"Then why did you give them the real one?" 
"I didn't, you half-witted tanker! It was an act! A beautiful, award-winning act! And you ruined it!"
:—'''Scourge''' doesn't understand '''Sky-Byte''''s plan. He isn't the only one.

"Please don't be angry, Megatron! It's really not my fault!" 
"If you meddle further, you're cat food."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' pushes''' Megatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s paitence.

"Attention, public service announcement for all those not in Build Team. Don't start by removing the blocks at the bottom of the pyramid."
:—'''Heavy Load''' loads on the condescension.

"I'll show you all what I'm really made of. I'm going to make Optimus and the rest of the Autobots prouder of me than ever before!"
:—'''Wedge''', preparing to compromise his allies' strategic advantage by obliviously charging into danger and getting captured. [[Wedge's Short Fuse|Again]].

"You are so busted, Sky-Byte."
:—'''Side Burn''' rubs it in.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*The opening scene of the Autobot Brothers using the O-Parts detector is extended slightly for ''Robots in Disguise''; in ''Car Robots'', there is only one close-up shot of the detector, but ''Robots in Disguise'' splits it into two by inserting footage of the brothers talking, taken from the following shot.
*In ''Car Robots'', Wedge is the one to tell the brothers that Optimus has sent the Build Team to join them, while Grimlock explains that the Build Team will be useful if they need to dig anything up. For ''Robots in Disguise'', the close-up shot of Wedge is shortened to accommodate a change to his dialogue, as he teases the brothers over having found nothing yet, after which Grimlock is the one who explains that Optimus ordered their presence, with no reference made to their digging skills. This seems oddly deliberate: later in the episode, after the second O-Part has been found, a line from Heavy Load reiterating the fact that the Build Team's digging prowess is the reason for their presence is also removed, replaced with some generic "let's go team" dialogue.
*In ''Car Robots'', the race evolves out of Wedge wondering who can find O-Parts faster, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', it's Optimus's suggestion.
*''Robots in Disguise'' lengthens the shot of the O-Parts detector before Prowl moves the stone block it points toward.
*Scourge's dialogue to the Commandos in ''Robots in Disguise'' ("Remember, all we want is the O-Parts!") make it sound like their attack on the Autobots is pre-planned; in ''Car Robots'', he is uttering a surprised curse upon finding that the Autobots are there unexpectedly.
*In ''Car Robots'', Doctor Onishi's first few lines of the episode involve him explaining that the ruins discovered last episode (Fortress Maximus, though the Autobots don't know it yet in the Japanese version) are connected to the O-Parts. ''Robots in Disguise'' omits this and changes the dialogue to him merely talking about how the Autobots must be sure to find every single one of them.
*Generally speaking, Slapper is a lot more indifferent in this episode in ''Car Robots''. He responds to everything around him with a sort of vague disinterest: for example, he wonders if Sky-Byte's praise of his fake O-Part is a sales pitch, he comments on how the quality of Movor and Ro-Tor's eyesight when they spot them, and he grumbles about the whole plan being "unnecessary work". ''Robots in Disguise'' gives him a more "upbeat" tone, making him enthusiastic about the plan and critical of the Decepticons' interference. This general modification of his tone carries on throughout the episode.
*A ''Car Robots'' scene transition is replaced with a ''Robots in Disguise'' one after Sky-Byte tosses Slapper the counterfeit O-Part.
*After the Autobot Brothers emerge from the space bridge and transform, ''Robots in Disguise'' inserts a shot of the O-Parts detector in Side Burn's hand, taken from the first scene of the episode, before the Build Team transform.
*After Movor and Ro-Tor strafe Sky-Byte and Slapper, ''Robots in Disguise'' doesn't really convey that the two Predacons are supposed to be panting in shock.
*''Robots in Disguise'' removes a ''Car Robots'' scene transition by cutting to commercial break after Sky-Byte and Slapper dig themselves out and bemoan their situation.
*Sky-Byte took three nights to make his decoys in ''Robots in Disguise'', but just one night in ''Car Robots''.
*Slapper's ''Car Robots'' disinterest continues after the decoys are planted, when he notes that he doesn't think the Autobots or Decepticons will be showing up any time soon. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this is changed to him worrying about what Megatron will do if they screw up again.
*Yet another ''Car Robots'' scene transition is replaced with a ''Robots in Disguise'' one after Sky-Byte detector's fails and he and Slapper have to start rounding up the fake O-Parts.
*The idea that Sky-Byte marks his fakes with an "S" is an inversion of the ''Car Robots'' plot—it doesn't come up until the final scene, but in the Japanese version of the episode, it's the Autobots who mark the ''real'' O-Parts. Presumably, the idea is that Side Burn and Wedge write their initials on them ("S" for "Speedbreaker", Side Burn's Japanese name) so they can tell who found which one as part of their contest, but we never see one of Wedge's (it'd logically have a "B" for "Build Boy" on it).
*Slapper and Sky-Byte try to hide the fake O-Parts from Scourge in ''Robots in Disguise'', calling them "knick-knacks", but in ''Car Robots'', they're quite open about how they're fakes they're going to use for bait. Scourge isn't impressed either way.
*''Robots in Disguise'' adds to Scourge's flashback the fact that he was specifically built with the ability to detect the O-Parts; in ''Car Robots'', the only explanation he offers for being able to find an O-Part so quickly is "intuition".
*Heavy Load, Hightower and Grimlock's transformation [[stock footage]] is added to ''Robots in Disguise'' as Scourge turns to see the arriving Autobots.
*After the Autobots escape with the third O-Part, all Slapper says to Sky-Byte is that his fake O-Parts were no help. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he asks if he can keep them. In both versions, Sky-Byte's response is an appropriate variant on the fact that he still has a use for them.
*When Koji comes running up to Optimus in ''Car Robots'', Optimus asks where his father has gone, and the boy tells him that he has confined himself to his quarters to focus on his research. In ''Robots in Disguise'', Koji is delivering a request from the doctor for Optimus to join him. Optimus is never shown to do so, of course, but this leads into some additional dialogue in the final scene of the episode, noted below.
*''Robot in Disguise'' adds in the fact that Hightower is going to lift Wedge up to the top of the statue with his crane arm to grab the fourth O-Part.
*Sky-Byte and Slapper's observation of the Build Team finding the fourth O-Part is done mostly in silence in ''Car Robots''. In ''Robots in Disguise'', Sky-Byte takes this time to explain his plan for the benefit of both Slapper and the audience—otherwise the first indication the audience has of what he's planning is when he comes down the mountain shouting "It's a fake!", which could have been a bit confusing.
*When Wedge blasts Sky-Byte in ''Robots in Disguise'', it's because he thinks he's lying, but in ''Car Robots'', it's because he's frustrated to think the O-Parts they've been collecting are fakes, and just needs a target to take his anger out on.
*In ''Car Robots'', after Wedge blasts him and Slapper runs to his side, Sky-Byte whispers to his fellow Predacon that they must now play dead; both deliver some melodramatic dialogue and then pretend to pass out (with Slapper claiming to do so just from the ''sight'' of the Autobots!). In ''Robots in Disguise'', Sky-Byte appears to ''actually'' be hurt, and Slapper's collapse doesn't really follow on from anything that's said—but then, Sky-Byte is shown to still be awake and audibly sniggers when Wedge picks up the fake O-Part even in ''Robots in Disguise'', so perhaps the idea is that the ''whole scene'' was part of the "performance" he told Slapper he was going to give. It's certainly less clear-cut in the English version, anyway.
*When Wedge picks up the fake O-Part, he states aloud that it is a real one, which is what leads to Scourge's misunderstanding. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he observes that it's got one of Sky-Byte's "S" marks on it, which as we noted above, isn't how things were in the Japanese version.
*''Robots in Disguise'' adds a shot of Scourge firing his Barrage Attack when the Decepticons attack the Autobots after stealing the fake O-Part.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts to commercial after the Autobots are blasted off the cliff; when the show returns, it re-established the scene by opening on a shot of the Autobots at the bottom of the gorge, relocated from slightly later in the ''Car Robots'' version, where it fell just before Wedge examines the O-Part in his hand.
*Heavy Load's dialogue about removing the blocks at the bottom of the pyramid is added for ''Robots in Disguise''; in ''Car Robots'', it's Side Burn who is the one to express concern about disassembling the pyramid, in a line that's changed for ''Robots in Disguise'' to be a passive-aggressive jab at Wedge to go and work on another side of the pyramid in case the blocks he's pulling out fall on the Autobot Brothers.
*''Robots in Disguise'' shortens the shot of Optimus Prime after T-AI tells him he needs to go to the other Autobots' aid.
*The shot of the Autobot Brothers being blasted by the Decepticons is a continuous one in ''Car Robots''; ''Robots in Disguise'' lengthens the scene by repeating the shot of the Decepticons opening fire in the middle of it, but played backwards (panning right to left, instead of left to right) for a bit of visual difference.
*When Wedge shoulder-attacks Megatron, ''Robots in Disguise'' has him wanting to prove himself to the other Autobots, in-keeping with his usual characterization. In ''Car Robots'', he does it because he wants the fighting to be over so the winner of the contest can be judged!
*As described above, the scene of Sky-Byte searching through the pile of O-Parts is switched around for ''Robots in Disguise''. In ''Car Robots'', the Autobots are able to identify the real parts because ''they'' marked them, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', they can identify which are fakes, because ''Sky-Byte'' marked them. While the fact that the "S" mark worked for the English version (since Sky-Byte's English name starts with an S, versus his Japanese name, "Gelshark") is cute, it does mean the scene makes less sense, since Sky-Byte should ''know'' he marked them, and thus be able to identify the fakes pretty easily.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts to commercial after Wedge thanks Omega Prime, removing the dissolve from ''Car Robots'' that links this scene to the next.
*Also building on an earlier dub alteration, the opening of the final scene of the episode is carried out mostly in silence in ''Car Robots'', as the Autobots hold out the O-Parts and the magic glowing ring dealie happens without anyone passing comment on it. For ''Robots in Disguise'', dialogue is added from Optimus which explains that Doctor Onishi has given them instructions on what to do with the O-Parts—the product of the off-screen meeting Onishi called Optimus to earlier in the English version.

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*The 'webbings' on Slapper's arms disappear when he catches the O-Part from Sky-Byte.
*When Sky-Byte and Slapper are being buried under the soil, Slapper's mouth is moving even though he's not speaking (he was originally panting in ''Car Robots'').
*Slapper's lower teeth are coloured like the interior of his mouth after he pops out of the ground.
*Wedge's right shoulder scoop kibble occasionally disappears when he is being held hostage by Megatron.
*When Sky-Byte runs and trips into Optimus Prime, he seems to disappear from view before he's actually reached the edge of the screen.

===Trivia===
*Having taken all of thirty episodes to find just two O-Parts, the Autobots are able to retrieve the remaining five pretty much in one fell swoop, thanks to Dr. Onishi's help. Almost makes you think they should have made some effort to rescue him earlier.
*The O-Parts are all hidden in ancient monuments from around the world.
*Scourge continues to regain memories regarding the purpose of his original mission to Earth as an Autobot.
*According to Sky-Byte, three days pass between the location of the second and third O-Parts. Somehow, this seems unlikely.
*Where are Dark Scream and Gas Skunk anyway?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 8 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-31-a-friendly-contest "A Friendly Contest" transcript on RiDForever.info]

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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Spychanger

2017-12-26T02:08:27Z

Zcat6:

{{faction|autobot}}
:''The Spy Changers are a group of stealthy [[Autobot]]s from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 Robots in Disguise]] and the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[Continuity family|continuity families]].''
[[Image:Spychangers Rescue Spychangers Hit.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Looks awfully [[Dreamwave Productions|familiar]]...]]

The '''Spy Changers''' are a special team of Autobot stealth ninjas. They have a number of special abilities: they can drive along almost any surface, turn invisible, and phase through solid objects.

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon continuity===
====2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
[[Image:SpyChangersRescue Ironhide WARS Mirage.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Air Team, form Strato Fighter!]]
The six Spy Changers aided [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] on [[Earth]] in his battle against [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]. Although they were highly intelligent, unfortunately, they weren't very strong in a head-on fight. (The comic relief trio of [[Gas Skunk]], [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]], and [[Dark Scream]] gave them trouble.)

When the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] stole a plutonium energy generator, [[T-AI]] called in the Spy Changers. [[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]], [[Crosswise (RID)|Crosswise]], and [[R.E.V.]] responded first, pursuing the Predacons onto the beach, where they were joined by the other three Spy Changers, [[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]], [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]], and [[W.A.R.S.]]. The Predacons eventually escaped with a fake generator which the Spy Changers had swapped for the real one. {{storylink|Spychangers to the Rescue}}

After Optimus was captured and tortured by Megatron, the Spy Changers joined the [[Autobot Brothers]] in rescuing their leader and seeing off the Predacons. {{storylink|Sideburn's Obsession}}

Later, the team tried to protect a ruby from Predacon theft, and Mirage's failure to take a shot resulted in the Predacons escaping. When Mirage pretended to defect and led the Spy Changers to [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]'s [[Mega-Laser Cannon]], the team destroyed the weapon using the [[Global Space Bridge]]. {{storylink|Mirage's Betrayal}}

The Spy Changers also took part in the [[International Grand Prix]] in an attempt to find [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]] and were blinded by Megatron a short time into the race. {{storylink|Skid Z's Choice}} On another occasion, the Spy Changers were called back to base to watch footage of various battles, but had to wrap up a fight with the Predacons first. {{storylink|Hope for the Future}}

[[Image:Volcano Rev HotShot Crosswise.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Land Team, form Turbo Terrain Fighter!]]
The Spy Changers accompanied [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] to [[Montrose Island]], where Predacon activity was causing the volcano there to become violent. They attempted to keep [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] busy while Optimus went to use his blizzard storm on the volcano. When the volcano was ruptured and lava threatened the nearby resort, the Spy Changers used their [[Inferno Blast]] formation to divert its path. {{storylink|Volcano (episode)|Volcano}}

Sent to stop the Decepticons from finding [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]], the Spy Changers jumped out in front of the foe and were soundly trounced by [[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] and [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]]. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}}

The Spy Changers took part in the ambush of the Decepticons after the Autobot base was discovered. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} After Galvatron's defeat, they celebrated by racing with Skid-Z. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====e-HOBBY toy bios=====
The trans-dimensional [[G1 GoBots|GoBots]] used their unique transporter and bio-mechanical technologies to help produce the newest generation of Transformers. The Spy Changers were among them.

=====Super Spy Changers catalog=====
With [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|God Magnus]] having departed Earth aboard [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]], the Autobots were unable to call upon his power when a new menace suddenly arose to challenge them in 2002. A plan was put into motion to upgrade the Spy Changers with [[Spark Engine]]s, granting them Super Modes.<ref>[http://tflab.net/japaspe/carrobo/ssc.html Super Spy Changers story and bios in Japanese]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090622060902/http://www.allspark.com/content/view/731/37/ English translation of story and bios]</ref>

=====Ask Vector Prime=====
[[File:BlackConvoyPrologue SuperSpyChangers.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|]]
The Spy Changers were the only Autobots left on Earth when [[Chainsaw]] led the [[Mutant (G1)|Mutants]] there. Utterly outclassed, the Spark Engines were created thanks to Professor [[Haruma Gō]]'s new substance, [[Go-Brillium|go-brillium]]. They notched up many solo victories but had to relearn the importance of teamwork to finally win: under Super Artfire's newly improved leadership, they mastered the partial invisibility upgrade Super X-Car had been tinkering with and used it to defeat the Mutants.

With the go-brillium used up, they were regular Spy Changers again. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/01}}

=====''Legends''=====
When [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]]'s forces attacked [[Neo Brave Maximus]], the Super Spy Changers counterattacked, but the damage they inflicted upon the Destrongers' ship caused it to crash into Maximus. {{storylink|LGEX Black Convoy Prologue}}
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===Spy Changer continuity===
In [[Viron 1103.12 Gamma]], [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and her troops had to downsize with Spy Changer technology after [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] poisoned Earth's energon supply. [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] was the only Predacon/Decepticon who also downsized, but she alone was no match for the 13 Spy Changers active on Earth. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/18}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[File:BrainProblemSituationAVP.jpg|thumb|right]]
In [[Primax 085.0 Eta]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and five of his Autobots [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] became Spy Changers, hoping to achieve their mission with stealth and diplomacy when they needed to travel to [[Gargent 087.0 Kappa]] due to [[Moebius|a planet]] in that universe threatening to overwrite the existence of their [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. They were able to achieve their mission with the help of the [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]]s. In a later encounter with the Guardians, [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] became a Spy Changer as well. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 30/9/2015}}

In [[Quadwal 1215.15 Epsilon]], these escapades were told in a [[Fun Publications]] convention comic called "Brain Problem Solution". {{Storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 21/12/2015}}

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==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)===
[[Image:RIDHotShot-RIDtoy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hot Shot]]
[[Image:RID Mirage Toy.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Clear Mirage]]
*'''Spy Changers''' (2001)

: Spy Changers are small, 1:64-scale cars with axles designed in the style of "Matchbox" and "Hot Wheels" cars. The concept was first introduced in the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' toyline with the [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]], but was greatly expanded with ''Robots in Disguise''. The typical Spy Changers feature simple transformations with articulation limited to rotator joints at the shoulders. Most come with hand weapons.

:'''Previously released sculpts'''
:*[[Crosswise (RID)|Crosswise]]
:*[[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]]
:*[[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]]
:*[[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]]
:*[[R.E.V.]]
:*[[W.A.R.S.]]

:The first batch of Spy Changers were previously used molds from ''Generation 2''. This group would undergo seemingly endless redecos and re-releases for several years.

[[Image:RID-toy_Daytonus.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Daytonus]]
:'''Previously unreleased sculpts'''
:*[[Daytonus]] & [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]
:*[[Prowl 2]] & [[Side Swipe (RID)|Side Swipe]]

:A second group of Spy Changer toys was created from four molds that were created for ''Generation 2'' but never released. This group is notable for being able to store their hand weapons while in vehicle mode.

[[Image:TF-RID2001-Spychanger-Ultra-Magnus.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ultra Magnus]]
: '''New sculpts'''
:*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]
:*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]]
:*[[X-Brawn]] vs. [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]]

:A third group of Spy Changers were created from scratch, based on characters from the series who had larger toys. Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus, while still racetrack-compatible, are considerably larger than the typical Spy Changer toy.

===''Universe'' (2003)===
:*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] & [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]] two-pack
:*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] & [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] two-pack

{{note|Four ''Generation 2'' molds already used in 2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' toyline were redecoed as [[Walmart]] exclusives for the 2003 ''Universe'' toyline.}}

'''Wave 1 (2004, February 2005)'''

:*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
:*[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Autobot Jazz]]
:*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
:*[[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]
:*[[Bluestreak (G1)/toys|Silverstreak]]
:*[[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|Wheeljack]]

{{note|These Spy Changers, found at Dollar General and Family Dollar stores, were unchanged from the "G1" Spy Changers exclusively available from KB toys a year earlier. The only change was the packaging.}}

'''Wave 2 (August 2006)'''

:*[[Camshaft (G1)|Autobot Camshaft]]
:*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
:*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]

{{note|The second wave, found at Dollar General, Family Dollar, CVS Pharmacy, and Roses stores, mixed Optimus Prime, Prowl, and Autobot Jazz from the first wave with the new additions Autobot Camshaft, Hoist, and Mirage...which were unchanged from the second version of the KB Toys exclusive clear redecos of the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] Spy Changers [[W.A.R.S.]], [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]], and [[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]], respectively, other than the names and the packaging.}}

===''Transformers'' (2007)===
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2007)

: A redeco of ''Robots in Disguise'' Spy Changer Scourge as [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was released in Japan as a preorder exclusive for the ''Transformers'' DVD or HD-DVD.

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Spychanger''' (スパイチェンジャー ''Supaichenjā'')
*''Korean:'' '''Spychanger''' (스파이체인져 ''Seupaicheinjyeo'')

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Ninjas| ]]
[[Category:Spy Changers| ]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) subgroups]]
[[Category:Toys]]

File:Ultra Magnus extra kibble.jpg

2017-12-26T01:09:20Z

Zcat6:

{{RID2001cap|In a rare instance, Ultra Magnus sports his toy-accurate [[Blue Bolts]] weapon on top of his car-carrier trailer.|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus|1}}

The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus

2017-12-26T01:03:40Z

Zcat6: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=27
|series2=Transformers: Car Robots
|ep2=27
|prev2=Assemble! New Troops
|title="The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus"
|japanese=絶体絶命! カーロボ3兄弟
|romaji=Zettaizetsumei! Car Robo 3 Kyōdai
|translation=Desperate Situation! 3 Car Robo Brothers
|image=The two Faces of Ultra Magnus Titlecard.JPG
|caption=The Singular Ass of Ultra Magnus
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Yukiyoshi Ōhashi]] (Japanese) [[Michael McConnohie]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[October 4|4 October]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[October 20]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''Ultra Magnus bad?''' 
'''Neither side is sure just yet.''' 
'''Complicated plots.'''

==Synopsis==
Reviewing clips in his viewing globe, [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] ponders the presence of [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]. [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] points out that the new [[Autobot]] is no fan of [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]], and suggests recruiting him; Megatron agrees, assigning Sky-Byte the job. Meanwhile, [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] and the Autobots also question the role Ultra Magnus has come to play.

[[File:TwoFacesUltraMagnus Brothers power up.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|White to blue, blue to red, and grey to extra-minty.]]
The three [[Autobot Brothers|Autobot brothers]], Sky-Byte, and Ultra Magnus meet each other in the city and begin to battle. When Sky-Byte and Ultra Magnus are alone, the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] offers Magnus a team-up against Optimus Prime. Magnus claims to be interested in the offer (but secretly only wants to join the Predacons for information). The Autobots have been eavesdropping on this conversation with concern, and emerge from hiding to confront Ultra Magnus; unfortunately, the [[Commando (RID)|Commandos]] have also been hiding nearby, and they ensnare the three brothers in a net.

T-AI and the Autobots send [[Team Bullet Train]] to investigate the Autobot brothers' disappearance. As a test of loyalty, Megatron assigns Ultra Magnus to defeat one of the trains. Meanwhile, [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] uses the captured Autobots to set a trap for Optimus. Magnus, learning this, gets the location of the trap from a clueless Sky-Byte, and then rushes to attack the train bots—but before firing, he turns around and faces Sky-Byte. The four Autobots quickly blast the shark over the horizon.

Prime arrives at the location Scourge forwarded him, looking for his comrades. All the [[Decepticon]]s open fire, but the train bots (sent by Ultra Magnus) arrive on the space bridge in time to save their leader. But because the Decepticons have prisoners, the Autobots can't fight back.

Magnus, having been told of the Autobot brothers' location by Sky-Byte, turns up to where they're being held and bluffs his way in. Although warned in short order by Sky-Byte, the Predacon trio are no match for Ultra Magnus, who frees the three Autobots and carries them to the battlefield (much to the bemusement of a passing [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]]). With the knowledge the brothers are free, Optimus and [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] are finally able to fight back.

The Autobots and Predacons battle against each other. When Megatron stomps upon the three brothers, concern for the Autobots causes Ultra Magnus to receives an exponential power-boost. The energy is transferred into the three Autobots, who push Megatron away and [[Spontaneous recoloration|change color]] into [[Super Mode|stronger forms]]. Ultra Magnus and Prime combine into [[Omega Prime]] and, faced with superior firepower, the Decepticons retreat. Magnus states that he still holds his grudge against Prime and leaves; privately he ponders whether he and Optimus could be sharing the Matrix somehow.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (6)
*[[X-Brawn]] (7)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (8)
*[[T-AI]] (10)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (11)
*[[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] (12)
*[[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] (13)
*[[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] (14)
*[[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] (17)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (3)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (4)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (9)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (5)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"This whole Ultra Magnus thing is so uncool!"
:—'''Koji''', sounding oddly happy.

"Now Megatron will see that I'm the sharpest shark in the fish tank of evil!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''', ever the wordsmith...

'''Ultra Magnus:''' Hey Sky-Nibble, we gonna walk all day or what? 
'''Sky-Nibble:''' Almost there.

"Aww, Sky-Chump, I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings."
:—...but hey, '''Ultra Magnus''' ain't too shabby either.

"Megatron is an absolute utter genius, wouldn't you agree?" 
"I guess." 
"Admire the sheer beauty in making Optimus Prime search for the Autobots where he'll never find them, but where we will find him! Hahahaha! It's so sweet. When he shows up, the Decepticons will pounce!" 
"That's pretty slick." 
"Yes, that's why Megatron is so amazing."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' gushes to a less-than-enthused '''Ultra Magnus''' on his favourite subject. He really should gather some [[Inferno (BW)|like-minded]] [[Lugnut (Animated)|friends]] and start a fan club.

"I have to tell you, I feel that I have been used very badly!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' states the blatantly obvious

"Hey! There go all the talking cars on that truck. I wonder what's up. Maybe they're all being taken away for good to some kind of talking car junkyard, never to be seen again. Ha, I should be so lucky..."
:—'''Kelly''' tries her hand at wishful thinking...it doesn't last.

"You meddlesome metal maggots!"
:—'''Megatron''' malevolently metes malicious mockery.

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*The 18-second close-up angle of Megatron's monitor which this episode begins with, replaying scenes from the previous two episodes, is newly added for ''Robots in Disguise''.
*When explaining his plan to Megatron, Sky-Byte makes reference to Optimus Prime, but the nature of the remark differs across the versions: in ''Car Robots'', he hopes to have Magnus join the Predacons to stop him merging with Prime, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he hopes Magnus will join them to ''destroy'' Prime.
*In-keeping with the more maniacal, theatrical take on the character ''Robots in Disguise'' goes for, Megatron's instructions to Sky-Byte are laced with menace, warning him that this is his last chance. In ''Car Robots'', Megatron actually offers Sky-Byte some praise, remarking that his silver tongue makes him best suited to the mission.
[[File:TwoFacesofMagnus deletescene.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*Scourge's reaction is one of annoyance and anger in ''Robots in Disguise'', but in ''Car Robots'', it's disbelief, as he doubts Sky-Byte is capable of accomplishing the mission.
*In ''Car Robots'', Koji thinks Ultra Magnus is cool, but in ''Robot in Disguise'', he thinks the situation is ''un''cool. A moment later, ''Car Robots'' sees him cheerily talk about how awesome a surprise it was to see Prime and Magnus merge, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', this is changed to him wondering if Magnus is stronger than Prime.
*Where X-Brawn remarks on Side Burn's intelligence in ''Robots in Disguise'', and Side Burn goes on a rant about his intellectual achievements, in ''Car Robots'', X-Brawn suggests that being a younger sibling gives one a propensity to "misbehave". Side Burn's rant is basically him just angrily repeating back what X-Brawn has just said in the form of a question, then huffing and changing the subject back to how he doesn't trust Magnus.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out an anime stress-vein gag effect when Side Burn reacts to X-Brawn's teasing remark (pictured).
*When Sky-Byte makes his speech to Magnus, ''Car Robots'' sees him make mysterious reference to a universe-dominating power the Predacons know to be on Earth, something that's been alluded to a few times in the series so far. This hasn't properly come up in ''Robots in Disguise'' yet, so as usual, the English version has Sky-Byte talk about how energy-rich Earth is, and how Magnus can earn a share of that energy, which also replaces his suggestion in ''Car Robots'' that Magnus could become ruler of Earth.
*In ''Car Robots'', the speech Sky-Byte gives is specifically presented as something that was carefully written and pre-prepared; after he finishes speaking, his internal monologue is about how well he spoke it, and how strong his "syllogism" was while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he instead thinks about how pleased Megatron will be.
*''Robots in Disguise'' goes to commercial break during the Autobot Brothers' capture scene; when it returns, an extra shot of Side Burn struggling under the net is added to reintroduce the scene to the returning audience.
*''Robots in Disguise'' inserts an extra close-up shot of Optimus Prime as he orders T-AI to call Team Bullet Train into action.
[[File:TwoFacesofMagnus memberselect.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.7]]
*As is becoming a regular occurrence with ''Robots in Disguise'', rather than go to the expense involved in editing the member select screen footage seen in the ''Car Robots'' version, the English version removes it and replaces it with footage taken from an earlier episode that's ''already'' been edited (pictured). Because the ''Car Robots'' footage dissolves into the next shot of the Bullet Train's emerging from the space bridge, the animation of Railspike exiting the bridge is clipped off.
*When the Bullet Trains are looking for the Autobot Brothers, ''Car Robots'' has Midnight Express wonder if they've gone to a car wash, and an annoyed Rapid Run tell him they wouldn't do that. ''Robots in Disguise'' changes this to the two simply remarking on how there's no sign of the brothers.
*When Sky-Byte leaves Slapper in charge of the captive Autobot Brothers, Slapper is accepting towards this task in ''Car Robots'', but complains about it in ''Robots in Disguise''.
*In ''Car Robots'', Scourge doubts that the villains can trust Magnus, but in ''Robots in Disguise'', he doubts that ''Magnus'' will trust ''them''. This makes less sense than the Japanese version, given that they very next thing he says is that they should test Magnus's trustworthiness.
*Megatron wants a Bullet Train destroyed in ''Robots in Disguise'', but only captured in ''Car Robots''.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out a ''Car Robots'' scene transition after Magnus leaves the Bullet Trains by cutting to commercial break.
*When Ultra Magnus rolls past Kelly with the brothers loaded up, ''Car Robots'' has Kelly observe that "her race car" is one of them. Kelly has intermittently been shown to "own" X-Brawn throughout the series, though rarely with any kind of consistency, so this sort of explains that.
*In ''Car Robots'', Optimus Prime immediately recognizes the energy Magnus unleashes as that of an [[Energon Matrix]]; Magnus doesn't understand how this is possible, since he doesn't have one, and leaves after vowing to beat Prime once more. In ''Robots in Disguise'', neither knows what the energy is, and Magnus oddly accuses Prime of being responsible for it.
*''Robots in Disguise'' removes the dissolve that follows Magnus's departure in ''Car Robots'' by cutting to commercial break.
*In-line with the way ''Robots in Disguise'' reimagines the Energon Matrix of ''Car Robots'' as the Matrix of Leadership (but only called "the Matrix"), the English version sees Magnus wonder if he and Prime could be "sharing" the Matrix in some way. In ''Car Robots'', he merely continues to ponder the impossibility of him having an Energon Matrix.

===Errors===
*When Ultra Magnus pull his gun on Team Bullet Train, Rapid Run's mouthplate is gold instead of grey.
*In ''Car Robots'', [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] laughs in his normal voice during his retreat, when he should be talking in his bat-mode voice.

===Real-world references===
*Sky-Byte states that "we're all more or less brothers under the armour, but [[wikipedia:Animal Farm|some of us are more equal than others]]". Two fins good, four wheels bad!

===Trivia===
*Side Burn claims that on Cybertron he was first in his class in theoretical mechanics. Maybe there weren't any red sports cars around to distract him.
*After a four-episode absence since "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]", [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]], [[Dark Scream]] and [[Gas Skunk]] finally make their glorious return to the storyline...in a minuscule role that sees only Slapper get any lines other than "aaaaargh". It's a harsh, unforgiving world when you're yesterday's henchman.
*This episode introduces spiffy new colour schemes for the [[Super Mode|Supercharge Mode]] Autobot Brothers, doubtlessly [[To sell toys|for reasons that are entirely inherent to narrative development]]. One slight issue, though: if Side Burn is attracted to little red sports cars, and his Supercharge Mode ''is'' a little red sports car, then...actually, let's not go there.
*In computer programming, a "nibble" is half a "byte". See what they did there?
[[File:Ultra_Magnus_extra_kibble.jpg|thumb|right]]
*In a rare instance, Ultra Magnus in altmode is seen sporting his robot mode weapon (which ancillary media calls the "Blue Bolts") on top of his car-carrier trailer in the final scene of this episode. (pictured right).

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 7 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-27-the-two-faces-of-ultra-magnus "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus" transcript on RiDForever.info]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}}
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus

2017-12-25T23:29:53Z

Zcat6: /* Trivia */ Fixed image placement. Kept Sabr's correction (thank you!)

{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=27
|series2=Transformers: Car Robots
|ep2=27
|prev2=Assemble! New Troops
|title="The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus"
|japanese=絶体絶命! カーロボ3兄弟
|romaji=Zettaizetsumei! Car Robo 3 Kyōdai
|translation=Desperate Situation! 3 Car Robo Brothers
|image=The two Faces of Ultra Magnus Titlecard.JPG
|caption=The Singular Ass of Ultra Magnus
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Yukiyoshi Ōhashi]] (Japanese) [[Michael McConnohie]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[October 4|4 October]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[October 20]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''Ultra Magnus bad?''' 
'''Neither side is sure just yet.''' 
'''Complicated plots.'''

==Synopsis==
Reviewing clips in his viewing globe, [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] ponders the presence of [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]. [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] points out that the new [[Autobot]] is no fan of [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]], and suggests recruiting him; Megatron agrees, assigning Sky-Byte the job. Meanwhile, [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] and the Autobots also question the role Ultra Magnus has come to play.

[[File:TwoFacesUltraMagnus Brothers power up.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|White to blue, blue to red, and grey to extra-minty.]]
The three [[Autobot Brothers|Autobot brothers]], Sky-Byte, and Ultra Magnus meet each other in the city and begin to battle. When Sky-Byte and Ultra Magnus are alone, the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] offers Magnus a team-up against Optimus Prime. Magnus claims to be interested in the offer (but secretly only wants to join the Predacons for information). The Autobots have been eavesdropping on this conversation with concern, and emerge from hiding to confront Ultra Magnus; unfortunately, the [[Commando (RID)|Commandos]] have also been hiding nearby, and they ensnare the three brothers in a net.

T-AI and the Autobots send [[Team Bullet Train]] to investigate the Autobot brothers' disappearance. As a test of loyalty, Megatron assigns Ultra Magnus to defeat one of the trains. Meanwhile, [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] uses the captured Autobots to set a trap for Optimus. Magnus, learning this, gets the location of the trap from a clueless Sky-Byte, and then rushes to attack the train bots—but before firing, he turns around and faces Sky-Byte. The four Autobots quickly blast the shark over the horizon.

Prime arrives at the location Scourge forwarded him, looking for his comrades. All the [[Decepticon]]s open fire, but the train bots (sent by Ultra Magnus) arrive on the space bridge in time to save their leader. But because the Decepticons have prisoners, the Autobots can't fight back.

Magnus, having been told of the Autobot brothers' location by Sky-Byte, turns up to where they're being held and bluffs his way in. Although warned in short order by Sky-Byte, the Predacon trio are no match for Ultra Magnus, who frees the three Autobots and carries them to the battlefield (much to the bemusement of a passing [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]]). With the knowledge the brothers are free, Optimus and [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] are finally able to fight back.

The Autobots and Predacons battle against each other. When Megatron stomps upon the three brothers, concern for the Autobots causes Ultra Magnus to receives an exponential power-boost. The energy is transferred into the three Autobots, who push Megatron away and [[Spontaneous recoloration|change color]] into [[Super Mode|stronger forms]]. Ultra Magnus and Prime combine into [[Omega Prime]] and, faced with superior firepower, the Decepticons retreat. Magnus states that he still holds his grudge against Prime and leaves; privately he ponders whether he and Optimus could be sharing the Matrix somehow.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (6)
*[[X-Brawn]] (7)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (8)
*[[T-AI]] (10)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (11)
*[[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] (12)
*[[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] (13)
*[[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] (14)
*[[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] (17)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (3)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (4)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (9)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (5)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"This whole Ultra Magnus thing is so uncool!"
:—'''Koji''', sounding oddly happy.

"Now Megatron will see that I'm the sharpest shark in the fish tank of evil!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''', ever the wordsmith...

'''Ultra Magnus:''' Hey Sky-Nibble, we gonna walk all day or what? 
'''Sky-Nibble:''' Almost there.

"Aww, Sky-Chump, I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings."
:—...but hey, '''Ultra Magnus''' ain't too shabby either.

"Megatron is an absolute utter genius, wouldn't you agree?" 
"I guess." 
"Admire the sheer beauty in making Optimus Prime search for the Autobots where he'll never find them, but where we will find him! Hahahaha! It's so sweet. When he shows up, the Decepticons will pounce!" 
"That's pretty slick." 
"Yes, that's why Megatron is so amazing."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' gushes to a less-than-enthused '''Ultra Magnus''' on his favourite subject. He really should gather some [[Inferno (BW)|like-minded]] [[Lugnut (Animated)|friends]] and start a fan club.

"I have to tell you, I feel that I have been used very badly!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' states the blatantly obvious

"Hey! There go all the talking cars on that truck. I wonder what's up. Maybe they're all being taken away for good to some kind of talking car junkyard, never to be seen again. Ha, I should be so lucky..."
:—'''Kelly''' tries her hand at wishful thinking...it doesn't last.

"You meddlesome metal maggots!"
:—'''Megatron''' malevolently metes malicious mockery.

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*The 18-second close-up angle of Megatron's monitor which this episode begins with, replaying scenes from the previous two episodes, is newly added for ''Robots in Disguise''.
*When explaining his plan to Megatron, Sky-Byte makes reference to Optimus Prime, but the nature of the remark differs across the versions: in ''Car Robots'', he hopes to have Magnus join the Predacons to stop him merging with Prime, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he hopes Magnus will join them to ''destroy'' Prime.
*In-keeping with the more maniacal, theatrical take on the character ''Robots in Disguise'' goes for, Megatron's instructions to Sky-Byte are laced with menace, warning him that this is his last chance. In ''Car Robots'', Megatron actually offers Sky-Byte some praise, remarking that his silver tongue makes him best suited to the mission.
[[File:TwoFacesofMagnus deletescene.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*Scourge's reaction is one of annoyance and anger in ''Robots in Disguise'', but in ''Car Robots'', it's disbelief, as he doubts Sky-Byte is capable of accomplishing the mission.
*In ''Car Robots'', Koji thinks Ultra Magnus is cool, but in ''Robot in Disguise'', he thinks the situation is ''un''cool. A moment later, ''Car Robots'' sees him cheerily talk about how awesome a surprise it was to see Prime and Magnus merge, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', this is changed to him wondering if Magnus is stronger than Prime.
*Where X-Brawn remarks on Side Burn's intelligence in ''Robots in Disguise'', and Side Burn goes on a rant about his intellectual achievements, in ''Car Robots'', X-Brawn suggests that being a younger sibling gives one a propensity to "misbehave". Side Burn's rant is basically him just angrily repeating back what X-Brawn has just said in the form of a question, then huffing and changing the subject back to how he doesn't trust Magnus.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out an anime stress-vein gag effect when Side Burn reacts to X-Brawn's teasing remark (pictured).
*When Sky-Byte makes his speech to Magnus, ''Car Robots'' sees him make mysterious reference to a universe-dominating power the Predacons know to be on Earth, something that's been alluded to a few times in the series so far. This hasn't properly come up in ''Robots in Disguise'' yet, so as usual, the English version has Sky-Byte talk about how energy-rich Earth is, and how Magnus can earn a share of that energy, which also replaces his suggestion in ''Car Robots'' that Magnus could become ruler of Earth.
*In ''Car Robots'', the speech Sky-Byte gives is specifically presented as something that was carefully written and pre-prepared; after he finishes speaking, his internal monologue is about how well he spoke it, and how strong his "syllogism" was while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he instead thinks about how pleased Megatron will be.
*''Robots in Disguise'' goes to commercial break during the Autobot Brothers' capture scene; when it returns, an extra shot of Side Burn struggling under the net is added to reintroduce the scene to the returning audience.
*''Robots in Disguise'' inserts an extra close-up shot of Optimus Prime as he orders T-AI to call Team Bullet Train into action.
[[File:TwoFacesofMagnus memberselect.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.7]]
*As is becoming a regular occurrence with ''Robots in Disguise'', rather than go to the expense involved in editing the member select screen footage seen in the ''Car Robots'' version, the English version removes it and replaces it with footage taken from an earlier episode that's ''already'' been edited (pictured). Because the ''Car Robots'' footage dissolves into the next shot of the Bullet Train's emerging from the space bridge, the animation of Railspike exiting the bridge is clipped off.
*When the Bullet Trains are looking for the Autobot Brothers, ''Car Robots'' has Midnight Express wonder if they've gone to a car wash, and an annoyed Rapid Run tell him they wouldn't do that. ''Robots in Disguise'' changes this to the two simply remarking on how there's no sign of the brothers.
*When Sky-Byte leaves Slapper in charge of the captive Autobot Brothers, Slapper is accepting towards this task in ''Car Robots'', but complains about it in ''Robots in Disguise''.
*In ''Car Robots'', Scourge doubts that the villains can trust Magnus, but in ''Robots in Disguise'', he doubts that ''Magnus'' will trust ''them''. This makes less sense than the Japanese version, given that they very next thing he says is that they should test Magnus's trustworthiness.
*Megatron wants a Bullet Train destroyed in ''Robots in Disguise'', but only captured in ''Car Robots''.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out a ''Car Robots'' scene transition after Magnus leaves the Bullet Trains by cutting to commercial break.
*When Ultra Magnus rolls past Kelly with the brothers loaded up, ''Car Robots'' has Kelly observe that "her race car" is one of them. Kelly has intermittently been shown to "own" X-Brawn throughout the series, though rarely with any kind of consistency, so this sort of explains that.
*In ''Car Robots'', Optimus Prime immediately recognizes the energy Magnus unleashes as that of an [[Energon Matrix]]; Magnus doesn't understand how this is possible, since he doesn't have one, and leaves after vowing to beat Prime once more. In ''Robots in Disguise'', neither knows what the energy is, and Magnus oddly accuses Prime of being responsible for it.
*''Robots in Disguise'' removes the dissolve that follows Magnus's departure in ''Car Robots'' by cutting to commercial break.
*In-line with the way ''Robots in Disguise'' reimagines the Energon Matrix of ''Car Robots'' as the Matrix of Leadership (but only called "the Matrix"), the English version sees Magnus wonder if he and Prime could be "sharing" the Matrix in some way. In ''Car Robots'', he merely continues to ponder the impossibility of him having an Energon Matrix.

===Errors===
*When Ultra Magnus pull his gun on Team Bullet Train, Rapid Run's mouthplate is gold instead of grey.
*In ''Car Robots'', [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] laughs in his normal voice during his retreat, when he should be talking in his bat-mode voice.

===Real-world references===
*Sky-Byte states that "we're all more or less brothers under the armour, but [[wikipedia:Animal Farm|some of us are more equal than others]]". Two fins good, four wheels bad!

===Trivia===
*Side Burn claims that on Cybertron he was first in his class in theoretical mechanics. Maybe there weren't any red sports cars around to distract him.
*After a four-episode absence since "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]", [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]], [[Dark Scream]] and [[Gas Skunk]] finally make their glorious return to the storyline...in a minuscule role that sees only Slapper get any lines other than "aaaaargh". It's a harsh, unforgiving world when you're yesterday's henchman.
*This episode introduces spiffy new colour schemes for the [[Super Mode|Supercharge Mode]] Autobot Brothers, doubtlessly [[To sell toys|for reasons that are entirely inherent to narrative development]]. One slight issue, though: if Side Burn is attracted to little red sports cars, and his Supercharge Mode ''is'' a little red sports car, then...actually, let's not go there.
*In computer programming, a "nibble" is half a "byte". See what they did there?
[[File:Ultra_Magnus_extra_kibble.jpg|thumb|right]]
*In the final scene, Ultra Magnus in altmode is seen sporting his robot mode weapon (which ancillary media calls the "Blue Bolts") on top of his car-carrier trailer for the first, last, and only time in the series (pictured right).

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 7 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-27-the-two-faces-of-ultra-magnus "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus" transcript on RiDForever.info]

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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus

2017-12-25T23:27:29Z

Zcat6: Undo revision 1231975 by Sabrblade (talk). Actually, this is the first time we have seen this addition. Never had the toy; thanks for the correction. Amending my comment now.

{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=27
|series2=Transformers: Car Robots
|ep2=27
|prev2=Assemble! New Troops
|title="The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus"
|japanese=絶体絶命! カーロボ3兄弟
|romaji=Zettaizetsumei! Car Robo 3 Kyōdai
|translation=Desperate Situation! 3 Car Robo Brothers
|image=The two Faces of Ultra Magnus Titlecard.JPG
|caption=The Singular Ass of Ultra Magnus
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Yukiyoshi Ōhashi]] (Japanese) [[Michael McConnohie]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[October 4|4 October]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[October 20]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''Ultra Magnus bad?''' 
'''Neither side is sure just yet.''' 
'''Complicated plots.'''

==Synopsis==
Reviewing clips in his viewing globe, [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] ponders the presence of [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]. [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] points out that the new [[Autobot]] is no fan of [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]], and suggests recruiting him; Megatron agrees, assigning Sky-Byte the job. Meanwhile, [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] and the Autobots also question the role Ultra Magnus has come to play.

[[File:TwoFacesUltraMagnus Brothers power up.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|White to blue, blue to red, and grey to extra-minty.]]
The three [[Autobot Brothers|Autobot brothers]], Sky-Byte, and Ultra Magnus meet each other in the city and begin to battle. When Sky-Byte and Ultra Magnus are alone, the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] offers Magnus a team-up against Optimus Prime. Magnus claims to be interested in the offer (but secretly only wants to join the Predacons for information). The Autobots have been eavesdropping on this conversation with concern, and emerge from hiding to confront Ultra Magnus; unfortunately, the [[Commando (RID)|Commandos]] have also been hiding nearby, and they ensnare the three brothers in a net.

T-AI and the Autobots send [[Team Bullet Train]] to investigate the Autobot brothers' disappearance. As a test of loyalty, Megatron assigns Ultra Magnus to defeat one of the trains. Meanwhile, [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] uses the captured Autobots to set a trap for Optimus. Magnus, learning this, gets the location of the trap from a clueless Sky-Byte, and then rushes to attack the train bots—but before firing, he turns around and faces Sky-Byte. The four Autobots quickly blast the shark over the horizon.

Prime arrives at the location Scourge forwarded him, looking for his comrades. All the [[Decepticon]]s open fire, but the train bots (sent by Ultra Magnus) arrive on the space bridge in time to save their leader. But because the Decepticons have prisoners, the Autobots can't fight back.

Magnus, having been told of the Autobot brothers' location by Sky-Byte, turns up to where they're being held and bluffs his way in. Although warned in short order by Sky-Byte, the Predacon trio are no match for Ultra Magnus, who frees the three Autobots and carries them to the battlefield (much to the bemusement of a passing [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]]). With the knowledge the brothers are free, Optimus and [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] are finally able to fight back.

The Autobots and Predacons battle against each other. When Megatron stomps upon the three brothers, concern for the Autobots causes Ultra Magnus to receives an exponential power-boost. The energy is transferred into the three Autobots, who push Megatron away and [[Spontaneous recoloration|change color]] into [[Super Mode|stronger forms]]. Ultra Magnus and Prime combine into [[Omega Prime]] and, faced with superior firepower, the Decepticons retreat. Magnus states that he still holds his grudge against Prime and leaves; privately he ponders whether he and Optimus could be sharing the Matrix somehow.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (6)
*[[X-Brawn]] (7)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (8)
*[[T-AI]] (10)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (11)
*[[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] (12)
*[[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] (13)
*[[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] (14)
*[[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] (17)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (3)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (4)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (9)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (5)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"This whole Ultra Magnus thing is so uncool!"
:—'''Koji''', sounding oddly happy.

"Now Megatron will see that I'm the sharpest shark in the fish tank of evil!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''', ever the wordsmith...

'''Ultra Magnus:''' Hey Sky-Nibble, we gonna walk all day or what? 
'''Sky-Nibble:''' Almost there.

"Aww, Sky-Chump, I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings."
:—...but hey, '''Ultra Magnus''' ain't too shabby either.

"Megatron is an absolute utter genius, wouldn't you agree?" 
"I guess." 
"Admire the sheer beauty in making Optimus Prime search for the Autobots where he'll never find them, but where we will find him! Hahahaha! It's so sweet. When he shows up, the Decepticons will pounce!" 
"That's pretty slick." 
"Yes, that's why Megatron is so amazing."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' gushes to a less-than-enthused '''Ultra Magnus''' on his favourite subject. He really should gather some [[Inferno (BW)|like-minded]] [[Lugnut (Animated)|friends]] and start a fan club.

"I have to tell you, I feel that I have been used very badly!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' states the blatantly obvious

"Hey! There go all the talking cars on that truck. I wonder what's up. Maybe they're all being taken away for good to some kind of talking car junkyard, never to be seen again. Ha, I should be so lucky..."
:—'''Kelly''' tries her hand at wishful thinking...it doesn't last.

"You meddlesome metal maggots!"
:—'''Megatron''' malevolently metes malicious mockery.

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*The 18-second close-up angle of Megatron's monitor which this episode begins with, replaying scenes from the previous two episodes, is newly added for ''Robots in Disguise''.
*When explaining his plan to Megatron, Sky-Byte makes reference to Optimus Prime, but the nature of the remark differs across the versions: in ''Car Robots'', he hopes to have Magnus join the Predacons to stop him merging with Prime, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he hopes Magnus will join them to ''destroy'' Prime.
*In-keeping with the more maniacal, theatrical take on the character ''Robots in Disguise'' goes for, Megatron's instructions to Sky-Byte are laced with menace, warning him that this is his last chance. In ''Car Robots'', Megatron actually offers Sky-Byte some praise, remarking that his silver tongue makes him best suited to the mission.
[[File:TwoFacesofMagnus deletescene.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*Scourge's reaction is one of annoyance and anger in ''Robots in Disguise'', but in ''Car Robots'', it's disbelief, as he doubts Sky-Byte is capable of accomplishing the mission.
*In ''Car Robots'', Koji thinks Ultra Magnus is cool, but in ''Robot in Disguise'', he thinks the situation is ''un''cool. A moment later, ''Car Robots'' sees him cheerily talk about how awesome a surprise it was to see Prime and Magnus merge, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', this is changed to him wondering if Magnus is stronger than Prime.
*Where X-Brawn remarks on Side Burn's intelligence in ''Robots in Disguise'', and Side Burn goes on a rant about his intellectual achievements, in ''Car Robots'', X-Brawn suggests that being a younger sibling gives one a propensity to "misbehave". Side Burn's rant is basically him just angrily repeating back what X-Brawn has just said in the form of a question, then huffing and changing the subject back to how he doesn't trust Magnus.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out an anime stress-vein gag effect when Side Burn reacts to X-Brawn's teasing remark (pictured).
*When Sky-Byte makes his speech to Magnus, ''Car Robots'' sees him make mysterious reference to a universe-dominating power the Predacons know to be on Earth, something that's been alluded to a few times in the series so far. This hasn't properly come up in ''Robots in Disguise'' yet, so as usual, the English version has Sky-Byte talk about how energy-rich Earth is, and how Magnus can earn a share of that energy, which also replaces his suggestion in ''Car Robots'' that Magnus could become ruler of Earth.
*In ''Car Robots'', the speech Sky-Byte gives is specifically presented as something that was carefully written and pre-prepared; after he finishes speaking, his internal monologue is about how well he spoke it, and how strong his "syllogism" was while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he instead thinks about how pleased Megatron will be.
*''Robots in Disguise'' goes to commercial break during the Autobot Brothers' capture scene; when it returns, an extra shot of Side Burn struggling under the net is added to reintroduce the scene to the returning audience.
*''Robots in Disguise'' inserts an extra close-up shot of Optimus Prime as he orders T-AI to call Team Bullet Train into action.
[[File:TwoFacesofMagnus memberselect.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.7]]
*As is becoming a regular occurrence with ''Robots in Disguise'', rather than go to the expense involved in editing the member select screen footage seen in the ''Car Robots'' version, the English version removes it and replaces it with footage taken from an earlier episode that's ''already'' been edited (pictured). Because the ''Car Robots'' footage dissolves into the next shot of the Bullet Train's emerging from the space bridge, the animation of Railspike exiting the bridge is clipped off.
*When the Bullet Trains are looking for the Autobot Brothers, ''Car Robots'' has Midnight Express wonder if they've gone to a car wash, and an annoyed Rapid Run tell him they wouldn't do that. ''Robots in Disguise'' changes this to the two simply remarking on how there's no sign of the brothers.
*When Sky-Byte leaves Slapper in charge of the captive Autobot Brothers, Slapper is accepting towards this task in ''Car Robots'', but complains about it in ''Robots in Disguise''.
*In ''Car Robots'', Scourge doubts that the villains can trust Magnus, but in ''Robots in Disguise'', he doubts that ''Magnus'' will trust ''them''. This makes less sense than the Japanese version, given that they very next thing he says is that they should test Magnus's trustworthiness.
*Megatron wants a Bullet Train destroyed in ''Robots in Disguise'', but only captured in ''Car Robots''.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out a ''Car Robots'' scene transition after Magnus leaves the Bullet Trains by cutting to commercial break.
*When Ultra Magnus rolls past Kelly with the brothers loaded up, ''Car Robots'' has Kelly observe that "her race car" is one of them. Kelly has intermittently been shown to "own" X-Brawn throughout the series, though rarely with any kind of consistency, so this sort of explains that.
*In ''Car Robots'', Optimus Prime immediately recognizes the energy Magnus unleashes as that of an [[Energon Matrix]]; Magnus doesn't understand how this is possible, since he doesn't have one, and leaves after vowing to beat Prime once more. In ''Robots in Disguise'', neither knows what the energy is, and Magnus oddly accuses Prime of being responsible for it.
*''Robots in Disguise'' removes the dissolve that follows Magnus's departure in ''Car Robots'' by cutting to commercial break.
*In-line with the way ''Robots in Disguise'' reimagines the Energon Matrix of ''Car Robots'' as the Matrix of Leadership (but only called "the Matrix"), the English version sees Magnus wonder if he and Prime could be "sharing" the Matrix in some way. In ''Car Robots'', he merely continues to ponder the impossibility of him having an Energon Matrix.

===Errors===
*When Ultra Magnus pull his gun on Team Bullet Train, Rapid Run's mouthplate is gold instead of grey.
*In ''Car Robots'', [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] laughs in his normal voice during his retreat, when he should be talking in his bat-mode voice.

===Real-world references===
*Sky-Byte states that "we're all more or less brothers under the armour, but [[wikipedia:Animal Farm|some of us are more equal than others]]". Two fins good, four wheels bad!

===Trivia===
[[File:Ultra_Magnus_extra_kibble.jpg|thumb|right]]
*Side Burn claims that on Cybertron he was first in his class in theoretical mechanics. Maybe there weren't any red sports cars around to distract him.
*After a four-episode absence since "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]", [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]], [[Dark Scream]] and [[Gas Skunk]] finally make their glorious return to the storyline...in a minuscule role that sees only Slapper get any lines other than "aaaaargh". It's a harsh, unforgiving world when you're yesterday's henchman.
*This episode introduces spiffy new colour schemes for the [[Super Mode|Supercharge Mode]] Autobot Brothers, doubtlessly [[To sell toys|for reasons that are entirely inherent to narrative development]]. One slight issue, though: if Side Burn is attracted to little red sports cars, and his Supercharge Mode ''is'' a little red sports car, then...actually, let's not go there.
*In computer programming, a "nibble" is half a "byte". See what they did there?
*In the final scene, Ultra Magnus in altmode is seen sporting his robot mode weapon (which ancillary media calls the "Blue Bolts") on top of his car-carrier trailer for the first, last, and only time in the series (pictured right).

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 7 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-27-the-two-faces-of-ultra-magnus "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus" transcript on RiDForever.info]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}}
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Talk:The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus

2017-12-25T23:23:43Z

Zcat6: Created page with "Thanks for the correction, Sabrblade. I am putting the comment back in with your corrected text, as this is still an unusual presentation of the character. ~~~~"

Thanks for the correction, Sabrblade. I am putting the comment back in with your corrected text, as this is still an unusual presentation of the character. [[User:Zcat6|Zcat6]] ([[User talk:Zcat6|talk]]) 18:23, 25 December 2017 (EST)

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2017-12-25T23:18:16Z

Zcat6: Created page with "Ah, thank you for the correction. I never had this toy, and while I knew that "kibble" had to be some sort of accessory, I had no idea what! Thanks much. :) ~~~~"

Ah, thank you for the correction. I never had this toy, and while I knew that "kibble" had to be some sort of accessory, I had no idea what! Thanks much. :) [[User:Zcat6|Zcat6]] ([[User talk:Zcat6|talk]]) 18:18, 25 December 2017 (EST)

The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus

2017-12-25T19:32:02Z

Zcat6: /* Errors */

{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=27
|series2=Transformers: Car Robots
|ep2=27
|prev2=Assemble! New Troops
|title="The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus"
|japanese=絶体絶命! カーロボ3兄弟
|romaji=Zettaizetsumei! Car Robo 3 Kyōdai
|translation=Desperate Situation! 3 Car Robo Brothers
|image=The two Faces of Ultra Magnus Titlecard.JPG
|caption=The Singular Ass of Ultra Magnus
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Yukiyoshi Ōhashi]] (Japanese) [[Michael McConnohie]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[October 4|4 October]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[October 20]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''Ultra Magnus bad?''' 
'''Neither side is sure just yet.''' 
'''Complicated plots.'''

==Synopsis==
Reviewing clips in his viewing globe, [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] ponders the presence of [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]. [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] points out that the new [[Autobot]] is no fan of [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]], and suggests recruiting him; Megatron agrees, assigning Sky-Byte the job. Meanwhile, [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] and the Autobots also question the role Ultra Magnus has come to play.

[[File:TwoFacesUltraMagnus Brothers power up.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|White to blue, blue to red, and grey to extra-minty.]]
The three [[Autobot Brothers|Autobot brothers]], Sky-Byte, and Ultra Magnus meet each other in the city and begin to battle. When Sky-Byte and Ultra Magnus are alone, the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] offers Magnus a team-up against Optimus Prime. Magnus claims to be interested in the offer (but secretly only wants to join the Predacons for information). The Autobots have been eavesdropping on this conversation with concern, and emerge from hiding to confront Ultra Magnus; unfortunately, the [[Commando (RID)|Commandos]] have also been hiding nearby, and they ensnare the three brothers in a net.

T-AI and the Autobots send [[Team Bullet Train]] to investigate the Autobot brothers' disappearance. As a test of loyalty, Megatron assigns Ultra Magnus to defeat one of the trains. Meanwhile, [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] uses the captured Autobots to set a trap for Optimus. Magnus, learning this, gets the location of the trap from a clueless Sky-Byte, and then rushes to attack the train bots—but before firing, he turns around and faces Sky-Byte. The four Autobots quickly blast the shark over the horizon.

Prime arrives at the location Scourge forwarded him, looking for his comrades. All the [[Decepticon]]s open fire, but the train bots (sent by Ultra Magnus) arrive on the space bridge in time to save their leader. But because the Decepticons have prisoners, the Autobots can't fight back.

Magnus, having been told of the Autobot brothers' location by Sky-Byte, turns up to where they're being held and bluffs his way in. Although warned in short order by Sky-Byte, the Predacon trio are no match for Ultra Magnus, who frees the three Autobots and carries them to the battlefield (much to the bemusement of a passing [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]]). With the knowledge the brothers are free, Optimus and [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] are finally able to fight back.

The Autobots and Predacons battle against each other. When Megatron stomps upon the three brothers, concern for the Autobots causes Ultra Magnus to receives an exponential power-boost. The energy is transferred into the three Autobots, who push Megatron away and [[Spontaneous recoloration|change color]] into [[Super Mode|stronger forms]]. Ultra Magnus and Prime combine into [[Omega Prime]] and, faced with superior firepower, the Decepticons retreat. Magnus states that he still holds his grudge against Prime and leaves; privately he ponders whether he and Optimus could be sharing the Matrix somehow.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (6)
*[[X-Brawn]] (7)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (8)
*[[T-AI]] (10)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (11)
*[[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] (12)
*[[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] (13)
*[[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] (14)
*[[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] (17)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (3)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (4)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (9)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (5)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"This whole Ultra Magnus thing is so uncool!"
:—'''Koji''', sounding oddly happy.

"Now Megatron will see that I'm the sharpest shark in the fish tank of evil!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''', ever the wordsmith...

'''Ultra Magnus:''' Hey Sky-Nibble, we gonna walk all day or what? 
'''Sky-Nibble:''' Almost there.

"Aww, Sky-Chump, I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings."
:—...but hey, '''Ultra Magnus''' ain't too shabby either.

"Megatron is an absolute utter genius, wouldn't you agree?" 
"I guess." 
"Admire the sheer beauty in making Optimus Prime search for the Autobots where he'll never find them, but where we will find him! Hahahaha! It's so sweet. When he shows up, the Decepticons will pounce!" 
"That's pretty slick." 
"Yes, that's why Megatron is so amazing."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' gushes to a less-than-enthused '''Ultra Magnus''' on his favourite subject. He really should gather some [[Inferno (BW)|like-minded]] [[Lugnut (Animated)|friends]] and start a fan club.

"I have to tell you, I feel that I have been used very badly!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' states the blatantly obvious

"Hey! There go all the talking cars on that truck. I wonder what's up. Maybe they're all being taken away for good to some kind of talking car junkyard, never to be seen again. Ha, I should be so lucky..."
:—'''Kelly''' tries her hand at wishful thinking...it doesn't last.

"You meddlesome metal maggots!"
:—'''Megatron''' malevolently metes malicious mockery.

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*The 18-second close-up angle of Megatron's monitor which this episode begins with, replaying scenes from the previous two episodes, is newly added for ''Robots in Disguise''.
*When explaining his plan to Megatron, Sky-Byte makes reference to Optimus Prime, but the nature of the remark differs across the versions: in ''Car Robots'', he hopes to have Magnus join the Predacons to stop him merging with Prime, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he hopes Magnus will join them to ''destroy'' Prime.
*In-keeping with the more maniacal, theatrical take on the character ''Robots in Disguise'' goes for, Megatron's instructions to Sky-Byte are laced with menace, warning him that this is his last chance. In ''Car Robots'', Megatron actually offers Sky-Byte some praise, remarking that his silver tongue makes him best suited to the mission.
[[File:TwoFacesofMagnus deletescene.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*Scourge's reaction is one of annoyance and anger in ''Robots in Disguise'', but in ''Car Robots'', it's disbelief, as he doubts Sky-Byte is capable of accomplishing the mission.
*In ''Car Robots'', Koji thinks Ultra Magnus is cool, but in ''Robot in Disguise'', he thinks the situation is ''un''cool. A moment later, ''Car Robots'' sees him cheerily talk about how awesome a surprise it was to see Prime and Magnus merge, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', this is changed to him wondering if Magnus is stronger than Prime.
*Where X-Brawn remarks on Side Burn's intelligence in ''Robots in Disguise'', and Side Burn goes on a rant about his intellectual achievements, in ''Car Robots'', X-Brawn suggests that being a younger sibling gives one a propensity to "misbehave". Side Burn's rant is basically him just angrily repeating back what X-Brawn has just said in the form of a question, then huffing and changing the subject back to how he doesn't trust Magnus.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out an anime stress-vein gag effect when Side Burn reacts to X-Brawn's teasing remark (pictured).
*When Sky-Byte makes his speech to Magnus, ''Car Robots'' sees him make mysterious reference to a universe-dominating power the Predacons know to be on Earth, something that's been alluded to a few times in the series so far. This hasn't properly come up in ''Robots in Disguise'' yet, so as usual, the English version has Sky-Byte talk about how energy-rich Earth is, and how Magnus can earn a share of that energy, which also replaces his suggestion in ''Car Robots'' that Magnus could become ruler of Earth.
*In ''Car Robots'', the speech Sky-Byte gives is specifically presented as something that was carefully written and pre-prepared; after he finishes speaking, his internal monologue is about how well he spoke it, and how strong his "syllogism" was while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he instead thinks about how pleased Megatron will be.
*''Robots in Disguise'' goes to commercial break during the Autobot Brothers' capture scene; when it returns, an extra shot of Side Burn struggling under the net is added to reintroduce the scene to the returning audience.
*''Robots in Disguise'' inserts an extra close-up shot of Optimus Prime as he orders T-AI to call Team Bullet Train into action.
[[File:TwoFacesofMagnus memberselect.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.7]]
*As is becoming a regular occurrence with ''Robots in Disguise'', rather than go to the expense involved in editing the member select screen footage seen in the ''Car Robots'' version, the English version removes it and replaces it with footage taken from an earlier episode that's ''already'' been edited (pictured). Because the ''Car Robots'' footage dissolves into the next shot of the Bullet Train's emerging from the space bridge, the animation of Railspike exiting the bridge is clipped off.
*When the Bullet Trains are looking for the Autobot Brothers, ''Car Robots'' has Midnight Express wonder if they've gone to a car wash, and an annoyed Rapid Run tell him they wouldn't do that. ''Robots in Disguise'' changes this to the two simply remarking on how there's no sign of the brothers.
*When Sky-Byte leaves Slapper in charge of the captive Autobot Brothers, Slapper is accepting towards this task in ''Car Robots'', but complains about it in ''Robots in Disguise''.
*In ''Car Robots'', Scourge doubts that the villains can trust Magnus, but in ''Robots in Disguise'', he doubts that ''Magnus'' will trust ''them''. This makes less sense than the Japanese version, given that they very next thing he says is that they should test Magnus's trustworthiness.
*Megatron wants a Bullet Train destroyed in ''Robots in Disguise'', but only captured in ''Car Robots''.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out a ''Car Robots'' scene transition after Magnus leaves the Bullet Trains by cutting to commercial break.
*When Ultra Magnus rolls past Kelly with the brothers loaded up, ''Car Robots'' has Kelly observe that "her race car" is one of them. Kelly has intermittently been shown to "own" X-Brawn throughout the series, though rarely with any kind of consistency, so this sort of explains that.
*In ''Car Robots'', Optimus Prime immediately recognizes the energy Magnus unleashes as that of an [[Energon Matrix]]; Magnus doesn't understand how this is possible, since he doesn't have one, and leaves after vowing to beat Prime once more. In ''Robots in Disguise'', neither knows what the energy is, and Magnus oddly accuses Prime of being responsible for it.
*''Robots in Disguise'' removes the dissolve that follows Magnus's departure in ''Car Robots'' by cutting to commercial break.
*In-line with the way ''Robots in Disguise'' reimagines the Energon Matrix of ''Car Robots'' as the Matrix of Leadership (but only called "the Matrix"), the English version sees Magnus wonder if he and Prime could be "sharing" the Matrix in some way. In ''Car Robots'', he merely continues to ponder the impossibility of him having an Energon Matrix.

===Errors===
*When Ultra Magnus pull his gun on Team Bullet Train, Rapid Run's mouthplate is gold instead of grey.
*In ''Car Robots'', [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] laughs in his normal voice during his retreat, when he should be talking in his bat-mode voice.
[[File:Ultra_Magnus_extra_kibble.jpg|thumb|right]]
*In the final scene, Ultra Magnus in alt mode is seen suddenly sporting brand new kibble on top of his car-carrier trailer (pictured). This is unexplained in both versions of the show, and will have mysteriously vanished in future episodes.

===Real-world references===
*Sky-Byte states that "we're all more or less brothers under the armour, but [[wikipedia:Animal Farm|some of us are more equal than others]]". Two fins good, four wheels bad!

===Trivia===
*Side Burn claims that on Cybertron he was first in his class in theoretical mechanics. Maybe there weren't any red sports cars around to distract him.
*After a four-episode absence since "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]", [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]], [[Dark Scream]] and [[Gas Skunk]] finally make their glorious return to the storyline...in a minuscule role that sees only Slapper get any lines other than "aaaaargh". It's a harsh, unforgiving world when you're yesterday's henchman.
*This episode introduces spiffy new colour schemes for the [[Super Mode|Supercharge Mode]] Autobot Brothers, doubtlessly [[To sell toys|for reasons that are entirely inherent to narrative development]]. One slight issue, though: if Side Burn is attracted to little red sports cars, and his Supercharge Mode form ''is'' a little red sports car, then...actually, let's not go there.
*In computer programming, a "nibble" is half a "byte". See what they did there?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 7 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-27-the-two-faces-of-ultra-magnus "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus" transcript on RiDForever.info]

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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

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2017-12-25T19:23:19Z

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Ultra Magnus (episode)

2017-12-25T18:29:55Z

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{{disambig3|Ultra Magnus}}
{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=24
|title="Ultra Magnus"
|japanese=登場! ゴッドマグナス
|romaji=Tōjō! God Magnus
|translation=Enter! God Magnus
|image=Ultra Magnus Magnusunderfire.jpg
|caption=Quick, shoot at everything except him!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Junki Takegami]] (Japanese) [[Tom Wyner]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[September 13|13 September]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[October 6]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''A new Autobot''' 
'''Is he friend or is he foe?''' 
'''Sky-Byte digs up junk'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusbacklit.jpg|left|thumb|The twenty-first century—that's when everything changes, and you gotta be ready.]]
In [[Metro City]], a new Autobot stands atop a building and muses that he'll find [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and take back what's rightfully his.

Meanwhile, [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and the [[Decepticon]]s are raiding the city's [[oil]] stores, but are interrupted by the [[Autobot Brothers]]. The Autobots soon realise that they can't fire for fear of igniting the oil, so [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] tries to bluff the Decepticons into standing down—until a car-carrier bearing the Autobot insignia arrives, unleashing his firepower. The newcomer clashes with the Autobots, and the Decepticons escape in the resulting confusion. The new Autobot pours scorn on the three brothers.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Skybyteduck.jpg|thumb|I better get [[Rubber Ducky|this]] back to [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron.]]]]
[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] watches this unfold and mocks the Decepticons before being approached by [[Koji Onishi]] and his friends, all of whom appear to be his admirers. The shark flees in panic back to Predacon headquarters, where [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] gives him a new mission: Find the remaining [[O-Part]]s.

The Decepticons make sure that Sky-Byte's orders to the other Predacons are relayed to Autobot headquarters, and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus]] dispatches the Autobot Brothers to his location. They're intercepted en-route by the mysterious car-carrier, who, after warning them of a Decepticon ambush, shocks them, incapacitates them, and deposits them in a junkyard.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusbrothers.jpg|left|thumb|My rigid grill structure is bearing down on your unprotected cargo door.]]
[[Mega-Octane]] and Scourge stand at the top of a canyon overlooking the road, musing on their plan to relay Sky-Byte's message to the Autobots in order to lead them to their prepared ambush. Suddenly, they find themselves facing the car-carrier instead of the intended Autobot Brothers. Upon being questioned, the vehicle transforms and introduces himself as [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]].

Magnus is unimpressed by the Decepticons' attempts to attack him, even mocking their combination into [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] and promptly blasting him back into his component parts. With the addition of Optimus to the fight, the Decepticons are forced to retreat.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusprime.jpg|thumb|Red vs. Blue?]]
Optimus offers Magnus a place on his team, which Magnus rebukes. A startled Optimus asks why Magnus is acting so aggressively, to which Magnus recounts how it was Optimus, not Magnus, who was chosen to carry the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Bitter and vengeful, Magnus challenges Optimus to a duel over its keeping.

Meanwhile, the only things Sky-Byte has dug up are a rubber duck and an old bomb, the latter of which proves to be still explosive, much to his dismay.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[X-Brawn]] (8)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (9)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (10)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (11)
*[[T-AI]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (2)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (3)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (4)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (5)
*[[Movor]] (6)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (7)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (13)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (16)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (14)
*Koji's friends (15)
}}

==Quotes==
"You let them escape. Are you cowards or traitors?"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' makes friends with the Autobot brothers.

"Optimus may put up with your whining, but I won't."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' would be a less sympathetic Autobot Commander.

'''Children''': Give us your autograph, Sky-Byte! 
'''Sky-Byte''': This is embarrassing. I'd love to stay and chat, but we celebrities are very busy, you know! [[Beast mode]]! 
[''Sky-Byte takes flight''] 
'''Children''': Bye! See ya, Sky-Byte! 
'''Sky-Byte''': This is amazing! I'm very popular. I should get an agent, or a manager. Maybe I could get my haikus published!
:—Even Sky-Byte knows a good business opportunity when he sees one.

"I would've brought you more energy from the refinery, but I was ambushed by an army of rabid humans and barely managed to escape."
:—'''Sky-Byte''''s ever-so-slightly slanted description of Koji's friends.

"Could it be? That finally after hours of unglorious and back breaking labour ''I've actually found a'', uh... rubber duck. Oh well."
:—'''Sky-Byte'''

"We've got company!" 
"What do you mean? My sensors show this road's clear for the next ten miles!" 
"There's this real high-tech gadget called a rear-view mirror. You might try using it sometime."
:—'''Prowl''' demonstrates to '''Side Burn''' that the old methods are sometimes the best.

"This truck's carrying us around like we were ''toys''!" 
:--Um, '''Side Burn''', I think it's time we had a little talk...

"You may be lousy fighters, but at least you're good for a laugh. You ever thought about taking your act on the road?"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' has only been on Earth for a day, but already has the Decepticons pegged.

"That's gonna leave a mark."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' has a Wile E. Coyote moment.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*We wouldn't normally point out the English version's fondness for adding dialogue where there wasn't any in the original Japanese, but it's pronounced enough to warrant a mention in this episode. In ''Car Robots'', the Decepticons do nearly everything in near-total silence: stealing the energy, escaping, and delivering it to Megatron. Lots of dialogue is added over the top of these scenes in ''Robots in Disguise''.
*As Prowl moves to stop Magnus, ''Robots in Disguise'' extends the scene by re-using the footage of Magnus opening fire and some tanks exploding, but mirrored.
*When the Autobot Brothers introduce themselves to Magnus, ''Robots in Disguise'' switches the order of the speakers, letting Prowl go first, and X-Brawn last (easy to do when they don't have moving mouths). While ''Robots in Disguise'' has X-Brawn tell Magnus they're trying to apprehend the Decepticons, in ''Car Robots'', Prowl is threatening to arrest Magnus for shooting at him. Prowl carries a grudge about this for the rest of the episode.
*When robot-mode Magnus shoots at the brothers, the animation of his gun firing is looped to extend the scene slightly.
*When the brothers report to Optimus, ''Car Robots'' has X-Brawn play devil's advocate and point out that Magnus's intervention ''did'' stop the Decepticons' energy theft. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he talks about Magnus's dangerous weapons.
*Watching the smoke plume from a far, Sky-Byte mutters about Scourge and the Decepticons "showing off" in ''Car Robots'', and about how he'll need to steal energy to keep up with them, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he is mocking their failure, and claims ''he'' should have been sent on the mission.
*''Robots in Disguise'' deletes a short flashback to the events of "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]", because of the issues surrounding that episode. The footage is replaced with reused shots of the kids and Sky-Byte, and the dialogue refers only to "that that [he] stood up to the Decepticons". A reference the Autobot Brothers later make to the incident is also removed.
*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte runs from the kids because he's horrified that they think of him as heroic, and he implies this is just the latest in a string of similar incidents. In ''Robots in Disguise'', it's played as nervousness brought on by discovering his newfound celebrity status, but he's not averse to the idea.
*Similarly, when apologizing for his absence to Megatron, Sky-Byte keeps it a secret in ''Car Robots'', claiming he was "off hunting", while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he spins it as being "ambushed by an army of rabid humans". Afterward, when Megatron gives him his mission, he vows not to fail Megatron in ''Robots in Disguise'', while in ''Car Robots'', he has to check to make sure Megatron is even talking to him!
*''Car Robots'' gives Sky-Byte an extra line of dialogue wondering why nobody is answering his communication, and remarking to himself that it doesn't matter anyway as it means he'll be the only one to be rewarded.
*Rather that digitally edit the member select screen as normal, this episode just replaces it with a different, pre-edited shot of the screen from "[[Battle Protocol!]]".
*Mega-Octane actually appears to feel a little guilty about tricking Sky-Byte in ''Car Robots'', as he asks Scourge if using him for bait is really okay, then deciding it's all right if they think of it as a chance to take a break from collecting energy. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this is changed to him asking about, and spelling out for the audience, the particulars of the plan.
*In ''Car Robots'', Scourge is hungry for revenge against Ultra Magnus; ''Robots in Disguise'' changes this to him being eager to take down Optimus Prime.
*''Robots in Disguise'' goes to commercial after Magnus hits the brothers with his stun lasers, cutting out the ''Car Robots'' scene transition that follows.
*When the brothers recover in the junkyard, both Prowl ''and'' X-Brawn yell at Side Burn in ''Car Robots'', but only ''Prowl'' does it in ''Robots in Disguise''. The animation still shows the little while "stress" dots around them both, though.
*''Robots in Disguise'' extends the scene of Magnus shooting at Scourge and Mega-Octane by repeating the close-up shot of his weapons firing.
*There are a few exchanges between Magnus and Scourge that seem like the translation got a little wobbly and forgot that "Cybertron" is the Japanese name for the Autobots, and wound up changing the dialogue so that it refers to the planet instead of the faction. Where ''Car Robots'' has Magnus respond to Scourge's inquiry as to his identity with "I'm just a bit more clever than the other stupid Cybertrons", in ''Robots in Disguise'', he replies "Not that it's any of your business, but I'm from Cybertron." Then later, ''Car Robots'' has Scourge say that Magnus is "just another foolish Cybertron", while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he tells him he "should have stayed on Cybertron".
*Prime's whole conversation with the Autobot Brothers as they report back in is extended for ''Robots in Disguise'', with repeated bits of footage of Prime and the screen added in, and shots held on for longer. The added dialogue talks about Magnus's familiarity with Prime, which leads Prime to realize his identity sooner in ''Robots in Disguise''; something he doesn't realize in ''Car Robots'' until he's in the space bridge. In ''Robots in Disguise'', his speech while in the bridge is changed to explain for the audience how Prime was chosen as leader over Magnus and given the Matrix. This dialogue, and that shared by Prime and Magnus when they meet at the episode's end, makes it clear that the issues between them are pre-existing ones, whereas in ''Car Robots'', Prime doesn't seem to suspect anything.
*When Scourge spots Movor and Ro-Tor approaching from behind Magnus, an extra shot of Scourge's head is added into the middle of the scene to extend it a little; In ''Car Robots'', the two fliers' approach is one continuous shot. Immediately after, the footage of Movor opening fire is reused ''twice'' to extend the attack scene, then, when the Combaticons gang up on Magnus, the shot of Armorhide and Rollbar blasting is ''also'' re-used. This is tiresome, but it beats the show's usual runtime-extension method of lingering on a dozen different shots for a second longer than the Japanese version did!
*Speaking of that tactic, though, ''Robots in Disguise'' creates a little tension by holding on the shot of Optimus's outstretched hand for a second longer than ''Car Robots'', before Magnus slaps it away.
*In ''Car Robots'', Optimus Prime has an [[Energon Matrix]], granted to him by [[Vector Sigma]], "god" of Cybertron—a portrayal of the mega-computer consistent with the previous Japanese series, ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]''. In ''Robots in Disguise'', the Energon Matrix is reimagined as a version of the more familiar [[Matrix of Leadership]] (called just "the Matrix" here), and Vector Sigma is not mentioned.
*In ''Car Robots'', Gel Shark (Sky-Byte) digs up what is identified in ''Robots in Disguise'' as a giant rubber duck while digging for O-Parts, but, if you look closely, you can see that the body of the "duck" is hollow and shaped like a like a large oval bowl. The item is actually a (more size-appropriate) ''bedpan''! This is a play on words in the Japanese version: Sky-byte keeps excitedly yelling "O-Parts! O-Parts!" when he first hits something metallic (there is a clang sound his shovel makes in ''Car Robots'') but when he pulls out the item and stares at it, he deflatedly ammends his commentary with "...or maybe ''O-maru'' " which literally means "baby toilet" ie, a bedpan or chamber pot. Because this word play doesn't easily translate to English, the script was changed to identify the thing as a (gigantically huge) rubber duck, complete with added squeaky sound effect. Either way, poor shark just can't catch a break!

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*The lines on Magnus's Autobot symbol are backwards in a couple of shots.

===Continuity notes===
*Optimus was previously established to possess something called his "Cyber Matrix" back in "[[The Test]]". This episode begins to explore that concept even more, but in a manner that ignores the previous "Cyber Matrix" designation as this and all subsequent episodes will only refer to it as just "the Matrix" (see Transformers references below).
*After a series of complications in the episode order of this show's original televised run in the U.S., it is in this episode that the O-Parts are referred to by name for the first time. The first O-Part that appeared in [[The Ultimate Robot Warrior|Episode 12]] went unnamed in that episode, [[Hope for the Future|Episode 13]] (which would confirm the identity of Episode 12's O-Part) had not aired yet, and [[Sky-Byte Saves the Day|Episode 22]] (another episode relevant to the O-Parts story arc) never aired on TV in the United States. As no explanation about what the O-Parts are is given in this episode (beyond a generic notion of their being something important), and as no connection is made in this episode between the O-Parts and the unnamed artifact found in Episode 12, ''and'' as no actual O-Parts even appear in this episode, their "introduction" given here to the audience is anything but ceremonious. U.S. viewers would eventually get a more proper introduction to the O-Parts when Episode 13 finally aired almost three weeks after this episode.

===Transformers references===
[[File:RID Cybertron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Ah, the sickly green glow of home]]
*This episode gives us our first glimpse of the ''Robots in Disguise'' incarnation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], as well as the series's first allusion to the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]], here simply called "the Matrix".

===Real-world references===
*After Megatron hears Sky-Byte's report, the reflecting glare of Megatron's eyes is accompanied by a ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' [[lightsaber]] ignition sound effect.
*Likewise, after Scourge and Mega-Octane discuss their plan to use Sky-Byte to trap the Autobots, the twinkle in Scourge's eye is accompanied by the same lightaber ignition sound effect.
*While driving along, the Autobot Brothers pass "Dongwoo Animation Co. Ltd.", a Korean animation studio to which Studio Gallop outsourced work.

===Trivia===
*The rubber duck discovered underground by Sky-Byte is preposterously huge—bigger, in fact, than the unexploded shell that he subsequently unearths. At that size, you'd almost suspect it [[Rubber Ducky|once belonged]] to [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|a giant robot]] or something.
*Even though Ultra Magnus is made out to be a bit of a bad guy in this episode, he still obeys Earth's traffic and safety laws by ''signalling'' his right turn as he's pulling away from the junkyard (after also showing he's not ''all'' bad by carefully depositing the Autobot brothers, unharmed, wheels down, inside.)

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 6 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-24-ultra-magnus "Ultra Magnus" transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!

2017-12-24T01:30:40Z

Zcat6: /* Animation or technical errors */

{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=25
|series2=Transformers: Car Robots
|ep2=25
|next2=Assemble! New Troops
|title="Ultra Magnus: Forced Fushion!" "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"
|japanese=強制合体! ゴッドファイヤーコンボイ
|romaji=Kyōsei Gattai! God Fire Convoy
|translation=Forced Fusion! God Fire Convoy
|image=Forced Fusion Optimusbattlestation.jpg
|caption=Why do the Predacons always attack when I'm on the can?
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Junki Takegami]] (Japanese) [[Matthew V. Lewis]] (English)
|director=[[Yoshiaki Tsutsui]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[September 20|20 September]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[October 13]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Optimus retreats''' 
'''But his refuge is not safe''' 
'''Is the Matrix lost?'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Forced Fusion Ultramagnus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Rhinox, eat yer heart out!]]
[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus]] is disappointed to find that [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] is holding onto his old grudge and attempts to retreat, letting Magnus know he won't fight even as the other Autobot opens fire.

Back at base [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] is concerned. The [[Autobot Brothers|Autobot brothers]] leave to try to rescue Optimus, pondering why he's refusing to fight Magnus.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the battle is not going well for Optimus—Magnus blasts the ground out from under him, and Optimus falls into a chasm. [[Movor]], spying on the fight from space, transmits footage to the [[Megastar]] on Easter Island, where [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] watches with amusement. He wonders aloud why his Decepticons have so much trouble defeating Optimus when Magnus appears to have managed it with ease, and decides to sit back and watch the pair destroy each other.

Meanwhile, [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], having been fruitless in his search for the [[O-Part]]s, stumbles on the battle and watches in amazement as Optimus lays defeated at Magnus' feet. Magnus tells the fallen leader he has one cycle to hand over the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], however before he can inflict further damage on the Autobot leader, the Autobot brothers arrive. [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] is spoiling for a fight and [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] reminds him they're there only to rescue Optimus. The trio retreat with their leader, but not before Sky-Byte is able to tag him with a tracking device. Furious, Magnus is too late to stop them leaving, slamming into the cliff wall as the space bridge portal closes and burying himself temporarily in rock.

[[File:Forced Fusion Skybytedelusion.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This raises more questions than we're comfortable with admitting.]]
Sky-Byte follows the signal from his tracking device, musing that if he defeats Optimus, it'll make Megatron happy. After a short panic attack due to losing the trace, he flies on in the belief he'll eventually find Optimus, unaware he's being tracked by both Movor and Ultra Magnus. The shark soon closes in on an island which causes his memory banks to replay images from [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] and [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]'s recent battle. As it turns out, Optimus has indeed retreated to the island to recover from his fight with Magnus.

[[File:Forced Fusion Skybyterock.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"You came to the wrong neighborhood, frakker..."]]
As Side Burn enjoys an [[oil]] bath, Optimus admits that Ultra Magnus is his brother, and is carrying a grudge because Optimus was chosen as commander of the Autobots over him. Although Side Burn expresses concern, Optimus asks for some time alone, and Side Burn departs through the space bridge. Sky-Byte, having reached the island at last, promptly seals the portal to the space bridge with a number of large boulders and happily announces that he'll be able to fight and defeat Prime without interference. His joy is short-lived, as Megatron and the Decepticons hove into view over the water and confront Optimus. Before the Decepticons can fire, Ultra Magnus arrives and starts knocking them about like skittles. Ruination is formed, and he and Megatron ignite the oil deposits, turning the island into an inferno.

Alarmed, Koji and [[T-AI]] contact the Autobot brothers, who've discovered that the end of the space bridge has been sealed and are working to clear the blockage.

[[File:Forced Fusion Omegaruination.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|JUMANJI!]]
As Megatron gloats, Magnus tells Optimus he wants to make amends, however it's a trap—Magnus uses the opening to try to steal Optimus' power. The two Autobots combine into a new form: [[Omega Prime]]. While the Decepticons are standing stunned at this turn of events, the Autobot brothers finally break through the rocks blocking the space bridge and are similarly surprised to see what's happened. The biggest surprise is on Magnus—he soon finds he doesn't have any control over the combined form, and is unable to do anything as Omega Prime makes short work of Megatron and his Decepticons. Megatron calls a retreat, and Sky-Byte flees after them.

Optimus Prime watches regretfully as his brother flies off.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[T-AI]] (4)
*[[X-Brawn]] (5)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (6)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (7)
*[[Omega Prime]] (17)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Movor]] (8)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (10)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (11)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (12)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (13)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (14)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (15)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (16)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (3)

|c4=
*[[Vector Sigma]]

}}

==Quotes==
"I'm going to hit him so hard he'll have to open his trunk to find his headlights."
:—'''Side Burn''' knows his car-carrier anatomy.

"Extra, Extra! Optimus Prime found crushed at the bottom of a canyon at the hands of a brilliant bot named Ultra Magnus! Does Prime still shine? Read on!"
:—Beneath '''Movor''''s tough exterior beats the heart of a 1930s paperboy.

"Where are the O-Parts, where can they be? La, la, la, la... La, la, la..."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' branches out in the arts.

"Oh, what great rapture! A big fins up for me! Who's the shark now, baby?! Oh no, my sweet signal! No, please don't leave, no! Come back! Come back please, little dot! Please don't go away now..."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' loses it in more ways than one.

"Bitter? Bitter is not sending you postcards, but this whacko... He knocked you off a cliff!"
:—'''Side Burn''' just doesn't understand sibling rivalry.

'''Scourge''': Well, well, Prime. Have you got any last words for us? 
'''Mega-Octane''': Yeah, something short and sweet. Very short. 
'''Armorhide''': Speech! Speech! Ahahahaaa! 
'''Ro-Tor''': Maybe the great Optimus Prime has stage fright. 
'''Movor''': I don't know, Ro-Tor. Looks to me like this Autobot's got a whole lotta regular fright.
:—The Decepticons, having earned their moment of glory, proceed to milk it for all it's worth.

"Oh my... This is either really good or... completely catastrophic!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' wisely stays under cover.

"Is that all you've got?"
:—'''Omega Prime''' is all out of bubblegum.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*After Magnus finishes his explanation, ''Robots in Disguise'' extends his attack on Optimus by repeating footage of him opening fire and Optimus pulling back.
*When the Autobot Brothers are getting ready to join the fight, ''Robots in Disguise'' omits the specific reference that ''Car Robots'' has T-AI make to the injuries they sustained at Magnus's hands last episode, instead having her just tell them to do what they have to do quickly.
[[File:UltraMagnusForcedFusion deletedscene.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*The scene of the Autobot Brothers travelling to Prime's aid through the space bridge is completely changed for ''Robots in Disguise''. ''Car Robots'' uses the wireframe-grid design for the bridge seen previously in "[[Landfill (episode)|Landfill]]", while ''Robots in Disguise'' deletes these shots and replaces then with CGI footage of the bridge from "[[Battle Protocol!]]". While the close-up shots of the brothers' heads on their internal monitors are kept in ''Robots in Disguise'', the scene is extended with multiple shots of them driving through the CGI bridge being added in. The basics of their conversation is changed, too: in ''Robots in Disguise'', they mostly talk about how powerful Magnus and Prime are, while in ''Car Robots'', they spend their time wondering why Optimus is refusing to fight the newcomer. ''Robots in Disguise'' has X-Brawn suspect they may know one another from the beginning of the scene, but in ''Car Robots'', this is only a conclusion he reaches at the scene's end, and ''Robots in Disguise'' deletes the shot of the other brothers reacting in shock to what he has realized (pictured).
*After Optimus goes over the cliff, ''Robots in Disguise'' re-uses footage of Magnus peering over the edge from a second later to extend the scene a little.
*''Robots in Disguise'' adds a CGI POV shot as Movor watches Magnus and Prime fight (pictured, below). As with previous instances of this in "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", it's a little wonky, since the shot with the overlay is not an ''actual'' POV shot, but an image of Movor's monitor.
*In ''Car Robots'', Megatron ruminates on Ultra Magnus by speaking out loud, talking to the monitor image of him and saying he's "no use" to him. Scourge mistakenly believes he's talking about the Decepticons, and starts offering apologies. In ''Robots in Disguise'', the scene is changed so Megatron actually ''is'' talking about the Decepticons, wondering why they haven't been able to beat Optimus where Magnus could. Mega-Octane follows this up by suggesting the Decepticons capture and interrogate Prime for information on Magnus, while in ''Car Robots'', he's suggesting they head out and take on Magnus himself.
*A ''Car Robots'' scene transition between the Megastar and Sky-Byte's ongoing archaeological agony is replaced with the usual ''Robots in Disguise'' transition.
*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte decides to come up out of the hole he's dug because he hears the commotion of the fighting. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he's just clocking out for the day.
*''Robots in Disguise'' recuts the scene of Magnus looming over the fallen Prime, reorganizing and re-using some shots and building a commercial break cliffhanger. The dialogue is entirely changed: in ''Car Robots'', Magnus is insulted that Prime won't fight him, figuring that it means Prime thinks he's weak and not worth fighting, and Prime attempting to explain that the power of the Energon Matrix isn't supposed to be used for violence; in ''Robots in Disguise'', he talks about their past together and Magnus's time in the "civil wars".
*Apparently misinterpreting Magnus's activation of his jetpack as the character preparing to depart, ''Robots in Disguise'' adds a confusing line in which he gives Prime one cycle to turn the Matrix over. But because he's not leaving, and actually working up to a dramatic anime kick, it's immediately forgotten.
*In ''Car Robots'', when Magnus ignites his jets, Prime is amazed to discover that he can fly. ''Robots in Disguise'' replaces this dialogue with him talking about honor.
*When Sky-Byte tags Optimus with his tracker, in ''Car Robots'', Prime knows right away and says as much in dialogue. This is why the Autobots go to the island; in ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte specifically assumes they'll be going back to their base, and they go to the island instead to throw him off. ''Car Robots'' Sky-Byte also has the very specific desire of getting his nose petted by Megatron for doing a good job.
[[File:UltraMagnusForcedFusion POVs.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*''Robots in Disguise'' deletes a "picture-in-picture" shot of Ultra Magnus spotting Sky-Byte and replaces it with a new CGI POV shot made using earlier footage of Sky-Byte flying along (pictured).
*Where ''Robots in Disguise'' makes a Generation 1 reference by crediting [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]] with the creation of Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus, in ''Car Robots'', it is [[Vector Sigma]] who created them. Though this is the second time ''Robots in Disguise'' has deleted a mention to Vector Sigma (it happened last episode too), the computer does get an English-language mention later in the episode. In that scene, it is represented by a glowing green orb—but in ''Car Robots'', this orb is actually Prime's Energon Matrix.
*''Car Robots'' centres the tail end of Side Burn and Optimus's discussion around the nature of being a younger sibling: Side Burn assumes Prime is Magnus's elder, but Prime doesn't actually know which of them is older, which leads Side Burn to talk about being the youngest of the three Autobot Brothers and how much cooler he is than his big brothers. ''Robots in Disguise'' changes this to Optimus talking about the competitive streak his brother has, and Side Burn joking about the weapons and powers they compete with versus more normal sibling rivalries.
*Another ''Car Robots'' scene transition is replaced as Sky-Byte plugs the space bridge portal.
*As the Decepticons target Optimus, ''Robots in Disguise'' adds a CGI POV overlay, with a new Autobot graphic blinking in the centre (pictured)
*In ''Car Robots'', Magnus makes clear his intention is to forcibly merge with Optimus Prime and subsume his consciousness in order to take control of the Energon Matrix. ''Robots in Disguise'' is a little more confusing on this point: while he makes one mention of a "forced fusion", Magnus otherwise states that his goal is to drain Prime's energy and then take the Matrix. This suggests that the "fusion" he speaks of is the link forged by their handshake, through which he intends to carry out the energy drain, and that in this version, the formation of Omega Prime is an unexpected surprise.
*''Robots in Disguise'' extends the Predacons' attack on Omega Prime, repeating the shots of Megatron, Scourge and Ruination unleashing their attacks and Omega taking them.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts to a commercial break as the Predacons retreat, cutting out the dissolve between this scene and the next present in ''Car Robots''.
*Finally, ''Robots in Disguise'' lengthens the two shots of Optimus Prime watching as Magnus leaves by a second or two each.

===Animation or technical errors===
[[File:Fushion fusion.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|''The bigger the cushion The better the fushion Or so I am told!'']]
*When originally aired, the title of this episode was spelled "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fushion!".
*While scale errors are a well-known and ever-present issue in the Transformers franchise, [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:RiD2001_Megs_carries_Everybody.jpg#file| this one]] is notable: Megatron, in flying hand mode, is able to carry four full-sized alt-mode Decepticons -- Scourge with his tanker trailer, and all three terrestrial members of the [[Commando (RID)|Commando]] team -- with ease, despite all of them being close to the same size in robot mode. That's a four to five fold size increase for the Decepticon leader!

===Continuity errors===
*The first few minutes of the episode are a recap of the end of "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]", but the dialogue has been changed.
*Ultra Magnus says in the recap (and in the last episode) that the ''Matrix'' chose Optimus to inherit it, and ''then'' it's said Vector Sigma chose him.
*How does Movor get into orbit again? He's shown to need outside assistance in "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", yet somehow he gets into space in time to watch Optimus and Magnus fight.
*Scourge blames his continuing failure to destroy Optimus Prime on his Decepticon underlings, stating that they've "come close, but then Movor goes and shoots the wrong target, or Armorhide can't fly that day". Granted, the first seems like [[Attack from Outer Space|a legitimate complaint]], but Armorhide is a ''tank''. On which days ''can'' he fly?
*Koji is present at Autobot HQ from the beginning of this episode, despite not having been there at the end of "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]", which took place just minutes earlier.
*Sky-Byte summons images from his memory banks of the climactic battle in "[[A Test of Metal]]" to identify Optimus's island...despite not actually having been present at that battle.

===Continuity notes===
*As with last episode, the O-Parts are mentioned in this episode as something that the characters are all familiar with and know to be important, but are never actually seen in this episode due to their relevance being a feint. After a frustrating series of events surrounding the O-Parts' storyline in the show's initial U.S. airing, the O-Parts would eventually get a more proper introduction when [[Hope for the Future|episode 13]] aired, out of order, almost two weeks after this one.
*The island Optimus retreats to recuperate is the same island from the end of "[[A Test of Metal]]".
*It is in this episode that Optimus's Matrix is finally explored to the fullest, having been first alluded to back in "[[The Test]]" (albeit, as something called the "Cyber Matrix" back then) and more directly in [[Ultra Magnus (episode)|the previous episode]].

===Transformers references===
*The Matrix that Optimus possesses is revealed in this episode to be a version of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], a concept that originated in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''Generation 1'' Marvel Comics]] series as a program called the "Creation Matrix", but which evolved into the physical leadership talisman, "Matrix of Leadership", in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Here, it is only ever referred to as just "the Matrix" (barring one forgotten mention in "The Test" calling it Optimus's "Cyber Matrix") and is instead depicted as more like a purely energy-based force rather than a physical object. In the original ''Car Robots'' version, this Matrix is instead an [[Energon Matrix]], a similar concept originally from the Japanese ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]'' and ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo|Beast Wars Neo]]'' franchises.
*Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus were both created by [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]].
*Optimus was selected to command Cybertron by the [[Allspark]], [[Vector Sigma]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 7 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-25-ultra-magnus-forced-fusion "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!" transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!

2017-12-23T21:00:57Z

Zcat6: /* Animation or technical errors */

{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=25
|series2=Transformers: Car Robots
|ep2=25
|next2=Assemble! New Troops
|title="Ultra Magnus: Forced Fushion!" "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"
|japanese=強制合体! ゴッドファイヤーコンボイ
|romaji=Kyōsei Gattai! God Fire Convoy
|translation=Forced Fusion! God Fire Convoy
|image=Forced Fusion Optimusbattlestation.jpg
|caption=Why do the Predacons always attack when I'm on the can?
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Junki Takegami]] (Japanese) [[Matthew V. Lewis]] (English)
|director=[[Yoshiaki Tsutsui]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[September 20|20 September]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[October 13]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Optimus retreats''' 
'''But his refuge is not safe''' 
'''Is the Matrix lost?'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Forced Fusion Ultramagnus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Rhinox, eat yer heart out!]]
[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus]] is disappointed to find that [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] is holding onto his old grudge and attempts to retreat, letting Magnus know he won't fight even as the other Autobot opens fire.

Back at base [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] is concerned. The [[Autobot Brothers|Autobot brothers]] leave to try to rescue Optimus, pondering why he's refusing to fight Magnus.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the battle is not going well for Optimus—Magnus blasts the ground out from under him, and Optimus falls into a chasm. [[Movor]], spying on the fight from space, transmits footage to the [[Megastar]] on Easter Island, where [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] watches with amusement. He wonders aloud why his Decepticons have so much trouble defeating Optimus when Magnus appears to have managed it with ease, and decides to sit back and watch the pair destroy each other.

Meanwhile, [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], having been fruitless in his search for the [[O-Part]]s, stumbles on the battle and watches in amazement as Optimus lays defeated at Magnus' feet. Magnus tells the fallen leader he has one cycle to hand over the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], however before he can inflict further damage on the Autobot leader, the Autobot brothers arrive. [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] is spoiling for a fight and [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] reminds him they're there only to rescue Optimus. The trio retreat with their leader, but not before Sky-Byte is able to tag him with a tracking device. Furious, Magnus is too late to stop them leaving, slamming into the cliff wall as the space bridge portal closes and burying himself temporarily in rock.

[[File:Forced Fusion Skybytedelusion.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This raises more questions than we're comfortable with admitting.]]
Sky-Byte follows the signal from his tracking device, musing that if he defeats Optimus, it'll make Megatron happy. After a short panic attack due to losing the trace, he flies on in the belief he'll eventually find Optimus, unaware he's being tracked by both Movor and Ultra Magnus. The shark soon closes in on an island which causes his memory banks to replay images from [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] and [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]'s recent battle. As it turns out, Optimus has indeed retreated to the island to recover from his fight with Magnus.

[[File:Forced Fusion Skybyterock.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"You came to the wrong neighborhood, frakker..."]]
As Side Burn enjoys an [[oil]] bath, Optimus admits that Ultra Magnus is his brother, and is carrying a grudge because Optimus was chosen as commander of the Autobots over him. Although Side Burn expresses concern, Optimus asks for some time alone, and Side Burn departs through the space bridge. Sky-Byte, having reached the island at last, promptly seals the portal to the space bridge with a number of large boulders and happily announces that he'll be able to fight and defeat Prime without interference. His joy is short-lived, as Megatron and the Decepticons hove into view over the water and confront Optimus. Before the Decepticons can fire, Ultra Magnus arrives and starts knocking them about like skittles. Ruination is formed, and he and Megatron ignite the oil deposits, turning the island into an inferno.

Alarmed, Koji and [[T-AI]] contact the Autobot brothers, who've discovered that the end of the space bridge has been sealed and are working to clear the blockage.

[[File:Forced Fusion Omegaruination.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|JUMANJI!]]
As Megatron gloats, Magnus tells Optimus he wants to make amends, however it's a trap—Magnus uses the opening to try to steal Optimus' power. The two Autobots combine into a new form: [[Omega Prime]]. While the Decepticons are standing stunned at this turn of events, the Autobot brothers finally break through the rocks blocking the space bridge and are similarly surprised to see what's happened. The biggest surprise is on Magnus—he soon finds he doesn't have any control over the combined form, and is unable to do anything as Omega Prime makes short work of Megatron and his Decepticons. Megatron calls a retreat, and Sky-Byte flees after them.

Optimus Prime watches regretfully as his brother flies off.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[T-AI]] (4)
*[[X-Brawn]] (5)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (6)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (7)
*[[Omega Prime]] (17)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Movor]] (8)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (10)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (11)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (12)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (13)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (14)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (15)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (16)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (3)

|c4=
*[[Vector Sigma]]

}}

==Quotes==
"I'm going to hit him so hard he'll have to open his trunk to find his headlights."
:—'''Side Burn''' knows his car-carrier anatomy.

"Extra, Extra! Optimus Prime found crushed at the bottom of a canyon at the hands of a brilliant bot named Ultra Magnus! Does Prime still shine? Read on!"
:—Beneath '''Movor''''s tough exterior beats the heart of a 1930s paperboy.

"Where are the O-Parts, where can they be? La, la, la, la... La, la, la..."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' branches out in the arts.

"Oh, what great rapture! A big fins up for me! Who's the shark now, baby?! Oh no, my sweet signal! No, please don't leave, no! Come back! Come back please, little dot! Please don't go away now..."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' loses it in more ways than one.

"Bitter? Bitter is not sending you postcards, but this whacko... He knocked you off a cliff!"
:—'''Side Burn''' just doesn't understand sibling rivalry.

'''Scourge''': Well, well, Prime. Have you got any last words for us? 
'''Mega-Octane''': Yeah, something short and sweet. Very short. 
'''Armorhide''': Speech! Speech! Ahahahaaa! 
'''Ro-Tor''': Maybe the great Optimus Prime has stage fright. 
'''Movor''': I don't know, Ro-Tor. Looks to me like this Autobot's got a whole lotta regular fright.
:—The Decepticons, having earned their moment of glory, proceed to milk it for all it's worth.

"Oh my... This is either really good or... completely catastrophic!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' wisely stays under cover.

"Is that all you've got?"
:—'''Omega Prime''' is all out of bubblegum.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*After Magnus finishes his explanation, ''Robots in Disguise'' extends his attack on Optimus by repeating footage of him opening fire and Optimus pulling back.
*When the Autobot Brothers are getting ready to join the fight, ''Robots in Disguise'' omits the specific reference that ''Car Robots'' has T-AI make to the injuries they sustained at Magnus's hands last episode, instead having her just tell them to do what they have to do quickly.
[[File:UltraMagnusForcedFusion deletedscene.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*The scene of the Autobot Brothers travelling to Prime's aid through the space bridge is completely changed for ''Robots in Disguise''. ''Car Robots'' uses the wireframe-grid design for the bridge seen previously in "[[Landfill (episode)|Landfill]]", while ''Robots in Disguise'' deletes these shots and replaces then with CGI footage of the bridge from "[[Battle Protocol!]]". While the close-up shots of the brothers' heads on their internal monitors are kept in ''Robots in Disguise'', the scene is extended with multiple shots of them driving through the CGI bridge being added in. The basics of their conversation is changed, too: in ''Robots in Disguise'', they mostly talk about how powerful Magnus and Prime are, while in ''Car Robots'', they spend their time wondering why Optimus is refusing to fight the newcomer. ''Robots in Disguise'' has X-Brawn suspect they may know one another from the beginning of the scene, but in ''Car Robots'', this is only a conclusion he reaches at the scene's end, and ''Robots in Disguise'' deletes the shot of the other brothers reacting in shock to what he has realized (pictured).
*After Optimus goes over the cliff, ''Robots in Disguise'' re-uses footage of Magnus peering over the edge from a second later to extend the scene a little.
*''Robots in Disguise'' adds a CGI POV shot as Movor watches Magnus and Prime fight (pictured, below). As with previous instances of this in "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", it's a little wonky, since the shot with the overlay is not an ''actual'' POV shot, but an image of Movor's monitor.
*In ''Car Robots'', Megatron ruminates on Ultra Magnus by speaking out loud, talking to the monitor image of him and saying he's "no use" to him. Scourge mistakenly believes he's talking about the Decepticons, and starts offering apologies. In ''Robots in Disguise'', the scene is changed so Megatron actually ''is'' talking about the Decepticons, wondering why they haven't been able to beat Optimus where Magnus could. Mega-Octane follows this up by suggesting the Decepticons capture and interrogate Prime for information on Magnus, while in ''Car Robots'', he's suggesting they head out and take on Magnus himself.
*A ''Car Robots'' scene transition between the Megastar and Sky-Byte's ongoing archaeological agony is replaced with the usual ''Robots in Disguise'' transition.
*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte decides to come up out of the hole he's dug because he hears the commotion of the fighting. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he's just clocking out for the day.
*''Robots in Disguise'' recuts the scene of Magnus looming over the fallen Prime, reorganizing and re-using some shots and building a commercial break cliffhanger. The dialogue is entirely changed: in ''Car Robots'', Magnus is insulted that Prime won't fight him, figuring that it means Prime thinks he's weak and not worth fighting, and Prime attempting to explain that the power of the Energon Matrix isn't supposed to be used for violence; in ''Robots in Disguise'', he talks about their past together and Magnus's time in the "civil wars".
*Apparently misinterpreting Magnus's activation of his jetpack as the character preparing to depart, ''Robots in Disguise'' adds a confusing line in which he gives Prime one cycle to turn the Matrix over. But because he's not leaving, and actually working up to a dramatic anime kick, it's immediately forgotten.
*In ''Car Robots'', when Magnus ignites his jets, Prime is amazed to discover that he can fly. ''Robots in Disguise'' replaces this dialogue with him talking about honor.
*When Sky-Byte tags Optimus with his tracker, in ''Car Robots'', Prime knows right away and says as much in dialogue. This is why the Autobots go to the island; in ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte specifically assumes they'll be going back to their base, and they go to the island instead to throw him off. ''Car Robots'' Sky-Byte also has the very specific desire of getting his nose petted by Megatron for doing a good job.
[[File:UltraMagnusForcedFusion POVs.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*''Robots in Disguise'' deletes a "picture-in-picture" shot of Ultra Magnus spotting Sky-Byte and replaces it with a new CGI POV shot made using earlier footage of Sky-Byte flying along (pictured).
*Where ''Robots in Disguise'' makes a Generation 1 reference by crediting [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]] with the creation of Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus, in ''Car Robots'', it is [[Vector Sigma]] who created them. Though this is the second time ''Robots in Disguise'' has deleted a mention to Vector Sigma (it happened last episode too), the computer does get an English-language mention later in the episode. In that scene, it is represented by a glowing green orb—but in ''Car Robots'', this orb is actually Prime's Energon Matrix.
*''Car Robots'' centres the tail end of Side Burn and Optimus's discussion around the nature of being a younger sibling: Side Burn assumes Prime is Magnus's elder, but Prime doesn't actually know which of them is older, which leads Side Burn to talk about being the youngest of the three Autobot Brothers and how much cooler he is than his big brothers. ''Robots in Disguise'' changes this to Optimus talking about the competitive streak his brother has, and Side Burn joking about the weapons and powers they compete with versus more normal sibling rivalries.
*Another ''Car Robots'' scene transition is replaced as Sky-Byte plugs the space bridge portal.
*As the Decepticons target Optimus, ''Robots in Disguise'' adds a CGI POV overlay, with a new Autobot graphic blinking in the centre (pictured)
*In ''Car Robots'', Magnus makes clear his intention is to forcibly merge with Optimus Prime and subsume his consciousness in order to take control of the Energon Matrix. ''Robots in Disguise'' is a little more confusing on this point: while he makes one mention of a "forced fusion", Magnus otherwise states that his goal is to drain Prime's energy and then take the Matrix. This suggests that the "fusion" he speaks of is the link forged by their handshake, through which he intends to carry out the energy drain, and that in this version, the formation of Omega Prime is an unexpected surprise.
*''Robots in Disguise'' extends the Predacons' attack on Omega Prime, repeating the shots of Megatron, Scourge and Ruination unleashing their attacks and Omega taking them.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts to a commercial break as the Predacons retreat, cutting out the dissolve between this scene and the next present in ''Car Robots''.
*Finally, ''Robots in Disguise'' lengthens the two shots of Optimus Prime watching as Magnus leaves by a second or two each.

===Animation or technical errors===
[[File:Fushion fusion.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|''The bigger the cushion The better the fushion Or so I am told!'']]
*When originally aired, the title of this episode was spelled "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fushion!".
*While scale errors are a well-known and ever-present issue in the Transformers franchise, [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:RiD2001_Megs_carries_Everybody.jpg#file| this one]] is notable: Megatron, in flying hand mode, is able to carry four full-sized alt-mode Decepticons -- Scourge with his tanker trailer, and all three terrestrial members of the Combaticon team -- with ease, despite all of them being close to the same size in robot mode. That's a four to five fold size increase for the Decepticon leader!

===Continuity errors===
*The first few minutes of the episode are a recap of the end of "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]", but the dialogue has been changed.
*Ultra Magnus says in the recap (and in the last episode) that the ''Matrix'' chose Optimus to inherit it, and ''then'' it's said Vector Sigma chose him.
*How does Movor get into orbit again? He's shown to need outside assistance in "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", yet somehow he gets into space in time to watch Optimus and Magnus fight.
*Scourge blames his continuing failure to destroy Optimus Prime on his Decepticon underlings, stating that they've "come close, but then Movor goes and shoots the wrong target, or Armorhide can't fly that day". Granted, the first seems like [[Attack from Outer Space|a legitimate complaint]], but Armorhide is a ''tank''. On which days ''can'' he fly?
*Koji is present at Autobot HQ from the beginning of this episode, despite not having been there at the end of "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]", which took place just minutes earlier.
*Sky-Byte summons images from his memory banks of the climactic battle in "[[A Test of Metal]]" to identify Optimus's island...despite not actually having been present at that battle.

===Continuity notes===
*As with last episode, the O-Parts are mentioned in this episode as something that the characters are all familiar with and know to be important, but are never actually seen in this episode due to their relevance being a feint. After a frustrating series of events surrounding the O-Parts' storyline in the show's initial U.S. airing, the O-Parts would eventually get a more proper introduction when [[Hope for the Future|episode 13]] aired, out of order, almost two weeks after this one.
*The island Optimus retreats to recuperate is the same island from the end of "[[A Test of Metal]]".
*It is in this episode that Optimus's Matrix is finally explored to the fullest, having been first alluded to back in "[[The Test]]" (albeit, as something called the "Cyber Matrix" back then) and more directly in [[Ultra Magnus (episode)|the previous episode]].

===Transformers references===
*The Matrix that Optimus possesses is revealed in this episode to be a version of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], a concept that originated in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''Generation 1'' Marvel Comics]] series as a program called the "Creation Matrix", but which evolved into the physical leadership talisman, "Matrix of Leadership", in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Here, it is only ever referred to as just "the Matrix" (barring one forgotten mention in "The Test" calling it Optimus's "Cyber Matrix") and is instead depicted as more like a purely energy-based force rather than a physical object. In the original ''Car Robots'' version, this Matrix is instead an [[Energon Matrix]], a similar concept originally from the Japanese ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]'' and ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo|Beast Wars Neo]]'' franchises.
*Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus were both created by [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]].
*Optimus was selected to command Cybertron by the [[Allspark]], [[Vector Sigma]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 7 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-25-ultra-magnus-forced-fusion "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!" transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Talk:Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!

2017-12-23T20:59:22Z

Zcat6:

Hello again, TFWIKI GURUS. So,i couldn't figure out a good place to put the screencap illustrating the hilarious size-scaling debacle I noted in the "Animation Errors" section without displacing the text or the equally hilarious "Fushion" image. So, I tried to just create a link to the image I uploaded, but I don't really like the way that looks either. Any advice? Thanks.[[User:Zcat6|Zcat6]] ([[User talk:Zcat6|talk]]) 15:51, 23 December 2017 (EST)

Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!

2017-12-23T20:56:06Z

Zcat6: /* Animation or technical errors */

{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=25
|series2=Transformers: Car Robots
|ep2=25
|next2=Assemble! New Troops
|title="Ultra Magnus: Forced Fushion!" "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"
|japanese=強制合体! ゴッドファイヤーコンボイ
|romaji=Kyōsei Gattai! God Fire Convoy
|translation=Forced Fusion! God Fire Convoy
|image=Forced Fusion Optimusbattlestation.jpg
|caption=Why do the Predacons always attack when I'm on the can?
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Junki Takegami]] (Japanese) [[Matthew V. Lewis]] (English)
|director=[[Yoshiaki Tsutsui]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[September 20|20 September]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[October 13]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Optimus retreats''' 
'''But his refuge is not safe''' 
'''Is the Matrix lost?'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Forced Fusion Ultramagnus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Rhinox, eat yer heart out!]]
[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus]] is disappointed to find that [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] is holding onto his old grudge and attempts to retreat, letting Magnus know he won't fight even as the other Autobot opens fire.

Back at base [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] is concerned. The [[Autobot Brothers|Autobot brothers]] leave to try to rescue Optimus, pondering why he's refusing to fight Magnus.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the battle is not going well for Optimus—Magnus blasts the ground out from under him, and Optimus falls into a chasm. [[Movor]], spying on the fight from space, transmits footage to the [[Megastar]] on Easter Island, where [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] watches with amusement. He wonders aloud why his Decepticons have so much trouble defeating Optimus when Magnus appears to have managed it with ease, and decides to sit back and watch the pair destroy each other.

Meanwhile, [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], having been fruitless in his search for the [[O-Part]]s, stumbles on the battle and watches in amazement as Optimus lays defeated at Magnus' feet. Magnus tells the fallen leader he has one cycle to hand over the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], however before he can inflict further damage on the Autobot leader, the Autobot brothers arrive. [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] is spoiling for a fight and [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] reminds him they're there only to rescue Optimus. The trio retreat with their leader, but not before Sky-Byte is able to tag him with a tracking device. Furious, Magnus is too late to stop them leaving, slamming into the cliff wall as the space bridge portal closes and burying himself temporarily in rock.

[[File:Forced Fusion Skybytedelusion.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This raises more questions than we're comfortable with admitting.]]
Sky-Byte follows the signal from his tracking device, musing that if he defeats Optimus, it'll make Megatron happy. After a short panic attack due to losing the trace, he flies on in the belief he'll eventually find Optimus, unaware he's being tracked by both Movor and Ultra Magnus. The shark soon closes in on an island which causes his memory banks to replay images from [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] and [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]'s recent battle. As it turns out, Optimus has indeed retreated to the island to recover from his fight with Magnus.

[[File:Forced Fusion Skybyterock.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"You came to the wrong neighborhood, frakker..."]]
As Side Burn enjoys an [[oil]] bath, Optimus admits that Ultra Magnus is his brother, and is carrying a grudge because Optimus was chosen as commander of the Autobots over him. Although Side Burn expresses concern, Optimus asks for some time alone, and Side Burn departs through the space bridge. Sky-Byte, having reached the island at last, promptly seals the portal to the space bridge with a number of large boulders and happily announces that he'll be able to fight and defeat Prime without interference. His joy is short-lived, as Megatron and the Decepticons hove into view over the water and confront Optimus. Before the Decepticons can fire, Ultra Magnus arrives and starts knocking them about like skittles. Ruination is formed, and he and Megatron ignite the oil deposits, turning the island into an inferno.

Alarmed, Koji and [[T-AI]] contact the Autobot brothers, who've discovered that the end of the space bridge has been sealed and are working to clear the blockage.

[[File:Forced Fusion Omegaruination.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|JUMANJI!]]
As Megatron gloats, Magnus tells Optimus he wants to make amends, however it's a trap—Magnus uses the opening to try to steal Optimus' power. The two Autobots combine into a new form: [[Omega Prime]]. While the Decepticons are standing stunned at this turn of events, the Autobot brothers finally break through the rocks blocking the space bridge and are similarly surprised to see what's happened. The biggest surprise is on Magnus—he soon finds he doesn't have any control over the combined form, and is unable to do anything as Omega Prime makes short work of Megatron and his Decepticons. Megatron calls a retreat, and Sky-Byte flees after them.

Optimus Prime watches regretfully as his brother flies off.
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==Featured characters==
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|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[T-AI]] (4)
*[[X-Brawn]] (5)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (6)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (7)
*[[Omega Prime]] (17)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Movor]] (8)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (10)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (11)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (12)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (13)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (14)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (15)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (16)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (3)

|c4=
*[[Vector Sigma]]

}}

==Quotes==
"I'm going to hit him so hard he'll have to open his trunk to find his headlights."
:—'''Side Burn''' knows his car-carrier anatomy.

"Extra, Extra! Optimus Prime found crushed at the bottom of a canyon at the hands of a brilliant bot named Ultra Magnus! Does Prime still shine? Read on!"
:—Beneath '''Movor''''s tough exterior beats the heart of a 1930s paperboy.

"Where are the O-Parts, where can they be? La, la, la, la... La, la, la..."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' branches out in the arts.

"Oh, what great rapture! A big fins up for me! Who's the shark now, baby?! Oh no, my sweet signal! No, please don't leave, no! Come back! Come back please, little dot! Please don't go away now..."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' loses it in more ways than one.

"Bitter? Bitter is not sending you postcards, but this whacko... He knocked you off a cliff!"
:—'''Side Burn''' just doesn't understand sibling rivalry.

'''Scourge''': Well, well, Prime. Have you got any last words for us? 
'''Mega-Octane''': Yeah, something short and sweet. Very short. 
'''Armorhide''': Speech! Speech! Ahahahaaa! 
'''Ro-Tor''': Maybe the great Optimus Prime has stage fright. 
'''Movor''': I don't know, Ro-Tor. Looks to me like this Autobot's got a whole lotta regular fright.
:—The Decepticons, having earned their moment of glory, proceed to milk it for all it's worth.

"Oh my... This is either really good or... completely catastrophic!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' wisely stays under cover.

"Is that all you've got?"
:—'''Omega Prime''' is all out of bubblegum.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*After Magnus finishes his explanation, ''Robots in Disguise'' extends his attack on Optimus by repeating footage of him opening fire and Optimus pulling back.
*When the Autobot Brothers are getting ready to join the fight, ''Robots in Disguise'' omits the specific reference that ''Car Robots'' has T-AI make to the injuries they sustained at Magnus's hands last episode, instead having her just tell them to do what they have to do quickly.
[[File:UltraMagnusForcedFusion deletedscene.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*The scene of the Autobot Brothers travelling to Prime's aid through the space bridge is completely changed for ''Robots in Disguise''. ''Car Robots'' uses the wireframe-grid design for the bridge seen previously in "[[Landfill (episode)|Landfill]]", while ''Robots in Disguise'' deletes these shots and replaces then with CGI footage of the bridge from "[[Battle Protocol!]]". While the close-up shots of the brothers' heads on their internal monitors are kept in ''Robots in Disguise'', the scene is extended with multiple shots of them driving through the CGI bridge being added in. The basics of their conversation is changed, too: in ''Robots in Disguise'', they mostly talk about how powerful Magnus and Prime are, while in ''Car Robots'', they spend their time wondering why Optimus is refusing to fight the newcomer. ''Robots in Disguise'' has X-Brawn suspect they may know one another from the beginning of the scene, but in ''Car Robots'', this is only a conclusion he reaches at the scene's end, and ''Robots in Disguise'' deletes the shot of the other brothers reacting in shock to what he has realized (pictured).
*After Optimus goes over the cliff, ''Robots in Disguise'' re-uses footage of Magnus peering over the edge from a second later to extend the scene a little.
*''Robots in Disguise'' adds a CGI POV shot as Movor watches Magnus and Prime fight (pictured, below). As with previous instances of this in "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", it's a little wonky, since the shot with the overlay is not an ''actual'' POV shot, but an image of Movor's monitor.
*In ''Car Robots'', Megatron ruminates on Ultra Magnus by speaking out loud, talking to the monitor image of him and saying he's "no use" to him. Scourge mistakenly believes he's talking about the Decepticons, and starts offering apologies. In ''Robots in Disguise'', the scene is changed so Megatron actually ''is'' talking about the Decepticons, wondering why they haven't been able to beat Optimus where Magnus could. Mega-Octane follows this up by suggesting the Decepticons capture and interrogate Prime for information on Magnus, while in ''Car Robots'', he's suggesting they head out and take on Magnus himself.
*A ''Car Robots'' scene transition between the Megastar and Sky-Byte's ongoing archaeological agony is replaced with the usual ''Robots in Disguise'' transition.
*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte decides to come up out of the hole he's dug because he hears the commotion of the fighting. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he's just clocking out for the day.
*''Robots in Disguise'' recuts the scene of Magnus looming over the fallen Prime, reorganizing and re-using some shots and building a commercial break cliffhanger. The dialogue is entirely changed: in ''Car Robots'', Magnus is insulted that Prime won't fight him, figuring that it means Prime thinks he's weak and not worth fighting, and Prime attempting to explain that the power of the Energon Matrix isn't supposed to be used for violence; in ''Robots in Disguise'', he talks about their past together and Magnus's time in the "civil wars".
*Apparently misinterpreting Magnus's activation of his jetpack as the character preparing to depart, ''Robots in Disguise'' adds a confusing line in which he gives Prime one cycle to turn the Matrix over. But because he's not leaving, and actually working up to a dramatic anime kick, it's immediately forgotten.
*In ''Car Robots'', when Magnus ignites his jets, Prime is amazed to discover that he can fly. ''Robots in Disguise'' replaces this dialogue with him talking about honor.
*When Sky-Byte tags Optimus with his tracker, in ''Car Robots'', Prime knows right away and says as much in dialogue. This is why the Autobots go to the island; in ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte specifically assumes they'll be going back to their base, and they go to the island instead to throw him off. ''Car Robots'' Sky-Byte also has the very specific desire of getting his nose petted by Megatron for doing a good job.
[[File:UltraMagnusForcedFusion POVs.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*''Robots in Disguise'' deletes a "picture-in-picture" shot of Ultra Magnus spotting Sky-Byte and replaces it with a new CGI POV shot made using earlier footage of Sky-Byte flying along (pictured).
*Where ''Robots in Disguise'' makes a Generation 1 reference by crediting [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]] with the creation of Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus, in ''Car Robots'', it is [[Vector Sigma]] who created them. Though this is the second time ''Robots in Disguise'' has deleted a mention to Vector Sigma (it happened last episode too), the computer does get an English-language mention later in the episode. In that scene, it is represented by a glowing green orb—but in ''Car Robots'', this orb is actually Prime's Energon Matrix.
*''Car Robots'' centres the tail end of Side Burn and Optimus's discussion around the nature of being a younger sibling: Side Burn assumes Prime is Magnus's elder, but Prime doesn't actually know which of them is older, which leads Side Burn to talk about being the youngest of the three Autobot Brothers and how much cooler he is than his big brothers. ''Robots in Disguise'' changes this to Optimus talking about the competitive streak his brother has, and Side Burn joking about the weapons and powers they compete with versus more normal sibling rivalries.
*Another ''Car Robots'' scene transition is replaced as Sky-Byte plugs the space bridge portal.
*As the Decepticons target Optimus, ''Robots in Disguise'' adds a CGI POV overlay, with a new Autobot graphic blinking in the centre (pictured)
*In ''Car Robots'', Magnus makes clear his intention is to forcibly merge with Optimus Prime and subsume his consciousness in order to take control of the Energon Matrix. ''Robots in Disguise'' is a little more confusing on this point: while he makes one mention of a "forced fusion", Magnus otherwise states that his goal is to drain Prime's energy and then take the Matrix. This suggests that the "fusion" he speaks of is the link forged by their handshake, through which he intends to carry out the energy drain, and that in this version, the formation of Omega Prime is an unexpected surprise.
*''Robots in Disguise'' extends the Predacons' attack on Omega Prime, repeating the shots of Megatron, Scourge and Ruination unleashing their attacks and Omega taking them.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts to a commercial break as the Predacons retreat, cutting out the dissolve between this scene and the next present in ''Car Robots''.
*Finally, ''Robots in Disguise'' lengthens the two shots of Optimus Prime watching as Magnus leaves by a second or two each.

===Animation or technical errors===
[[File:Fushion fusion.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|''The bigger the cushion The better the fushion Or so I am told!'']]
*When originally aired, the title of this episode was spelled "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fushion!".
*While scale errors are a well-known and ever-present issue in the Transformers franchise, [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:RiD2001_Megs_carries_Everybody.jpg#file| this one]] is notable: Megatron, in flying hand mode, is able to carry four full-sized Decepticons -- Scourge with his tanker trailer, and all three terrestrial members of the Combaticon team -- with ease, despite all of them being close to the same size in robot mode. That's a four to five fold size increase for the Decepticon leader!

===Continuity errors===
*The first few minutes of the episode are a recap of the end of "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]", but the dialogue has been changed.
*Ultra Magnus says in the recap (and in the last episode) that the ''Matrix'' chose Optimus to inherit it, and ''then'' it's said Vector Sigma chose him.
*How does Movor get into orbit again? He's shown to need outside assistance in "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", yet somehow he gets into space in time to watch Optimus and Magnus fight.
*Scourge blames his continuing failure to destroy Optimus Prime on his Decepticon underlings, stating that they've "come close, but then Movor goes and shoots the wrong target, or Armorhide can't fly that day". Granted, the first seems like [[Attack from Outer Space|a legitimate complaint]], but Armorhide is a ''tank''. On which days ''can'' he fly?
*Koji is present at Autobot HQ from the beginning of this episode, despite not having been there at the end of "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]", which took place just minutes earlier.
*Sky-Byte summons images from his memory banks of the climactic battle in "[[A Test of Metal]]" to identify Optimus's island...despite not actually having been present at that battle.

===Continuity notes===
*As with last episode, the O-Parts are mentioned in this episode as something that the characters are all familiar with and know to be important, but are never actually seen in this episode due to their relevance being a feint. After a frustrating series of events surrounding the O-Parts' storyline in the show's initial U.S. airing, the O-Parts would eventually get a more proper introduction when [[Hope for the Future|episode 13]] aired, out of order, almost two weeks after this one.
*The island Optimus retreats to recuperate is the same island from the end of "[[A Test of Metal]]".
*It is in this episode that Optimus's Matrix is finally explored to the fullest, having been first alluded to back in "[[The Test]]" (albeit, as something called the "Cyber Matrix" back then) and more directly in [[Ultra Magnus (episode)|the previous episode]].

===Transformers references===
*The Matrix that Optimus possesses is revealed in this episode to be a version of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], a concept that originated in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''Generation 1'' Marvel Comics]] series as a program called the "Creation Matrix", but which evolved into the physical leadership talisman, "Matrix of Leadership", in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Here, it is only ever referred to as just "the Matrix" (barring one forgotten mention in "The Test" calling it Optimus's "Cyber Matrix") and is instead depicted as more like a purely energy-based force rather than a physical object. In the original ''Car Robots'' version, this Matrix is instead an [[Energon Matrix]], a similar concept originally from the Japanese ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]'' and ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo|Beast Wars Neo]]'' franchises.
*Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus were both created by [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]].
*Optimus was selected to command Cybertron by the [[Allspark]], [[Vector Sigma]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 7 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-25-ultra-magnus-forced-fusion "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!" transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Talk:Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!

2017-12-23T20:51:06Z

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I couldn't figure out a good place to put the screencap illustrating the hilarious size-scaling debacle I noted in this section without displacing the text or the equally hilarious "Fushion" image. So, I tried to just create a link to the image I uploaded, but I can't seem to get that to work either. Any advice appreciated! [[User:Zcat6|Zcat6]] ([[User talk:Zcat6|talk]]) 15:51, 23 December 2017 (EST)

Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!

2017-12-23T20:46:44Z

Zcat6: /* Animation or technical errors */

{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=25
|series2=Transformers: Car Robots
|ep2=25
|next2=Assemble! New Troops
|title="Ultra Magnus: Forced Fushion!" "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"
|japanese=強制合体! ゴッドファイヤーコンボイ
|romaji=Kyōsei Gattai! God Fire Convoy
|translation=Forced Fusion! God Fire Convoy
|image=Forced Fusion Optimusbattlestation.jpg
|caption=Why do the Predacons always attack when I'm on the can?
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Junki Takegami]] (Japanese) [[Matthew V. Lewis]] (English)
|director=[[Yoshiaki Tsutsui]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[September 20|20 September]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[October 13]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Optimus retreats''' 
'''But his refuge is not safe''' 
'''Is the Matrix lost?'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Forced Fusion Ultramagnus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Rhinox, eat yer heart out!]]
[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus]] is disappointed to find that [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] is holding onto his old grudge and attempts to retreat, letting Magnus know he won't fight even as the other Autobot opens fire.

Back at base [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] is concerned. The [[Autobot Brothers|Autobot brothers]] leave to try to rescue Optimus, pondering why he's refusing to fight Magnus.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the battle is not going well for Optimus—Magnus blasts the ground out from under him, and Optimus falls into a chasm. [[Movor]], spying on the fight from space, transmits footage to the [[Megastar]] on Easter Island, where [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] watches with amusement. He wonders aloud why his Decepticons have so much trouble defeating Optimus when Magnus appears to have managed it with ease, and decides to sit back and watch the pair destroy each other.

Meanwhile, [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], having been fruitless in his search for the [[O-Part]]s, stumbles on the battle and watches in amazement as Optimus lays defeated at Magnus' feet. Magnus tells the fallen leader he has one cycle to hand over the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], however before he can inflict further damage on the Autobot leader, the Autobot brothers arrive. [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] is spoiling for a fight and [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] reminds him they're there only to rescue Optimus. The trio retreat with their leader, but not before Sky-Byte is able to tag him with a tracking device. Furious, Magnus is too late to stop them leaving, slamming into the cliff wall as the space bridge portal closes and burying himself temporarily in rock.

[[File:Forced Fusion Skybytedelusion.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This raises more questions than we're comfortable with admitting.]]
Sky-Byte follows the signal from his tracking device, musing that if he defeats Optimus, it'll make Megatron happy. After a short panic attack due to losing the trace, he flies on in the belief he'll eventually find Optimus, unaware he's being tracked by both Movor and Ultra Magnus. The shark soon closes in on an island which causes his memory banks to replay images from [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] and [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]'s recent battle. As it turns out, Optimus has indeed retreated to the island to recover from his fight with Magnus.

[[File:Forced Fusion Skybyterock.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"You came to the wrong neighborhood, frakker..."]]
As Side Burn enjoys an [[oil]] bath, Optimus admits that Ultra Magnus is his brother, and is carrying a grudge because Optimus was chosen as commander of the Autobots over him. Although Side Burn expresses concern, Optimus asks for some time alone, and Side Burn departs through the space bridge. Sky-Byte, having reached the island at last, promptly seals the portal to the space bridge with a number of large boulders and happily announces that he'll be able to fight and defeat Prime without interference. His joy is short-lived, as Megatron and the Decepticons hove into view over the water and confront Optimus. Before the Decepticons can fire, Ultra Magnus arrives and starts knocking them about like skittles. Ruination is formed, and he and Megatron ignite the oil deposits, turning the island into an inferno.

Alarmed, Koji and [[T-AI]] contact the Autobot brothers, who've discovered that the end of the space bridge has been sealed and are working to clear the blockage.

[[File:Forced Fusion Omegaruination.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|JUMANJI!]]
As Megatron gloats, Magnus tells Optimus he wants to make amends, however it's a trap—Magnus uses the opening to try to steal Optimus' power. The two Autobots combine into a new form: [[Omega Prime]]. While the Decepticons are standing stunned at this turn of events, the Autobot brothers finally break through the rocks blocking the space bridge and are similarly surprised to see what's happened. The biggest surprise is on Magnus—he soon finds he doesn't have any control over the combined form, and is unable to do anything as Omega Prime makes short work of Megatron and his Decepticons. Megatron calls a retreat, and Sky-Byte flees after them.

Optimus Prime watches regretfully as his brother flies off.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[T-AI]] (4)
*[[X-Brawn]] (5)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (6)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (7)
*[[Omega Prime]] (17)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Movor]] (8)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (10)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (11)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (12)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (13)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (14)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (15)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (16)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (3)

|c4=
*[[Vector Sigma]]

}}

==Quotes==
"I'm going to hit him so hard he'll have to open his trunk to find his headlights."
:—'''Side Burn''' knows his car-carrier anatomy.

"Extra, Extra! Optimus Prime found crushed at the bottom of a canyon at the hands of a brilliant bot named Ultra Magnus! Does Prime still shine? Read on!"
:—Beneath '''Movor''''s tough exterior beats the heart of a 1930s paperboy.

"Where are the O-Parts, where can they be? La, la, la, la... La, la, la..."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' branches out in the arts.

"Oh, what great rapture! A big fins up for me! Who's the shark now, baby?! Oh no, my sweet signal! No, please don't leave, no! Come back! Come back please, little dot! Please don't go away now..."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' loses it in more ways than one.

"Bitter? Bitter is not sending you postcards, but this whacko... He knocked you off a cliff!"
:—'''Side Burn''' just doesn't understand sibling rivalry.

'''Scourge''': Well, well, Prime. Have you got any last words for us? 
'''Mega-Octane''': Yeah, something short and sweet. Very short. 
'''Armorhide''': Speech! Speech! Ahahahaaa! 
'''Ro-Tor''': Maybe the great Optimus Prime has stage fright. 
'''Movor''': I don't know, Ro-Tor. Looks to me like this Autobot's got a whole lotta regular fright.
:—The Decepticons, having earned their moment of glory, proceed to milk it for all it's worth.

"Oh my... This is either really good or... completely catastrophic!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' wisely stays under cover.

"Is that all you've got?"
:—'''Omega Prime''' is all out of bubblegum.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*After Magnus finishes his explanation, ''Robots in Disguise'' extends his attack on Optimus by repeating footage of him opening fire and Optimus pulling back.
*When the Autobot Brothers are getting ready to join the fight, ''Robots in Disguise'' omits the specific reference that ''Car Robots'' has T-AI make to the injuries they sustained at Magnus's hands last episode, instead having her just tell them to do what they have to do quickly.
[[File:UltraMagnusForcedFusion deletedscene.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*The scene of the Autobot Brothers travelling to Prime's aid through the space bridge is completely changed for ''Robots in Disguise''. ''Car Robots'' uses the wireframe-grid design for the bridge seen previously in "[[Landfill (episode)|Landfill]]", while ''Robots in Disguise'' deletes these shots and replaces then with CGI footage of the bridge from "[[Battle Protocol!]]". While the close-up shots of the brothers' heads on their internal monitors are kept in ''Robots in Disguise'', the scene is extended with multiple shots of them driving through the CGI bridge being added in. The basics of their conversation is changed, too: in ''Robots in Disguise'', they mostly talk about how powerful Magnus and Prime are, while in ''Car Robots'', they spend their time wondering why Optimus is refusing to fight the newcomer. ''Robots in Disguise'' has X-Brawn suspect they may know one another from the beginning of the scene, but in ''Car Robots'', this is only a conclusion he reaches at the scene's end, and ''Robots in Disguise'' deletes the shot of the other brothers reacting in shock to what he has realized (pictured).
*After Optimus goes over the cliff, ''Robots in Disguise'' re-uses footage of Magnus peering over the edge from a second later to extend the scene a little.
*''Robots in Disguise'' adds a CGI POV shot as Movor watches Magnus and Prime fight (pictured, below). As with previous instances of this in "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", it's a little wonky, since the shot with the overlay is not an ''actual'' POV shot, but an image of Movor's monitor.
*In ''Car Robots'', Megatron ruminates on Ultra Magnus by speaking out loud, talking to the monitor image of him and saying he's "no use" to him. Scourge mistakenly believes he's talking about the Decepticons, and starts offering apologies. In ''Robots in Disguise'', the scene is changed so Megatron actually ''is'' talking about the Decepticons, wondering why they haven't been able to beat Optimus where Magnus could. Mega-Octane follows this up by suggesting the Decepticons capture and interrogate Prime for information on Magnus, while in ''Car Robots'', he's suggesting they head out and take on Magnus himself.
*A ''Car Robots'' scene transition between the Megastar and Sky-Byte's ongoing archaeological agony is replaced with the usual ''Robots in Disguise'' transition.
*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte decides to come up out of the hole he's dug because he hears the commotion of the fighting. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he's just clocking out for the day.
*''Robots in Disguise'' recuts the scene of Magnus looming over the fallen Prime, reorganizing and re-using some shots and building a commercial break cliffhanger. The dialogue is entirely changed: in ''Car Robots'', Magnus is insulted that Prime won't fight him, figuring that it means Prime thinks he's weak and not worth fighting, and Prime attempting to explain that the power of the Energon Matrix isn't supposed to be used for violence; in ''Robots in Disguise'', he talks about their past together and Magnus's time in the "civil wars".
*Apparently misinterpreting Magnus's activation of his jetpack as the character preparing to depart, ''Robots in Disguise'' adds a confusing line in which he gives Prime one cycle to turn the Matrix over. But because he's not leaving, and actually working up to a dramatic anime kick, it's immediately forgotten.
*In ''Car Robots'', when Magnus ignites his jets, Prime is amazed to discover that he can fly. ''Robots in Disguise'' replaces this dialogue with him talking about honor.
*When Sky-Byte tags Optimus with his tracker, in ''Car Robots'', Prime knows right away and says as much in dialogue. This is why the Autobots go to the island; in ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte specifically assumes they'll be going back to their base, and they go to the island instead to throw him off. ''Car Robots'' Sky-Byte also has the very specific desire of getting his nose petted by Megatron for doing a good job.
[[File:UltraMagnusForcedFusion POVs.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*''Robots in Disguise'' deletes a "picture-in-picture" shot of Ultra Magnus spotting Sky-Byte and replaces it with a new CGI POV shot made using earlier footage of Sky-Byte flying along (pictured).
*Where ''Robots in Disguise'' makes a Generation 1 reference by crediting [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]] with the creation of Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus, in ''Car Robots'', it is [[Vector Sigma]] who created them. Though this is the second time ''Robots in Disguise'' has deleted a mention to Vector Sigma (it happened last episode too), the computer does get an English-language mention later in the episode. In that scene, it is represented by a glowing green orb—but in ''Car Robots'', this orb is actually Prime's Energon Matrix.
*''Car Robots'' centres the tail end of Side Burn and Optimus's discussion around the nature of being a younger sibling: Side Burn assumes Prime is Magnus's elder, but Prime doesn't actually know which of them is older, which leads Side Burn to talk about being the youngest of the three Autobot Brothers and how much cooler he is than his big brothers. ''Robots in Disguise'' changes this to Optimus talking about the competitive streak his brother has, and Side Burn joking about the weapons and powers they compete with versus more normal sibling rivalries.
*Another ''Car Robots'' scene transition is replaced as Sky-Byte plugs the space bridge portal.
*As the Decepticons target Optimus, ''Robots in Disguise'' adds a CGI POV overlay, with a new Autobot graphic blinking in the centre (pictured)
*In ''Car Robots'', Magnus makes clear his intention is to forcibly merge with Optimus Prime and subsume his consciousness in order to take control of the Energon Matrix. ''Robots in Disguise'' is a little more confusing on this point: while he makes one mention of a "forced fusion", Magnus otherwise states that his goal is to drain Prime's energy and then take the Matrix. This suggests that the "fusion" he speaks of is the link forged by their handshake, through which he intends to carry out the energy drain, and that in this version, the formation of Omega Prime is an unexpected surprise.
*''Robots in Disguise'' extends the Predacons' attack on Omega Prime, repeating the shots of Megatron, Scourge and Ruination unleashing their attacks and Omega taking them.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts to a commercial break as the Predacons retreat, cutting out the dissolve between this scene and the next present in ''Car Robots''.
*Finally, ''Robots in Disguise'' lengthens the two shots of Optimus Prime watching as Magnus leaves by a second or two each.

===Animation or technical errors===
[[File:Fushion fusion.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|''The bigger the cushion The better the fushion Or so I am told!'']]
*When originally aired, the title of this episode was spelled "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fushion!".
*While scale errors are a well-known and ever-present issue in the Transformers franchise, [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:RiD2001_Megs_carries_Everybody.jpg| this one]] is notable: Megatron, in flying hand mode, is able to carry four full-sized Decepticons -- Scourge with his tanker trailer, and all three terrestrial members of the Combaticon team -- with ease, despite all of them being close to the same size in robot mode. That's a four to five fold size increase for the Decepticon leader!

===Continuity errors===
*The first few minutes of the episode are a recap of the end of "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]", but the dialogue has been changed.
*Ultra Magnus says in the recap (and in the last episode) that the ''Matrix'' chose Optimus to inherit it, and ''then'' it's said Vector Sigma chose him.
*How does Movor get into orbit again? He's shown to need outside assistance in "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", yet somehow he gets into space in time to watch Optimus and Magnus fight.
*Scourge blames his continuing failure to destroy Optimus Prime on his Decepticon underlings, stating that they've "come close, but then Movor goes and shoots the wrong target, or Armorhide can't fly that day". Granted, the first seems like [[Attack from Outer Space|a legitimate complaint]], but Armorhide is a ''tank''. On which days ''can'' he fly?
*Koji is present at Autobot HQ from the beginning of this episode, despite not having been there at the end of "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]", which took place just minutes earlier.
*Sky-Byte summons images from his memory banks of the climactic battle in "[[A Test of Metal]]" to identify Optimus's island...despite not actually having been present at that battle.

===Continuity notes===
*As with last episode, the O-Parts are mentioned in this episode as something that the characters are all familiar with and know to be important, but are never actually seen in this episode due to their relevance being a feint. After a frustrating series of events surrounding the O-Parts' storyline in the show's initial U.S. airing, the O-Parts would eventually get a more proper introduction when [[Hope for the Future|episode 13]] aired, out of order, almost two weeks after this one.
*The island Optimus retreats to recuperate is the same island from the end of "[[A Test of Metal]]".
*It is in this episode that Optimus's Matrix is finally explored to the fullest, having been first alluded to back in "[[The Test]]" (albeit, as something called the "Cyber Matrix" back then) and more directly in [[Ultra Magnus (episode)|the previous episode]].

===Transformers references===
*The Matrix that Optimus possesses is revealed in this episode to be a version of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], a concept that originated in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''Generation 1'' Marvel Comics]] series as a program called the "Creation Matrix", but which evolved into the physical leadership talisman, "Matrix of Leadership", in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Here, it is only ever referred to as just "the Matrix" (barring one forgotten mention in "The Test" calling it Optimus's "Cyber Matrix") and is instead depicted as more like a purely energy-based force rather than a physical object. In the original ''Car Robots'' version, this Matrix is instead an [[Energon Matrix]], a similar concept originally from the Japanese ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]'' and ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo|Beast Wars Neo]]'' franchises.
*Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus were both created by [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]].
*Optimus was selected to command Cybertron by the [[Allspark]], [[Vector Sigma]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 7 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-25-ultra-magnus-forced-fusion "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!" transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!

2017-12-23T20:40:38Z

Zcat6: /* Animation or technical errors */

{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=25
|series2=Transformers: Car Robots
|ep2=25
|next2=Assemble! New Troops
|title="Ultra Magnus: Forced Fushion!" "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"
|japanese=強制合体! ゴッドファイヤーコンボイ
|romaji=Kyōsei Gattai! God Fire Convoy
|translation=Forced Fusion! God Fire Convoy
|image=Forced Fusion Optimusbattlestation.jpg
|caption=Why do the Predacons always attack when I'm on the can?
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Junki Takegami]] (Japanese) [[Matthew V. Lewis]] (English)
|director=[[Yoshiaki Tsutsui]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[September 20|20 September]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[October 13]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Optimus retreats''' 
'''But his refuge is not safe''' 
'''Is the Matrix lost?'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Forced Fusion Ultramagnus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Rhinox, eat yer heart out!]]
[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus]] is disappointed to find that [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] is holding onto his old grudge and attempts to retreat, letting Magnus know he won't fight even as the other Autobot opens fire.

Back at base [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] is concerned. The [[Autobot Brothers|Autobot brothers]] leave to try to rescue Optimus, pondering why he's refusing to fight Magnus.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the battle is not going well for Optimus—Magnus blasts the ground out from under him, and Optimus falls into a chasm. [[Movor]], spying on the fight from space, transmits footage to the [[Megastar]] on Easter Island, where [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] watches with amusement. He wonders aloud why his Decepticons have so much trouble defeating Optimus when Magnus appears to have managed it with ease, and decides to sit back and watch the pair destroy each other.

Meanwhile, [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], having been fruitless in his search for the [[O-Part]]s, stumbles on the battle and watches in amazement as Optimus lays defeated at Magnus' feet. Magnus tells the fallen leader he has one cycle to hand over the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], however before he can inflict further damage on the Autobot leader, the Autobot brothers arrive. [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] is spoiling for a fight and [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] reminds him they're there only to rescue Optimus. The trio retreat with their leader, but not before Sky-Byte is able to tag him with a tracking device. Furious, Magnus is too late to stop them leaving, slamming into the cliff wall as the space bridge portal closes and burying himself temporarily in rock.

[[File:Forced Fusion Skybytedelusion.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This raises more questions than we're comfortable with admitting.]]
Sky-Byte follows the signal from his tracking device, musing that if he defeats Optimus, it'll make Megatron happy. After a short panic attack due to losing the trace, he flies on in the belief he'll eventually find Optimus, unaware he's being tracked by both Movor and Ultra Magnus. The shark soon closes in on an island which causes his memory banks to replay images from [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] and [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]'s recent battle. As it turns out, Optimus has indeed retreated to the island to recover from his fight with Magnus.

[[File:Forced Fusion Skybyterock.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"You came to the wrong neighborhood, frakker..."]]
As Side Burn enjoys an [[oil]] bath, Optimus admits that Ultra Magnus is his brother, and is carrying a grudge because Optimus was chosen as commander of the Autobots over him. Although Side Burn expresses concern, Optimus asks for some time alone, and Side Burn departs through the space bridge. Sky-Byte, having reached the island at last, promptly seals the portal to the space bridge with a number of large boulders and happily announces that he'll be able to fight and defeat Prime without interference. His joy is short-lived, as Megatron and the Decepticons hove into view over the water and confront Optimus. Before the Decepticons can fire, Ultra Magnus arrives and starts knocking them about like skittles. Ruination is formed, and he and Megatron ignite the oil deposits, turning the island into an inferno.

Alarmed, Koji and [[T-AI]] contact the Autobot brothers, who've discovered that the end of the space bridge has been sealed and are working to clear the blockage.

[[File:Forced Fusion Omegaruination.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|JUMANJI!]]
As Megatron gloats, Magnus tells Optimus he wants to make amends, however it's a trap—Magnus uses the opening to try to steal Optimus' power. The two Autobots combine into a new form: [[Omega Prime]]. While the Decepticons are standing stunned at this turn of events, the Autobot brothers finally break through the rocks blocking the space bridge and are similarly surprised to see what's happened. The biggest surprise is on Magnus—he soon finds he doesn't have any control over the combined form, and is unable to do anything as Omega Prime makes short work of Megatron and his Decepticons. Megatron calls a retreat, and Sky-Byte flees after them.

Optimus Prime watches regretfully as his brother flies off.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[T-AI]] (4)
*[[X-Brawn]] (5)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (6)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (7)
*[[Omega Prime]] (17)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Movor]] (8)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (10)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (11)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (12)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (13)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (14)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (15)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (16)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (3)

|c4=
*[[Vector Sigma]]

}}

==Quotes==
"I'm going to hit him so hard he'll have to open his trunk to find his headlights."
:—'''Side Burn''' knows his car-carrier anatomy.

"Extra, Extra! Optimus Prime found crushed at the bottom of a canyon at the hands of a brilliant bot named Ultra Magnus! Does Prime still shine? Read on!"
:—Beneath '''Movor''''s tough exterior beats the heart of a 1930s paperboy.

"Where are the O-Parts, where can they be? La, la, la, la... La, la, la..."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' branches out in the arts.

"Oh, what great rapture! A big fins up for me! Who's the shark now, baby?! Oh no, my sweet signal! No, please don't leave, no! Come back! Come back please, little dot! Please don't go away now..."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' loses it in more ways than one.

"Bitter? Bitter is not sending you postcards, but this whacko... He knocked you off a cliff!"
:—'''Side Burn''' just doesn't understand sibling rivalry.

'''Scourge''': Well, well, Prime. Have you got any last words for us? 
'''Mega-Octane''': Yeah, something short and sweet. Very short. 
'''Armorhide''': Speech! Speech! Ahahahaaa! 
'''Ro-Tor''': Maybe the great Optimus Prime has stage fright. 
'''Movor''': I don't know, Ro-Tor. Looks to me like this Autobot's got a whole lotta regular fright.
:—The Decepticons, having earned their moment of glory, proceed to milk it for all it's worth.

"Oh my... This is either really good or... completely catastrophic!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' wisely stays under cover.

"Is that all you've got?"
:—'''Omega Prime''' is all out of bubblegum.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*After Magnus finishes his explanation, ''Robots in Disguise'' extends his attack on Optimus by repeating footage of him opening fire and Optimus pulling back.
*When the Autobot Brothers are getting ready to join the fight, ''Robots in Disguise'' omits the specific reference that ''Car Robots'' has T-AI make to the injuries they sustained at Magnus's hands last episode, instead having her just tell them to do what they have to do quickly.
[[File:UltraMagnusForcedFusion deletedscene.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*The scene of the Autobot Brothers travelling to Prime's aid through the space bridge is completely changed for ''Robots in Disguise''. ''Car Robots'' uses the wireframe-grid design for the bridge seen previously in "[[Landfill (episode)|Landfill]]", while ''Robots in Disguise'' deletes these shots and replaces then with CGI footage of the bridge from "[[Battle Protocol!]]". While the close-up shots of the brothers' heads on their internal monitors are kept in ''Robots in Disguise'', the scene is extended with multiple shots of them driving through the CGI bridge being added in. The basics of their conversation is changed, too: in ''Robots in Disguise'', they mostly talk about how powerful Magnus and Prime are, while in ''Car Robots'', they spend their time wondering why Optimus is refusing to fight the newcomer. ''Robots in Disguise'' has X-Brawn suspect they may know one another from the beginning of the scene, but in ''Car Robots'', this is only a conclusion he reaches at the scene's end, and ''Robots in Disguise'' deletes the shot of the other brothers reacting in shock to what he has realized (pictured).
*After Optimus goes over the cliff, ''Robots in Disguise'' re-uses footage of Magnus peering over the edge from a second later to extend the scene a little.
*''Robots in Disguise'' adds a CGI POV shot as Movor watches Magnus and Prime fight (pictured, below). As with previous instances of this in "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", it's a little wonky, since the shot with the overlay is not an ''actual'' POV shot, but an image of Movor's monitor.
*In ''Car Robots'', Megatron ruminates on Ultra Magnus by speaking out loud, talking to the monitor image of him and saying he's "no use" to him. Scourge mistakenly believes he's talking about the Decepticons, and starts offering apologies. In ''Robots in Disguise'', the scene is changed so Megatron actually ''is'' talking about the Decepticons, wondering why they haven't been able to beat Optimus where Magnus could. Mega-Octane follows this up by suggesting the Decepticons capture and interrogate Prime for information on Magnus, while in ''Car Robots'', he's suggesting they head out and take on Magnus himself.
*A ''Car Robots'' scene transition between the Megastar and Sky-Byte's ongoing archaeological agony is replaced with the usual ''Robots in Disguise'' transition.
*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte decides to come up out of the hole he's dug because he hears the commotion of the fighting. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he's just clocking out for the day.
*''Robots in Disguise'' recuts the scene of Magnus looming over the fallen Prime, reorganizing and re-using some shots and building a commercial break cliffhanger. The dialogue is entirely changed: in ''Car Robots'', Magnus is insulted that Prime won't fight him, figuring that it means Prime thinks he's weak and not worth fighting, and Prime attempting to explain that the power of the Energon Matrix isn't supposed to be used for violence; in ''Robots in Disguise'', he talks about their past together and Magnus's time in the "civil wars".
*Apparently misinterpreting Magnus's activation of his jetpack as the character preparing to depart, ''Robots in Disguise'' adds a confusing line in which he gives Prime one cycle to turn the Matrix over. But because he's not leaving, and actually working up to a dramatic anime kick, it's immediately forgotten.
*In ''Car Robots'', when Magnus ignites his jets, Prime is amazed to discover that he can fly. ''Robots in Disguise'' replaces this dialogue with him talking about honor.
*When Sky-Byte tags Optimus with his tracker, in ''Car Robots'', Prime knows right away and says as much in dialogue. This is why the Autobots go to the island; in ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte specifically assumes they'll be going back to their base, and they go to the island instead to throw him off. ''Car Robots'' Sky-Byte also has the very specific desire of getting his nose petted by Megatron for doing a good job.
[[File:UltraMagnusForcedFusion POVs.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*''Robots in Disguise'' deletes a "picture-in-picture" shot of Ultra Magnus spotting Sky-Byte and replaces it with a new CGI POV shot made using earlier footage of Sky-Byte flying along (pictured).
*Where ''Robots in Disguise'' makes a Generation 1 reference by crediting [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]] with the creation of Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus, in ''Car Robots'', it is [[Vector Sigma]] who created them. Though this is the second time ''Robots in Disguise'' has deleted a mention to Vector Sigma (it happened last episode too), the computer does get an English-language mention later in the episode. In that scene, it is represented by a glowing green orb—but in ''Car Robots'', this orb is actually Prime's Energon Matrix.
*''Car Robots'' centres the tail end of Side Burn and Optimus's discussion around the nature of being a younger sibling: Side Burn assumes Prime is Magnus's elder, but Prime doesn't actually know which of them is older, which leads Side Burn to talk about being the youngest of the three Autobot Brothers and how much cooler he is than his big brothers. ''Robots in Disguise'' changes this to Optimus talking about the competitive streak his brother has, and Side Burn joking about the weapons and powers they compete with versus more normal sibling rivalries.
*Another ''Car Robots'' scene transition is replaced as Sky-Byte plugs the space bridge portal.
*As the Decepticons target Optimus, ''Robots in Disguise'' adds a CGI POV overlay, with a new Autobot graphic blinking in the centre (pictured)
*In ''Car Robots'', Magnus makes clear his intention is to forcibly merge with Optimus Prime and subsume his consciousness in order to take control of the Energon Matrix. ''Robots in Disguise'' is a little more confusing on this point: while he makes one mention of a "forced fusion", Magnus otherwise states that his goal is to drain Prime's energy and then take the Matrix. This suggests that the "fusion" he speaks of is the link forged by their handshake, through which he intends to carry out the energy drain, and that in this version, the formation of Omega Prime is an unexpected surprise.
*''Robots in Disguise'' extends the Predacons' attack on Omega Prime, repeating the shots of Megatron, Scourge and Ruination unleashing their attacks and Omega taking them.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts to a commercial break as the Predacons retreat, cutting out the dissolve between this scene and the next present in ''Car Robots''.
*Finally, ''Robots in Disguise'' lengthens the two shots of Optimus Prime watching as Magnus leaves by a second or two each.

===Animation or technical errors===
[[File:Fushion fusion.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|''The bigger the cushion The better the fushion Or so I am told!'']]
*When originally aired, the title of this episode was spelled "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fushion!".
*While scale errors are a well-known and ever-present issue in the Transformers franchise, [[RiD2001_Megs_carries_Everybody.jpg|this one]] is notable: Megatron, in flying hand mode, is able to carry four full-sized Decepticons -- Scourge with his tanker trailer, and all three terrestrial members of the Combaticon team -- with ease, despite all of them being close to the same size in robot mode. That's a four to five fold size increase for the Decepticon leader!

===Continuity errors===
*The first few minutes of the episode are a recap of the end of "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]", but the dialogue has been changed.
*Ultra Magnus says in the recap (and in the last episode) that the ''Matrix'' chose Optimus to inherit it, and ''then'' it's said Vector Sigma chose him.
*How does Movor get into orbit again? He's shown to need outside assistance in "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", yet somehow he gets into space in time to watch Optimus and Magnus fight.
*Scourge blames his continuing failure to destroy Optimus Prime on his Decepticon underlings, stating that they've "come close, but then Movor goes and shoots the wrong target, or Armorhide can't fly that day". Granted, the first seems like [[Attack from Outer Space|a legitimate complaint]], but Armorhide is a ''tank''. On which days ''can'' he fly?
*Koji is present at Autobot HQ from the beginning of this episode, despite not having been there at the end of "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]", which took place just minutes earlier.
*Sky-Byte summons images from his memory banks of the climactic battle in "[[A Test of Metal]]" to identify Optimus's island...despite not actually having been present at that battle.

===Continuity notes===
*As with last episode, the O-Parts are mentioned in this episode as something that the characters are all familiar with and know to be important, but are never actually seen in this episode due to their relevance being a feint. After a frustrating series of events surrounding the O-Parts' storyline in the show's initial U.S. airing, the O-Parts would eventually get a more proper introduction when [[Hope for the Future|episode 13]] aired, out of order, almost two weeks after this one.
*The island Optimus retreats to recuperate is the same island from the end of "[[A Test of Metal]]".
*It is in this episode that Optimus's Matrix is finally explored to the fullest, having been first alluded to back in "[[The Test]]" (albeit, as something called the "Cyber Matrix" back then) and more directly in [[Ultra Magnus (episode)|the previous episode]].

===Transformers references===
*The Matrix that Optimus possesses is revealed in this episode to be a version of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], a concept that originated in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''Generation 1'' Marvel Comics]] series as a program called the "Creation Matrix", but which evolved into the physical leadership talisman, "Matrix of Leadership", in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Here, it is only ever referred to as just "the Matrix" (barring one forgotten mention in "The Test" calling it Optimus's "Cyber Matrix") and is instead depicted as more like a purely energy-based force rather than a physical object. In the original ''Car Robots'' version, this Matrix is instead an [[Energon Matrix]], a similar concept originally from the Japanese ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]'' and ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo|Beast Wars Neo]]'' franchises.
*Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus were both created by [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]].
*Optimus was selected to command Cybertron by the [[Allspark]], [[Vector Sigma]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 7 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-25-ultra-magnus-forced-fusion "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!" transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

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Zcat6:

{{RID2001cap|Size mis-scaling to the etxreeeeeeme! Megatron carries FOUR FULL-SIZED ALT-MODE Decepticons, while Movor, the SPACE SHUTTLE is depicted as the same size as Ro-Tor, the two-seater helicopter.|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!|1}}

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2017-12-23T20:19:22Z

Zcat6:

{{RID2001cap|Size scaling to the etxreeeeeeme! Megatron carries FOUR FULL-SIZED ALT-MODE Decepticons, while Movor, the SPACE SHUTTLE is depicted as the same size as Ro-Tor, the two-seater helicopter.|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!|1}}

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2017-12-23T20:15:45Z

Zcat6:

{{RID2001cap|Size scaling to the etxreeeeeeme! Megatron carries four full-size alt-mode Decepticons.|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!|1}}

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2017-12-23T20:15:05Z

Zcat6:

{{RID2001cap|Size scaling to the etxreeeeeeme! Megatron carries four full-size alt-mode Decepticons.|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion|1}}

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2017-12-23T20:11:26Z

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Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!

2017-12-23T19:27:53Z

Zcat6: /* Animation or technical errors */

{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=25
|series2=Transformers: Car Robots
|ep2=25
|next2=Assemble! New Troops
|title="Ultra Magnus: Forced Fushion!" "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"
|japanese=強制合体! ゴッドファイヤーコンボイ
|romaji=Kyōsei Gattai! God Fire Convoy
|translation=Forced Fusion! God Fire Convoy
|image=Forced Fusion Optimusbattlestation.jpg
|caption=Why do the Predacons always attack when I'm on the can?
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Junki Takegami]] (Japanese) [[Matthew V. Lewis]] (English)
|director=[[Yoshiaki Tsutsui]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[September 20|20 September]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[October 13]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Optimus retreats''' 
'''But his refuge is not safe''' 
'''Is the Matrix lost?'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Forced Fusion Ultramagnus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Rhinox, eat yer heart out!]]
[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus]] is disappointed to find that [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] is holding onto his old grudge and attempts to retreat, letting Magnus know he won't fight even as the other Autobot opens fire.

Back at base [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] is concerned. The [[Autobot Brothers|Autobot brothers]] leave to try to rescue Optimus, pondering why he's refusing to fight Magnus.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the battle is not going well for Optimus—Magnus blasts the ground out from under him, and Optimus falls into a chasm. [[Movor]], spying on the fight from space, transmits footage to the [[Megastar]] on Easter Island, where [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] watches with amusement. He wonders aloud why his Decepticons have so much trouble defeating Optimus when Magnus appears to have managed it with ease, and decides to sit back and watch the pair destroy each other.

Meanwhile, [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], having been fruitless in his search for the [[O-Part]]s, stumbles on the battle and watches in amazement as Optimus lays defeated at Magnus' feet. Magnus tells the fallen leader he has one cycle to hand over the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], however before he can inflict further damage on the Autobot leader, the Autobot brothers arrive. [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] is spoiling for a fight and [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] reminds him they're there only to rescue Optimus. The trio retreat with their leader, but not before Sky-Byte is able to tag him with a tracking device. Furious, Magnus is too late to stop them leaving, slamming into the cliff wall as the space bridge portal closes and burying himself temporarily in rock.

[[File:Forced Fusion Skybytedelusion.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This raises more questions than we're comfortable with admitting.]]
Sky-Byte follows the signal from his tracking device, musing that if he defeats Optimus, it'll make Megatron happy. After a short panic attack due to losing the trace, he flies on in the belief he'll eventually find Optimus, unaware he's being tracked by both Movor and Ultra Magnus. The shark soon closes in on an island which causes his memory banks to replay images from [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] and [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]'s recent battle. As it turns out, Optimus has indeed retreated to the island to recover from his fight with Magnus.

[[File:Forced Fusion Skybyterock.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"You came to the wrong neighborhood, frakker..."]]
As Side Burn enjoys an [[oil]] bath, Optimus admits that Ultra Magnus is his brother, and is carrying a grudge because Optimus was chosen as commander of the Autobots over him. Although Side Burn expresses concern, Optimus asks for some time alone, and Side Burn departs through the space bridge. Sky-Byte, having reached the island at last, promptly seals the portal to the space bridge with a number of large boulders and happily announces that he'll be able to fight and defeat Prime without interference. His joy is short-lived, as Megatron and the Decepticons hove into view over the water and confront Optimus. Before the Decepticons can fire, Ultra Magnus arrives and starts knocking them about like skittles. Ruination is formed, and he and Megatron ignite the oil deposits, turning the island into an inferno.

Alarmed, Koji and [[T-AI]] contact the Autobot brothers, who've discovered that the end of the space bridge has been sealed and are working to clear the blockage.

[[File:Forced Fusion Omegaruination.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|JUMANJI!]]
As Megatron gloats, Magnus tells Optimus he wants to make amends, however it's a trap—Magnus uses the opening to try to steal Optimus' power. The two Autobots combine into a new form: [[Omega Prime]]. While the Decepticons are standing stunned at this turn of events, the Autobot brothers finally break through the rocks blocking the space bridge and are similarly surprised to see what's happened. The biggest surprise is on Magnus—he soon finds he doesn't have any control over the combined form, and is unable to do anything as Omega Prime makes short work of Megatron and his Decepticons. Megatron calls a retreat, and Sky-Byte flees after them.

Optimus Prime watches regretfully as his brother flies off.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[T-AI]] (4)
*[[X-Brawn]] (5)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (6)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (7)
*[[Omega Prime]] (17)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Movor]] (8)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (10)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (11)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (12)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (13)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (14)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (15)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (16)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (3)

|c4=
*[[Vector Sigma]]

}}

==Quotes==
"I'm going to hit him so hard he'll have to open his trunk to find his headlights."
:—'''Side Burn''' knows his car-carrier anatomy.

"Extra, Extra! Optimus Prime found crushed at the bottom of a canyon at the hands of a brilliant bot named Ultra Magnus! Does Prime still shine? Read on!"
:—Beneath '''Movor''''s tough exterior beats the heart of a 1930s paperboy.

"Where are the O-Parts, where can they be? La, la, la, la... La, la, la..."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' branches out in the arts.

"Oh, what great rapture! A big fins up for me! Who's the shark now, baby?! Oh no, my sweet signal! No, please don't leave, no! Come back! Come back please, little dot! Please don't go away now..."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' loses it in more ways than one.

"Bitter? Bitter is not sending you postcards, but this whacko... He knocked you off a cliff!"
:—'''Side Burn''' just doesn't understand sibling rivalry.

'''Scourge''': Well, well, Prime. Have you got any last words for us? 
'''Mega-Octane''': Yeah, something short and sweet. Very short. 
'''Armorhide''': Speech! Speech! Ahahahaaa! 
'''Ro-Tor''': Maybe the great Optimus Prime has stage fright. 
'''Movor''': I don't know, Ro-Tor. Looks to me like this Autobot's got a whole lotta regular fright.
:—The Decepticons, having earned their moment of glory, proceed to milk it for all it's worth.

"Oh my... This is either really good or... completely catastrophic!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' wisely stays under cover.

"Is that all you've got?"
:—'''Omega Prime''' is all out of bubblegum.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*After Magnus finishes his explanation, ''Robots in Disguise'' extends his attack on Optimus by repeating footage of him opening fire and Optimus pulling back.
*When the Autobot Brothers are getting ready to join the fight, ''Robots in Disguise'' omits the specific reference that ''Car Robots'' has T-AI make to the injuries they sustained at Magnus's hands last episode, instead having her just tell them to do what they have to do quickly.
[[File:UltraMagnusForcedFusion deletedscene.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*The scene of the Autobot Brothers travelling to Prime's aid through the space bridge is completely changed for ''Robots in Disguise''. ''Car Robots'' uses the wireframe-grid design for the bridge seen previously in "[[Landfill (episode)|Landfill]]", while ''Robots in Disguise'' deletes these shots and replaces then with CGI footage of the bridge from "[[Battle Protocol!]]". While the close-up shots of the brothers' heads on their internal monitors are kept in ''Robots in Disguise'', the scene is extended with multiple shots of them driving through the CGI bridge being added in. The basics of their conversation is changed, too: in ''Robots in Disguise'', they mostly talk about how powerful Magnus and Prime are, while in ''Car Robots'', they spend their time wondering why Optimus is refusing to fight the newcomer. ''Robots in Disguise'' has X-Brawn suspect they may know one another from the beginning of the scene, but in ''Car Robots'', this is only a conclusion he reaches at the scene's end, and ''Robots in Disguise'' deletes the shot of the other brothers reacting in shock to what he has realized (pictured).
*After Optimus goes over the cliff, ''Robots in Disguise'' re-uses footage of Magnus peering over the edge from a second later to extend the scene a little.
*''Robots in Disguise'' adds a CGI POV shot as Movor watches Magnus and Prime fight (pictured, below). As with previous instances of this in "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", it's a little wonky, since the shot with the overlay is not an ''actual'' POV shot, but an image of Movor's monitor.
*In ''Car Robots'', Megatron ruminates on Ultra Magnus by speaking out loud, talking to the monitor image of him and saying he's "no use" to him. Scourge mistakenly believes he's talking about the Decepticons, and starts offering apologies. In ''Robots in Disguise'', the scene is changed so Megatron actually ''is'' talking about the Decepticons, wondering why they haven't been able to beat Optimus where Magnus could. Mega-Octane follows this up by suggesting the Decepticons capture and interrogate Prime for information on Magnus, while in ''Car Robots'', he's suggesting they head out and take on Magnus himself.
*A ''Car Robots'' scene transition between the Megastar and Sky-Byte's ongoing archaeological agony is replaced with the usual ''Robots in Disguise'' transition.
*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte decides to come up out of the hole he's dug because he hears the commotion of the fighting. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he's just clocking out for the day.
*''Robots in Disguise'' recuts the scene of Magnus looming over the fallen Prime, reorganizing and re-using some shots and building a commercial break cliffhanger. The dialogue is entirely changed: in ''Car Robots'', Magnus is insulted that Prime won't fight him, figuring that it means Prime thinks he's weak and not worth fighting, and Prime attempting to explain that the power of the Energon Matrix isn't supposed to be used for violence; in ''Robots in Disguise'', he talks about their past together and Magnus's time in the "civil wars".
*Apparently misinterpreting Magnus's activation of his jetpack as the character preparing to depart, ''Robots in Disguise'' adds a confusing line in which he gives Prime one cycle to turn the Matrix over. But because he's not leaving, and actually working up to a dramatic anime kick, it's immediately forgotten.
*In ''Car Robots'', when Magnus ignites his jets, Prime is amazed to discover that he can fly. ''Robots in Disguise'' replaces this dialogue with him talking about honor.
*When Sky-Byte tags Optimus with his tracker, in ''Car Robots'', Prime knows right away and says as much in dialogue. This is why the Autobots go to the island; in ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte specifically assumes they'll be going back to their base, and they go to the island instead to throw him off. ''Car Robots'' Sky-Byte also has the very specific desire of getting his nose petted by Megatron for doing a good job.
[[File:UltraMagnusForcedFusion POVs.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
*''Robots in Disguise'' deletes a "picture-in-picture" shot of Ultra Magnus spotting Sky-Byte and replaces it with a new CGI POV shot made using earlier footage of Sky-Byte flying along (pictured).
*Where ''Robots in Disguise'' makes a Generation 1 reference by crediting [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]] with the creation of Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus, in ''Car Robots'', it is [[Vector Sigma]] who created them. Though this is the second time ''Robots in Disguise'' has deleted a mention to Vector Sigma (it happened last episode too), the computer does get an English-language mention later in the episode. In that scene, it is represented by a glowing green orb—but in ''Car Robots'', this orb is actually Prime's Energon Matrix.
*''Car Robots'' centres the tail end of Side Burn and Optimus's discussion around the nature of being a younger sibling: Side Burn assumes Prime is Magnus's elder, but Prime doesn't actually know which of them is older, which leads Side Burn to talk about being the youngest of the three Autobot Brothers and how much cooler he is than his big brothers. ''Robots in Disguise'' changes this to Optimus talking about the competitive streak his brother has, and Side Burn joking about the weapons and powers they compete with versus more normal sibling rivalries.
*Another ''Car Robots'' scene transition is replaced as Sky-Byte plugs the space bridge portal.
*As the Decepticons target Optimus, ''Robots in Disguise'' adds a CGI POV overlay, with a new Autobot graphic blinking in the centre (pictured)
*In ''Car Robots'', Magnus makes clear his intention is to forcibly merge with Optimus Prime and subsume his consciousness in order to take control of the Energon Matrix. ''Robots in Disguise'' is a little more confusing on this point: while he makes one mention of a "forced fusion", Magnus otherwise states that his goal is to drain Prime's energy and then take the Matrix. This suggests that the "fusion" he speaks of is the link forged by their handshake, through which he intends to carry out the energy drain, and that in this version, the formation of Omega Prime is an unexpected surprise.
*''Robots in Disguise'' extends the Predacons' attack on Omega Prime, repeating the shots of Megatron, Scourge and Ruination unleashing their attacks and Omega taking them.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts to a commercial break as the Predacons retreat, cutting out the dissolve between this scene and the next present in ''Car Robots''.
*Finally, ''Robots in Disguise'' lengthens the two shots of Optimus Prime watching as Magnus leaves by a second or two each.

===Animation or technical errors===
[[File:Fushion fusion.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|''The bigger the cushion The better the fushion Or so I am told!'']]
*When originally aired, the title of this episode was spelled "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fushion!".
*While scale errors are a well-known and ever-present issue in the Transformers franchise, this one is notable: Megatron, in flying hand mode, is able to carry four full-sized Decepticons -- Scourge with his tanker trailer, and all three terrestrial members of the Combaticon team -- with ease, despite all of them being close to the same size in robot mode. That's a four to five fold size increase for the Decepticon leader!

===Continuity errors===
*The first few minutes of the episode are a recap of the end of "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]", but the dialogue has been changed.
*Ultra Magnus says in the recap (and in the last episode) that the ''Matrix'' chose Optimus to inherit it, and ''then'' it's said Vector Sigma chose him.
*How does Movor get into orbit again? He's shown to need outside assistance in "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", yet somehow he gets into space in time to watch Optimus and Magnus fight.
*Scourge blames his continuing failure to destroy Optimus Prime on his Decepticon underlings, stating that they've "come close, but then Movor goes and shoots the wrong target, or Armorhide can't fly that day". Granted, the first seems like [[Attack from Outer Space|a legitimate complaint]], but Armorhide is a ''tank''. On which days ''can'' he fly?
*Koji is present at Autobot HQ from the beginning of this episode, despite not having been there at the end of "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]", which took place just minutes earlier.
*Sky-Byte summons images from his memory banks of the climactic battle in "[[A Test of Metal]]" to identify Optimus's island...despite not actually having been present at that battle.

===Continuity notes===
*As with last episode, the O-Parts are mentioned in this episode as something that the characters are all familiar with and know to be important, but are never actually seen in this episode due to their relevance being a feint. After a frustrating series of events surrounding the O-Parts' storyline in the show's initial U.S. airing, the O-Parts would eventually get a more proper introduction when [[Hope for the Future|episode 13]] aired, out of order, almost two weeks after this one.
*The island Optimus retreats to recuperate is the same island from the end of "[[A Test of Metal]]".
*It is in this episode that Optimus's Matrix is finally explored to the fullest, having been first alluded to back in "[[The Test]]" (albeit, as something called the "Cyber Matrix" back then) and more directly in [[Ultra Magnus (episode)|the previous episode]].

===Transformers references===
*The Matrix that Optimus possesses is revealed in this episode to be a version of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], a concept that originated in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''Generation 1'' Marvel Comics]] series as a program called the "Creation Matrix", but which evolved into the physical leadership talisman, "Matrix of Leadership", in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Here, it is only ever referred to as just "the Matrix" (barring one forgotten mention in "The Test" calling it Optimus's "Cyber Matrix") and is instead depicted as more like a purely energy-based force rather than a physical object. In the original ''Car Robots'' version, this Matrix is instead an [[Energon Matrix]], a similar concept originally from the Japanese ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]'' and ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo|Beast Wars Neo]]'' franchises.
*Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus were both created by [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]].
*Optimus was selected to command Cybertron by the [[Allspark]], [[Vector Sigma]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 7 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-25-ultra-magnus-forced-fusion "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!" transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Ultra Magnus (episode)

2017-12-23T17:51:27Z

Zcat6: /* Differences with Car Robots */

{{disambig3|Ultra Magnus}}
{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=24
|title="Ultra Magnus"
|japanese=登場! ゴッドマグナス
|romaji=Tōjō! God Magnus
|translation=Enter! God Magnus
|image=Ultra Magnus Magnusunderfire.jpg
|caption=Quick, shoot at everything except him!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Junki Takegami]] (Japanese) [[Tom Wyner]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[September 13|13 September]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[October 6]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''A new Autobot''' 
'''Is he friend or is he foe?''' 
'''Sky-Byte digs up junk'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusbacklit.jpg|left|thumb|The twenty-first century—that's when everything changes, and you gotta be ready.]]
In [[Metro City]], a new Autobot stands atop a building and muses that he'll find [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and take back what's rightfully his.

Meanwhile, [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and the [[Decepticon]]s are raiding the city's [[oil]] stores, but are interrupted by the [[Autobot Brothers]]. The Autobots soon realise that they can't fire for fear of igniting the oil, so [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] tries to bluff the Decepticons into standing down—until a car-carrier bearing the Autobot insignia arrives, unleashing his firepower. The newcomer clashes with the Autobots, and the Decepticons escape in the resulting confusion. The new Autobot pours scorn on the three brothers.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Skybyteduck.jpg|thumb|I better get [[Rubber Ducky|this]] back to [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron.]]]]
[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] watches this unfold and mocks the Decepticons before being approached by [[Koji Onishi]] and his friends, all of whom appear to be his admirers. The shark flees in panic back to Predacon headquarters, where [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] gives him a new mission: Find the remaining [[O-Part]]s.

The Decepticons make sure that Sky-Byte's orders to the other Predacons are relayed to Autobot headquarters, and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus]] dispatches the Autobot Brothers to his location. They're intercepted en-route by the mysterious car-carrier, who, after warning them of a Decepticon ambush, shocks them, incapacitates them, and deposits them in a junkyard.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusbrothers.jpg|left|thumb|My rigid grill structure is bearing down on your unprotected cargo door.]]
[[Mega-Octane]] and Scourge stand at the top of a canyon overlooking the road, musing on their plan to relay Sky-Byte's message to the Autobots in order to lead them to their prepared ambush. Suddenly, they find themselves facing the car-carrier instead of the intended Autobot Brothers. Upon being questioned, the vehicle transforms and introduces himself as [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]].

Magnus is unimpressed by the Decepticons' attempts to attack him, even mocking their combination into [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] and promptly blasting him back into his component parts. With the addition of Optimus to the fight, the Decepticons are forced to retreat.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusprime.jpg|thumb|Red vs. Blue?]]
Optimus offers Magnus a place on his team, which Magnus rebukes. A startled Optimus asks why Magnus is acting so aggressively, to which Magnus recounts how it was Optimus, not Magnus, who was chosen to carry the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Bitter and vengeful, Magnus challenges Optimus to a duel over its keeping.

Meanwhile, the only things Sky-Byte has dug up are a rubber duck and an old bomb, the latter of which proves to be still explosive, much to his dismay.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[X-Brawn]] (8)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (9)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (10)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (11)
*[[T-AI]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (2)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (3)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (4)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (5)
*[[Movor]] (6)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (7)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (13)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (16)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (14)
*Koji's friends (15)
}}

==Quotes==
"You let them escape. Are you cowards or traitors?"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' makes friends with the Autobot brothers.

"Optimus may put up with your whining, but I won't."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' would be a less sympathetic Autobot Commander.

'''Children''': Give us your autograph, Sky-Byte! 
'''Sky-Byte''': This is embarrassing. I'd love to stay and chat, but we celebrities are very busy, you know! [[Beast mode]]! 
[''Sky-Byte takes flight''] 
'''Children''': Bye! See ya, Sky-Byte! 
'''Sky-Byte''': This is amazing! I'm very popular. I should get an agent, or a manager. Maybe I could get my haikus published!
:—Even Sky-Byte knows a good business opportunity when he sees one.

"I would've brought you more energy from the refinery, but I was ambushed by an army of rabid humans and barely managed to escape."
:—'''Sky-Byte''''s ever-so-slightly slanted description of Koji's friends.

"Could it be? That finally after hours of unglorious and back breaking labour ''I've actually found a'', uh... rubber duck. Oh well."
:—'''Sky-Byte'''

"We've got company!" 
"What do you mean? My sensors show this road's clear for the next ten miles!" 
"There's this real high-tech gadget called a rear-view mirror. You might try using it sometime."
:—'''Prowl''' demonstrates to '''Side Burn''' that the old methods are sometimes the best.

"He's carrying us around like we were ''toys''!" 
:--Um, '''Side Burn''', I think it's time we had a little talk...

"You may be lousy fighters, but at least you're good for a laugh. You ever thought about taking your act on the road?"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' has only been on Earth for a day, but already has the Decepticons pegged.

"That's gonna leave a mark."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' has a Wile E. Coyote moment.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*We wouldn't normally point out the English version's fondness for adding dialogue where there wasn't any in the original Japanese, but it's pronounced enough to warrant a mention in this episode. In ''Car Robots'', the Decepticons do nearly everything in near-total silence: stealing the energy, escaping, and delivering it to Megatron. Lots of dialogue is added over the top of these scenes in ''Robots in Disguise''.
*As Prowl moves to stop Magnus, ''Robots in Disguise'' extends the scene by re-using the footage of Magnus opening fire and some tanks exploding, but mirrored.
*When the Autobot Brothers introduce themselves to Magnus, ''Robots in Disguise'' switches the order of the speakers, letting Prowl go first, and X-Brawn last (easy to do when they don't have moving mouths). While ''Robots in Disguise'' has X-Brawn tell Magnus they're trying to apprehend the Decepticons, in ''Car Robots'', Prowl is threatening to arrest Magnus for shooting at him. Prowl carries a grudge about this for the rest of the episode.
*When robot-mode Magnus shoots at the brothers, the animation of his gun firing is looped to extend the scene slightly.
*When the brothers report to Optimus, ''Car Robots'' has X-Brawn play devil's advocate and point out that Magnus's intervention ''did'' stop the Decepticons' energy theft. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he talks about Magnus's dangerous weapons.
*Watching the smoke plume from a far, Sky-Byte mutters about Scourge and the Decepticons "showing off" in ''Car Robots'', and about how he'll need to steal energy to keep up with them, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he is mocking their failure, and claims ''he'' should have been sent on the mission.
*''Robots in Disguise'' deletes a short flashback to the events of "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]", because of the issues surrounding that episode. The footage is replaced with reused shots of the kids and Sky-Byte, and the dialogue refers only to "that that [he] stood up to the Decepticons". A reference the Autobot Brothers later make to the incident is also removed.
*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte runs from the kids because he's horrified that they think of him as heroic, and he implies this is just the latest in a string of similar incidents. In ''Robots in Disguise'', it's played as nervousness brought on by discovering his newfound celebrity status, but he's not averse to the idea.
*Similarly, when apologizing for his absence to Megatron, Sky-Byte keeps it a secret in ''Car Robots'', claiming he was "off hunting", while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he spins it as being "ambushed by an army of rabid humans". Afterward, when Megatron gives him his mission, he vows not to fail Megatron in ''Robots in Disguise'', while in ''Car Robots'', he has to check to make sure Megatron is even talking to him!
*''Car Robots'' gives Sky-Byte an extra line of dialogue wondering why nobody is answering his communication, and remarking to himself that it doesn't matter anyway as it means he'll be the only one to be rewarded.
*Rather that digitally edit the member select screen as normal, this episode just replaces it with a different, pre-edited shot of the screen from "[[Battle Protocol!]]".
*Mega-Octane actually appears to feel a little guilty about tricking Sky-Byte in ''Car Robots'', as he asks Scourge if using him for bait is really okay, then deciding it's all right if they think of it as a chance to take a break from collecting energy. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this is changed to him asking about, and spelling out for the audience, the particulars of the plan.
*In ''Car Robots'', Scourge is hungry for revenge against Ultra Magnus; ''Robots in Disguise'' changes this to him being eager to take down Optimus Prime.
*''Robots in Disguise'' goes to commercial after Magnus hits the brothers with his stun lasers, cutting out the ''Car Robots'' scene transition that follows.
*When the brothers recover in the junkyard, both Prowl ''and'' X-Brawn yell at Side Burn in ''Car Robots'', but only ''Prowl'' does it in ''Robots in Disguise''. The animation still shows the little while "stress" dots around them both, though.
*''Robots in Disguise'' extends the scene of Magnus shooting at Scourge and Mega-Octane by repeating the close-up shot of his weapons firing.
*There are a few exchanges between Magnus and Scourge that seem like the translation got a little wobbly and forgot that "Cybertron" is the Japanese name for the Autobots, and wound up changing the dialogue so that it refers to the planet instead of the faction. Where ''Car Robots'' has Magnus respond to Scourge's inquiry as to his identity with "I'm just a bit more clever than the other stupid Cybertrons", in ''Robots in Disguise'', he replies "Not that it's any of your business, but I'm from Cybertron." Then later, ''Car Robots'' has Scourge say that Magnus is "just another foolish Cybertron", while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he tells him he "should have stayed on Cybertron".
*Prime's whole conversation with the Autobot Brothers as they report back in is extended for ''Robots in Disguise'', with repeated bits of footage of Prime and the screen added in, and shots held on for longer. The added dialogue talks about Magnus's familiarity with Prime, which leads Prime to realize his identity sooner in ''Robots in Disguise''; something he doesn't realize in ''Car Robots'' until he's in the space bridge. In ''Robots in Disguise'', his speech while in the bridge is changed to explain for the audience how Prime was chosen as leader over Magnus and given the Matrix. This dialogue, and that shared by Prime and Magnus when they meet at the episode's end, makes it clear that the issues between them are pre-existing ones, whereas in ''Car Robots'', Prime doesn't seem to suspect anything.
*When Scourge spots Movor and Ro-Tor approaching from behind Magnus, an extra shot of Scourge's head is added into the middle of the scene to extend it a little; In ''Car Robots'', the two fliers' approach is one continuous shot. Immediately after, the footage of Movor opening fire is reused ''twice'' to extend the attack scene, then, when the Combaticons gang up on Magnus, the shot of Armorhide and Rollbar blasting is ''also'' re-used. This is tiresome, but it beats the show's usual runtime-extension method of lingering on a dozen different shots for a second longer than the Japanese version did!
*Speaking of that tactic, though, ''Robots in Disguise'' creates a little tension by holding on the shot of Optimus's outstretched hand for a second longer than ''Car Robots'', before Magnus slaps it away.
*In ''Car Robots'', Optimus Prime has an [[Energon Matrix]], granted to him by [[Vector Sigma]], "god" of Cybertron—a portrayal of the mega-computer consistent with the previous Japanese series, ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]''. In ''Robots in Disguise'', the Energon Matrix is reimagined as a version of the more familiar [[Matrix of Leadership]] (called just "the Matrix" here), and Vector Sigma is not mentioned.
*In ''Car Robots'', Gel Shark (Sky-Byte) digs up what is identified in ''Robots in Disguise'' as a giant rubber duck while digging for O-Parts, but, if you look closely, you can see that the body of the "duck" is hollow and shaped like a like a large oval bowl. The item is actually a (more size-appropriate) ''bedpan''! This is a play on words in the Japanese version: Sky-byte keeps excitedly yelling "O-Parts! O-Parts!" when he first hits something metallic (there is a clang sound his shovel makes in ''Car Robots'') but when he pulls out the item and stares at it, he deflatedly ammends his commentary with "...or maybe ''O-maru'' " which literally means "baby toilet" ie, a bedpan or chamber pot. Because this word play doesn't easily translate to English, the script was changed to identify the thing as a (gigantically huge) rubber duck, complete with added squeaky sound effect. Either way, poor shark just can't catch a break!

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*The lines on Magnus's Autobot symbol are backwards in a couple of shots.

===Continuity notes===
*Optimus was previously established to possess something called his "Cyber Matrix" back in "[[The Test]]". This episode begins to explore that concept even more, but in a manner that ignores the previous "Cyber Matrix" designation as this and all subsequent episodes will only refer to it as just "the Matrix" (see Transformers references below).
*After a series of complications in the episode order of this show's original televised run in the U.S., it is in this episode that the O-Parts are referred to by name for the first time. The first O-Part that appeared in [[The Ultimate Robot Warrior|Episode 12]] went unnamed in that episode, [[Hope for the Future|Episode 13]] (which would confirm the identity of Episode 12's O-Part) had not aired yet, and [[Sky-Byte Saves the Day|Episode 22]] (another episode relevant to the O-Parts story arc) never aired on TV in the United States. As no explanation about what the O-Parts are is given in this episode (beyond a generic notion of their being something important), and as no connection is made in this episode between the O-Parts and the unnamed artifact found in Episode 12, ''and'' as no actual O-Parts even appear in this episode, their "introduction" given here to the audience is anything but ceremonious. U.S. viewers would eventually get a more proper introduction to the O-Parts when Episode 13 finally aired almost three weeks after this episode.

===Transformers references===
[[File:RID Cybertron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Ah, the sickly green glow of home]]
*This episode gives us our first glimpse of the ''Robots in Disguise'' incarnation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], as well as the series's first allusion to the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]], here simply called "the Matrix".

===Real-world references===
*After Megatron hears Sky-Byte's report, the reflecting glare of Megatron's eyes is accompanied by a ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' [[lightsaber]] ignition sound effect.
*Likewise, after Scourge and Mega-Octane discuss their plan to use Sky-Byte to trap the Autobots, the twinkle in Scourge's eye is accompanied by the same lightaber ignition sound effect.
*While driving along, the Autobot Brothers pass "Dongwoo Animation Co. Ltd.", a Korean animation studio to which Studio Gallop outsourced work.

===Trivia===
*The rubber duck discovered underground by Sky-Byte is preposterously huge—bigger, in fact, than the unexploded shell that he subsequently unearths. At that size, you'd almost suspect it [[Rubber Ducky|once belonged]] to [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|a giant robot]] or something.
*Even though Ultra Magnus is made out to be a bit of a bad guy in this episode, he still obeys Earth's traffic and safety laws by ''signalling'' his right turn as he's pulling away from the junkyard (after also showing he's not ''all'' bad by carefully depositing the Autobot brothers, unharmed, wheels down, inside.)

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 6 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-24-ultra-magnus "Ultra Magnus" transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Ultra Magnus (episode)

2017-12-23T17:48:40Z

Zcat6: /* Differences with Car Robots */

{{disambig3|Ultra Magnus}}
{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=24
|title="Ultra Magnus"
|japanese=登場! ゴッドマグナス
|romaji=Tōjō! God Magnus
|translation=Enter! God Magnus
|image=Ultra Magnus Magnusunderfire.jpg
|caption=Quick, shoot at everything except him!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Junki Takegami]] (Japanese) [[Tom Wyner]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[September 13|13 September]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[October 6]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''A new Autobot''' 
'''Is he friend or is he foe?''' 
'''Sky-Byte digs up junk'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusbacklit.jpg|left|thumb|The twenty-first century—that's when everything changes, and you gotta be ready.]]
In [[Metro City]], a new Autobot stands atop a building and muses that he'll find [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and take back what's rightfully his.

Meanwhile, [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and the [[Decepticon]]s are raiding the city's [[oil]] stores, but are interrupted by the [[Autobot Brothers]]. The Autobots soon realise that they can't fire for fear of igniting the oil, so [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] tries to bluff the Decepticons into standing down—until a car-carrier bearing the Autobot insignia arrives, unleashing his firepower. The newcomer clashes with the Autobots, and the Decepticons escape in the resulting confusion. The new Autobot pours scorn on the three brothers.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Skybyteduck.jpg|thumb|I better get [[Rubber Ducky|this]] back to [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron.]]]]
[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] watches this unfold and mocks the Decepticons before being approached by [[Koji Onishi]] and his friends, all of whom appear to be his admirers. The shark flees in panic back to Predacon headquarters, where [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] gives him a new mission: Find the remaining [[O-Part]]s.

The Decepticons make sure that Sky-Byte's orders to the other Predacons are relayed to Autobot headquarters, and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus]] dispatches the Autobot Brothers to his location. They're intercepted en-route by the mysterious car-carrier, who, after warning them of a Decepticon ambush, shocks them, incapacitates them, and deposits them in a junkyard.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusbrothers.jpg|left|thumb|My rigid grill structure is bearing down on your unprotected cargo door.]]
[[Mega-Octane]] and Scourge stand at the top of a canyon overlooking the road, musing on their plan to relay Sky-Byte's message to the Autobots in order to lead them to their prepared ambush. Suddenly, they find themselves facing the car-carrier instead of the intended Autobot Brothers. Upon being questioned, the vehicle transforms and introduces himself as [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]].

Magnus is unimpressed by the Decepticons' attempts to attack him, even mocking their combination into [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] and promptly blasting him back into his component parts. With the addition of Optimus to the fight, the Decepticons are forced to retreat.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusprime.jpg|thumb|Red vs. Blue?]]
Optimus offers Magnus a place on his team, which Magnus rebukes. A startled Optimus asks why Magnus is acting so aggressively, to which Magnus recounts how it was Optimus, not Magnus, who was chosen to carry the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Bitter and vengeful, Magnus challenges Optimus to a duel over its keeping.

Meanwhile, the only things Sky-Byte has dug up are a rubber duck and an old bomb, the latter of which proves to be still explosive, much to his dismay.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[X-Brawn]] (8)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (9)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (10)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (11)
*[[T-AI]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (2)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (3)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (4)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (5)
*[[Movor]] (6)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (7)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (13)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (16)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (14)
*Koji's friends (15)
}}

==Quotes==
"You let them escape. Are you cowards or traitors?"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' makes friends with the Autobot brothers.

"Optimus may put up with your whining, but I won't."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' would be a less sympathetic Autobot Commander.

'''Children''': Give us your autograph, Sky-Byte! 
'''Sky-Byte''': This is embarrassing. I'd love to stay and chat, but we celebrities are very busy, you know! [[Beast mode]]! 
[''Sky-Byte takes flight''] 
'''Children''': Bye! See ya, Sky-Byte! 
'''Sky-Byte''': This is amazing! I'm very popular. I should get an agent, or a manager. Maybe I could get my haikus published!
:—Even Sky-Byte knows a good business opportunity when he sees one.

"I would've brought you more energy from the refinery, but I was ambushed by an army of rabid humans and barely managed to escape."
:—'''Sky-Byte''''s ever-so-slightly slanted description of Koji's friends.

"Could it be? That finally after hours of unglorious and back breaking labour ''I've actually found a'', uh... rubber duck. Oh well."
:—'''Sky-Byte'''

"We've got company!" 
"What do you mean? My sensors show this road's clear for the next ten miles!" 
"There's this real high-tech gadget called a rear-view mirror. You might try using it sometime."
:—'''Prowl''' demonstrates to '''Side Burn''' that the old methods are sometimes the best.

"He's carrying us around like we were ''toys''!" 
:--Um, '''Side Burn''', I think it's time we had a little talk...

"You may be lousy fighters, but at least you're good for a laugh. You ever thought about taking your act on the road?"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' has only been on Earth for a day, but already has the Decepticons pegged.

"That's gonna leave a mark."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' has a Wile E. Coyote moment.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*We wouldn't normally point out the English version's fondness for adding dialogue where there wasn't any in the original Japanese, but it's pronounced enough to warrant a mention in this episode. In ''Car Robots'', the Decepticons do nearly everything in near-total silence: stealing the energy, escaping, and delivering it to Megatron. Lots of dialogue is added over the top of these scenes in ''Robots in Disguise''.
*As Prowl moves to stop Magnus, ''Robots in Disguise'' extends the scene by re-using the footage of Magnus opening fire and some tanks exploding, but mirrored.
*When the Autobot Brothers introduce themselves to Magnus, ''Robots in Disguise'' switches the order of the speakers, letting Prowl go first, and X-Brawn last (easy to do when they don't have moving mouths). While ''Robots in Disguise'' has X-Brawn tell Magnus they're trying to apprehend the Decepticons, in ''Car Robots'', Prowl is threatening to arrest Magnus for shooting at him. Prowl carries a grudge about this for the rest of the episode.
*When robot-mode Magnus shoots at the brothers, the animation of his gun firing is looped to extend the scene slightly.
*When the brothers report to Optimus, ''Car Robots'' has X-Brawn play devil's advocate and point out that Magnus's intervention ''did'' stop the Decepticons' energy theft. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he talks about Magnus's dangerous weapons.
*Watching the smoke plume from a far, Sky-Byte mutters about Scourge and the Decepticons "showing off" in ''Car Robots'', and about how he'll need to steal energy to keep up with them, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he is mocking their failure, and claims ''he'' should have been sent on the mission.
*''Robots in Disguise'' deletes a short flashback to the events of "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]", because of the issues surrounding that episode. The footage is replaced with reused shots of the kids and Sky-Byte, and the dialogue refers only to "that that [he] stood up to the Decepticons". A reference the Autobot Brothers later make to the incident is also removed.
*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte runs from the kids because he's horrified that they think of him as heroic, and he implies this is just the latest in a string of similar incidents. In ''Robots in Disguise'', it's played as nervousness brought on by discovering his newfound celebrity status, but he's not averse to the idea.
*Similarly, when apologizing for his absence to Megatron, Sky-Byte keeps it a secret in ''Car Robots'', claiming he was "off hunting", while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he spins it as being "ambushed by an army of rabid humans". Afterward, when Megatron gives him his mission, he vows not to fail Megatron in ''Robots in Disguise'', while in ''Car Robots'', he has to check to make sure Megatron is even talking to him!
*''Car Robots'' gives Sky-Byte an extra line of dialogue wondering why nobody is answering his communication, and remarking to himself that it doesn't matter anyway as it means he'll be the only one to be rewarded.
*Rather that digitally edit the member select screen as normal, this episode just replaces it with a different, pre-edited shot of the screen from "[[Battle Protocol!]]".
*Mega-Octane actually appears to feel a little guilty about tricking Sky-Byte in ''Car Robots'', as he asks Scourge if using him for bait is really okay, then deciding it's all right if they think of it as a chance to take a break from collecting energy. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this is changed to him asking about, and spelling out for the audience, the particulars of the plan.
*In ''Car Robots'', Scourge is hungry for revenge against Ultra Magnus; ''Robots in Disguise'' changes this to him being eager to take down Optimus Prime.
*''Robots in Disguise'' goes to commercial after Magnus hits the brothers with his stun lasers, cutting out the ''Car Robots'' scene transition that follows.
*When the brothers recover in the junkyard, both Prowl ''and'' X-Brawn yell at Side Burn in ''Car Robots'', but only ''Prowl'' does it in ''Robots in Disguise''. The animation still shows the little while "stress" dots around them both, though.
*''Robots in Disguise'' extends the scene of Magnus shooting at Scourge and Mega-Octane by repeating the close-up shot of his weapons firing.
*There are a few exchanges between Magnus and Scourge that seem like the translation got a little wobbly and forgot that "Cybertron" is the Japanese name for the Autobots, and wound up changing the dialogue so that it refers to the planet instead of the faction. Where ''Car Robots'' has Magnus respond to Scourge's inquiry as to his identity with "I'm just a bit more clever than the other stupid Cybertrons", in ''Robots in Disguise'', he replies "Not that it's any of your business, but I'm from Cybertron." Then later, ''Car Robots'' has Scourge say that Magnus is "just another foolish Cybertron", while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he tells him he "should have stayed on Cybertron".
*Prime's whole conversation with the Autobot Brothers as they report back in is extended for ''Robots in Disguise'', with repeated bits of footage of Prime and the screen added in, and shots held on for longer. The added dialogue talks about Magnus's familiarity with Prime, which leads Prime to realize his identity sooner in ''Robots in Disguise''; something he doesn't realize in ''Car Robots'' until he's in the space bridge. In ''Robots in Disguise'', his speech while in the bridge is changed to explain for the audience how Prime was chosen as leader over Magnus and given the Matrix. This dialogue, and that shared by Prime and Magnus when they meet at the episode's end, makes it clear that the issues between them are pre-existing ones, whereas in ''Car Robots'', Prime doesn't seem to suspect anything.
*When Scourge spots Movor and Ro-Tor approaching from behind Magnus, an extra shot of Scourge's head is added into the middle of the scene to extend it a little; In ''Car Robots'', the two fliers' approach is one continuous shot. Immediately after, the footage of Movor opening fire is reused ''twice'' to extend the attack scene, then, when the Combaticons gang up on Magnus, the shot of Armorhide and Rollbar blasting is ''also'' re-used. This is tiresome, but it beats the show's usual runtime-extension method of lingering on a dozen different shots for a second longer than the Japanese version did!
*Speaking of that tactic, though, ''Robots in Disguise'' creates a little tension by holding on the shot of Optimus's outstretched hand for a second longer than ''Car Robots'', before Magnus slaps it away.
*In ''Car Robots'', Optimus Prime has an [[Energon Matrix]], granted to him by [[Vector Sigma]], "god" of Cybertron—a portrayal of the mega-computer consistent with the previous Japanese series, ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]''. In ''Robots in Disguise'', the Energon Matrix is reimagined as a version of the more familiar [[Matrix of Leadership]] (called just "the Matrix" here), and Vector Sigma is not mentioned.
*In ''Car Robots'', Gel Shark (Sky-Byte) digs up what is identified in ''Robots in Disguise'' as a giant rubber duck while digging for O-Parts, but, if you look closely, you can see that the body of the "duck" is hollow and shaped like a like a large oval bowl. The item is actually a ''bedpan''! This is a play on words in the Japanese version: Sky-byte keeps excitedly yelling "O-Parts! O-Parts!" when he first hits something metallic (there is a clang sound his shovel makes in ''Car Robots'') but when he pulls out the item and stares at it, he deflatedly ammends his commentary with "...or maybe ''O-maru'' " which literally means "baby toilet" ie, a bedpan or chamber pot. Because this word play doesn't easily translate to English, the script was changed to identify the thing as a (gigantically huge) rubber duck, complete with added squeaky sound effect. Either way, poor shark just can't catch a break!

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*The lines on Magnus's Autobot symbol are backwards in a couple of shots.

===Continuity notes===
*Optimus was previously established to possess something called his "Cyber Matrix" back in "[[The Test]]". This episode begins to explore that concept even more, but in a manner that ignores the previous "Cyber Matrix" designation as this and all subsequent episodes will only refer to it as just "the Matrix" (see Transformers references below).
*After a series of complications in the episode order of this show's original televised run in the U.S., it is in this episode that the O-Parts are referred to by name for the first time. The first O-Part that appeared in [[The Ultimate Robot Warrior|Episode 12]] went unnamed in that episode, [[Hope for the Future|Episode 13]] (which would confirm the identity of Episode 12's O-Part) had not aired yet, and [[Sky-Byte Saves the Day|Episode 22]] (another episode relevant to the O-Parts story arc) never aired on TV in the United States. As no explanation about what the O-Parts are is given in this episode (beyond a generic notion of their being something important), and as no connection is made in this episode between the O-Parts and the unnamed artifact found in Episode 12, ''and'' as no actual O-Parts even appear in this episode, their "introduction" given here to the audience is anything but ceremonious. U.S. viewers would eventually get a more proper introduction to the O-Parts when Episode 13 finally aired almost three weeks after this episode.

===Transformers references===
[[File:RID Cybertron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Ah, the sickly green glow of home]]
*This episode gives us our first glimpse of the ''Robots in Disguise'' incarnation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], as well as the series's first allusion to the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]], here simply called "the Matrix".

===Real-world references===
*After Megatron hears Sky-Byte's report, the reflecting glare of Megatron's eyes is accompanied by a ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' [[lightsaber]] ignition sound effect.
*Likewise, after Scourge and Mega-Octane discuss their plan to use Sky-Byte to trap the Autobots, the twinkle in Scourge's eye is accompanied by the same lightaber ignition sound effect.
*While driving along, the Autobot Brothers pass "Dongwoo Animation Co. Ltd.", a Korean animation studio to which Studio Gallop outsourced work.

===Trivia===
*The rubber duck discovered underground by Sky-Byte is preposterously huge—bigger, in fact, than the unexploded shell that he subsequently unearths. At that size, you'd almost suspect it [[Rubber Ducky|once belonged]] to [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|a giant robot]] or something.
*Even though Ultra Magnus is made out to be a bit of a bad guy in this episode, he still obeys Earth's traffic and safety laws by ''signalling'' his right turn as he's pulling away from the junkyard (after also showing he's not ''all'' bad by carefully depositing the Autobot brothers, unharmed, wheels down, inside.)

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 6 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-24-ultra-magnus "Ultra Magnus" transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Ultra Magnus (episode)

2017-12-23T17:26:28Z

Zcat6: /* Differences with Car Robots */

{{disambig3|Ultra Magnus}}
{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=24
|title="Ultra Magnus"
|japanese=登場! ゴッドマグナス
|romaji=Tōjō! God Magnus
|translation=Enter! God Magnus
|image=Ultra Magnus Magnusunderfire.jpg
|caption=Quick, shoot at everything except him!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Junki Takegami]] (Japanese) [[Tom Wyner]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[September 13|13 September]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[October 6]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''A new Autobot''' 
'''Is he friend or is he foe?''' 
'''Sky-Byte digs up junk'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusbacklit.jpg|left|thumb|The twenty-first century—that's when everything changes, and you gotta be ready.]]
In [[Metro City]], a new Autobot stands atop a building and muses that he'll find [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and take back what's rightfully his.

Meanwhile, [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and the [[Decepticon]]s are raiding the city's [[oil]] stores, but are interrupted by the [[Autobot Brothers]]. The Autobots soon realise that they can't fire for fear of igniting the oil, so [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] tries to bluff the Decepticons into standing down—until a car-carrier bearing the Autobot insignia arrives, unleashing his firepower. The newcomer clashes with the Autobots, and the Decepticons escape in the resulting confusion. The new Autobot pours scorn on the three brothers.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Skybyteduck.jpg|thumb|I better get [[Rubber Ducky|this]] back to [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron.]]]]
[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] watches this unfold and mocks the Decepticons before being approached by [[Koji Onishi]] and his friends, all of whom appear to be his admirers. The shark flees in panic back to Predacon headquarters, where [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] gives him a new mission: Find the remaining [[O-Part]]s.

The Decepticons make sure that Sky-Byte's orders to the other Predacons are relayed to Autobot headquarters, and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus]] dispatches the Autobot Brothers to his location. They're intercepted en-route by the mysterious car-carrier, who, after warning them of a Decepticon ambush, shocks them, incapacitates them, and deposits them in a junkyard.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusbrothers.jpg|left|thumb|My rigid grill structure is bearing down on your unprotected cargo door.]]
[[Mega-Octane]] and Scourge stand at the top of a canyon overlooking the road, musing on their plan to relay Sky-Byte's message to the Autobots in order to lead them to their prepared ambush. Suddenly, they find themselves facing the car-carrier instead of the intended Autobot Brothers. Upon being questioned, the vehicle transforms and introduces himself as [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]].

Magnus is unimpressed by the Decepticons' attempts to attack him, even mocking their combination into [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] and promptly blasting him back into his component parts. With the addition of Optimus to the fight, the Decepticons are forced to retreat.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusprime.jpg|thumb|Red vs. Blue?]]
Optimus offers Magnus a place on his team, which Magnus rebukes. A startled Optimus asks why Magnus is acting so aggressively, to which Magnus recounts how it was Optimus, not Magnus, who was chosen to carry the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Bitter and vengeful, Magnus challenges Optimus to a duel over its keeping.

Meanwhile, the only things Sky-Byte has dug up are a rubber duck and an old bomb, the latter of which proves to be still explosive, much to his dismay.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[X-Brawn]] (8)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (9)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (10)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (11)
*[[T-AI]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (2)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (3)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (4)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (5)
*[[Movor]] (6)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (7)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (13)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (16)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (14)
*Koji's friends (15)
}}

==Quotes==
"You let them escape. Are you cowards or traitors?"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' makes friends with the Autobot brothers.

"Optimus may put up with your whining, but I won't."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' would be a less sympathetic Autobot Commander.

'''Children''': Give us your autograph, Sky-Byte! 
'''Sky-Byte''': This is embarrassing. I'd love to stay and chat, but we celebrities are very busy, you know! [[Beast mode]]! 
[''Sky-Byte takes flight''] 
'''Children''': Bye! See ya, Sky-Byte! 
'''Sky-Byte''': This is amazing! I'm very popular. I should get an agent, or a manager. Maybe I could get my haikus published!
:—Even Sky-Byte knows a good business opportunity when he sees one.

"I would've brought you more energy from the refinery, but I was ambushed by an army of rabid humans and barely managed to escape."
:—'''Sky-Byte''''s ever-so-slightly slanted description of Koji's friends.

"Could it be? That finally after hours of unglorious and back breaking labour ''I've actually found a'', uh... rubber duck. Oh well."
:—'''Sky-Byte'''

"We've got company!" 
"What do you mean? My sensors show this road's clear for the next ten miles!" 
"There's this real high-tech gadget called a rear-view mirror. You might try using it sometime."
:—'''Prowl''' demonstrates to '''Side Burn''' that the old methods are sometimes the best.

"He's carrying us around like we were ''toys''!" 
:--Um, '''Side Burn''', I think it's time we had a little talk...

"You may be lousy fighters, but at least you're good for a laugh. You ever thought about taking your act on the road?"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' has only been on Earth for a day, but already has the Decepticons pegged.

"That's gonna leave a mark."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' has a Wile E. Coyote moment.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*We wouldn't normally point out the English version's fondness for adding dialogue where there wasn't any in the original Japanese, but it's pronounced enough to warrant a mention in this episode. In ''Car Robots'', the Decepticons do nearly everything in near-total silence: stealing the energy, escaping, and delivering it to Megatron. Lots of dialogue is added over the top of these scenes in ''Robots in Disguise''.
*As Prowl moves to stop Magnus, ''Robots in Disguise'' extends the scene by re-using the footage of Magnus opening fire and some tanks exploding, but mirrored.
*When the Autobot Brothers introduce themselves to Magnus, ''Robots in Disguise'' switches the order of the speakers, letting Prowl go first, and X-Brawn last (easy to do when they don't have moving mouths). While ''Robots in Disguise'' has X-Brawn tell Magnus they're trying to apprehend the Decepticons, in ''Car Robots'', Prowl is threatening to arrest Magnus for shooting at him. Prowl carries a grudge about this for the rest of the episode.
*When robot-mode Magnus shoots at the brothers, the animation of his gun firing is looped to extend the scene slightly.
*When the brothers report to Optimus, ''Car Robots'' has X-Brawn play devil's advocate and point out that Magnus's intervention ''did'' stop the Decepticons' energy theft. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he talks about Magnus's dangerous weapons.
*Watching the smoke plume from a far, Sky-Byte mutters about Scourge and the Decepticons "showing off" in ''Car Robots'', and about how he'll need to steal energy to keep up with them, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he is mocking their failure, and claims ''he'' should have been sent on the mission.
*''Robots in Disguise'' deletes a short flashback to the events of "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]", because of the issues surrounding that episode. The footage is replaced with reused shots of the kids and Sky-Byte, and the dialogue refers only to "that that [he] stood up to the Decepticons". A reference the Autobot Brothers later make to the incident is also removed.
*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte runs from the kids because he's horrified that they think of him as heroic, and he implies this is just the latest in a string of similar incidents. In ''Robots in Disguise'', it's played as nervousness brought on by discovering his newfound celebrity status, but he's not averse to the idea.
*Similarly, when apologizing for his absence to Megatron, Sky-Byte keeps it a secret in ''Car Robots'', claiming he was "off hunting", while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he spins it as being "ambushed by an army of rabid humans". Afterward, when Megatron gives him his mission, he vows not to fail Megatron in ''Robots in Disguise'', while in ''Car Robots'', he has to check to make sure Megatron is even talking to him!
*''Car Robots'' gives Sky-Byte an extra line of dialogue wondering why nobody is answering his communication, and remarking to himself that it doesn't matter anyway as it means he'll be the only one to be rewarded.
*Rather that digitally edit the member select screen as normal, this episode just replaces it with a different, pre-edited shot of the screen from "[[Battle Protocol!]]".
*Mega-Octane actually appears to feel a little guilty about tricking Sky-Byte in ''Car Robots'', as he asks Scourge if using him for bait is really okay, then deciding it's all right if they think of it as a chance to take a break from collecting energy. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this is changed to him asking about, and spelling out for the audience, the particulars of the plan.
*In ''Car Robots'', Scourge is hungry for revenge against Ultra Magnus; ''Robots in Disguise'' changes this to him being eager to take down Optimus Prime.
*''Robots in Disguise'' goes to commercial after Magnus hits the brothers with his stun lasers, cutting out the ''Car Robots'' scene transition that follows.
*When the brothers recover in the junkyard, both Prowl ''and'' X-Brawn yell at Side Burn in ''Car Robots'', but only ''Prowl'' does it in ''Robots in Disguise''. The animation still shows the little while "stress" dots around them both, though.
*''Robots in Disguise'' extends the scene of Magnus shooting at Scourge and Mega-Octane by repeating the close-up shot of his weapons firing.
*There are a few exchanges between Magnus and Scourge that seem like the translation got a little wobbly and forgot that "Cybertron" is the Japanese name for the Autobots, and wound up changing the dialogue so that it refers to the planet instead of the faction. Where ''Car Robots'' has Magnus respond to Scourge's inquiry as to his identity with "I'm just a bit more clever than the other stupid Cybertrons", in ''Robots in Disguise'', he replies "Not that it's any of your business, but I'm from Cybertron." Then later, ''Car Robots'' has Scourge say that Magnus is "just another foolish Cybertron", while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he tells him he "should have stayed on Cybertron".
*Prime's whole conversation with the Autobot Brothers as they report back in is extended for ''Robots in Disguise'', with repeated bits of footage of Prime and the screen added in, and shots held on for longer. The added dialogue talks about Magnus's familiarity with Prime, which leads Prime to realize his identity sooner in ''Robots in Disguise''; something he doesn't realize in ''Car Robots'' until he's in the space bridge. In ''Robots in Disguise'', his speech while in the bridge is changed to explain for the audience how Prime was chosen as leader over Magnus and given the Matrix. This dialogue, and that shared by Prime and Magnus when they meet at the episode's end, makes it clear that the issues between them are pre-existing ones, whereas in ''Car Robots'', Prime doesn't seem to suspect anything.
*When Scourge spots Movor and Ro-Tor approaching from behind Magnus, an extra shot of Scourge's head is added into the middle of the scene to extend it a little; In ''Car Robots'', the two fliers' approach is one continuous shot. Immediately after, the footage of Movor opening fire is reused ''twice'' to extend the attack scene, then, when the Combaticons gang up on Magnus, the shot of Armorhide and Rollbar blasting is ''also'' re-used. This is tiresome, but it beats the show's usual runtime-extension method of lingering on a dozen different shots for a second longer than the Japanese version did!
*Speaking of that tactic, though, ''Robots in Disguise'' creates a little tension by holding on the shot of Optimus's outstretched hand for a second longer than ''Car Robots'', before Magnus slaps it away.
*In ''Car Robots'', Optimus Prime has an [[Energon Matrix]], granted to him by [[Vector Sigma]], "god" of Cybertron—a portrayal of the mega-computer consistent with the previous Japanese series, ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]''. In ''Robots in Disguise'', the Energon Matrix is reimagined as a version of the more familiar [[Matrix of Leadership]] (called just "the Matrix" here), and Vector Sigma is not mentioned.
*In ''Car Robots'', Gel Shark (Sky-Byte) digs up what looks like a giant rubber duck while digging for O-Parts, but if you look closely, you can see that the body of the "duck" is hollow and shaped like a like a large oval bowl. The item is actually a ''bedpan''! This is a play on words in the Japanese version: Sky-byte keeps excitedly yelling "O-Parts! O-Parts!" when he first hits something metallic (hear the clang sound his shovel makes) but when he pulls out the item and stares at it, he deflatedly ammends his commentary with "...or maybe ''O-maru'' " which literally means "baby toilet" ie, a bedpan or chamber pot. Poor shark just can't catch a break!

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*The lines on Magnus's Autobot symbol are backwards in a couple of shots.

===Continuity notes===
*Optimus was previously established to possess something called his "Cyber Matrix" back in "[[The Test]]". This episode begins to explore that concept even more, but in a manner that ignores the previous "Cyber Matrix" designation as this and all subsequent episodes will only refer to it as just "the Matrix" (see Transformers references below).
*After a series of complications in the episode order of this show's original televised run in the U.S., it is in this episode that the O-Parts are referred to by name for the first time. The first O-Part that appeared in [[The Ultimate Robot Warrior|Episode 12]] went unnamed in that episode, [[Hope for the Future|Episode 13]] (which would confirm the identity of Episode 12's O-Part) had not aired yet, and [[Sky-Byte Saves the Day|Episode 22]] (another episode relevant to the O-Parts story arc) never aired on TV in the United States. As no explanation about what the O-Parts are is given in this episode (beyond a generic notion of their being something important), and as no connection is made in this episode between the O-Parts and the unnamed artifact found in Episode 12, ''and'' as no actual O-Parts even appear in this episode, their "introduction" given here to the audience is anything but ceremonious. U.S. viewers would eventually get a more proper introduction to the O-Parts when Episode 13 finally aired almost three weeks after this episode.

===Transformers references===
[[File:RID Cybertron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Ah, the sickly green glow of home]]
*This episode gives us our first glimpse of the ''Robots in Disguise'' incarnation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], as well as the series's first allusion to the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]], here simply called "the Matrix".

===Real-world references===
*After Megatron hears Sky-Byte's report, the reflecting glare of Megatron's eyes is accompanied by a ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' [[lightsaber]] ignition sound effect.
*Likewise, after Scourge and Mega-Octane discuss their plan to use Sky-Byte to trap the Autobots, the twinkle in Scourge's eye is accompanied by the same lightaber ignition sound effect.
*While driving along, the Autobot Brothers pass "Dongwoo Animation Co. Ltd.", a Korean animation studio to which Studio Gallop outsourced work.

===Trivia===
*The rubber duck discovered underground by Sky-Byte is preposterously huge—bigger, in fact, than the unexploded shell that he subsequently unearths. At that size, you'd almost suspect it [[Rubber Ducky|once belonged]] to [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|a giant robot]] or something.
*Even though Ultra Magnus is made out to be a bit of a bad guy in this episode, he still obeys Earth's traffic and safety laws by ''signalling'' his right turn as he's pulling away from the junkyard (after also showing he's not ''all'' bad by carefully depositing the Autobot brothers, unharmed, wheels down, inside.)

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 6 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-24-ultra-magnus "Ultra Magnus" transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Talk:Ultra Magnus (episode)

2017-12-23T17:05:06Z

Zcat6:

I think the actual tital of this episode is "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fushion!"(yes, with the "h")--[[User:Sunjumper|Sunjumper]] 15:58, 28 August 2009 (EDT)
:No, that's a [[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!|different episode]]. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 16:01, 28 August 2009 (EDT)
::I've proven myself as a total idiot AGAIN.--[[User:Sunjumper|Sunjumper]] 16:14, 28 August 2009 (EDT)

That's not a rubber duck. It's a bedpan (which also makes it more size-appropriate). The Japanese word "omaru" literally means "baby toilet". It's a play on words in Japanese-- O-parts... O-maru.. I'll try to explain it in the "Differences" section. [[User:Zcat6|Zcat6]] ([[User talk:Zcat6|talk]]) 12:00, 23 December 2017 (EST)

Talk:Ultra Magnus (episode)

2017-12-23T17:00:11Z

Zcat6:

I think the actual tital of this episode is "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fushion!"(yes, with the "h")--[[User:Sunjumper|Sunjumper]] 15:58, 28 August 2009 (EDT)
:No, that's a [[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!|different episode]]. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 16:01, 28 August 2009 (EDT)
::I've proven myself as a total idiot AGAIN.--[[User:Sunjumper|Sunjumper]] 16:14, 28 August 2009 (EDT)

That's not a rubber duck. It's a bedpan. The Japanese word "omaru" literally means "baby toilet". It's a play on words in Japanese-- O-parts... O-maru.. I'll try to explain it in the "Differences" section. [[User:Zcat6|Zcat6]] ([[User talk:Zcat6|talk]]) 12:00, 23 December 2017 (EST)

Ultra Magnus (episode)

2017-12-22T15:03:59Z

Zcat6: /* Trivia */

{{disambig3|Ultra Magnus}}
{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=24
|title="Ultra Magnus"
|japanese=登場! ゴッドマグナス
|romaji=Tōjō! God Magnus
|translation=Enter! God Magnus
|image=Ultra Magnus Magnusunderfire.jpg
|caption=Quick, shoot at everything except him!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Junki Takegami]] (Japanese) [[Tom Wyner]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[September 13|13 September]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[October 6]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''A new Autobot''' 
'''Is he friend or is he foe?''' 
'''Sky-Byte digs up junk'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusbacklit.jpg|left|thumb|The twenty-first century—that's when everything changes, and you gotta be ready.]]
In [[Metro City]], a new Autobot stands atop a building and muses that he'll find [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and take back what's rightfully his.

Meanwhile, [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and the [[Decepticon]]s are raiding the city's [[oil]] stores, but are interrupted by the [[Autobot Brothers]]. The Autobots soon realise that they can't fire for fear of igniting the oil, so [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] tries to bluff the Decepticons into standing down—until a car-carrier bearing the Autobot insignia arrives, unleashing his firepower. The newcomer clashes with the Autobots, and the Decepticons escape in the resulting confusion. The new Autobot pours scorn on the three brothers.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Skybyteduck.jpg|thumb|I better get [[Rubber Ducky|this]] back to [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron.]]]]
[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] watches this unfold and mocks the Decepticons before being approached by [[Koji Onishi]] and his friends, all of whom appear to be his admirers. The shark flees in panic back to Predacon headquarters, where [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] gives him a new mission: Find the remaining [[O-Part]]s.

The Decepticons make sure that Sky-Byte's orders to the other Predacons are relayed to Autobot headquarters, and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus]] dispatches the Autobot Brothers to his location. They're intercepted en-route by the mysterious car-carrier, who, after warning them of a Decepticon ambush, shocks them, incapacitates them, and deposits them in a junkyard.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusbrothers.jpg|left|thumb|My rigid grill structure is bearing down on your unprotected cargo door.]]
[[Mega-Octane]] and Scourge stand at the top of a canyon overlooking the road, musing on their plan to relay Sky-Byte's message to the Autobots in order to lead them to their prepared ambush. Suddenly, they find themselves facing the car-carrier instead of the intended Autobot Brothers. Upon being questioned, the vehicle transforms and introduces himself as [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]].

Magnus is unimpressed by the Decepticons' attempts to attack him, even mocking their combination into [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] and promptly blasting him back into his component parts. With the addition of Optimus to the fight, the Decepticons are forced to retreat.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusprime.jpg|thumb|Red vs. Blue?]]
Optimus offers Magnus a place on his team, which Magnus rebukes. A startled Optimus asks why Magnus is acting so aggressively, to which Magnus recounts how it was Optimus, not Magnus, who was chosen to carry the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Bitter and vengeful, Magnus challenges Optimus to a duel over its keeping.

Meanwhile, the only things Sky-Byte has dug up are a rubber duck and an old bomb, the latter of which proves to be still explosive, much to his dismay.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[X-Brawn]] (8)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (9)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (10)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (11)
*[[T-AI]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (2)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (3)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (4)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (5)
*[[Movor]] (6)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (7)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (13)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (16)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (14)
*Koji's friends (15)
}}

==Quotes==
"You let them escape. Are you cowards or traitors?"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' makes friends with the Autobot brothers.

"Optimus may put up with your whining, but I won't."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' would be a less sympathetic Autobot Commander.

'''Children''': Give us your autograph, Sky-Byte! 
'''Sky-Byte''': This is embarrassing. I'd love to stay and chat, but we celebrities are very busy, you know! [[Beast mode]]! 
[''Sky-Byte takes flight''] 
'''Children''': Bye! See ya, Sky-Byte! 
'''Sky-Byte''': This is amazing! I'm very popular. I should get an agent, or a manager. Maybe I could get my haikus published!
:—Even Sky-Byte knows a good business opportunity when he sees one.

"I would've brought you more energy from the refinery, but I was ambushed by an army of rabid humans and barely managed to escape."
:—'''Sky-Byte''''s ever-so-slightly slanted description of Koji's friends.

"Could it be? That finally after hours of unglorious and back breaking labour ''I've actually found a'', uh... rubber duck. Oh well."
:—'''Sky-Byte'''

"We've got company!" 
"What do you mean? My sensors show this road's clear for the next ten miles!" 
"There's this real high-tech gadget called a rear-view mirror. You might try using it sometime."
:—'''Prowl''' demonstrates to '''Side Burn''' that the old methods are sometimes the best.

"He's carrying us around like we were ''toys''!" 
:--Um, '''Side Burn''', I think it's time we had a little talk...

"You may be lousy fighters, but at least you're good for a laugh. You ever thought about taking your act on the road?"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' has only been on Earth for a day, but already has the Decepticons pegged.

"That's gonna leave a mark."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' has a Wile E. Coyote moment.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*We wouldn't normally point out the English version's fondness for adding dialogue where there wasn't any in the original Japanese, but it's pronounced enough to warrant a mention in this episode. In ''Car Robots'', the Decepticons do nearly everything in near-total silence: stealing the energy, escaping, and delivering it to Megatron. Lots of dialogue is added over the top of these scenes in ''Robots in Disguise''.
*As Prowl moves to stop Magnus, ''Robots in Disguise'' extends the scene by re-using the footage of Magnus opening fire and some tanks exploding, but mirrored.
*When the Autobot Brothers introduce themselves to Magnus, ''Robots in Disguise'' switches the order of the speakers, letting Prowl go first, and X-Brawn last (easy to do when they don't have moving mouths). While ''Robots in Disguise'' has X-Brawn tell Magnus they're trying to apprehend the Decepticons, in ''Car Robots'', Prowl is threatening to arrest Magnus for shooting at him. Prowl carries a grudge about this for the rest of the episode.
*When robot-mode Magnus shoots at the brothers, the animation of his gun firing is looped to extend the scene slightly.
*When the brothers report to Optimus, ''Car Robots'' has X-Brawn play devil's advocate and point out that Magnus's intervention ''did'' stop the Decepticons' energy theft. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he talks about Magnus's dangerous weapons.
*Watching the smoke plume from a far, Sky-Byte mutters about Scourge and the Decepticons "showing off" in ''Car Robots'', and about how he'll need to steal energy to keep up with them, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he is mocking their failure, and claims ''he'' should have been sent on the mission.
*''Robots in Disguise'' deletes a short flashback to the events of "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]", because of the issues surrounding that episode. The footage is replaced with reused shots of the kids and Sky-Byte, and the dialogue refers only to "that that [he] stood up to the Decepticons". A reference the Autobot Brothers later make to the incident is also removed.
*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte runs from the kids because he's horrified that they think of him as heroic, and he implies this is just the latest in a string of similar incidents. In ''Robots in Disguise'', it's played as nervousness brought on by discovering his newfound celebrity status, but he's not averse to the idea.
*Similarly, when apologizing for his absence to Megatron, Sky-Byte keeps it a secret in ''Car Robots'', claiming he was "off hunting", while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he spins it as being "ambushed by an army of rabid humans". Afterward, when Megatron gives him his mission, he vows not to fail Megatron in ''Robots in Disguise'', while in ''Car Robots'', he has to check to make sure Megatron is even talking to him!
*''Car Robots'' gives Sky-Byte an extra line of dialogue wondering why nobody is answering his communication, and remarking to himself that it doesn't matter anyway as it means he'll be the only one to be rewarded.
*Rather that digitally edit the member select screen as normal, this episode just replaces it with a different, pre-edited shot of the screen from "[[Battle Protocol!]]".
*Mega-Octane actually appears to feel a little guilty about tricking Sky-Byte in ''Car Robots'', as he asks Scourge if using him for bait is really okay, then deciding it's all right if they think of it as a chance to take a break from collecting energy. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this is changed to him asking about, and spelling out for the audience, the particulars of the plan.
*In ''Car Robots'', Scourge is hungry for revenge against Ultra Magnus; ''Robots in Disguise'' changes this to him being eager to take down Optimus Prime.
*''Robots in Disguise'' goes to commercial after Magnus hits the brothers with his stun lasers, cutting out the ''Car Robots'' scene transition that follows.
*When the brothers recover in the junkyard, both Prowl ''and'' X-Brawn yell at Side Burn in ''Car Robots'', but only ''Prowl'' does it in ''Robots in Disguise''. The animation still shows the little while "stress" dots around them both, though.
*''Robots in Disguise'' extends the scene of Magnus shooting at Scourge and Mega-Octane by repeating the close-up shot of his weapons firing.
*There are a few exchanges between Magnus and Scourge that seem like the translation got a little wobbly and forgot that "Cybertron" is the Japanese name for the Autobots, and wound up changing the dialogue so that it refers to the planet instead of the faction. Where ''Car Robots'' has Magnus respond to Scourge's inquiry as to his identity with "I'm just a bit more clever than the other stupid Cybertrons", in ''Robots in Disguise'', he replies "Not that it's any of your business, but I'm from Cybertron." Then later, ''Car Robots'' has Scourge say that Magnus is "just another foolish Cybertron", while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he tells him he "should have stayed on Cybertron".
*Prime's whole conversation with the Autobot Brothers as they report back in is extended for ''Robots in Disguise'', with repeated bits of footage of Prime and the screen added in, and shots held on for longer. The added dialogue talks about Magnus's familiarity with Prime, which leads Prime to realize his identity sooner in ''Robots in Disguise''; something he doesn't realize in ''Car Robots'' until he's in the space bridge. In ''Robots in Disguise'', his speech while in the bridge is changed to explain for the audience how Prime was chosen as leader over Magnus and given the Matrix. This dialogue, and that shared by Prime and Magnus when they meet at the episode's end, makes it clear that the issues between them are pre-existing ones, whereas in ''Car Robots'', Prime doesn't seem to suspect anything.
*When Scourge spots Movor and Ro-Tor approaching from behind Magnus, an extra shot of Scourge's head is added into the middle of the scene to extend it a little; In ''Car Robots'', the two fliers' approach is one continuous shot. Immediately after, the footage of Movor opening fire is reused ''twice'' to extend the attack scene, then, when the Combaticons gang up on Magnus, the shot of Armorhide and Rollbar blasting is ''also'' re-used. This is tiresome, but it beats the show's usual runtime-extension method of lingering on a dozen different shots for a second longer than the Japanese version did!
*Speaking of that tactic, though, ''Robots in Disguise'' creates a little tension by holding on the shot of Optimus's outstretched hand for a second longer than ''Car Robots'', before Magnus slaps it away.
*In ''Car Robots'', Optimus Prime has an [[Energon Matrix]], granted to him by [[Vector Sigma]], "god" of Cybertron—a portrayal of the mega-computer consistent with the previous Japanese series, ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]''. In ''Robots in Disguise'', the Energon Matrix is reimagined as a version of the more familiar [[Matrix of Leadership]] (called just "the Matrix" here), and Vector Sigma is not mentioned.

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*The lines on Magnus's Autobot symbol are backwards in a couple of shots.

===Continuity notes===
*Optimus was previously established to possess something called his "Cyber Matrix" back in "[[The Test]]". This episode begins to explore that concept even more, but in a manner that ignores the previous "Cyber Matrix" designation as this and all subsequent episodes will only refer to it as just "the Matrix" (see Transformers references below).
*After a series of complications in the episode order of this show's original televised run in the U.S., it is in this episode that the O-Parts are referred to by name for the first time. The first O-Part that appeared in [[The Ultimate Robot Warrior|Episode 12]] went unnamed in that episode, [[Hope for the Future|Episode 13]] (which would confirm the identity of Episode 12's O-Part) had not aired yet, and [[Sky-Byte Saves the Day|Episode 22]] (another episode relevant to the O-Parts story arc) never aired on TV in the United States. As no explanation about what the O-Parts are is given in this episode (beyond a generic notion of their being something important), and as no connection is made in this episode between the O-Parts and the unnamed artifact found in Episode 12, ''and'' as no actual O-Parts even appear in this episode, their "introduction" given here to the audience is anything but ceremonious. U.S. viewers would eventually get a more proper introduction to the O-Parts when Episode 13 finally aired almost three weeks after this episode.

===Transformers references===
[[File:RID Cybertron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Ah, the sickly green glow of home]]
*This episode gives us our first glimpse of the ''Robots in Disguise'' incarnation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], as well as the series's first allusion to the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]], here simply called "the Matrix".

===Real-world references===
*After Megatron hears Sky-Byte's report, the reflecting glare of Megatron's eyes is accompanied by a ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' [[lightsaber]] ignition sound effect.
*Likewise, after Scourge and Mega-Octane discuss their plan to use Sky-Byte to trap the Autobots, the twinkle in Scourge's eye is accompanied by the same lightaber ignition sound effect.
*While driving along, the Autobot Brothers pass "Dongwoo Animation Co. Ltd.", a Korean animation studio to which Studio Gallop outsourced work.

===Trivia===
*The rubber duck discovered underground by Sky-Byte is preposterously huge—bigger, in fact, than the unexploded shell that he subsequently unearths. At that size, you'd almost suspect it [[Rubber Ducky|once belonged]] to [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|a giant robot]] or something.
*Even though Ultra Magnus is made out to be a bit of a bad guy in this episode, he still obeys Earth's traffic and safety laws by ''signalling'' his right turn as he's pulling away from the junkyard (after also showing he's not ''all'' bad by carefully depositing the Autobot brothers, unharmed, wheels down, inside.)

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 6 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-24-ultra-magnus "Ultra Magnus" transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Ultra Magnus (episode)

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{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=24
|title="Ultra Magnus"
|japanese=登場! ゴッドマグナス
|romaji=Tōjō! God Magnus
|translation=Enter! God Magnus
|image=Ultra Magnus Magnusunderfire.jpg
|caption=Quick, shoot at everything except him!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Junki Takegami]] (Japanese) [[Tom Wyner]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[September 13|13 September]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[October 6]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''A new Autobot''' 
'''Is he friend or is he foe?''' 
'''Sky-Byte digs up junk'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusbacklit.jpg|left|thumb|The twenty-first century—that's when everything changes, and you gotta be ready.]]
In [[Metro City]], a new Autobot stands atop a building and muses that he'll find [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and take back what's rightfully his.

Meanwhile, [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and the [[Decepticon]]s are raiding the city's [[oil]] stores, but are interrupted by the [[Autobot Brothers]]. The Autobots soon realise that they can't fire for fear of igniting the oil, so [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] tries to bluff the Decepticons into standing down—until a car-carrier bearing the Autobot insignia arrives, unleashing his firepower. The newcomer clashes with the Autobots, and the Decepticons escape in the resulting confusion. The new Autobot pours scorn on the three brothers.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Skybyteduck.jpg|thumb|I better get [[Rubber Ducky|this]] back to [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron.]]]]
[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] watches this unfold and mocks the Decepticons before being approached by [[Koji Onishi]] and his friends, all of whom appear to be his admirers. The shark flees in panic back to Predacon headquarters, where [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] gives him a new mission: Find the remaining [[O-Part]]s.

The Decepticons make sure that Sky-Byte's orders to the other Predacons are relayed to Autobot headquarters, and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus]] dispatches the Autobot Brothers to his location. They're intercepted en-route by the mysterious car-carrier, who, after warning them of a Decepticon ambush, shocks them, incapacitates them, and deposits them in a junkyard.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusbrothers.jpg|left|thumb|My rigid grill structure is bearing down on your unprotected cargo door.]]
[[Mega-Octane]] and Scourge stand at the top of a canyon overlooking the road, musing on their plan to relay Sky-Byte's message to the Autobots in order to lead them to their prepared ambush. Suddenly, they find themselves facing the car-carrier instead of the intended Autobot Brothers. Upon being questioned, the vehicle transforms and introduces himself as [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]].

Magnus is unimpressed by the Decepticons' attempts to attack him, even mocking their combination into [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] and promptly blasting him back into his component parts. With the addition of Optimus to the fight, the Decepticons are forced to retreat.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusprime.jpg|thumb|Red vs. Blue?]]
Optimus offers Magnus a place on his team, which Magnus rebukes. A startled Optimus asks why Magnus is acting so aggressively, to which Magnus recounts how it was Optimus, not Magnus, who was chosen to carry the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Bitter and vengeful, Magnus challenges Optimus to a duel over its keeping.

Meanwhile, the only things Sky-Byte has dug up are a rubber duck and an old bomb, the latter of which proves to be still explosive, much to his dismay.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[X-Brawn]] (8)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (9)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (10)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (11)
*[[T-AI]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (2)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (3)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (4)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (5)
*[[Movor]] (6)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (7)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (13)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (16)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (14)
*Koji's friends (15)
}}

==Quotes==
"You let them escape. Are you cowards or traitors?"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' makes friends with the Autobot brothers.

"Optimus may put up with your whining, but I won't."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' would be a less sympathetic Autobot Commander.

'''Children''': Give us your autograph, Sky-Byte! 
'''Sky-Byte''': This is embarrassing. I'd love to stay and chat, but we celebrities are very busy, you know! [[Beast mode]]! 
[''Sky-Byte takes flight''] 
'''Children''': Bye! See ya, Sky-Byte! 
'''Sky-Byte''': This is amazing! I'm very popular. I should get an agent, or a manager. Maybe I could get my haikus published!
:—Even Sky-Byte knows a good business opportunity when he sees one.

"I would've brought you more energy from the refinery, but I was ambushed by an army of rabid humans and barely managed to escape."
:—'''Sky-Byte''''s ever-so-slightly slanted description of Koji's friends.

"Could it be? That finally after hours of unglorious and back breaking labour ''I've actually found a'', uh... rubber duck. Oh well."
:—'''Sky-Byte'''

"We've got company!" 
"What do you mean? My sensors show this road's clear for the next ten miles!" 
"There's this real high-tech gadget called a rear-view mirror. You might try using it sometime."
:—'''Prowl''' demonstrates to '''Side Burn''' that the old methods are sometimes the best.

"He's carrying us around like we were ''toys''!" 
:--Um, '''Side Burn''', I think it's time we had a little talk...

"You may be lousy fighters, but at least you're good for a laugh. You ever thought about taking your act on the road?"
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' has only been on Earth for a day, but already has the Decepticons pegged.

"That's gonna leave a mark."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' has a Wile E. Coyote moment.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
*We wouldn't normally point out the English version's fondness for adding dialogue where there wasn't any in the original Japanese, but it's pronounced enough to warrant a mention in this episode. In ''Car Robots'', the Decepticons do nearly everything in near-total silence: stealing the energy, escaping, and delivering it to Megatron. Lots of dialogue is added over the top of these scenes in ''Robots in Disguise''.
*As Prowl moves to stop Magnus, ''Robots in Disguise'' extends the scene by re-using the footage of Magnus opening fire and some tanks exploding, but mirrored.
*When the Autobot Brothers introduce themselves to Magnus, ''Robots in Disguise'' switches the order of the speakers, letting Prowl go first, and X-Brawn last (easy to do when they don't have moving mouths). While ''Robots in Disguise'' has X-Brawn tell Magnus they're trying to apprehend the Decepticons, in ''Car Robots'', Prowl is threatening to arrest Magnus for shooting at him. Prowl carries a grudge about this for the rest of the episode.
*When robot-mode Magnus shoots at the brothers, the animation of his gun firing is looped to extend the scene slightly.
*When the brothers report to Optimus, ''Car Robots'' has X-Brawn play devil's advocate and point out that Magnus's intervention ''did'' stop the Decepticons' energy theft. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he talks about Magnus's dangerous weapons.
*Watching the smoke plume from a far, Sky-Byte mutters about Scourge and the Decepticons "showing off" in ''Car Robots'', and about how he'll need to steal energy to keep up with them, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he is mocking their failure, and claims ''he'' should have been sent on the mission.
*''Robots in Disguise'' deletes a short flashback to the events of "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]", because of the issues surrounding that episode. The footage is replaced with reused shots of the kids and Sky-Byte, and the dialogue refers only to "that that [he] stood up to the Decepticons". A reference the Autobot Brothers later make to the incident is also removed.
*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte runs from the kids because he's horrified that they think of him as heroic, and he implies this is just the latest in a string of similar incidents. In ''Robots in Disguise'', it's played as nervousness brought on by discovering his newfound celebrity status, but he's not averse to the idea.
*Similarly, when apologizing for his absence to Megatron, Sky-Byte keeps it a secret in ''Car Robots'', claiming he was "off hunting", while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he spins it as being "ambushed by an army of rabid humans". Afterward, when Megatron gives him his mission, he vows not to fail Megatron in ''Robots in Disguise'', while in ''Car Robots'', he has to check to make sure Megatron is even talking to him!
*''Car Robots'' gives Sky-Byte an extra line of dialogue wondering why nobody is answering his communication, and remarking to himself that it doesn't matter anyway as it means he'll be the only one to be rewarded.
*Rather that digitally edit the member select screen as normal, this episode just replaces it with a different, pre-edited shot of the screen from "[[Battle Protocol!]]".
*Mega-Octane actually appears to feel a little guilty about tricking Sky-Byte in ''Car Robots'', as he asks Scourge if using him for bait is really okay, then deciding it's all right if they think of it as a chance to take a break from collecting energy. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this is changed to him asking about, and spelling out for the audience, the particulars of the plan.
*In ''Car Robots'', Scourge is hungry for revenge against Ultra Magnus; ''Robots in Disguise'' changes this to him being eager to take down Optimus Prime.
*''Robots in Disguise'' goes to commercial after Magnus hits the brothers with his stun lasers, cutting out the ''Car Robots'' scene transition that follows.
*When the brothers recover in the junkyard, both Prowl ''and'' X-Brawn yell at Side Burn in ''Car Robots'', but only ''Prowl'' does it in ''Robots in Disguise''. The animation still shows the little while "stress" dots around them both, though.
*''Robots in Disguise'' extends the scene of Magnus shooting at Scourge and Mega-Octane by repeating the close-up shot of his weapons firing.
*There are a few exchanges between Magnus and Scourge that seem like the translation got a little wobbly and forgot that "Cybertron" is the Japanese name for the Autobots, and wound up changing the dialogue so that it refers to the planet instead of the faction. Where ''Car Robots'' has Magnus respond to Scourge's inquiry as to his identity with "I'm just a bit more clever than the other stupid Cybertrons", in ''Robots in Disguise'', he replies "Not that it's any of your business, but I'm from Cybertron." Then later, ''Car Robots'' has Scourge say that Magnus is "just another foolish Cybertron", while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he tells him he "should have stayed on Cybertron".
*Prime's whole conversation with the Autobot Brothers as they report back in is extended for ''Robots in Disguise'', with repeated bits of footage of Prime and the screen added in, and shots held on for longer. The added dialogue talks about Magnus's familiarity with Prime, which leads Prime to realize his identity sooner in ''Robots in Disguise''; something he doesn't realize in ''Car Robots'' until he's in the space bridge. In ''Robots in Disguise'', his speech while in the bridge is changed to explain for the audience how Prime was chosen as leader over Magnus and given the Matrix. This dialogue, and that shared by Prime and Magnus when they meet at the episode's end, makes it clear that the issues between them are pre-existing ones, whereas in ''Car Robots'', Prime doesn't seem to suspect anything.
*When Scourge spots Movor and Ro-Tor approaching from behind Magnus, an extra shot of Scourge's head is added into the middle of the scene to extend it a little; In ''Car Robots'', the two fliers' approach is one continuous shot. Immediately after, the footage of Movor opening fire is reused ''twice'' to extend the attack scene, then, when the Combaticons gang up on Magnus, the shot of Armorhide and Rollbar blasting is ''also'' re-used. This is tiresome, but it beats the show's usual runtime-extension method of lingering on a dozen different shots for a second longer than the Japanese version did!
*Speaking of that tactic, though, ''Robots in Disguise'' creates a little tension by holding on the shot of Optimus's outstretched hand for a second longer than ''Car Robots'', before Magnus slaps it away.
*In ''Car Robots'', Optimus Prime has an [[Energon Matrix]], granted to him by [[Vector Sigma]], "god" of Cybertron—a portrayal of the mega-computer consistent with the previous Japanese series, ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]''. In ''Robots in Disguise'', the Energon Matrix is reimagined as a version of the more familiar [[Matrix of Leadership]] (called just "the Matrix" here), and Vector Sigma is not mentioned.

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*The lines on Magnus's Autobot symbol are backwards in a couple of shots.

===Continuity notes===
*Optimus was previously established to possess something called his "Cyber Matrix" back in "[[The Test]]". This episode begins to explore that concept even more, but in a manner that ignores the previous "Cyber Matrix" designation as this and all subsequent episodes will only refer to it as just "the Matrix" (see Transformers references below).
*After a series of complications in the episode order of this show's original televised run in the U.S., it is in this episode that the O-Parts are referred to by name for the first time. The first O-Part that appeared in [[The Ultimate Robot Warrior|Episode 12]] went unnamed in that episode, [[Hope for the Future|Episode 13]] (which would confirm the identity of Episode 12's O-Part) had not aired yet, and [[Sky-Byte Saves the Day|Episode 22]] (another episode relevant to the O-Parts story arc) never aired on TV in the United States. As no explanation about what the O-Parts are is given in this episode (beyond a generic notion of their being something important), and as no connection is made in this episode between the O-Parts and the unnamed artifact found in Episode 12, ''and'' as no actual O-Parts even appear in this episode, their "introduction" given here to the audience is anything but ceremonious. U.S. viewers would eventually get a more proper introduction to the O-Parts when Episode 13 finally aired almost three weeks after this episode.

===Transformers references===
[[File:RID Cybertron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Ah, the sickly green glow of home]]
*This episode gives us our first glimpse of the ''Robots in Disguise'' incarnation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], as well as the series's first allusion to the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]], here simply called "the Matrix".

===Real-world references===
*After Megatron hears Sky-Byte's report, the reflecting glare of Megatron's eyes is accompanied by a ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' [[lightsaber]] ignition sound effect.
*Likewise, after Scourge and Mega-Octane discuss their plan to use Sky-Byte to trap the Autobots, the twinkle in Scourge's eye is accompanied by the same lightaber ignition sound effect.
*While driving along, the Autobot Brothers pass "Dongwoo Animation Co. Ltd.", a Korean animation studio to which Studio Gallop outsourced work.

===Trivia===
*The rubber duck discovered underground by Sky-Byte is preposterously huge—bigger, in fact, than the unexploded shell that he subsequently unearths. At that size, you'd almost suspect it [[Rubber Ducky|once belonged]] to [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|a giant robot]] or something.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 6 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-24-ultra-magnus "Ultra Magnus" transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Sky-Byte Saves the Day

2017-12-18T18:39:42Z

Zcat6: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|series=RiD
|ep=22
|title="Sky-Byte Saves the Day"
|japanese=正義の味方? ゲルシャーク
|romaji=Seigi no Mikata? Gelshark
|translation=Friend of Righteousness? Gelshark
|image=Skybyte Saves the Day last support breaks.jpg
|caption=Here I cooooome to save the daaaaaaay!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|airdate=[[August 30|30 August]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[June 23]], [[2002]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|written by=[[Tadashi Hayakawa]] (Japanese) [[Matthew V. Lewis]] (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''A brilliant bluff''' 
'''Has gone disastrously wrong''' 
'''Sky-Byte—hold on tight!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Tower.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't worry, that's normal—it's just the foundations settling.]]
[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[T-AI]] look over the sites of several [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] attacks, trying to work out what it is they're searching for. Optimus realises that [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] must be after the [[O-Part]]s, and T-AI establishes finding the remaining O-Parts as the number one priority.

Meanwhile, back in Metro City, [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and the Predacon Trio arrive to disrupt the grand opening of the [[CGA Tower]], one of the tallest towers in the world. Sky-Byte plans to knock it down, believing this will make the Predacons famous (the trio is more skeptical). As they begin their attack, endangering the omnipresent [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] and [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]], Optimus orders the [[Build Team (RID)|Build Team]] in to keep the tower up. Their arrival prompts the Predacons to launch a devastating attack on every nearby building as a warning, until [[Wedge]] pleads with Sky-Byte not to harm his hostages.

[[File:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Wedgepredacons.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"I could tolerate this for a long time if it were not for Gas Skunk's smelly armpits!" "'''HEY!!!'''"]]
This throws Sky-Byte off, as he didn't actually realise they ''could'' be hostages. In an attempt to appear in control and aware of what he's doing, he demands to talk to Optimus—and when Optimus asks for his demands, Sky-Byte randomly blabbers a desire for the "thingamajiggy". By sheer luck, T-AI believes this to be a demand for O-Parts, which Sky-Byte seizes on. Optimus prepares to take the O-Parts direct to him in exchange for the hostages' safety.

At this point, Sky-Byte is feeling pretty good about the situation—until he accidentally knocks the last tower support off. Along with Wedge, he swiftly moves to hold the tower up; unwillingly to let the rest of the Autobots hold the tower, he gets the Predacons to help. To the panicked people in the tower and the watching journalists, it looks like the Predacons are ''helping''...

[[File:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Judothrow.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|WHAT?]]
Meanwhile, Optimus is ambushed en route by [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] and [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] for the O-Parts, the latter predictably wanting to steal some of Sky-Byte's glory. Optimus ''kicks Ruination into the air'' before blasting him into component parts, disables Scourge with a shot, then drives on—nothing will stop him protecting the hostages.

The Predacons and Wedge desperately hold onto the tower, though the Predacons are facing severe back pain and Sky-Byte has an itch he can't scratch. The younger hostages, led by [[Jenny (RID)|Jenny]], begin cheering Sky-Byte on though, something that's never happened to him before. Wedge uses this to talk him into letting the hostages go. However, when Optimus arrives, Scourge attacks out of revenge and threatens to use his firepower to destroy the tower if he doesn't get the O-Parts!

While Optimus battles Scourge and the Build Team try to keep Scourge's missiles from hitting the tower, Sky-Byte struggles to keep it upright despite the crossfire—gone completely round the bend, he now altruistically wants to save his "dear hostages". The hordes of small children cheer him on.

Once Scourge is driven off and [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] manages to dig a hole for the tower to go in, the tower is saved and he can finally scratch his back. Optimus Prime and Koji wonder why Sky-Byte helped them, while the Predacons sit near a beach at sunset still trying to recover from their crippled spines. Why, Dark Scream wonders, did they even do all that?

...which is when they realise they forgot to pick up the O-Parts.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[T-AI]] (2)
*[[Wedge]] (11)
*[[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]] (12)
*[[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] (13)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2001)|Grimlock]] (14)
*[[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] (24)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (3)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (4)
*[[Dark Scream]] (5)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (6)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (15)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (16)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (17)
*[[Movor]] (18)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (19)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (20)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (21)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (22)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (7)
*[[Jenny (RID)|Jenny]] (8)
*[[Karl]] (9)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (10)
*[[Dorie Dutton]] (23)
}}

==Quotes==
"On a scale from one to ten—that was ''stupid''."
:—'''Slapper''' reviews Sky-Byte's plan harshly, but fairly.

'''Optimus:''' What do you want from me? 
'''Sky-Byte:''' I think you know. *hopeful*Don't you, Optimus?! 
'''Optimus:''' I'm afraid I ''don't'' know, Sky-Byte. 
'''Sky-Byte:''' No, you know what I'm talking about, Optimus! That... erm, er... thingamajiggy you monitor at your headquarters! 
'''Slapper:''' He wants a "thingamajiggy"? 
'''Gas Skunk:''' Wow! 
'''Dark Scream:''' Sounds important. 
'''Sky-Byte:''' My comrades know what I want! 
'''Gas Skunk:''' Er... course! The, er, thingy! 
'''Slapper:''' Yeah, that... whatchamacallit. 
'''Dark Scream:''' The frim-fram with the flibbity jibbet! 
'''Optimus:''' I'm sorry. It's a good description but I can't think of anything it might fit.
:—And yet '''Optimus''' fails to realise '''Sky-Byte''' doesn't know what he's doing.

'''Sky-Byte:''' The O-Parts, or else! ''Don't'' make me fill in the blanks. 
'''Gas Skunk:''' Hey. Do we know what an O-Part is? 
'''Slapper:''' Nope.
:—The '''Predacons''' refuse to let a little thing like utter feckless ignorance get in the way of a good scheme.

"They're cheering...for me! I've never been cheered for in my entire life! I wish '''Megatron''' would cheer for me once..."
:-'''Sky-Byte''', with some rather unrealistic expectations.

"These are ''my'' hostages! ''I'm'' protecting them! Let me have my pride!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' begins to lose the plot.

"Lucky move, Optimus! Now face ''me!''" 
"All right." [''shoots'']
:—'''Scourge''' bites off more than he can chew with '''Optimus Prime'''.

"That's it, Sky-Byte—hold on tight!"
:—The '''children''' of Metro City find a new hero.

"Why don't we take a little vote? Everyone in favour of freeing these innocent hostages, raise your hands—I DIDN'T MEAN TO LET GO!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''', in an uncharacteristic move, fails to think things through.

"Now, more than ever before—my dear hostages need me!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' loses the plot completely.

'''Optimus:''' Big mistake, tanker breath. 
'''Scourge:''' I will do what it takes until I leave with the O-Parts. 
'''Optimus:''' You'll be lucky to leave with all of YOUR parts. 
:--'''Optimus Prime''' gets serious(ly ticked off) with '''Scourge''' 

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
"Sky-Byte Saves the Day" is the third of three ''Robots in Disguise'' episodes (after "[[Attack from Outer Space]]" and "[[Landfill (episode)|Landfill]]") not to air in the United States in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, given that its plot revolves around the impending collapse of a huge tower. In contrast to a heavily re-edited episode like "[[The Secret of the Ruins]]", no attempt is made to disguise any of this, with all the scenes of the tower in peril and other buildings being destroyed remaining in the English version of the episode.
*In the opening scene, ''Robots in Disguise'' gives T-AI a better showing, allowing her to reach conclusions on her own and express her dedication to the Autobots' mission. In ''Car Robots'', she's basically just there to parrot Optimus Prime's sentences back to him in the form of questions and worry about things while serving as the audience proxy for the new information Prime provides about the O-Parts. The only real observation she makes, which is not kept in ''Robots in Disguise'', is that each of the three locations "had a lot of people", presumably referring to the civilizations that once lived in each area.
*The basics of the Predacons' conversation at the base of the tower is the same (the other Predacons don't know what Sky-Byte wants to do with the tower, and are exasperated when they learn he wants to destroy it in order to get on TV), but the trio's dialogue is a lot more harsh and mocking in ''Robots in Disguise'', while ''Car Robots'' sees Sky-Byte take a more poetic approach, comparing the tower's heaven-piercing glory to Megatron's own. Also, Gas Skunk is impressed with the tower's height in ''Car Robots'', while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he's not wowed, as he says towers on Cybertron are bigger.
*In ''Car Robots'', it's Scourge that Sky-Byte is looking to upstage with his tower stunt, but in ''Robots in Disguise'', this sentiment is rather oddly changed into the notion that it's Megatron who will be jealous when he sees his men on TV.
*In ''Car Robots'', Kelly notes that she—and presumably everyone else up on the tower—are there by invitation, which is why they've been able to gain access before the tower is opened to the public.
[[File:SkyByteSavestheDay member select change.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*In ''Car Robots'', the scenes of Kelly looking through her binoculars, then feeling the tremor and looking up, are all part of the same, continuous shot; in ''Robots in Disguise'', it is interrupted by a new scene of the Predacons launching their first attack on the tower, made up of footage taken from elsewhere in the episode, causing the tremor that Kelly then reacts to.
*When T-AI activates the member select screen in ''Car Robots'', she first scrolls past all the Spy Changers before getting to the Build Team. As removing all their [[List of Japanese ID numbers|Japanese ID numbers]] and replacing them with their English names was probably an unwieldy task, ''Robots in Disguise'' replaces this shot with footage from "[[Wedge's Short Fuse]]" that just shows the Build Team on the screen.
*In both versions of the show, the Build Team's discussion in their first scene is about how on the ball they are with their construction work at the moment. ''Car Robots'' plays it very humble, with the satisfaction of job well done being its own reward, while ''Robots in Disguise'' has them acting a little puffed up, with Wedge bragging about the team finishing ahead of schedule and Heavy Load talking about rewarding themselves with oil baths, and. The prospect of having to miss such a reward causes Grimlock to be disappointed when T-AI calls them into action in ''Robots in Disguise'', while in ''Car Robots'', he simply relays her call to Wedge without comment.
*When T-AI briefs the Build Team, the scene is extended by inserting some re-used footage before the shot of Wedge on T-AI's screen: a close-up of T-AI, and a head-on view of the Build Team driving down the space bridge.
*In ''Car Robots'', upon emerging from the space bridge, Heavy Load causes the Predacons to sweat-drop when he immediately deduces exactly what their plan is, and how silly it is. For ''Robots in Disguise'', this was completely changed into a scene of the Predacons flop-sweating when Heavy Load threatens to destroy then and use their parts for construction. This general sense of exasperation on the Predacons' part carries on into the next scene, as ''Car Robots'' has Slapper sigh and resign himself to joining in on the destruction, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he's eager to have some fun.
*While the idea that Sky-Byte did not intend to take hostages, only being inadvertently convinced to do so by Wedge, is true in both versions, in ''Car Robots'', the Predacons were unaware that there were even any humans ''in'' the tower when they attacked. Slapper, Gas Skunk and Dark Scream then think that Sky-Byte ''did'' know and was actually planning ahead, reinforcing his need to make himself look good by playing along with the hostage scenario.
*In ''Car Robots'', Slapper also brings up that Sky-Byte has the "heart of a jellyfish", referring back to "[[The Fish Test]]", a reference removed from ''Robots in Disguise'' and replaced with Slapper complaining that he wasn't aware of any hostage-taking plan.
*Where ''Robots in Disguise'' has Sky-Byte ask to speak to Optimus, followed by Slapper telling him its a waste of time, ''Car Robots'' has him stumbles over his words, and for Slapper to encourage him to make a demand, ''after'' which he asks for Optimus.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out an unintuitive shot of Grimlock relaying Optimus Prime's communication to the group, in which Grimlock's eyes glow and Prime's voice comes from nowhere with a radio-muffling effect, and replaces it with a shot of Prime in the Autobot base.
*It's never quite clear in ''Robots in Disguise'' just how much Megatron knows about the O-Parts and the information he is drawing out of Dr. Onishi; in this episode, ''Car Robots'' reveals he was not aware of the O-Parts' name before Sky-Byte bluffed it out of Prime.
*In ''Car Robots'', it's specifically noted that Optimus's tactic for defeating Ruination—hurling him into the air and blasting him—works because Ruination is in his "Land Mission" mode (Armorhide and Rollbar as arms, Ro-Tor and Movor as legs). Ruination cannot fly in this configuration, so he wasn't able to avoid Prime's blast.
*When Prime and Scourge arrive at the tower, in ''Car Robots'', the Predacons actually cheer Prime on and hope to see Scourge get eaten up, prompting a puzzled Wedge to ask whose side they're on. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this is changed to have them all discouraging the fight so the tower can be dealt with first.
*Scourge's attack on the tower is extended for ''Robots in Disguise'' with repeated footage of the Decepticon leader launching missiles and Hightower shooting them down.
*''Car Robots'' has Scourge explain his attack on the tower with the justification that relying on hostages shows Sky-Byte's weakness, and that he intends to take the O-Parts with nothing but his own strength.
[[File:SkyByteSavestheDay kelly deleted scene.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*In ''Robots in Disguse'', Grimlock, Hightower and Heavy Load talk about becoming Landfill and securing the tower, with Wedge suggesting they do so by "clearing some space". In ''Car Robots'', the trio don't know what to do, able only to figure out how much clear space they would need to move the tower, until Wedge suggests combining and destroying the surrounding buildings to make room.
*While Kelly lists many alternatives to her present predicament in ''Robots in Disguise'', in ''Car Robots'', she merely wishes she could be in her car... until she remembers [[Side Burn|that weird car that's always chasing her]], and changes her mind, in a short sequence (pictured, right) cut from ''Robots in Disguise''!
*After Gas Skunk reminds him he can scratch himself, ''Robots in Disguise'' plays Sky-Byte's subsequently flopping around like he's a dog rolling over to scratch his back. In ''Car Robots'', on the other hand, he flails about out of frustration that he can't reach the itchy spot with his fins.
*This is the last episode of ''Robots in Disguise'' to make routine use of "slightly lengthened shot" method of extending the show's run-time. The tactic will be used in occasional isolated instances in future episodes, but going forward, episodes are mostly lengthened through the creation of brief new scenes made out of recycled footage. For this last hurrah, shots extended include:
**Prime and T-AI looking at the screens, before T-AI turns around
**A close up on Prime as he wonders if the Predacons are looking for the O-Parts
**Prime telling T-AI to track Megatron closely
**The final shot of the episode, with Sky-Byte head on a black background

===Animation or technical errors===
*The CGA Tower varies dramatically in size between shots, sometimes appearing to be around the same size as the buildings around it.
*After T-AI orders the Build Team to "Just keep [their] equipment ready and get there!", what little of Hightower that is visible from behind Heavy Load (mostly just his crane arm and part of his front end) is colored in Grimlock's deco.
*After Optimus lays waste to Ruination and wounds Scourge, he re-attaches to his trailer ''which is in many separate pieces'' as if Prime had been fighting in Battle Mode, which he hadn't.

===Continuity notes===
*The locations Optimus and T-AI review at the episode's start are from the following previous episodes: The "ancient cavern ruins" are the [[Payuma ruins]] from "[[The Secret of the Ruins]]", the [[Cave of the Dragon]] is from "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]", and the volcano at [[Montrose Island]] is, of course, from "[[Volcano (episode)|Volcano]]".
**If the inclusion of the island seems a little odd compared to the ruins (where Dr. Onishi's microchip was found) and the cave (where an O-Part was found), it is because the island was originally yet another location the Predacons learned about from probing Dr. Onishi's mind in the Japanese ''Car Robots'' version, whereas the English ''Robots in Disguise'' version of that episode omitted that bit of info to instead have the Predacons detect the geothermal energy of that island on their own without any mention of Onishi's involvement.
*In this episode, the unnamed artifact recovered in "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]" is revealed to have been an O-Part. The reveal comes in this episode due to episode 13, "[[Hope for the Future]]", having not yet aired until much later in the series' initial run on [[Fox Kids]]. Or at least, the reveal ''would'' have come in this episode had it actually ever aired on U.S. television. Because this episode was banned, the O-Parts namedrop in this episode was originally lost on U.S. viewers during the show's initial run, making the actual first use of the word "O-Parts" in the original U.S. run not come until "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]"... wherein no actual O-Parts appear as their relevance in that episode was a feint. When "Hope for the Future" ''eventually'' made its televised debut, U.S. viewers ''finally'' got a more proper introduction to the O-Parts (see [[Hope for the Future#Continuity Notes|that episode's article]] for more information).
*Although Megatron and Scourge know about the O-Parts, the other four Predacons apparently don't.
*Wedge takes pride in how quickly his team has completed their latest Space Bridge project, the South Ocean Underpass, which was first alluded to in the [[Landfill (episode)|previous episode]].
*This starts a plot arc of small children adoring Sky-Byte which will last the rest of the series.

===Continuity errors===
*The Autobots claim to have more than one O-Part despite having only acquired one so far onscreen. This is likely a dubbing error since, in Japanese, the word "O-Parts" ( オーパーツ ''Ōpātsu'') has no distinction between singular and plural forms. In other words, Optimus was originally going to bring Sky-Byte the ''one'' "O-Part''s''" that the Autobots had in ''Car Robots''.

===Trivia===
*The CGA Tower and Autobot headquarters are both located in Metro City, so why does Optimus appear to be driving away from the city when the Decepticons ambush him?
**In fact, why does Optimus ''drive'' to the tower from the base instead of using the much faster Space Bridge to get to the tower like the Build Team did?
*After Ruination is knocked out, Scourge fires his gun and makes a Star Wars sound effect of a stormtrooper firing.
*For whatever reason, we have rarely seen full-body scenes of Optimus Prime fighting hand-to-hand in this series, and even rarer to watch him do it in normal robot mode (as opposed to Battle Mode). The short, but extremely well-animated, sequence of Prime fighting Ruination is a notable exception.
*Interestingly, from this same scene, the idea of Prime leaping up a taller opponent to make him top-heavy and therefore easier to pull down will be repeated in a famous forest battle scene of a future [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|live action film]].
*In continuing the theme of brutal hand-to-hand(ish) combat in this episode, perhaps to accentuate the dire circumstance of children in peril, Scourge, in tanker truck mode, rams speeding fire-truck-mode Optimus Prime hard enough to make him smash -''sideways''- into a building which cracks apart from the impact. Again this episode deviates from the more typical range/ blaster fighting choreography for a more physical, in-your-face style.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 6 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Sky-Byte Saves the Day

2017-12-18T12:32:38Z

Zcat6: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|series=RiD
|ep=22
|title="Sky-Byte Saves the Day"
|japanese=正義の味方? ゲルシャーク
|romaji=Seigi no Mikata? Gelshark
|translation=Friend of Righteousness? Gelshark
|image=Skybyte Saves the Day last support breaks.jpg
|caption=Here I cooooome to save the daaaaaaay!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|airdate=[[August 30|30 August]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[June 23]], [[2002]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|written by=[[Tadashi Hayakawa]] (Japanese) [[Matthew V. Lewis]] (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''A brilliant bluff''' 
'''Has gone disastrously wrong''' 
'''Sky-Byte—hold on tight!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Tower.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't worry, that's normal—it's just the foundations settling.]]
[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[T-AI]] look over the sites of several [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] attacks, trying to work out what it is they're searching for. Optimus realises that [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] must be after the [[O-Part]]s, and T-AI establishes finding the remaining O-Parts as the number one priority.

Meanwhile, back in Metro City, [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and the Predacon Trio arrive to disrupt the grand opening of the [[CGA Tower]], one of the tallest towers in the world. Sky-Byte plans to knock it down, believing this will make the Predacons famous (the trio is more skeptical). As they begin their attack, endangering the omnipresent [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] and [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]], Optimus orders the [[Build Team (RID)|Build Team]] in to keep the tower up. Their arrival prompts the Predacons to launch a devastating attack on every nearby building as a warning, until [[Wedge]] pleads with Sky-Byte not to harm his hostages.

[[File:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Wedgepredacons.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"I could tolerate this for a long time if it were not for Gas Skunk's smelly armpits!" "'''HEY!!!'''"]]
This throws Sky-Byte off, as he didn't actually realise they ''could'' be hostages. In an attempt to appear in control and aware of what he's doing, he demands to talk to Optimus—and when Optimus asks for his demands, Sky-Byte randomly blabbers a desire for the "thingamajiggy". By sheer luck, T-AI believes this to be a demand for O-Parts, which Sky-Byte seizes on. Optimus prepares to take the O-Parts direct to him in exchange for the hostages' safety.

At this point, Sky-Byte is feeling pretty good about the situation—until he accidentally knocks the last tower support off. Along with Wedge, he swiftly moves to hold the tower up; unwillingly to let the rest of the Autobots hold the tower, he gets the Predacons to help. To the panicked people in the tower and the watching journalists, it looks like the Predacons are ''helping''...

[[File:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Judothrow.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|WHAT?]]
Meanwhile, Optimus is ambushed en route by [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] and [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] for the O-Parts, the latter predictably wanting to steal some of Sky-Byte's glory. Optimus ''kicks Ruination into the air'' before blasting him into component parts, disables Scourge with a shot, then drives on—nothing will stop him protecting the hostages.

The Predacons and Wedge desperately hold onto the tower, though the Predacons are facing severe back pain and Sky-Byte has an itch he can't scratch. The younger hostages, led by [[Jenny (RID)|Jenny]], begin cheering Sky-Byte on though, something that's never happened to him before. Wedge uses this to talk him into letting the hostages go. However, when Optimus arrives, Scourge attacks out of revenge and threatens to use his firepower to destroy the tower if he doesn't get the O-Parts!

While Optimus battles Scourge and the Build Team try to keep Scourge's missiles from hitting the tower, Sky-Byte struggles to keep it upright despite the crossfire—gone completely round the bend, he now altruistically wants to save his "dear hostages". The hordes of small children cheer him on.

Once Scourge is driven off and [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] manages to dig a hole for the tower to go in, the tower is saved and he can finally scratch his back. Optimus Prime and Koji wonder why Sky-Byte helped them, while the Predacons sit near a beach at sunset still trying to recover from their crippled spines. Why, Dark Scream wonders, did they even do all that?

...which is when they realise they forgot to pick up the O-Parts.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[T-AI]] (2)
*[[Wedge]] (11)
*[[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]] (12)
*[[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] (13)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2001)|Grimlock]] (14)
*[[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] (24)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (3)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (4)
*[[Dark Scream]] (5)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (6)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (15)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (16)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (17)
*[[Movor]] (18)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (19)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (20)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (21)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (22)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (7)
*[[Jenny (RID)|Jenny]] (8)
*[[Karl]] (9)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (10)
*[[Dorie Dutton]] (23)
}}

==Quotes==
"On a scale from one to ten—that was ''stupid''."
:—'''Slapper''' reviews Sky-Byte's plan harshly, but fairly.

'''Optimus:''' What do you want from me? 
'''Sky-Byte:''' I think you know. *hopeful*Don't you, Optimus?! 
'''Optimus:''' I'm afraid I ''don't'' know, Sky-Byte. 
'''Sky-Byte:''' No, you know what I'm talking about, Optimus! That... erm, er... thingamajiggy you monitor at your headquarters! 
'''Slapper:''' He wants a "thingamajiggy"? 
'''Gas Skunk:''' Wow! 
'''Dark Scream:''' Sounds important. 
'''Sky-Byte:''' My comrades know what I want! 
'''Gas Skunk:''' Er... course! The, er, thingy! 
'''Slapper:''' Yeah, that... whatchamacallit. 
'''Dark Scream:''' The frim-fram with the flibbity jibbet! 
'''Optimus:''' I'm sorry. It's a good description but I can't think of anything it might fit.
:—And yet '''Optimus''' fails to realise '''Sky-Byte''' doesn't know what he's doing.

'''Sky-Byte:''' The O-Parts, or else! ''Don't'' make me fill in the blanks. 
'''Gas Skunk:''' Hey. Do we know what an O-Part is? 
'''Slapper:''' Nope.
:—The '''Predacons''' refuse to let a little thing like utter feckless ignorance get in the way of a good scheme.

"They're cheering...for me! I've never been cheered for in my entire life! I wish '''Megatron''' would cheer for me once..."
:-'''Sky-Byte''', with some rather unrealistic expectations.

"These are ''my'' hostages! ''I'm'' protecting them! Let me have my pride!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' begins to lose the plot.

"Lucky move, Optimus! Now face ''me!''" 
"All right." [''shoots'']
:—'''Scourge''' bites off more than he can chew with '''Optimus Prime'''.

"That's it, Sky-Byte—hold on tight!"
:—The '''children''' of Metro City find a new hero.

"Why don't we take a little vote? Everyone in favour of freeing these innocent hostages, raise your hands—I DIDN'T MEAN TO LET GO!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''', in an uncharacteristic move, fails to think things through.

"Now, more than ever before—my dear hostages need me!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' loses the plot completely.

'''Optimus:''' Big mistake, tanker breath. 
'''Scourge:''' I will do what it takes until I leave with the O-Parts. 
'''Optimus:''' You'll be lucky to leave with all of YOUR parts. 
:--'''Optimus Prime''' gets serious(ly ticked off) with '''Scourge''' 

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
"Sky-Byte Saves the Day" is the third of three ''Robots in Disguise'' episodes (after "[[Attack from Outer Space]]" and "[[Landfill (episode)|Landfill]]") not to air in the United States in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, given that its plot revolves around the impending collapse of a huge tower. In contrast to a heavily re-edited episode like "[[The Secret of the Ruins]]", no attempt is made to disguise any of this, with all the scenes of the tower in peril and other buildings being destroyed remaining in the English version of the episode.
*In the opening scene, ''Robots in Disguise'' gives T-AI a better showing, allowing her to reach conclusions on her own and express her dedication to the Autobots' mission. In ''Car Robots'', she's basically just there to parrot Optimus Prime's sentences back to him in the form of questions and worry about things while serving as the audience proxy for the new information Prime provides about the O-Parts. The only real observation she makes, which is not kept in ''Robots in Disguise'', is that each of the three locations "had a lot of people", presumably referring to the civilizations that once lived in each area.
*The basics of the Predacons' conversation at the base of the tower is the same (the other Predacons don't know what Sky-Byte wants to do with the tower, and are exasperated when they learn he wants to destroy it in order to get on TV), but the trio's dialogue is a lot more harsh and mocking in ''Robots in Disguise'', while ''Car Robots'' sees Sky-Byte take a more poetic approach, comparing the tower's heaven-piercing glory to Megatron's own. Also, Gas Skunk is impressed with the tower's height in ''Car Robots'', while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he's not wowed, as he says towers on Cybertron are bigger.
*In ''Car Robots'', it's Scourge that Sky-Byte is looking to upstage with his tower stunt, but in ''Robots in Disguise'', this sentiment is rather oddly changed into the notion that it's Megatron who will be jealous when he sees his men on TV.
*In ''Car Robots'', Kelly notes that she—and presumably everyone else up on the tower—are there by invitation, which is why they've been able to gain access before the tower is opened to the public.
[[File:SkyByteSavestheDay member select change.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*In ''Car Robots'', the scenes of Kelly looking through her binoculars, then feeling the tremor and looking up, are all part of the same, continuous shot; in ''Robots in Disguise'', it is interrupted by a new scene of the Predacons launching their first attack on the tower, made up of footage taken from elsewhere in the episode, causing the tremor that Kelly then reacts to.
*When T-AI activates the member select screen in ''Car Robots'', she first scrolls past all the Spy Changers before getting to the Build Team. As removing all their [[List of Japanese ID numbers|Japanese ID numbers]] and replacing them with their English names was probably an unwieldy task, ''Robots in Disguise'' replaces this shot with footage from "[[Wedge's Short Fuse]]" that just shows the Build Team on the screen.
*In both versions of the show, the Build Team's discussion in their first scene is about how on the ball they are with their construction work at the moment. ''Car Robots'' plays it very humble, with the satisfaction of job well done being its own reward, while ''Robots in Disguise'' has them acting a little puffed up, with Wedge bragging about the team finishing ahead of schedule and Heavy Load talking about rewarding themselves with oil baths, and. The prospect of having to miss such a reward causes Grimlock to be disappointed when T-AI calls them into action in ''Robots in Disguise'', while in ''Car Robots'', he simply relays her call to Wedge without comment.
*When T-AI briefs the Build Team, the scene is extended by inserting some re-used footage before the shot of Wedge on T-AI's screen: a close-up of T-AI, and a head-on view of the Build Team driving down the space bridge.
*In ''Car Robots'', upon emerging from the space bridge, Heavy Load causes the Predacons to sweat-drop when he immediately deduces exactly what their plan is, and how silly it is. For ''Robots in Disguise'', this was completely changed into a scene of the Predacons flop-sweating when Heavy Load threatens to destroy then and use their parts for construction. This general sense of exasperation on the Predacons' part carries on into the next scene, as ''Car Robots'' has Slapper sigh and resign himself to joining in on the destruction, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he's eager to have some fun.
*While the idea that Sky-Byte did not intend to take hostages, only being inadvertently convinced to do so by Wedge, is true in both versions, in ''Car Robots'', the Predacons were unaware that there were even any humans ''in'' the tower when they attacked. Slapper, Gas Skunk and Dark Scream then think that Sky-Byte ''did'' know and was actually planning ahead, reinforcing his need to make himself look good by playing along with the hostage scenario.
*In ''Car Robots'', Slapper also brings up that Sky-Byte has the "heart of a jellyfish", referring back to "[[The Fish Test]]", a reference removed from ''Robots in Disguise'' and replaced with Slapper complaining that he wasn't aware of any hostage-taking plan.
*Where ''Robots in Disguise'' has Sky-Byte ask to speak to Optimus, followed by Slapper telling him its a waste of time, ''Car Robots'' has him stumbles over his words, and for Slapper to encourage him to make a demand, ''after'' which he asks for Optimus.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out an unintuitive shot of Grimlock relaying Optimus Prime's communication to the group, in which Grimlock's eyes glow and Prime's voice comes from nowhere with a radio-muffling effect, and replaces it with a shot of Prime in the Autobot base.
*It's never quite clear in ''Robots in Disguise'' just how much Megatron knows about the O-Parts and the information he is drawing out of Dr. Onishi; in this episode, ''Car Robots'' reveals he was not aware of the O-Parts' name before Sky-Byte bluffed it out of Prime.
*In ''Car Robots'', it's specifically noted that Optimus's tactic for defeating Ruination—hurling him into the air and blasting him—works because Ruination is in his "Land Mission" mode (Armorhide and Rollbar as arms, Ro-Tor and Movor as legs). Ruination cannot fly in this configuration, so he wasn't able to avoid Prime's blast.
*When Prime and Scourge arrive at the tower, in ''Car Robots'', the Predacons actually cheer Prime on and hope to see Scourge get eaten up, prompting a puzzled Wedge to ask whose side they're on. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this is changed to have them all discouraging the fight so the tower can be dealt with first.
*Scourge's attack on the tower is extended for ''Robots in Disguise'' with repeated footage of the Decepticon leader launching missiles and Hightower shooting them down.
*''Car Robots'' has Scourge explain his attack on the tower with the justification that relying on hostages shows Sky-Byte's weakness, and that he intends to take the O-Parts with nothing but his own strength.
[[File:SkyByteSavestheDay kelly deleted scene.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*In ''Robots in Disguse'', Grimlock, Hightower and Heavy Load talk about becoming Landfill and securing the tower, with Wedge suggesting they do so by "clearing some space". In ''Car Robots'', the trio don't know what to do, able only to figure out how much clear space they would need to move the tower, until Wedge suggests combining and destroying the surrounding buildings to make room.
*While Kelly lists many alternatives to her present predicament in ''Robots in Disguise'', in ''Car Robots'', she merely wishes she could be in her car... until she remembers [[Side Burn|that weird car that's always chasing her]], and changes her mind, in a short sequence (pictured, right) cut from ''Robots in Disguise''!
*After Gas Skunk reminds him he can scratch himself, ''Robots in Disguise'' plays Sky-Byte's subsequently flopping around like he's a dog rolling over to scratch his back. In ''Car Robots'', on the other hand, he flails about out of frustration that he can't reach the itchy spot with his fins.
*This is the last episode of ''Robots in Disguise'' to make routine use of "slightly lengthened shot" method of extending the show's run-time. The tactic will be used in occasional isolated instances in future episodes, but going forward, episodes are mostly lengthened through the creation of brief new scenes made out of recycled footage. For this last hurrah, shots extended include:
**Prime and T-AI looking at the screens, before T-AI turns around
**A close up on Prime as he wonders if the Predacons are looking for the O-Parts
**Prime telling T-AI to track Megatron closely
**The final shot of the episode, with Sky-Byte head on a black background

===Animation or technical errors===
*The CGA Tower varies dramatically in size between shots, sometimes appearing to be around the same size as the buildings around it.
*After T-AI orders the Build Team to "Just keep [their] equipment ready and get there!", what little of Hightower that is visible from behind Heavy Load (mostly just his crane arm and part of his front end) is colored in Grimlock's deco.
*After Optimus lays waste to Ruination and wounds Scourge, he re-attaches to his trailer ''which is in many separate pieces'' as if Prime had been fighting in Battle Mode, which he hadn't.

===Continuity notes===
*The locations Optimus and T-AI review at the episode's start are from the following previous episodes: The "ancient cavern ruins" are the [[Payuma ruins]] from "[[The Secret of the Ruins]]", the [[Cave of the Dragon]] is from "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]", and the volcano at [[Montrose Island]] is, of course, from "[[Volcano (episode)|Volcano]]".
**If the inclusion of the island seems a little odd compared to the ruins (where Dr. Onishi's microchip was found) and the cave (where an O-Part was found), it is because the island was originally yet another location the Predacons learned about from probing Dr. Onishi's mind in the Japanese ''Car Robots'' version, whereas the English ''Robots in Disguise'' version of that episode omitted that bit of info to instead have the Predacons detect the geothermal energy of that island on their own without any mention of Onishi's involvement.
*In this episode, the unnamed artifact recovered in "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]" is revealed to have been an O-Part. The reveal comes in this episode due to episode 13, "[[Hope for the Future]]", having not yet aired until much later in the series' initial run on [[Fox Kids]]. Or at least, the reveal ''would'' have come in this episode had it actually ever aired on U.S. television. Because this episode was banned, the O-Parts namedrop in this episode was originally lost on U.S. viewers during the show's initial run, making the actual first use of the word "O-Parts" in the original U.S. run not come until "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]"... wherein no actual O-Parts appear as their relevance in that episode was a feint. When "Hope for the Future" ''eventually'' made its televised debut, U.S. viewers ''finally'' got a more proper introduction to the O-Parts (see [[Hope for the Future#Continuity Notes|that episode's article]] for more information).
*Although Megatron and Scourge know about the O-Parts, the other four Predacons apparently don't.
*Wedge takes pride in how quickly his team has completed their latest Space Bridge project, the South Ocean Underpass, which was first alluded to in the [[Landfill (episode)|previous episode]].
*This starts a plot arc of small children adoring Sky-Byte which will last the rest of the series.

===Continuity errors===
*The Autobots claim to have more than one O-Part despite having only acquired one so far onscreen. This is likely a dubbing error since, in Japanese, the word "O-Parts" ( オーパーツ ''Ōpātsu'') has no distinction between singular and plural forms. In other words, Optimus was originally going to bring Sky-Byte the ''one'' "O-Part''s''" that the Autobots had in ''Car Robots''.

===Trivia===
*The CGA Tower and Autobot headquarters are both located in Metro City, so why does Optimus appear to be driving away from the city when the Decepticons ambush him?
**In fact, why does Optimus ''drive'' to the tower from the base instead of using the much faster Space Bridge to get to the tower like the Build Team did?
*After Ruination is knocked out, Scourge fires his gun and makes a Star Wars sound effect of a stormtrooper firing.
*For whatever reason, we have rarely seen full-body scenes of Optimus Prime fighting hand-to-hand in this series, and even rarer to watch him do it in normal robot mode (as opposed to Battle Mode). The short, but extremely well-animated, sequence of Prime fighting Ruination is a notable exception.
*Interestingly, from this same scene, the idea of Prime leaping up a taller opponent to make him top-heavy and therefore easier to pull down will be repeated in a famous forest battle scene of a future [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|live action film]].
*In continuing the theme of brutal hand-to-hand(ish) combat in this episode, perhaps to accentuate the dire circumstance of children in peril, Scourge, in tanker truck mode, rams speeding fire-truck-mode Optimus Prime hard enough to make him smash -''sideways''- into a building which cracks part from the impact. Again this episode deviates from the more typical range/ blaster fighting choreography for a more physical, in-your-face style.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 6 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Sky-Byte Saves the Day

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{{episode|
|series=RiD
|ep=22
|title="Sky-Byte Saves the Day"
|japanese=正義の味方? ゲルシャーク
|romaji=Seigi no Mikata? Gelshark
|translation=Friend of Righteousness? Gelshark
|image=Skybyte Saves the Day last support breaks.jpg
|caption=Here I cooooome to save the daaaaaaay!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|airdate=[[August 30|30 August]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[June 23]], [[2002]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|written by=[[Tadashi Hayakawa]] (Japanese) [[Matthew V. Lewis]] (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''A brilliant bluff''' 
'''Has gone disastrously wrong''' 
'''Sky-Byte—hold on tight!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Tower.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't worry, that's normal—it's just the foundations settling.]]
[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[T-AI]] look over the sites of several [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] attacks, trying to work out what it is they're searching for. Optimus realises that [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] must be after the [[O-Part]]s, and T-AI establishes finding the remaining O-Parts as the number one priority.

Meanwhile, back in Metro City, [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and the Predacon Trio arrive to disrupt the grand opening of the [[CGA Tower]], one of the tallest towers in the world. Sky-Byte plans to knock it down, believing this will make the Predacons famous (the trio is more skeptical). As they begin their attack, endangering the omnipresent [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] and [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]], Optimus orders the [[Build Team (RID)|Build Team]] in to keep the tower up. Their arrival prompts the Predacons to launch a devastating attack on every nearby building as a warning, until [[Wedge]] pleads with Sky-Byte not to harm his hostages.

[[File:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Wedgepredacons.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"I could tolerate this for a long time if it were not for Gas Skunk's smelly armpits!" "'''HEY!!!'''"]]
This throws Sky-Byte off, as he didn't actually realise they ''could'' be hostages. In an attempt to appear in control and aware of what he's doing, he demands to talk to Optimus—and when Optimus asks for his demands, Sky-Byte randomly blabbers a desire for the "thingamajiggy". By sheer luck, T-AI believes this to be a demand for O-Parts, which Sky-Byte seizes on. Optimus prepares to take the O-Parts direct to him in exchange for the hostages' safety.

At this point, Sky-Byte is feeling pretty good about the situation—until he accidentally knocks the last tower support off. Along with Wedge, he swiftly moves to hold the tower up; unwillingly to let the rest of the Autobots hold the tower, he gets the Predacons to help. To the panicked people in the tower and the watching journalists, it looks like the Predacons are ''helping''...

[[File:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Judothrow.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|WHAT?]]
Meanwhile, Optimus is ambushed en route by [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] and [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] for the O-Parts, the latter predictably wanting to steal some of Sky-Byte's glory. Optimus ''kicks Ruination into the air'' before blasting him into component parts, disables Scourge with a shot, then drives on—nothing will stop him protecting the hostages.

The Predacons and Wedge desperately hold onto the tower, though the Predacons are facing severe back pain and Sky-Byte has an itch he can't scratch. The younger hostages, led by [[Jenny (RID)|Jenny]], begin cheering Sky-Byte on though, something that's never happened to him before. Wedge uses this to talk him into letting the hostages go. However, when Optimus arrives, Scourge attacks out of revenge and threatens to use his firepower to destroy the tower if he doesn't get the O-Parts!

While Optimus battles Scourge and the Build Team try to keep Scourge's missiles from hitting the tower, Sky-Byte struggles to keep it upright despite the crossfire—gone completely round the bend, he now altruistically wants to save his "dear hostages". The hordes of small children cheer him on.

Once Scourge is driven off and [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] manages to dig a hole for the tower to go in, the tower is saved and he can finally scratch his back. Optimus Prime and Koji wonder why Sky-Byte helped them, while the Predacons sit near a beach at sunset still trying to recover from their crippled spines. Why, Dark Scream wonders, did they even do all that?

...which is when they realise they forgot to pick up the O-Parts.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[T-AI]] (2)
*[[Wedge]] (11)
*[[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]] (12)
*[[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] (13)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2001)|Grimlock]] (14)
*[[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] (24)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (3)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (4)
*[[Dark Scream]] (5)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (6)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (15)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (16)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (17)
*[[Movor]] (18)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (19)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (20)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (21)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (22)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (7)
*[[Jenny (RID)|Jenny]] (8)
*[[Karl]] (9)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (10)
*[[Dorie Dutton]] (23)
}}

==Quotes==
"On a scale from one to ten—that was ''stupid''."
:—'''Slapper''' reviews Sky-Byte's plan harshly, but fairly.

'''Optimus:''' What do you want from me? 
'''Sky-Byte:''' I think you know. *hopeful*Don't you, Optimus?! 
'''Optimus:''' I'm afraid I ''don't'' know, Sky-Byte. 
'''Sky-Byte:''' No, you know what I'm talking about, Optimus! That... erm, er... thingamajiggy you monitor at your headquarters! 
'''Slapper:''' He wants a "thingamajiggy"? 
'''Gas Skunk:''' Wow! 
'''Dark Scream:''' Sounds important. 
'''Sky-Byte:''' My comrades know what I want! 
'''Gas Skunk:''' Er... course! The, er, thingy! 
'''Slapper:''' Yeah, that... whatchamacallit. 
'''Dark Scream:''' The frim-fram with the flibbity jibbet! 
'''Optimus:''' I'm sorry. It's a good description but I can't think of anything it might fit.
:—And yet '''Optimus''' fails to realise '''Sky-Byte''' doesn't know what he's doing.

'''Sky-Byte:''' The O-Parts, or else! ''Don't'' make me fill in the blanks. 
'''Gas Skunk:''' Hey. Do we know what an O-Part is? 
'''Slapper:''' Nope.
:—The '''Predacons''' refuse to let a little thing like utter feckless ignorance get in the way of a good scheme.

"They're cheering...for me! I've never been cheered for in my entire life! I wish '''Megatron''' would cheer for me once..."
:-'''Sky-Byte''', with some rather unrealistic expectations.

"These are ''my'' hostages! ''I'm'' protecting them! Let me have my pride!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' begins to lose the plot.

"Lucky move, Optimus! Now face ''me!''" 
"All right." [''shoots'']
:—'''Scourge''' bites off more than he can chew with '''Optimus Prime'''.

"That's it, Sky-Byte—hold on tight!"
:—The '''children''' of Metro City find a new hero.

"Why don't we take a little vote? Everyone in favour of freeing these innocent hostages, raise your hands—I DIDN'T MEAN TO LET GO!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''', in an uncharacteristic move, fails to think things through.

"Now, more than ever before—my dear hostages need me!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' loses the plot completely.

'''Optimus:''' Big mistake, tanker breath. 
'''Scourge:''' I will do what it takes until I leave with the O-Parts. 
'''Optimus:''' You'll be lucky to leave with all of YOUR parts. 
:--'''Optimus Prime''' gets serious(ly ticked off) with '''Scourge''' 

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
"Sky-Byte Saves the Day" is the third of three ''Robots in Disguise'' episodes (after "[[Attack from Outer Space]]" and "[[Landfill (episode)|Landfill]]") not to air in the United States in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, given that its plot revolves around the impending collapse of a huge tower. In contrast to a heavily re-edited episode like "[[The Secret of the Ruins]]", no attempt is made to disguise any of this, with all the scenes of the tower in peril and other buildings being destroyed remaining in the English version of the episode.
*In the opening scene, ''Robots in Disguise'' gives T-AI a better showing, allowing her to reach conclusions on her own and express her dedication to the Autobots' mission. In ''Car Robots'', she's basically just there to parrot Optimus Prime's sentences back to him in the form of questions and worry about things while serving as the audience proxy for the new information Prime provides about the O-Parts. The only real observation she makes, which is not kept in ''Robots in Disguise'', is that each of the three locations "had a lot of people", presumably referring to the civilizations that once lived in each area.
*The basics of the Predacons' conversation at the base of the tower is the same (the other Predacons don't know what Sky-Byte wants to do with the tower, and are exasperated when they learn he wants to destroy it in order to get on TV), but the trio's dialogue is a lot more harsh and mocking in ''Robots in Disguise'', while ''Car Robots'' sees Sky-Byte take a more poetic approach, comparing the tower's heaven-piercing glory to Megatron's own. Also, Gas Skunk is impressed with the tower's height in ''Car Robots'', while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he's not wowed, as he says towers on Cybertron are bigger.
*In ''Car Robots'', it's Scourge that Sky-Byte is looking to upstage with his tower stunt, but in ''Robots in Disguise'', this sentiment is rather oddly changed into the notion that it's Megatron who will be jealous when he sees his men on TV.
*In ''Car Robots'', Kelly notes that she—and presumably everyone else up on the tower—are there by invitation, which is why they've been able to gain access before the tower is opened to the public.
[[File:SkyByteSavestheDay member select change.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*In ''Car Robots'', the scenes of Kelly looking through her binoculars, then feeling the tremor and looking up, are all part of the same, continuous shot; in ''Robots in Disguise'', it is interrupted by a new scene of the Predacons launching their first attack on the tower, made up of footage taken from elsewhere in the episode, causing the tremor that Kelly then reacts to.
*When T-AI activates the member select screen in ''Car Robots'', she first scrolls past all the Spy Changers before getting to the Build Team. As removing all their [[List of Japanese ID numbers|Japanese ID numbers]] and replacing them with their English names was probably an unwieldy task, ''Robots in Disguise'' replaces this shot with footage from "[[Wedge's Short Fuse]]" that just shows the Build Team on the screen.
*In both versions of the show, the Build Team's discussion in their first scene is about how on the ball they are with their construction work at the moment. ''Car Robots'' plays it very humble, with the satisfaction of job well done being its own reward, while ''Robots in Disguise'' has them acting a little puffed up, with Wedge bragging about the team finishing ahead of schedule and Heavy Load talking about rewarding themselves with oil baths, and. The prospect of having to miss such a reward causes Grimlock to be disappointed when T-AI calls them into action in ''Robots in Disguise'', while in ''Car Robots'', he simply relays her call to Wedge without comment.
*When T-AI briefs the Build Team, the scene is extended by inserting some re-used footage before the shot of Wedge on T-AI's screen: a close-up of T-AI, and a head-on view of the Build Team driving down the space bridge.
*In ''Car Robots'', upon emerging from the space bridge, Heavy Load causes the Predacons to sweat-drop when he immediately deduces exactly what their plan is, and how silly it is. For ''Robots in Disguise'', this was completely changed into a scene of the Predacons flop-sweating when Heavy Load threatens to destroy then and use their parts for construction. This general sense of exasperation on the Predacons' part carries on into the next scene, as ''Car Robots'' has Slapper sigh and resign himself to joining in on the destruction, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he's eager to have some fun.
*While the idea that Sky-Byte did not intend to take hostages, only being inadvertently convinced to do so by Wedge, is true in both versions, in ''Car Robots'', the Predacons were unaware that there were even any humans ''in'' the tower when they attacked. Slapper, Gas Skunk and Dark Scream then think that Sky-Byte ''did'' know and was actually planning ahead, reinforcing his need to make himself look good by playing along with the hostage scenario.
*In ''Car Robots'', Slapper also brings up that Sky-Byte has the "heart of a jellyfish", referring back to "[[The Fish Test]]", a reference removed from ''Robots in Disguise'' and replaced with Slapper complaining that he wasn't aware of any hostage-taking plan.
*Where ''Robots in Disguise'' has Sky-Byte ask to speak to Optimus, followed by Slapper telling him its a waste of time, ''Car Robots'' has him stumbles over his words, and for Slapper to encourage him to make a demand, ''after'' which he asks for Optimus.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out an unintuitive shot of Grimlock relaying Optimus Prime's communication to the group, in which Grimlock's eyes glow and Prime's voice comes from nowhere with a radio-muffling effect, and replaces it with a shot of Prime in the Autobot base.
*It's never quite clear in ''Robots in Disguise'' just how much Megatron knows about the O-Parts and the information he is drawing out of Dr. Onishi; in this episode, ''Car Robots'' reveals he was not aware of the O-Parts' name before Sky-Byte bluffed it out of Prime.
*In ''Car Robots'', it's specifically noted that Optimus's tactic for defeating Ruination—hurling him into the air and blasting him—works because Ruination is in his "Land Mission" mode (Armorhide and Rollbar as arms, Ro-Tor and Movor as legs). Ruination cannot fly in this configuration, so he wasn't able to avoid Prime's blast.
*When Prime and Scourge arrive at the tower, in ''Car Robots'', the Predacons actually cheer Prime on and hope to see Scourge get eaten up, prompting a puzzled Wedge to ask whose side they're on. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this is changed to have them all discouraging the fight so the tower can be dealt with first.
*Scourge's attack on the tower is extended for ''Robots in Disguise'' with repeated footage of the Decepticon leader launching missiles and Hightower shooting them down.
*''Car Robots'' has Scourge explain his attack on the tower with the justification that relying on hostages shows Sky-Byte's weakness, and that he intends to take the O-Parts with nothing but his own strength.
[[File:SkyByteSavestheDay kelly deleted scene.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*In ''Robots in Disguse'', Grimlock, Hightower and Heavy Load talk about becoming Landfill and securing the tower, with Wedge suggesting they do so by "clearing some space". In ''Car Robots'', the trio don't know what to do, able only to figure out how much clear space they would need to move the tower, until Wedge suggests combining and destroying the surrounding buildings to make room.
*While Kelly lists many alternatives to her present predicament in ''Robots in Disguise'', in ''Car Robots'', she merely wishes she could be in her car... until she remembers [[Side Burn|that weird car that's always chasing her]], and changes her mind, in a short sequence (pictured, right) cut from ''Robots in Disguise''!
*After Gas Skunk reminds him he can scratch himself, ''Robots in Disguise'' plays Sky-Byte's subsequently flopping around like he's a dog rolling over to scratch his back. In ''Car Robots'', on the other hand, he flails about out of frustration that he can't reach the itchy spot with his fins.
*This is the last episode of ''Robots in Disguise'' to make routine use of "slightly lengthened shot" method of extending the show's run-time. The tactic will be used in occasional isolated instances in future episodes, but going forward, episodes are mostly lengthened through the creation of brief new scenes made out of recycled footage. For this last hurrah, shots extended include:
**Prime and T-AI looking at the screens, before T-AI turns around
**A close up on Prime as he wonders if the Predacons are looking for the O-Parts
**Prime telling T-AI to track Megatron closely
**The final shot of the episode, with Sky-Byte head on a black background

===Animation or technical errors===
*The CGA Tower varies dramatically in size between shots, sometimes appearing to be around the same size as the buildings around it.
*After T-AI orders the Build Team to "Just keep [their] equipment ready and get there!", what little of Hightower that is visible from behind Heavy Load (mostly just his crane arm and part of his front end) is colored in Grimlock's deco.
*After Optimus lays waste to Ruination and wounds Scourge, he re-attaches to his trailer ''which is in many separate pieces'' as if Prime had been fighting in Battle Mode, which he hadn't.

===Continuity notes===
*The locations Optimus and T-AI review at the episode's start are from the following previous episodes: The "ancient cavern ruins" are the [[Payuma ruins]] from "[[The Secret of the Ruins]]", the [[Cave of the Dragon]] is from "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]", and the volcano at [[Montrose Island]] is, of course, from "[[Volcano (episode)|Volcano]]".
**If the inclusion of the island seems a little odd compared to the ruins (where Dr. Onishi's microchip was found) and the cave (where an O-Part was found), it is because the island was originally yet another location the Predacons learned about from probing Dr. Onishi's mind in the Japanese ''Car Robots'' version, whereas the English ''Robots in Disguise'' version of that episode omitted that bit of info to instead have the Predacons detect the geothermal energy of that island on their own without any mention of Onishi's involvement.
*In this episode, the unnamed artifact recovered in "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]" is revealed to have been an O-Part. The reveal comes in this episode due to episode 13, "[[Hope for the Future]]", having not yet aired until much later in the series' initial run on [[Fox Kids]]. Or at least, the reveal ''would'' have come in this episode had it actually ever aired on U.S. television. Because this episode was banned, the O-Parts namedrop in this episode was originally lost on U.S. viewers during the show's initial run, making the actual first use of the word "O-Parts" in the original U.S. run not come until "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]"... wherein no actual O-Parts appear as their relevance in that episode was a feint. When "Hope for the Future" ''eventually'' made its televised debut, U.S. viewers ''finally'' got a more proper introduction to the O-Parts (see [[Hope for the Future#Continuity Notes|that episode's article]] for more information).
*Although Megatron and Scourge know about the O-Parts, the other four Predacons apparently don't.
*Wedge takes pride in how quickly his team has completed their latest Space Bridge project, the South Ocean Underpass, which was first alluded to in the [[Landfill (episode)|previous episode]].
*This starts a plot arc of small children adoring Sky-Byte which will last the rest of the series.

===Continuity errors===
*The Autobots claim to have more than one O-Part despite having only acquired one so far onscreen. This is likely a dubbing error since, in Japanese, the word "O-Parts" ( オーパーツ ''Ōpātsu'') has no distinction between singular and plural forms. In other words, Optimus was originally going to bring Sky-Byte the ''one'' "O-Part''s''" that the Autobots had in ''Car Robots''.

===Trivia===
*The CGA Tower and Autobot headquarters are both located in Metro City, so why does Optimus appear to be driving away from the city when the Decepticons ambush him?
**In fact, why does Optimus ''drive'' to the tower from the base instead of using the much faster Space Bridge to get to the tower like the Build Team did?
*After Ruination is knocked out, Scourge fires his gun and makes a Star Wars sound effect of a stormtrooper firing.
*For whatever reason, we have rarely seen full-body scenes of Optimus Prime fighting hand-to-hand in this series, and even rarer to watch him do it in normal robot mode (as opposed to Battle Mode). The short, but extremely well-animated, sequence of Prime fighting Ruination is a notable exception.
*Interestingly, from this same scene, the idea of Prime leaping up a taller opponent to make him top-heavy and therefore easier to pull down will be repeated in a famous forest battle scene of a future [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|live action film]].

==Home video releases==
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;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 6 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Sky-Byte Saves the Day

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{{episode|
|series=RiD
|ep=22
|title="Sky-Byte Saves the Day"
|japanese=正義の味方? ゲルシャーク
|romaji=Seigi no Mikata? Gelshark
|translation=Friend of Righteousness? Gelshark
|image=Skybyte Saves the Day last support breaks.jpg
|caption=Here I cooooome to save the daaaaaaay!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|airdate=[[August 30|30 August]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[June 23]], [[2002]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|written by=[[Tadashi Hayakawa]] (Japanese) [[Matthew V. Lewis]] (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''A brilliant bluff''' 
'''Has gone disastrously wrong''' 
'''Sky-Byte—hold on tight!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Tower.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't worry, that's normal—it's just the foundations settling.]]
[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[T-AI]] look over the sites of several [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] attacks, trying to work out what it is they're searching for. Optimus realises that [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] must be after the [[O-Part]]s, and T-AI establishes finding the remaining O-Parts as the number one priority.

Meanwhile, back in Metro City, [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and the Predacon Trio arrive to disrupt the grand opening of the [[CGA Tower]], one of the tallest towers in the world. Sky-Byte plans to knock it down, believing this will make the Predacons famous (the trio is more skeptical). As they begin their attack, endangering the omnipresent [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] and [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]], Optimus orders the [[Build Team (RID)|Build Team]] in to keep the tower up. Their arrival prompts the Predacons to launch a devastating attack on every nearby building as a warning, until [[Wedge]] pleads with Sky-Byte not to harm his hostages.

[[File:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Wedgepredacons.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"I could tolerate this for a long time if it were not for Gas Skunk's smelly armpits!" "'''HEY!!!'''"]]
This throws Sky-Byte off, as he didn't actually realise they ''could'' be hostages. In an attempt to appear in control and aware of what he's doing, he demands to talk to Optimus—and when Optimus asks for his demands, Sky-Byte randomly blabbers a desire for the "thingamajiggy". By sheer luck, T-AI believes this to be a demand for O-Parts, which Sky-Byte seizes on. Optimus prepares to take the O-Parts direct to him in exchange for the hostages' safety.

At this point, Sky-Byte is feeling pretty good about the situation—until he accidentally knocks the last tower support off. Along with Wedge, he swiftly moves to hold the tower up; unwillingly to let the rest of the Autobots hold the tower, he gets the Predacons to help. To the panicked people in the tower and the watching journalists, it looks like the Predacons are ''helping''...

[[File:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Judothrow.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|WHAT?]]
Meanwhile, Optimus is ambushed en route by [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] and [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] for the O-Parts, the latter predictably wanting to steal some of Sky-Byte's glory. Optimus ''kicks Ruination into the air'' before blasting him into component parts, disables Scourge with a shot, then drives on—nothing will stop him protecting the hostages.

The Predacons and Wedge desperately hold onto the tower, though the Predacons are facing severe back pain and Sky-Byte has an itch he can't scratch. The younger hostages, led by [[Jenny (RID)|Jenny]], begin cheering Sky-Byte on though, something that's never happened to him before. Wedge uses this to talk him into letting the hostages go. However, when Optimus arrives, Scourge attacks out of revenge and threatens to use his firepower to destroy the tower if he doesn't get the O-Parts!

While Optimus battles Scourge and the Build Team try to keep Scourge's missiles from hitting the tower, Sky-Byte struggles to keep it upright despite the crossfire—gone completely round the bend, he now altruistically wants to save his "dear hostages". The hordes of small children cheer him on.

Once Scourge is driven off and [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] manages to dig a hole for the tower to go in, the tower is saved and he can finally scratch his back. Optimus Prime and Koji wonder why Sky-Byte helped them, while the Predacons sit near a beach at sunset still trying to recover from their crippled spines. Why, Dark Scream wonders, did they even do all that?

...which is when they realise they forgot to pick up the O-Parts.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[T-AI]] (2)
*[[Wedge]] (11)
*[[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]] (12)
*[[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] (13)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2001)|Grimlock]] (14)
*[[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] (24)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (3)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (4)
*[[Dark Scream]] (5)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (6)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (15)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (16)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (17)
*[[Movor]] (18)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (19)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (20)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (21)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (22)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (7)
*[[Jenny (RID)|Jenny]] (8)
*[[Karl]] (9)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (10)
*[[Dorie Dutton]] (23)
}}

==Quotes==
"On a scale from one to ten—that was ''stupid''."
:—'''Slapper''' reviews Sky-Byte's plan harshly, but fairly.

'''Optimus:''' What do you want from me? 
'''Sky-Byte:''' I think you know. *hopeful*Don't you, Optimus?! 
'''Optimus:''' I'm afraid I ''don't'' know, Sky-Byte. 
'''Sky-Byte:''' No, you know what I'm talking about, Optimus! That... erm, er... thingamajiggy you monitor at your headquarters! 
'''Slapper:''' He wants a "thingamajiggy"? 
'''Gas Skunk:''' Wow! 
'''Dark Scream:''' Sounds important. 
'''Sky-Byte:''' My comrades know what I want! 
'''Gas Skunk:''' Er... course! The, er, thingy! 
'''Slapper:''' Yeah, that... whatchamacallit. 
'''Dark Scream:''' The frim-fram with the flibbity jibbet! 
'''Optimus:''' I'm sorry. It's a good description but I can't think of anything it might fit.
:—And yet '''Optimus''' fails to realise '''Sky-Byte''' doesn't know what he's doing.

'''Sky-Byte:''' The O-Parts, or else! ''Don't'' make me fill in the blanks. 
'''Gas Skunk:''' Hey. Do we know what an O-Part is? 
'''Slapper:''' Nope.
:—The '''Predacons''' refuse to let a little thing like utter feckless ignorance get in the way of a good scheme.

"They're cheering...for me! I've never been cheered for in my entire life! I wish '''Megatron''' would cheer for me once..."
:-'''Sky-Byte''', with some rather unrealistic expectations.

"These are ''my'' hostages! ''I'm'' protecting them! Let me have my pride!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' begins to lose the plot.

"Lucky move, Optimus! Now face ''me!''" 
"All right." [''shoots'']
:—'''Scourge''' bites off more than he can chew with '''Optimus Prime'''.

"That's it, Sky-Byte—hold on tight!"
:—The '''children''' of Metro City find a new hero.

"Why don't we take a little vote? Everyone in favour of freeing these innocent hostages, raise your hands—I DIDN'T MEAN TO LET GO!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''', in an uncharacteristic move, fails to think things through.

"Now, more than ever before—my dear hostages need me!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' loses the plot completely.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
"Sky-Byte Saves the Day" is the third of three ''Robots in Disguise'' episodes (after "[[Attack from Outer Space]]" and "[[Landfill (episode)|Landfill]]") not to air in the United States in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, given that its plot revolves around the impending collapse of a huge tower. In contrast to a heavily re-edited episode like "[[The Secret of the Ruins]]", no attempt is made to disguise any of this, with all the scenes of the tower in peril and other buildings being destroyed remaining in the English version of the episode.
*In the opening scene, ''Robots in Disguise'' gives T-AI a better showing, allowing her to reach conclusions on her own and express her dedication to the Autobots' mission. In ''Car Robots'', she's basically just there to parrot Optimus Prime's sentences back to him in the form of questions and worry about things while serving as the audience proxy for the new information Prime provides about the O-Parts. The only real observation she makes, which is not kept in ''Robots in Disguise'', is that each of the three locations "had a lot of people", presumably referring to the civilizations that once lived in each area.
*The basics of the Predacons' conversation at the base of the tower is the same (the other Predacons don't know what Sky-Byte wants to do with the tower, and are exasperated when they learn he wants to destroy it in order to get on TV), but the trio's dialogue is a lot more harsh and mocking in ''Robots in Disguise'', while ''Car Robots'' sees Sky-Byte take a more poetic approach, comparing the tower's heaven-piercing glory to Megatron's own. Also, Gas Skunk is impressed with the tower's height in ''Car Robots'', while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he's not wowed, as he says towers on Cybertron are bigger.
*In ''Car Robots'', it's Scourge that Sky-Byte is looking to upstage with his tower stunt, but in ''Robots in Disguise'', this sentiment is rather oddly changed into the notion that it's Megatron who will be jealous when he sees his men on TV.
*In ''Car Robots'', Kelly notes that she—and presumably everyone else up on the tower—are there by invitation, which is why they've been able to gain access before the tower is opened to the public.
[[File:SkyByteSavestheDay member select change.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*In ''Car Robots'', the scenes of Kelly looking through her binoculars, then feeling the tremor and looking up, are all part of the same, continuous shot; in ''Robots in Disguise'', it is interrupted by a new scene of the Predacons launching their first attack on the tower, made up of footage taken from elsewhere in the episode, causing the tremor that Kelly then reacts to.
*When T-AI activates the member select screen in ''Car Robots'', she first scrolls past all the Spy Changers before getting to the Build Team. As removing all their [[List of Japanese ID numbers|Japanese ID numbers]] and replacing them with their English names was probably an unwieldy task, ''Robots in Disguise'' replaces this shot with footage from "[[Wedge's Short Fuse]]" that just shows the Build Team on the screen.
*In both versions of the show, the Build Team's discussion in their first scene is about how on the ball they are with their construction work at the moment. ''Car Robots'' plays it very humble, with the satisfaction of job well done being its own reward, while ''Robots in Disguise'' has them acting a little puffed up, with Wedge bragging about the team finishing ahead of schedule and Heavy Load talking about rewarding themselves with oil baths, and. The prospect of having to miss such a reward causes Grimlock to be disappointed when T-AI calls them into action in ''Robots in Disguise'', while in ''Car Robots'', he simply relays her call to Wedge without comment.
*When T-AI briefs the Build Team, the scene is extended by inserting some re-used footage before the shot of Wedge on T-AI's screen: a close-up of T-AI, and a head-on view of the Build Team driving down the space bridge.
*In ''Car Robots'', upon emerging from the space bridge, Heavy Load causes the Predacons to sweat-drop when he immediately deduces exactly what their plan is, and how silly it is. For ''Robots in Disguise'', this was completely changed into a scene of the Predacons flop-sweating when Heavy Load threatens to destroy then and use their parts for construction. This general sense of exasperation on the Predacons' part carries on into the next scene, as ''Car Robots'' has Slapper sigh and resign himself to joining in on the destruction, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he's eager to have some fun.
*While the idea that Sky-Byte did not intend to take hostages, only being inadvertently convinced to do so by Wedge, is true in both versions, in ''Car Robots'', the Predacons were unaware that there were even any humans ''in'' the tower when they attacked. Slapper, Gas Skunk and Dark Scream then think that Sky-Byte ''did'' know and was actually planning ahead, reinforcing his need to make himself look good by playing along with the hostage scenario.
*In ''Car Robots'', Slapper also brings up that Sky-Byte has the "heart of a jellyfish", referring back to "[[The Fish Test]]", a reference removed from ''Robots in Disguise'' and replaced with Slapper complaining that he wasn't aware of any hostage-taking plan.
*Where ''Robots in Disguise'' has Sky-Byte ask to speak to Optimus, followed by Slapper telling him its a waste of time, ''Car Robots'' has him stumbles over his words, and for Slapper to encourage him to make a demand, ''after'' which he asks for Optimus.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out an unintuitive shot of Grimlock relaying Optimus Prime's communication to the group, in which Grimlock's eyes glow and Prime's voice comes from nowhere with a radio-muffling effect, and replaces it with a shot of Prime in the Autobot base.
*It's never quite clear in ''Robots in Disguise'' just how much Megatron knows about the O-Parts and the information he is drawing out of Dr. Onishi; in this episode, ''Car Robots'' reveals he was not aware of the O-Parts' name before Sky-Byte bluffed it out of Prime.
*In ''Car Robots'', it's specifically noted that Optimus's tactic for defeating Ruination—hurling him into the air and blasting him—works because Ruination is in his "Land Mission" mode (Armorhide and Rollbar as arms, Ro-Tor and Movor as legs). Ruination cannot fly in this configuration, so he wasn't able to avoid Prime's blast.
*When Prime and Scourge arrive at the tower, in ''Car Robots'', the Predacons actually cheer Prime on and hope to see Scourge get eaten up, prompting a puzzled Wedge to ask whose side they're on. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this is changed to have them all discouraging the fight so the tower can be dealt with first.
*Scourge's attack on the tower is extended for ''Robots in Disguise'' with repeated footage of the Decepticon leader launching missiles and Hightower shooting them down.
*''Car Robots'' has Scourge explain his attack on the tower with the justification that relying on hostages shows Sky-Byte's weakness, and that he intends to take the O-Parts with nothing but his own strength.
[[File:SkyByteSavestheDay kelly deleted scene.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*In ''Robots in Disguse'', Grimlock, Hightower and Heavy Load talk about becoming Landfill and securing the tower, with Wedge suggesting they do so by "clearing some space". In ''Car Robots'', the trio don't know what to do, able only to figure out how much clear space they would need to move the tower, until Wedge suggests combining and destroying the surrounding buildings to make room.
*While Kelly lists many alternatives to her present predicament in ''Robots in Disguise'', in ''Car Robots'', she merely wishes she could be in her car... until she remembers [[Side Burn|that weird car that's always chasing her]], and changes her mind, in a short sequence (pictured, right) cut from ''Robots in Disguise''!
*After Gas Skunk reminds him he can scratch himself, ''Robots in Disguise'' plays Sky-Byte's subsequently flopping around like he's a dog rolling over to scratch his back. In ''Car Robots'', on the other hand, he flails about out of frustration that he can't reach the itchy spot with his fins.
*This is the last episode of ''Robots in Disguise'' to make routine use of "slightly lengthened shot" method of extending the show's run-time. The tactic will be used in occasional isolated instances in future episodes, but going forward, episodes are mostly lengthened through the creation of brief new scenes made out of recycled footage. For this last hurrah, shots extended include:
**Prime and T-AI looking at the screens, before T-AI turns around
**A close up on Prime as he wonders if the Predacons are looking for the O-Parts
**Prime telling T-AI to track Megatron closely
**The final shot of the episode, with Sky-Byte head on a black background

===Animation or technical errors===
*The CGA Tower varies dramatically in size between shots, sometimes appearing to be around the same size as the buildings around it.
*After T-AI orders the Build Team to "Just keep [their] equipment ready and get there!", what little of Hightower that is visible from behind Heavy Load (mostly just his crane arm and part of his front end) is colored in Grimlock's deco.
*After Optimus lays waste to Ruination and wounds Scourge, he re-attaches to his trailer ''which is in many separate pieces'' as if Prime had been fighting in Battle Mode, which he hadn't.

===Continuity notes===
*The locations Optimus and T-AI review at the episode's start are from the following previous episodes: The "ancient cavern ruins" are the [[Payuma ruins]] from "[[The Secret of the Ruins]]", the [[Cave of the Dragon]] is from "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]", and the volcano at [[Montrose Island]] is, of course, from "[[Volcano (episode)|Volcano]]".
**If the inclusion of the island seems a little odd compared to the ruins (where Dr. Onishi's microchip was found) and the cave (where an O-Part was found), it is because the island was originally yet another location the Predacons learned about from probing Dr. Onishi's mind in the Japanese ''Car Robots'' version, whereas the English ''Robots in Disguise'' version of that episode omitted that bit of info to instead have the Predacons detect the geothermal energy of that island on their own without any mention of Onishi's involvement.
*In this episode, the unnamed artifact recovered in "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]" is revealed to have been an O-Part. The reveal comes in this episode due to episode 13, "[[Hope for the Future]]", having not yet aired until much later in the series' initial run on [[Fox Kids]]. Or at least, the reveal ''would'' have come in this episode had it actually ever aired on U.S. television. Because this episode was banned, the O-Parts namedrop in this episode was originally lost on U.S. viewers during the show's initial run, making the actual first use of the word "O-Parts" in the original U.S. run not come until "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]"... wherein no actual O-Parts appear as their relevance in that episode was a feint. When "Hope for the Future" ''eventually'' made its televised debut, U.S. viewers ''finally'' got a more proper introduction to the O-Parts (see [[Hope for the Future#Continuity Notes|that episode's article]] for more information).
*Although Megatron and Scourge know about the O-Parts, the other four Predacons apparently don't.
*Wedge takes pride in how quickly his team has completed their latest Space Bridge project, the South Ocean Underpass, which was first alluded to in the [[Landfill (episode)|previous episode]].
*This starts a plot arc of small children adoring Sky-Byte which will last the rest of the series.

===Continuity errors===
*The Autobots claim to have more than one O-Part despite having only acquired one so far onscreen. This is likely a dubbing error since, in Japanese, the word "O-Parts" ( オーパーツ ''Ōpātsu'') has no distinction between singular and plural forms. In other words, Optimus was originally going to bring Sky-Byte the ''one'' "O-Part''s''" that the Autobots had in ''Car Robots''.

===Trivia===
*The CGA Tower and Autobot headquarters are both located in Metro City, so why does Optimus appear to be driving away from the city when the Decepticons ambush him?
**In fact, why does Optimus ''drive'' to the tower from the base instead of using the much faster Space Bridge to get to the tower like the Build Team did?
*After Ruination is knocked out, Scourge fires his gun and makes a Star Wars sound effect of a stormtrooper firing.
*For whatever reason, we have rarely seen full-body scenes of Optimus Prime fighting hand-to-hand in this series, and even rarer to watch him do it in normal robot mode (as opposed to Battle Mode). The short, but extremely well-animated, sequence of Prime fighting Ruination is a notable exception.
*Interestingly, from this same scene, the idea of Prime leaping up a taller opponent to make him top-heavy and therefore easier to pull down will be repeated in a famous forest battle scene of a future [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|live action film]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 6 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Sky-Byte Saves the Day

2017-12-18T11:18:28Z

Zcat6: /* Animation or technical errors */

{{episode|
|series=RiD
|ep=22
|title="Sky-Byte Saves the Day"
|japanese=正義の味方? ゲルシャーク
|romaji=Seigi no Mikata? Gelshark
|translation=Friend of Righteousness? Gelshark
|image=Skybyte Saves the Day last support breaks.jpg
|caption=Here I cooooome to save the daaaaaaay!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|airdate=[[August 30|30 August]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[June 23]], [[2002]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|written by=[[Tadashi Hayakawa]] (Japanese) [[Matthew V. Lewis]] (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''A brilliant bluff''' 
'''Has gone disastrously wrong''' 
'''Sky-Byte—hold on tight!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Tower.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't worry, that's normal—it's just the foundations settling.]]
[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[T-AI]] look over the sites of several [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] attacks, trying to work out what it is they're searching for. Optimus realises that [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] must be after the [[O-Part]]s, and T-AI establishes finding the remaining O-Parts as the number one priority.

Meanwhile, back in Metro City, [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and the Predacon Trio arrive to disrupt the grand opening of the [[CGA Tower]], one of the tallest towers in the world. Sky-Byte plans to knock it down, believing this will make the Predacons famous (the trio is more skeptical). As they begin their attack, endangering the omnipresent [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] and [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]], Optimus orders the [[Build Team (RID)|Build Team]] in to keep the tower up. Their arrival prompts the Predacons to launch a devastating attack on every nearby building as a warning, until [[Wedge]] pleads with Sky-Byte not to harm his hostages.

[[File:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Wedgepredacons.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"I could tolerate this for a long time if it were not for Gas Skunk's smelly armpits!" "'''HEY!!!'''"]]
This throws Sky-Byte off, as he didn't actually realise they ''could'' be hostages. In an attempt to appear in control and aware of what he's doing, he demands to talk to Optimus—and when Optimus asks for his demands, Sky-Byte randomly blabbers a desire for the "thingamajiggy". By sheer luck, T-AI believes this to be a demand for O-Parts, which Sky-Byte seizes on. Optimus prepares to take the O-Parts direct to him in exchange for the hostages' safety.

At this point, Sky-Byte is feeling pretty good about the situation—until he accidentally knocks the last tower support off. Along with Wedge, he swiftly moves to hold the tower up; unwillingly to let the rest of the Autobots hold the tower, he gets the Predacons to help. To the panicked people in the tower and the watching journalists, it looks like the Predacons are ''helping''...

[[File:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Judothrow.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|WHAT?]]
Meanwhile, Optimus is ambushed en route by [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] and [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] for the O-Parts, the latter predictably wanting to steal some of Sky-Byte's glory. Optimus ''kicks Ruination into the air'' before blasting him into component parts, disables Scourge with a shot, then drives on—nothing will stop him protecting the hostages.

The Predacons and Wedge desperately hold onto the tower, though the Predacons are facing severe back pain and Sky-Byte has an itch he can't scratch. The younger hostages, led by [[Jenny (RID)|Jenny]], begin cheering Sky-Byte on though, something that's never happened to him before. Wedge uses this to talk him into letting the hostages go. However, when Optimus arrives, Scourge attacks out of revenge and threatens to use his firepower to destroy the tower if he doesn't get the O-Parts!

While Optimus battles Scourge and the Build Team try to keep Scourge's missiles from hitting the tower, Sky-Byte struggles to keep it upright despite the crossfire—gone completely round the bend, he now altruistically wants to save his "dear hostages". The hordes of small children cheer him on.

Once Scourge is driven off and [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] manages to dig a hole for the tower to go in, the tower is saved and he can finally scratch his back. Optimus Prime and Koji wonder why Sky-Byte helped them, while the Predacons sit near a beach at sunset still trying to recover from their crippled spines. Why, Dark Scream wonders, did they even do all that?

...which is when they realise they forgot to pick up the O-Parts.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[T-AI]] (2)
*[[Wedge]] (11)
*[[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]] (12)
*[[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] (13)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2001)|Grimlock]] (14)
*[[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] (24)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (3)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (4)
*[[Dark Scream]] (5)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (6)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (15)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (16)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (17)
*[[Movor]] (18)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (19)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (20)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (21)
*[[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] (22)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (7)
*[[Jenny (RID)|Jenny]] (8)
*[[Karl]] (9)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (10)
*[[Dorie Dutton]] (23)
}}

==Quotes==
"On a scale from one to ten—that was ''stupid''."
:—'''Slapper''' reviews Sky-Byte's plan harshly, but fairly.

'''Optimus:''' What do you want from me? 
'''Sky-Byte:''' I think you know. *hopeful*Don't you, Optimus?! 
'''Optimus:''' I'm afraid I ''don't'' know, Sky-Byte. 
'''Sky-Byte:''' No, you know what I'm talking about, Optimus! That... erm, er... thingamajiggy you monitor at your headquarters! 
'''Slapper:''' He wants a "thingamajiggy"? 
'''Gas Skunk:''' Wow! 
'''Dark Scream:''' Sounds important. 
'''Sky-Byte:''' My comrades know what I want! 
'''Gas Skunk:''' Er... course! The, er, thingy! 
'''Slapper:''' Yeah, that... whatchamacallit. 
'''Dark Scream:''' The frim-fram with the flibbity jibbet! 
'''Optimus:''' I'm sorry. It's a good description but I can't think of anything it might fit.
:—And yet '''Optimus''' fails to realise '''Sky-Byte''' doesn't know what he's doing.

'''Sky-Byte:''' The O-Parts, or else! ''Don't'' make me fill in the blanks. 
'''Gas Skunk:''' Hey. Do we know what an O-Part is? 
'''Slapper:''' Nope.
:—The '''Predacons''' refuse to let a little thing like utter feckless ignorance get in the way of a good scheme.

"They're cheering...for me! I've never been cheered for in my entire life! I wish '''Megatron''' would cheer for me once..."
:-'''Sky-Byte''', with some rather unrealistic expectations.

"These are ''my'' hostages! ''I'm'' protecting them! Let me have my pride!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' begins to lose the plot.

"Lucky move, Optimus! Now face ''me!''" 
"All right." [''shoots'']
:—'''Scourge''' bites off more than he can chew with '''Optimus Prime'''.

"That's it, Sky-Byte—hold on tight!"
:—The '''children''' of Metro City find a new hero.

"Why don't we take a little vote? Everyone in favour of freeing these innocent hostages, raise your hands—I DIDN'T MEAN TO LET GO!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''', in an uncharacteristic move, fails to think things through.

"Now, more than ever before—my dear hostages need me!"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' loses the plot completely.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
"Sky-Byte Saves the Day" is the third of three ''Robots in Disguise'' episodes (after "[[Attack from Outer Space]]" and "[[Landfill (episode)|Landfill]]") not to air in the United States in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, given that its plot revolves around the impending collapse of a huge tower. In contrast to a heavily re-edited episode like "[[The Secret of the Ruins]]", no attempt is made to disguise any of this, with all the scenes of the tower in peril and other buildings being destroyed remaining in the English version of the episode.
*In the opening scene, ''Robots in Disguise'' gives T-AI a better showing, allowing her to reach conclusions on her own and express her dedication to the Autobots' mission. In ''Car Robots'', she's basically just there to parrot Optimus Prime's sentences back to him in the form of questions and worry about things while serving as the audience proxy for the new information Prime provides about the O-Parts. The only real observation she makes, which is not kept in ''Robots in Disguise'', is that each of the three locations "had a lot of people", presumably referring to the civilizations that once lived in each area.
*The basics of the Predacons' conversation at the base of the tower is the same (the other Predacons don't know what Sky-Byte wants to do with the tower, and are exasperated when they learn he wants to destroy it in order to get on TV), but the trio's dialogue is a lot more harsh and mocking in ''Robots in Disguise'', while ''Car Robots'' sees Sky-Byte take a more poetic approach, comparing the tower's heaven-piercing glory to Megatron's own. Also, Gas Skunk is impressed with the tower's height in ''Car Robots'', while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he's not wowed, as he says towers on Cybertron are bigger.
*In ''Car Robots'', it's Scourge that Sky-Byte is looking to upstage with his tower stunt, but in ''Robots in Disguise'', this sentiment is rather oddly changed into the notion that it's Megatron who will be jealous when he sees his men on TV.
*In ''Car Robots'', Kelly notes that she—and presumably everyone else up on the tower—are there by invitation, which is why they've been able to gain access before the tower is opened to the public.
[[File:SkyByteSavestheDay member select change.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*In ''Car Robots'', the scenes of Kelly looking through her binoculars, then feeling the tremor and looking up, are all part of the same, continuous shot; in ''Robots in Disguise'', it is interrupted by a new scene of the Predacons launching their first attack on the tower, made up of footage taken from elsewhere in the episode, causing the tremor that Kelly then reacts to.
*When T-AI activates the member select screen in ''Car Robots'', she first scrolls past all the Spy Changers before getting to the Build Team. As removing all their [[List of Japanese ID numbers|Japanese ID numbers]] and replacing them with their English names was probably an unwieldy task, ''Robots in Disguise'' replaces this shot with footage from "[[Wedge's Short Fuse]]" that just shows the Build Team on the screen.
*In both versions of the show, the Build Team's discussion in their first scene is about how on the ball they are with their construction work at the moment. ''Car Robots'' plays it very humble, with the satisfaction of job well done being its own reward, while ''Robots in Disguise'' has them acting a little puffed up, with Wedge bragging about the team finishing ahead of schedule and Heavy Load talking about rewarding themselves with oil baths, and. The prospect of having to miss such a reward causes Grimlock to be disappointed when T-AI calls them into action in ''Robots in Disguise'', while in ''Car Robots'', he simply relays her call to Wedge without comment.
*When T-AI briefs the Build Team, the scene is extended by inserting some re-used footage before the shot of Wedge on T-AI's screen: a close-up of T-AI, and a head-on view of the Build Team driving down the space bridge.
*In ''Car Robots'', upon emerging from the space bridge, Heavy Load causes the Predacons to sweat-drop when he immediately deduces exactly what their plan is, and how silly it is. For ''Robots in Disguise'', this was completely changed into a scene of the Predacons flop-sweating when Heavy Load threatens to destroy then and use their parts for construction. This general sense of exasperation on the Predacons' part carries on into the next scene, as ''Car Robots'' has Slapper sigh and resign himself to joining in on the destruction, while in ''Robots in Disguise'', he's eager to have some fun.
*While the idea that Sky-Byte did not intend to take hostages, only being inadvertently convinced to do so by Wedge, is true in both versions, in ''Car Robots'', the Predacons were unaware that there were even any humans ''in'' the tower when they attacked. Slapper, Gas Skunk and Dark Scream then think that Sky-Byte ''did'' know and was actually planning ahead, reinforcing his need to make himself look good by playing along with the hostage scenario.
*In ''Car Robots'', Slapper also brings up that Sky-Byte has the "heart of a jellyfish", referring back to "[[The Fish Test]]", a reference removed from ''Robots in Disguise'' and replaced with Slapper complaining that he wasn't aware of any hostage-taking plan.
*Where ''Robots in Disguise'' has Sky-Byte ask to speak to Optimus, followed by Slapper telling him its a waste of time, ''Car Robots'' has him stumbles over his words, and for Slapper to encourage him to make a demand, ''after'' which he asks for Optimus.
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out an unintuitive shot of Grimlock relaying Optimus Prime's communication to the group, in which Grimlock's eyes glow and Prime's voice comes from nowhere with a radio-muffling effect, and replaces it with a shot of Prime in the Autobot base.
*It's never quite clear in ''Robots in Disguise'' just how much Megatron knows about the O-Parts and the information he is drawing out of Dr. Onishi; in this episode, ''Car Robots'' reveals he was not aware of the O-Parts' name before Sky-Byte bluffed it out of Prime.
*In ''Car Robots'', it's specifically noted that Optimus's tactic for defeating Ruination—hurling him into the air and blasting him—works because Ruination is in his "Land Mission" mode (Armorhide and Rollbar as arms, Ro-Tor and Movor as legs). Ruination cannot fly in this configuration, so he wasn't able to avoid Prime's blast.
*When Prime and Scourge arrive at the tower, in ''Car Robots'', the Predacons actually cheer Prime on and hope to see Scourge get eaten up, prompting a puzzled Wedge to ask whose side they're on. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this is changed to have them all discouraging the fight so the tower can be dealt with first.
*Scourge's attack on the tower is extended for ''Robots in Disguise'' with repeated footage of the Decepticon leader launching missiles and Hightower shooting them down.
*''Car Robots'' has Scourge explain his attack on the tower with the justification that relying on hostages shows Sky-Byte's weakness, and that he intends to take the O-Parts with nothing but his own strength.
[[File:SkyByteSavestheDay kelly deleted scene.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*In ''Robots in Disguse'', Grimlock, Hightower and Heavy Load talk about becoming Landfill and securing the tower, with Wedge suggesting they do so by "clearing some space". In ''Car Robots'', the trio don't know what to do, able only to figure out how much clear space they would need to move the tower, until Wedge suggests combining and destroying the surrounding buildings to make room.
*While Kelly lists many alternatives to her present predicament in ''Robots in Disguise'', in ''Car Robots'', she merely wishes she could be in her car... until she remembers [[Side Burn|that weird car that's always chasing her]], and changes her mind, in a short sequence (pictured, right) cut from ''Robots in Disguise''!
*After Gas Skunk reminds him he can scratch himself, ''Robots in Disguise'' plays Sky-Byte's subsequently flopping around like he's a dog rolling over to scratch his back. In ''Car Robots'', on the other hand, he flails about out of frustration that he can't reach the itchy spot with his fins.
*This is the last episode of ''Robots in Disguise'' to make routine use of "slightly lengthened shot" method of extending the show's run-time. The tactic will be used in occasional isolated instances in future episodes, but going forward, episodes are mostly lengthened through the creation of brief new scenes made out of recycled footage. For this last hurrah, shots extended include:
**Prime and T-AI looking at the screens, before T-AI turns around
**A close up on Prime as he wonders if the Predacons are looking for the O-Parts
**Prime telling T-AI to track Megatron closely
**The final shot of the episode, with Sky-Byte head on a black background

===Animation or technical errors===
*The CGA Tower varies dramatically in size between shots, sometimes appearing to be around the same size as the buildings around it.
*After T-AI orders the Build Team to "Just keep [their] equipment ready and get there!", what little of Hightower that is visible from behind Heavy Load (mostly just his crane arm and part of his front end) is colored in Grimlock's deco.
*After Optimus lays waste to Ruination and wounds Scourge, he re-attaches to his trailer ''which is in many separate pieces'' as if Prime had been fighting in Battle Mode, which he hadn't.

===Continuity notes===
*The locations Optimus and T-AI review at the episode's start are from the following previous episodes: The "ancient cavern ruins" are the [[Payuma ruins]] from "[[The Secret of the Ruins]]", the [[Cave of the Dragon]] is from "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]", and the volcano at [[Montrose Island]] is, of course, from "[[Volcano (episode)|Volcano]]".
**If the inclusion of the island seems a little odd compared to the ruins (where Dr. Onishi's microchip was found) and the cave (where an O-Part was found), it is because the island was originally yet another location the Predacons learned about from probing Dr. Onishi's mind in the Japanese ''Car Robots'' version, whereas the English ''Robots in Disguise'' version of that episode omitted that bit of info to instead have the Predacons detect the geothermal energy of that island on their own without any mention of Onishi's involvement.
*In this episode, the unnamed artifact recovered in "[[The Ultimate Robot Warrior]]" is revealed to have been an O-Part. The reveal comes in this episode due to episode 13, "[[Hope for the Future]]", having not yet aired until much later in the series' initial run on [[Fox Kids]]. Or at least, the reveal ''would'' have come in this episode had it actually ever aired on U.S. television. Because this episode was banned, the O-Parts namedrop in this episode was originally lost on U.S. viewers during the show's initial run, making the actual first use of the word "O-Parts" in the original U.S. run not come until "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]]"... wherein no actual O-Parts appear as their relevance in that episode was a feint. When "Hope for the Future" ''eventually'' made its televised debut, U.S. viewers ''finally'' got a more proper introduction to the O-Parts (see [[Hope for the Future#Continuity Notes|that episode's article]] for more information).
*Although Megatron and Scourge know about the O-Parts, the other four Predacons apparently don't.
*Wedge takes pride in how quickly his team has completed their latest Space Bridge project, the South Ocean Underpass, which was first alluded to in the [[Landfill (episode)|previous episode]].
*This starts a plot arc of small children adoring Sky-Byte which will last the rest of the series.

===Continuity errors===
*The Autobots claim to have more than one O-Part despite having only acquired one so far onscreen. This is likely a dubbing error since, in Japanese, the word "O-Parts" ( オーパーツ ''Ōpātsu'') has no distinction between singular and plural forms. In other words, Optimus was originally going to bring Sky-Byte the ''one'' "O-Part''s''" that the Autobots had in ''Car Robots''.

===Trivia===
*The CGA Tower and Autobot headquarters are both located in Metro City, so why does Optimus appear to be driving away from the city when the Decepticons ambush him?
**In fact, why does Optimus ''drive'' to the tower from the base instead of using the much faster Space Bridge to get to the tower like the Build Team did?
*After Ruination is knocked out, Scourge fires his gun and makes a Star Wars sound effect of a stormtrooper firing.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 6 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

User:Zcat6

2017-12-16T21:33:37Z

Zcat6:

'''Old School TF Fan'''

Currently rewatching: 
Unicorn Trilogy ''Cybertron'' and English-subbed ''Galaxy Force'' side by side.
[[User:Zcat6|Zcat6]] ([[User talk:Zcat6|talk]]) 22:17, 18 November 2017 (EST)

Had so much fun rewatching ''Cybertron'' and ''Galaxy Force,'' side by side, thought I would repeat the process with RiD2001 and Car Robots. Not as much fun so far. Funny how, when you watch something as a kid and think it's awesome, then wonder what kind of sugar-fueled brain trip you were in then while rewatching as an adult..... Still, memories. And i never thought I'd hear myself say this, being a Cullen/ Welker junkie, but hot damn, i miss Gary Chalk and David Kaye.
[[User:Zcat6|Zcat6]] ([[User talk:Zcat6|talk]]) 16:33, 16 December 2017 (EST)

User:Zcat6

2017-12-16T21:33:12Z

Zcat6:

Talk:Attack from Outer Space

2017-12-16T17:43:05Z

Zcat6:

Sabrblade--was there a reason you moved that image? In doing so you have shifted it AWAY from its description, and adding "see right" is not accurate as you put the image at the TOP of the section. Also, we have too many flush-right images already in this article. It would add more visual variety by putting this one, at least, flush left. [[User:Zcat6|Zcat6]] ([[User talk:Zcat6|talk]]) 12:36, 16 December 2017 (EST)

Oh, and you also messed up the spacing between the article sections. [[User:Zcat6|Zcat6]] ([[User talk:Zcat6|talk]]) 12:43, 16 December 2017 (EST)

Talk:Attack from Outer Space

2017-12-16T17:36:38Z

Zcat6: Created page with " Sabrblade--was there a reason you moved that image? In doing so you have shifted it AWAY from its description, and adding "see right" is not accurate as you put the image at..."

Attack from Outer Space

2017-12-15T23:01:21Z

Zcat6: /* Animation or technical errors */

{{episode|
|series=RiD
|ep=17
|title="Attack from Outer Space"
|japanese=宇宙から狙え! シャトラー!!
|romaji=Uchū kara Nerae! Shuttler!!
|translation=Aiming from Space! Shuttler!!
|image=Attack from Outer Space Movorinorbit.jpg
|caption=I can see my house from here!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Kazuhiko Gōdo]] (Japanese) [[Matthew V. Lewis]] (English)
|director=[[Yoshiaki Tsutsui]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[July 26|26 July]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[January 12]], [[2002]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Side Burn chases love''' 
'''Decepticons destroy stuff''' 
'''Movor is to blame'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Attack from Outer Space Movor launch.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
A human space agency launches a space shuttle into orbit. The [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] and [[Autobot]]s watch a broadcast of the launch with fascination. What the humans and Autobots are unaware of is that the shuttle is actually the [[Decepticon]] [[Movor]]. Movor begins tracking Autobot movement. Following [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] is fruitless, as he is too preoccupied towing vehicles away. Tracking [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], who's in hot pursuit of a criminal, is equally pointless. Megatron is impatient with Movor's inability to discern the location of the Autobot base.

Distracted from his mission, Movor watches [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and his underlings carve a giant image of Megatron's face in the ground, Sky-Byte having taken a sarcastic suggestion from the Decepticons a bit too literally. As Movor watches from orbit, [[X-Brawn]] soon finds the four Predacons, and after a brief scuffle, he escapes and reports back to the Autobots.

[[File:Attack from Outer Space Movormegaoctane.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"What are 'ya doin, Ed?" "It's 'Zedd'! Lord Zedd!"]]
Movor loses track of X-Brawn because of the Predacons, so he then starts to track Side Burn, who is doing what he does to [[Kelly (RID)|whom he usually does it]]. The object of his affection only turns each of his pick-up lines back on him, however. Side Burn happens to drive by Sky-Byte and company, but a laser blast from Movor discourages the shark from interfering. Side Burn leads Movor to conclude the Autobot base is in Sector 12, which the rest of the Decepticons quickly destroy.

Finding nothing but an old [[soft drink|soda]] bottle, a comb, and a (now destroyed) graveyard in Sector 12, the Decepticons follow Movor's report to where Side Burn was seen last, Sector 14. They quickly detonate ten empty summer homes, but soon notice Side Burn has already moved on, still chasing the car of his dreams. The Decepticons later raze a power plant, blow up an airport, and soon after destroy a shipyard, all of which gets on [[Mega-Octane]]'s nerves, as none of the sectors were anywhere near the Autobots' base. Side Burn doesn't notice the carnage trailing behind him, as he's too busy following his heart. His would-be lady-friend eventually ditches him by driving into a hole.

The Autobots, who have been trying to figure out why the launched shuttle isn't responding to them, determine that Movor has been tracking their movements. Learning that the Decepticons are tracking Side Burn, they trick the gullible Autobot into going to [[Pier 7B]] for a date with the red car. Giving the shuttle one last chance, the Decepticons follow Movor's report and head to the pier.

[[File:Attack from Outer Space Scourgeoptimus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't cross the streams!]]
Side Burn waits at the pier, hoping to meet his car of his dreams. Instead, he meets the five Decepticons. Optimus and the other Autobots arrive nearby. At first confident, the Decepticons become hopelessly outnumbered when [[Team Bullet Train]] arrives. However, Scourge looks forward to fighting Optimus. Movor attempts to use his Argon Ray to help his leader, but instead of hitting Scourge's opponent, he hits Scourge right in the back. Another attempt at helping Scourge has pretty much the same results. Seeing how the battle isn't going too well, the Decepticons retreat.

In the aftermath, the Autobots have an intervention to help Side Burn deal with his addiction to red sport cars, even if it was useful this one time. As they have a big, manly laugh, miles above, Movor is knocked out of orbit by a satellite and lands in the ocean.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[T-AI]] (4)
*[[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] (11)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (12)
*[[X-Brawn]] (17)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (18)
*[[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] (20)
*[[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] (21)
*[[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] (22)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Movor]] (1)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (5)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (6)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (7)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (8)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (9)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (10)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (13)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (14)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (15)
*[[Dark Scream]] (16)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (3)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==

'''Sky-Byte:''' Hahahaha! Can't you just see the look in Megatron's eyes as he flies into the rendezvous point?! 
'''Dark Scream:''' Somehow when the Decepticons said "try drawing Megatron's face in the ground," I thought they were kidding. 
'''Movor:''' Ha! They actually did it. That is so lame!

"I knew a gal, name'a Dirty McGall, who was always happy to SEEEEEE me!"
:—'''X-Brawn''' sings worse than Strong Bad.

"Man, I think I might have been having battery palpitations there for a while."
:—'''X-Brawn'''

"I do have a sensitive side. I can cry at movies. Especially during car crashes. And all of my doors dent surprisingly easily. You know, maybe we can go see one of those movies about actually really falling in love! ...if it doesn't go on too long." 
"Thank you, but I'd rather eat a mouthful of thumb tacks."
:—'''Side Burn''' unsurprisingly fails to win '''Kelly''' over.

"This is exciting. I had front row tickets to a heavy metal concert once, but this is way better. I'll just sit back and watch the action."
:—'''Movor'''

"You metal maggot, you just zapped your own chief!"

:—'''Mega-Octane''' on '''Movor'''

"Lasers from space? Look, that's hardly sporting." 
"I hate this guy, I really hate this guy."
:—'''Midnight Express''' and '''Scourge''', on Movor

"I don't think I'm real popular right now. I never found the base, I blew up the wrong stuff, and I shot Scourge twice."
:—'''Movor''' will probably not be putting this episode in his resume.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
Following the modified approach to the dubbing of the series that the September 9/11 terrorist attacks prompted, this episode, with its scenes of extensive building destruction, was one that appears to have received special attention. While no plot elements are changed, it features a particularly large amount of minute video and timing edits, and quite a bit more noticeable "flavour" dialogue than the already-widespread quantities the series normally has. Regardless, no amount of editing seems to have been able to justify its airing on television, as it is one of three episodes of the series which were never broadcast in the United States.
[[File:AttackfromOuterSpace povs.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*''Robots in Disguise'' regularly adds dialogue where ''Car Robots'' is silent, though this episode's open scene provides a particularly thorough example, as a chatter from the astronauts, mission control, and Optimus runs over the top of the shuttle launch sequence where only a countdown was heard in the Japanese version. After the shuttle has launched and Koji voices his desire to be an astronaut, ''Robots in Disguise'' has Optimus point out how much work it will take, and he groans at the prospect; in ''Car Robots'', Optimus just tells him to keep reaching for the dream and that's all.
*All of Movor's first-person-perspective shots are given the standard CGI POV overlay treatment for ''Robots in Disguise''. Notably, the original ''Car Robots'' footage is actually of an angled view of a screen ''inside'' Movor's cockpit, rather than a literal POV shot as is normally the case; the overlay mostly hides this, but sometimes the crosshairs of his screen is still left visible, or the very edges of his screen sneak in, and both continue to be at angle, rather at odds with what the overlay is trying to convey. Observe the image at right closely for some examples of these.
*In ''Car Robots'', there's a joke about how Prowl feels like someone is watching him. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this dialogue is replaced with the content of the emergency call he then speeds off to respond to.
*In ''Car Robots'', it's Scourge who informs Megatron they have not heard from Movor yet; ''Robots in Disguise'' gives this line to Mega Octane, and instead changes Scourge's exchange with Megatron into a gag in which he doesn't understanding Megatron's overly florid language.
*In ''Car Robots'', the Predacons are drawing Megatron's face in the sand because Sky-Byte thinks it'll impress him. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this rather odd little stunt is reinterpreted as the creation of a rendezvous point for the villains, which Sky-Byte has chosen to have rendered in this form because the Decepticons jokingly suggested the over-the-top idea to him. Where ''Robots in Disguise'' has Darkscream mutter to himself about the Decepticons' trick, ''Car Robots'' has him remarking to himself that actually defeating some Autobots is likely to impress Megatron a lot more than the drawing ever will.
*''Car Robots'' doesn't establish until later in the episode that the Autobots are (rather oddly) in direct contact with the Space Agency; ''Robots in Disguise'' makes it clear from early on when T-AI notes that the agency actually gave them the frequencies for the shuttle, which ''Car Robots'' doesn't specify.
*When ''Car Robots'' has T-AI re-check the frequency, ''Robots in Disguise'' instead has her try bouncing their signal off a satellite at Optimus's suggestion.
*In ''Car Robots'', X-Brawn sings {{w|El Cóndor Pasa (song)|El Cóndor Pasa}}. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he sings a made-up song (quoted above), followed by the American National Anthem.
*In ''Car Robots'', Movor realizes that someone has hacked into his transmission briefly. ''Robots in Disguise'', on the other hand, has him confused to be receiving images of X-Brawn, as he wasn't previously locked onto him (though that doesn't make a ton of sense because X-Brawn is right next to where the Predacons are, and that's where Movor is looking at the time).
*After X-Brawn stumbles onto the Predacons, ''Robots in Disguise'' goes into commercial break, so an extra shot using footage of X-Brawn from a moment before when he pulled up in front of the villains is added for an into-break [[cliffhanger]], and a shot of the villains standing in front of him is added to begin the second act when the break ends.
*''Robots in Disguise'' shortens Darkscream's pre-transformation threat to X-Brawn, then shortly after also cuts down an exchange between X-Brawn and Sky-Byte in which the villain explains they're "turning the area into a monument".
[[File:AttackfromOuterSpace cringing predacons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*After X-Brawn escapes the Predacons, the short scene of Movor scanning the area is extended for ''Robots in Disguise'' by adding some reused footage of him floating around in orbit to the start.
*As the Autobots start to get wise to the Decepticons' scheme, Prowl has a bit of a fit after he thinks Movor might have been watching him too. In ''Car Robots'', this is because X-Brawn has jokingly asked if he was doing something bad; in ''Robots in Disguise'', he is chastising himself for turning his sensors off for the police pursuit he was involved in.
*When Prowl asks why X-Brawn didn't call for help, ''Robots in Disguise'' has him suggest he might have if he'd had time, while in ''Car Robots'', he proudly states that he couldn't call himself Prowl's older brother if he had to call in help to deal with ''those'' losers.
*In ''Robots in Disguise'', Sky-Byte sarcastically asks if the Decepticons' strategy involves "a wedding or a cotillion"; ''Car Robots'' has him ask why they're still sitting around at the base. Mega Octane's reply is angry in ''Robots in Disguise'', mocking the sand drawing, but sarcastic in ''Car Robots'', suggesting their absence from the field is to give the Predacons space to ''make'' the drawing!
[[File:AttackfromOuterSpace gianthead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out a shot of the Predacons cringing in shared embarrassment when Sky-Byte blushes about the drawing (see right).
*When Side Burn propositions Kelly with a visit to a movie, ''Car Robots'' has him suggest one about a "giant meteorite hitting the Earth", which ''Robots in Disguise'' replaces with a ''Titanic'' reference. Side Burn does mention ''Titanic'' a moment later in ''Car Robots'', which ''Robots in Disguise'' swaps out for a reference to ''Jurassic Park''. Next, a reference to a serial killer movie is replaced with one about alien mind control, then finally, a lake-monster movie is swapped for a romantic movie. In most cases, both versions have Kelly wish the plight of the film upon Side Burn... except for the serial killer flick, which she suggests he could have been the star of, the lake-monster movie, which she thinks starred one of his relatives, and the romantic movie, which she ranks second to eating a handful of thumbtacks.
*In keeping with the nature of the dub post-9/11, ''Robots in Disguise'' makes a point of having Mega Octane stress that the buildings they're destroying are empty.
*''Robots in Disguise'' edits out a particularly extreme visual gag of Mega Octane's giant head appearing over the Earth to bellow at Movor (see right again), keeping the content of his dialogue, but replacing the visuals with two pieces of footage from earlier, first of Mega Octane, then of Movor in orbit.
[[File:AttackfromOuterSpace shushing tai.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*When Optimus covers T-AI's mouth, ''Robots in Disguise'' edits out the end of the scene, which sees the Autobot leader's hand pass through the hologram (see right one more time), presumably so the visual gag of her being muffled actually makes sense.
*In ''Robots in Disguise'', Side Burn is sad about missing his chance to reconnect with the red sports car, and X-Brawn tells him to drop it so they can battle the Decepticons. In ''Car Robots'', he's suitably ashamed, and blames his incredible girl-hunting technique for nearly exposing their base, prompting X-Brawn to angrily inform him that he wouldn't put it like that!
*Scourge notes that they won't need to find the Autobots base if they can destroy them then and there in ''Robots in Disguise'', but it seems in ''Car Robots'' that Megatron has designs on the base itself, rather than just as a means to an end, as Scourge points out that defeating the Autobots means there'll be no-one to stop them taking and using the base.
*As Shuttler hits the atmosphere, both versions have him yelp in pain at the heat, but ''Car Robots'' has him do so in song, by reciting the lyrics of ''Goldfinger 99'', a Japanese version of Ricky Martin's ''Livin' la Vida Loca'' with alternate lyrics. Okay then!
*In the final scene, ''Robots in Disguise'' has Tow-Line commend Side Burn on a job well done, while in ''Car Robots'', he actually tells him that he needs to put a stop to the woman-hunting, and that he's going to have to work hard from here on out.
*Scenes extended for ''Robots in Disguise'' include:
**Optimus watching the launch (to incorporate new dialogue from him that wasn't in the original)
**Optimus telling Koji to work hard at being an astronaut
**Movor watching Tow-Line
**Multiple shots during Movor's first report to the Decepticon base
**Two shots of Optimus asking T-AI questions about their trouble getting a picture from the shuttle
**Optimus responding to T-AI's problems getting a transmission from the shuttle
**Prowl asking X-Brawn why he didn't call for help
**X-Brawn explaining why he didn't call
**Optimus asking about the fake shuttle
**A close-up shot on Prime's face he realises the shuttle is Movor
**Sky-Byte receiving Mega Octane's transmission
**Scourge ordering the Combaticons into action
**Optimus explaining his plan to T-AI
**Optimus ordering the Autobots out of their base
**Side Burn fretting over being tricked
**Two closeups of Scourge before the fighting breaks out

===Animation or technical errors===
*When Movor starts to track Tow-Line, the display shows a [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] symbol at bottom left. It then turns into the Decepticon symbol.
*When the Decepticons are at the graveyard, careful observation shows Movor with the group, when he should still be in space, while there is no sign of [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]]. When the Decepticons attack the silo, Rollbar is seen in the attack while Movor is gone.
[[File:RiD2001_Zodiac.jpg|thumb|left|Who knew Movor was into astrology?]]
*Not exactly an animation error so much as (probable) laziness: as he floats over the Earth in space shuttle mode looking for the Autobot base, Movor's display screens show what is presumably supposed to be Cybertronian script, but in reality the "letters" include the ''very human'' symbols of the Zodiac.
 

===Continuity errors===
*While generally Movor's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] is depicted as around the same size as the other Decepticons, this would make him [[Scale|a very tiny space shuttle indeed]]—and so suddenly in this episode he's a full-sized space shuttle.

===Real-world references===
*Side Burn's reference to a movie "About a big ship that started to sink" could be a reference to the film ''[[Titanic]]''.
*His reference to a film about dinosaurs eating cars might be a reference to ''[[Jurassic Park]]''.
*The movie about aliens that take over people's minds is maybe a reference to [[wikipedia:Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 film)|''Invasion Of The Body Snatchers'']].

===Trivia===
[[File:Attack from Outer Space Megaface.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Hey! That's not [[Nazca Lines|those lines]]!]]
*Mega-Octane claims that Megatron did not like the sand sculpture Sky-Byte made.
*How could the human space agency (never explicitly referred to as [[NASA]]) not have noticed that their shuttle had been replaced with an evil duplicate? Space agency security in the ''Robots in Disguise'' universe must be pretty lax.
*Prowl is designated "unit #3" by the Metro City police and can broadcast on their radio frequency. Whether this is part of his car disguise or if the police have actually given official status to an Autobot is not stated.
*Movor is an idiot.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 5 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 1 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season One (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-17-attack-from-outer-space Attack from Outer Space transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

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Can't seem to get the link to the episode page to work. Anyone able to tell me what is wrong with the code? [[User:Zcat6|Zcat6]] ([[User talk:Zcat6|talk]]) 05:40, 15 December 2017 (EST)
:The (episode) parenthetical wasn't necessary. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 07:21, 15 December 2017 (EST)

Ah, got it. Still learning Wiki markup code. Really appreciate the help! [[User:Zcat6|Zcat6]] ([[User talk:Zcat6|talk]]) 07:38, 15 December 2017 (EST)

Attack from Outer Space

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{{episode|
|series=RiD
|ep=17
|title="Attack from Outer Space"
|japanese=宇宙から狙え! シャトラー!!
|romaji=Uchū kara Nerae! Shuttler!!
|translation=Aiming from Space! Shuttler!!
|image=Attack from Outer Space Movorinorbit.jpg
|caption=I can see my house from here!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Kazuhiko Gōdo]] (Japanese) [[Matthew V. Lewis]] (English)
|director=[[Yoshiaki Tsutsui]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[July 26|26 July]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[January 12]], [[2002]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Side Burn chases love''' 
'''Decepticons destroy stuff''' 
'''Movor is to blame'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Attack from Outer Space Movor launch.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
A human space agency launches a space shuttle into orbit. The [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] and [[Autobot]]s watch a broadcast of the launch with fascination. What the humans and Autobots are unaware of is that the shuttle is actually the [[Decepticon]] [[Movor]]. Movor begins tracking Autobot movement. Following [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] is fruitless, as he is too preoccupied towing vehicles away. Tracking [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], who's in hot pursuit of a criminal, is equally pointless. Megatron is impatient with Movor's inability to discern the location of the Autobot base.

Distracted from his mission, Movor watches [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and his underlings carve a giant image of Megatron's face in the ground, Sky-Byte having taken a sarcastic suggestion from the Decepticons a bit too literally. As Movor watches from orbit, [[X-Brawn]] soon finds the four Predacons, and after a brief scuffle, he escapes and reports back to the Autobots.

[[File:Attack from Outer Space Movormegaoctane.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"What are 'ya doin, Ed?" "It's 'Zedd'! Lord Zedd!"]]
Movor loses track of X-Brawn because of the Predacons, so he then starts to track Side Burn, who is doing what he does to [[Kelly (RID)|whom he usually does it]]. The object of his affection only turns each of his pick-up lines back on him, however. Side Burn happens to drive by Sky-Byte and company, but a laser blast from Movor discourages the shark from interfering. Side Burn leads Movor to conclude the Autobot base is in Sector 12, which the rest of the Decepticons quickly destroy.

Finding nothing but an old [[soft drink|soda]] bottle, a comb, and a (now destroyed) graveyard in Sector 12, the Decepticons follow Movor's report to where Side Burn was seen last, Sector 14. They quickly detonate ten empty summer homes, but soon notice Side Burn has already moved on, still chasing the car of his dreams. The Decepticons later raze a power plant, blow up an airport, and soon after destroy a shipyard, all of which gets on [[Mega-Octane]]'s nerves, as none of the sectors were anywhere near the Autobots' base. Side Burn doesn't notice the carnage trailing behind him, as he's too busy following his heart. His would-be lady-friend eventually ditches him by driving into a hole.

The Autobots, who have been trying to figure out why the launched shuttle isn't responding to them, determine that Movor has been tracking their movements. Learning that the Decepticons are tracking Side Burn, they trick the gullible Autobot into going to [[Pier 7B]] for a date with the red car. Giving the shuttle one last chance, the Decepticons follow Movor's report and head to the pier.

[[File:Attack from Outer Space Scourgeoptimus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't cross the streams!]]
Side Burn waits at the pier, hoping to meet his car of his dreams. Instead, he meets the five Decepticons. Optimus and the other Autobots arrive nearby. At first confident, the Decepticons become hopelessly outnumbered when [[Team Bullet Train]] arrives. However, Scourge looks forward to fighting Optimus. Movor attempts to use his Argon Ray to help his leader, but instead of hitting Scourge's opponent, he hits Scourge right in the back. Another attempt at helping Scourge has pretty much the same results. Seeing how the battle isn't going too well, the Decepticons retreat.

In the aftermath, the Autobots have an intervention to help Side Burn deal with his addiction to red sport cars, even if it was useful this one time. As they have a big, manly laugh, miles above, Movor is knocked out of orbit by a satellite and lands in the ocean.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[T-AI]] (4)
*[[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] (11)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (12)
*[[X-Brawn]] (17)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (18)
*[[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] (20)
*[[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] (21)
*[[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] (22)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Movor]] (1)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (5)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (6)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (7)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (8)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (9)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (10)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (13)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (14)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (15)
*[[Dark Scream]] (16)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (3)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==

'''Sky-Byte:''' Hahahaha! Can't you just see the look in Megatron's eyes as he flies into the rendezvous point?! 
'''Dark Scream:''' Somehow when the Decepticons said "try drawing Megatron's face in the ground," I thought they were kidding. 
'''Movor:''' Ha! They actually did it. That is so lame!

"I knew a gal, name'a Dirty McGall, who was always happy to SEEEEEE me!"
:—'''X-Brawn''' sings worse than Strong Bad.

"Man, I think I might have been having battery palpitations there for a while."
:—'''X-Brawn'''

"I do have a sensitive side. I can cry at movies. Especially during car crashes. And all of my doors dent surprisingly easily. You know, maybe we can go see one of those movies about actually really falling in love! ...if it doesn't go on too long." 
"Thank you, but I'd rather eat a mouthful of thumb tacks."
:—'''Side Burn''' unsurprisingly fails to win '''Kelly''' over.

"This is exciting. I had front row tickets to a heavy metal concert once, but this is way better. I'll just sit back and watch the action."
:—'''Movor'''

"You metal maggot, you just zapped your own chief!"

:—'''Mega-Octane''' on '''Movor'''

"Lasers from space? Look, that's hardly sporting." 
"I hate this guy, I really hate this guy."
:—'''Midnight Express''' and '''Scourge''', on Movor

"I don't think I'm real popular right now. I never found the base, I blew up the wrong stuff, and I shot Scourge twice."
:—'''Movor''' will probably not be putting this episode in his resume.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
Following the modified approach to the dubbing of the series that the September 9/11 terrorist attacks prompted, this episode, with its scenes of extensive building destruction, was one that appears to have received special attention. While no plot elements are changed, it features a particularly large amount of minute video and timing edits, and quite a bit more noticeable "flavour" dialogue than the already-widespread quantities the series normally has. Regardless, no amount of editing seems to have been able to justify its airing on television, as it is one of three episodes of the series which were never broadcast in the United States.
[[File:AttackfromOuterSpace povs.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*''Robots in Disguise'' regularly adds dialogue where ''Car Robots'' is silent, though this episode's open scene provides a particularly thorough example, as a chatter from the astronauts, mission control, and Optimus runs over the top of the shuttle launch sequence where only a countdown was heard in the Japanese version. After the shuttle has launched and Koji voices his desire to be an astronaut, ''Robots in Disguise'' has Optimus point out how much work it will take, and he groans at the prospect; in ''Car Robots'', Optimus just tells him to keep reaching for the dream and that's all.
*All of Movor's first-person-perspective shots are given the standard CGI POV overlay treatment for ''Robots in Disguise''. Notably, the original ''Car Robots'' footage is actually of an angled view of a screen ''inside'' Movor's cockpit, rather than a literal POV shot as is normally the case; the overlay mostly hides this, but sometimes the crosshairs of his screen is still left visible, or the very edges of his screen sneak in, and both continue to be at angle, rather at odds with what the overlay is trying to convey. Observe the image at right closely for some examples of these.
*In ''Car Robots'', there's a joke about how Prowl feels like someone is watching him. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this dialogue is replaced with the content of the emergency call he then speeds off to respond to.
*In ''Car Robots'', it's Scourge who informs Megatron they have not heard from Movor yet; ''Robots in Disguise'' gives this line to Mega Octane, and instead changes Scourge's exchange with Megatron into a gag in which he doesn't understanding Megatron's overly florid language.
*In ''Car Robots'', the Predacons are drawing Megatron's face in the sand because Sky-Byte thinks it'll impress him. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this rather odd little stunt is reinterpreted as the creation of a rendezvous point for the villains, which Sky-Byte has chosen to have rendered in this form because the Decepticons jokingly suggested the over-the-top idea to him. Where ''Robots in Disguise'' has Darkscream mutter to himself about the Decepticons' trick, ''Car Robots'' has him remarking to himself that actually defeating some Autobots is likely to impress Megatron a lot more than the drawing ever will.
*''Car Robots'' doesn't establish until later in the episode that the Autobots are (rather oddly) in direct contact with the Space Agency; ''Robots in Disguise'' makes it clear from early on when T-AI notes that the agency actually gave them the frequencies for the shuttle, which ''Car Robots'' doesn't specify.
*When ''Car Robots'' has T-AI re-check the frequency, ''Robots in Disguise'' instead has her try bouncing their signal off a satellite at Optimus's suggestion.
*In ''Car Robots'', X-Brawn sings {{w|El Cóndor Pasa (song)|El Cóndor Pasa}}. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he sings a made-up song (quoted above), followed by the American National Anthem.
*In ''Car Robots'', Movor realizes that someone has hacked into his transmission briefly. ''Robots in Disguise'', on the other hand, has him confused to be receiving images of X-Brawn, as he wasn't previously locked onto him (though that doesn't make a ton of sense because X-Brawn is right next to where the Predacons are, and that's where Movor is looking at the time).
*After X-Brawn stumbles onto the Predacons, ''Robots in Disguise'' goes into commercial break, so an extra shot using footage of X-Brawn from a moment before when he pulled up in front of the villains is added for an into-break [[cliffhanger]], and a shot of the villains standing in front of him is added to begin the second act when the break ends.
*''Robots in Disguise'' shortens Darkscream's pre-transformation threat to X-Brawn, then shortly after also cuts down an exchange between X-Brawn and Sky-Byte in which the villain explains they're "turning the area into a monument".
[[File:AttackfromOuterSpace cringing predacons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*After X-Brawn escapes the Predacons, the short scene of Movor scanning the area is extended for ''Robots in Disguise'' by adding some reused footage of him floating around in orbit to the start.
*As the Autobots start to get wise to the Decepticons' scheme, Prowl has a bit of a fit after he thinks Movor might have been watching him too. In ''Car Robots'', this is because X-Brawn has jokingly asked if he was doing something bad; in ''Robots in Disguise'', he is chastising himself for turning his sensors off for the police pursuit he was involved in.
*When Prowl asks why X-Brawn didn't call for help, ''Robots in Disguise'' has him suggest he might have if he'd had time, while in ''Car Robots'', he proudly states that he couldn't call himself Prowl's older brother if he had to call in help to deal with ''those'' losers.
*In ''Robots in Disguise'', Sky-Byte sarcastically asks if the Decepticons' strategy involves "a wedding or a cotillion"; ''Car Robots'' has him ask why they're still sitting around at the base. Mega Octane's reply is angry in ''Robots in Disguise'', mocking the sand drawing, but sarcastic in ''Car Robots'', suggesting their absence from the field is to give the Predacons space to ''make'' the drawing!
[[File:AttackfromOuterSpace gianthead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out a shot of the Predacons cringing in shared embarrassment when Sky-Byte blushes about the drawing (see right).
*When Side Burn propositions Kelly with a visit to a movie, ''Car Robots'' has him suggest one about a "giant meteorite hitting the Earth", which ''Robots in Disguise'' replaces with a ''Titanic'' reference. Side Burn does mention ''Titanic'' a moment later in ''Car Robots'', which ''Robots in Disguise'' swaps out for a reference to ''Jurassic Park''. Next, a reference to a serial killer movie is replaced with one about alien mind control, then finally, a lake-monster movie is swapped for a romantic movie. In most cases, both versions have Kelly wish the plight of the film upon Side Burn... except for the serial killer flick, which she suggests he could have been the star of, the lake-monster movie, which she thinks starred one of his relatives, and the romantic movie, which she ranks second to eating a handful of thumbtacks.
*In keeping with the nature of the dub post-9/11, ''Robots in Disguise'' makes a point of having Mega Octane stress that the buildings they're destroying are empty.
*''Robots in Disguise'' edits out a particularly extreme visual gag of Mega Octane's giant head appearing over the Earth to bellow at Movor (see right again), keeping the content of his dialogue, but replacing the visuals with two pieces of footage from earlier, first of Mega Octane, then of Movor in orbit.
[[File:AttackfromOuterSpace shushing tai.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*When Optimus covers T-AI's mouth, ''Robots in Disguise'' edits out the end of the scene, which sees the Autobot leader's hand pass through the hologram (see right one more time), presumably so the visual gag of her being muffled actually makes sense.
*In ''Robots in Disguise'', Side Burn is sad about missing his chance to reconnect with the red sports car, and X-Brawn tells him to drop it so they can battle the Decepticons. In ''Car Robots'', he's suitably ashamed, and blames his incredible girl-hunting technique for nearly exposing their base, prompting X-Brawn to angrily inform him that he wouldn't put it like that!
*Scourge notes that they won't need to find the Autobots base if they can destroy them then and there in ''Robots in Disguise'', but it seems in ''Car Robots'' that Megatron has designs on the base itself, rather than just as a means to an end, as Scourge points out that defeating the Autobots means there'll be no-one to stop them taking and using the base.
*As Shuttler hits the atmosphere, both versions have him yelp in pain at the heat, but ''Car Robots'' has him do so in song, by reciting the lyrics of ''Goldfinger 99'', a Japanese version of Ricky Martin's ''Livin' la Vida Loca'' with alternate lyrics. Okay then!
*In the final scene, ''Robots in Disguise'' has Tow-Line commend Side Burn on a job well done, while in ''Car Robots'', he actually tells him that he needs to put a stop to the woman-hunting, and that he's going to have to work hard from here on out.
*Scenes extended for ''Robots in Disguise'' include:
**Optimus watching the launch (to incorporate new dialogue from him that wasn't in the original)
**Optimus telling Koji to work hard at being an astronaut
**Movor watching Tow-Line
**Multiple shots during Movor's first report to the Decepticon base
**Two shots of Optimus asking T-AI questions about their trouble getting a picture from the shuttle
**Optimus responding to T-AI's problems getting a transmission from the shuttle
**Prowl asking X-Brawn why he didn't call for help
**X-Brawn explaining why he didn't call
**Optimus asking about the fake shuttle
**A close-up shot on Prime's face he realises the shuttle is Movor
**Sky-Byte receiving Mega Octane's transmission
**Scourge ordering the Combaticons into action
**Optimus explaining his plan to T-AI
**Optimus ordering the Autobots out of their base
**Side Burn fretting over being tricked
**Two closeups of Scourge before the fighting breaks out

===Animation or technical errors===
*When Movor starts to track Tow-Line, the display shows a [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] symbol at bottom left. It then turns into the Decepticon symbol.
*When the Decepticons are at the graveyard, careful observation shows Movor with the group, when he should still be in space, while there is no sign of [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]]. When the Decepticons attack the silo, Rollbar is seen in the attack while Movor is gone.
[[File:RiD2001_Zodiac.jpg|thumb|left|Who knew Movor was into astrology?]]
*Not exactly an animation error so much as (probable) laziness: as he floats over the Earth in space shuttle mode looking for the Autobot base, Movor's display screens show what is presumably supposed to be Cybertronin script, but in reality the "letters" include the ''very human'' symbols of the Zodiac.
 

===Continuity errors===
*While generally Movor's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] is depicted as around the same size as the other Decepticons, this would make him [[Scale|a very tiny space shuttle indeed]]—and so suddenly in this episode he's a full-sized space shuttle.

===Real-world references===
*Side Burn's reference to a movie "About a big ship that started to sink" could be a reference to the film ''[[Titanic]]''.
*His reference to a film about dinosaurs eating cars might be a reference to ''[[Jurassic Park]]''.
*The movie about aliens that take over people's minds is maybe a reference to [[wikipedia:Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 film)|''Invasion Of The Body Snatchers'']].

===Trivia===
[[File:Attack from Outer Space Megaface.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Hey! That's not [[Nazca Lines|those lines]]!]]
*Mega-Octane claims that Megatron did not like the sand sculpture Sky-Byte made.
*How could the human space agency (never explicitly referred to as [[NASA]]) not have noticed that their shuttle had been replaced with an evil duplicate? Space agency security in the ''Robots in Disguise'' universe must be pretty lax.
*Prowl is designated "unit #3" by the Metro City police and can broadcast on their radio frequency. Whether this is part of his car disguise or if the police have actually given official status to an Autobot is not stated.
*Movor is an idiot.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 5 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 1 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season One (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-17-attack-from-outer-space Attack from Outer Space transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

Attack from Outer Space

2017-12-15T11:09:30Z

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{{episode|
|series=RiD
|ep=17
|title="Attack from Outer Space"
|japanese=宇宙から狙え! シャトラー!!
|romaji=Uchū kara Nerae! Shuttler!!
|translation=Aiming from Space! Shuttler!!
|image=Attack from Outer Space Movorinorbit.jpg
|caption=I can see my house from here!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Kazuhiko Gōdo]] (Japanese) [[Matthew V. Lewis]] (English)
|director=[[Yoshiaki Tsutsui]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[July 26|26 July]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[January 12]], [[2002]] (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Side Burn chases love''' 
'''Decepticons destroy stuff''' 
'''Movor is to blame'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Attack from Outer Space Movor launch.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
A human space agency launches a space shuttle into orbit. The [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] and [[Autobot]]s watch a broadcast of the launch with fascination. What the humans and Autobots are unaware of is that the shuttle is actually the [[Decepticon]] [[Movor]]. Movor begins tracking Autobot movement. Following [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] is fruitless, as he is too preoccupied towing vehicles away. Tracking [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], who's in hot pursuit of a criminal, is equally pointless. Megatron is impatient with Movor's inability to discern the location of the Autobot base.

Distracted from his mission, Movor watches [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and his underlings carve a giant image of Megatron's face in the ground, Sky-Byte having taken a sarcastic suggestion from the Decepticons a bit too literally. As Movor watches from orbit, [[X-Brawn]] soon finds the four Predacons, and after a brief scuffle, he escapes and reports back to the Autobots.

[[File:Attack from Outer Space Movormegaoctane.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"What are 'ya doin, Ed?" "It's 'Zedd'! Lord Zedd!"]]
Movor loses track of X-Brawn because of the Predacons, so he then starts to track Side Burn, who is doing what he does to [[Kelly (RID)|whom he usually does it]]. The object of his affection only turns each of his pick-up lines back on him, however. Side Burn happens to drive by Sky-Byte and company, but a laser blast from Movor discourages the shark from interfering. Side Burn leads Movor to conclude the Autobot base is in Sector 12, which the rest of the Decepticons quickly destroy.

Finding nothing but an old [[soft drink|soda]] bottle, a comb, and a (now destroyed) graveyard in Sector 12, the Decepticons follow Movor's report to where Side Burn was seen last, Sector 14. They quickly detonate ten empty summer homes, but soon notice Side Burn has already moved on, still chasing the car of his dreams. The Decepticons later raze a power plant, blow up an airport, and soon after destroy a shipyard, all of which gets on [[Mega-Octane]]'s nerves, as none of the sectors were anywhere near the Autobots' base. Side Burn doesn't notice the carnage trailing behind him, as he's too busy following his heart. His would-be lady-friend eventually ditches him by driving into a hole.

The Autobots, who have been trying to figure out why the launched shuttle isn't responding to them, determine that Movor has been tracking their movements. Learning that the Decepticons are tracking Side Burn, they trick the gullible Autobot into going to [[Pier 7B]] for a date with the red car. Giving the shuttle one last chance, the Decepticons follow Movor's report and head to the pier.

[[File:Attack from Outer Space Scourgeoptimus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't cross the streams!]]
Side Burn waits at the pier, hoping to meet his car of his dreams. Instead, he meets the five Decepticons. Optimus and the other Autobots arrive nearby. At first confident, the Decepticons become hopelessly outnumbered when [[Team Bullet Train]] arrives. However, Scourge looks forward to fighting Optimus. Movor attempts to use his Argon Ray to help his leader, but instead of hitting Scourge's opponent, he hits Scourge right in the back. Another attempt at helping Scourge has pretty much the same results. Seeing how the battle isn't going too well, the Decepticons retreat.

In the aftermath, the Autobots have an intervention to help Side Burn deal with his addiction to red sport cars, even if it was useful this one time. As they have a big, manly laugh, miles above, Movor is knocked out of orbit by a satellite and lands in the ocean.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[T-AI]] (4)
*[[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] (11)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (12)
*[[X-Brawn]] (17)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (18)
*[[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] (20)
*[[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] (21)
*[[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] (22)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Movor]] (1)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (5)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (6)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (7)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (8)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (9)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (10)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (13)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (14)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (15)
*[[Dark Scream]] (16)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (3)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==

'''Sky-Byte:''' Hahahaha! Can't you just see the look in Megatron's eyes as he flies into the rendezvous point?! 
'''Dark Scream:''' Somehow when the Decepticons said "try drawing Megatron's face in the ground," I thought they were kidding. 
'''Movor:''' Ha! They actually did it. That is so lame!

"I knew a gal, name'a Dirty McGall, who was always happy to SEEEEEE me!"
:—'''X-Brawn''' sings worse than Strong Bad.

"Man, I think I might have been having battery palpitations there for a while."
:—'''X-Brawn'''

"I do have a sensitive side. I can cry at movies. Especially during car crashes. And all of my doors dent surprisingly easily. You know, maybe we can go see one of those movies about actually really falling in love! ...if it doesn't go on too long." 
"Thank you, but I'd rather eat a mouthful of thumb tacks."
:—'''Side Burn''' unsurprisingly fails to win '''Kelly''' over.

"This is exciting. I had front row tickets to a heavy metal concert once, but this is way better. I'll just sit back and watch the action."
:—'''Movor'''

"You metal maggot, you just zapped your own chief!"

:—'''Mega-Octane''' on '''Movor'''

"Lasers from space? Look, that's hardly sporting." 
"I hate this guy, I really hate this guy."
:—'''Midnight Express''' and '''Scourge''', on Movor

"I don't think I'm real popular right now. I never found the base, I blew up the wrong stuff, and I shot Scourge twice."
:—'''Movor''' will probably not be putting this episode in his resume.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
Following the modified approach to the dubbing of the series that the September 9/11 terrorist attacks prompted, this episode, with its scenes of extensive building destruction, was one that appears to have received special attention. While no plot elements are changed, it features a particularly large amount of minute video and timing edits, and quite a bit more noticeable "flavour" dialogue than the already-widespread quantities the series normally has. Regardless, no amount of editing seems to have been able to justify its airing on television, as it is one of three episodes of the series which were never broadcast in the United States.
[[File:AttackfromOuterSpace povs.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*''Robots in Disguise'' regularly adds dialogue where ''Car Robots'' is silent, though this episode's open scene provides a particularly thorough example, as a chatter from the astronauts, mission control, and Optimus runs over the top of the shuttle launch sequence where only a countdown was heard in the Japanese version. After the shuttle has launched and Koji voices his desire to be an astronaut, ''Robots in Disguise'' has Optimus point out how much work it will take, and he groans at the prospect; in ''Car Robots'', Optimus just tells him to keep reaching for the dream and that's all.
*All of Movor's first-person-perspective shots are given the standard CGI POV overlay treatment for ''Robots in Disguise''. Notably, the original ''Car Robots'' footage is actually of an angled view of a screen ''inside'' Movor's cockpit, rather than a literal POV shot as is normally the case; the overlay mostly hides this, but sometimes the crosshairs of his screen is still left visible, or the very edges of his screen sneak in, and both continue to be at angle, rather at odds with what the overlay is trying to convey. Observe the image at right closely for some examples of these.
*In ''Car Robots'', there's a joke about how Prowl feels like someone is watching him. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this dialogue is replaced with the content of the emergency call he then speeds off to respond to.
*In ''Car Robots'', it's Scourge who informs Megatron they have not heard from Movor yet; ''Robots in Disguise'' gives this line to Mega Octane, and instead changes Scourge's exchange with Megatron into a gag in which he doesn't understanding Megatron's overly florid language.
*In ''Car Robots'', the Predacons are drawing Megatron's face in the sand because Sky-Byte thinks it'll impress him. In ''Robots in Disguise'', this rather odd little stunt is reinterpreted as the creation of a rendezvous point for the villains, which Sky-Byte has chosen to have rendered in this form because the Decepticons jokingly suggested the over-the-top idea to him. Where ''Robots in Disguise'' has Darkscream mutter to himself about the Decepticons' trick, ''Car Robots'' has him remarking to himself that actually defeating some Autobots is likely to impress Megatron a lot more than the drawing ever will.
*''Car Robots'' doesn't establish until later in the episode that the Autobots are (rather oddly) in direct contact with the Space Agency; ''Robots in Disguise'' makes it clear from early on when T-AI notes that the agency actually gave them the frequencies for the shuttle, which ''Car Robots'' doesn't specify.
*When ''Car Robots'' has T-AI re-check the frequency, ''Robots in Disguise'' instead has her try bouncing their signal off a satellite at Optimus's suggestion.
*In ''Car Robots'', X-Brawn sings {{w|El Cóndor Pasa (song)|El Cóndor Pasa}}. In ''Robots in Disguise'', he sings a made-up song (quoted above), followed by the American National Anthem.
*In ''Car Robots'', Movor realizes that someone has hacked into his transmission briefly. ''Robots in Disguise'', on the other hand, has him confused to be receiving images of X-Brawn, as he wasn't previously locked onto him (though that doesn't make a ton of sense because X-Brawn is right next to where the Predacons are, and that's where Movor is looking at the time).
*After X-Brawn stumbles onto the Predacons, ''Robots in Disguise'' goes into commercial break, so an extra shot using footage of X-Brawn from a moment before when he pulled up in front of the villains is added for an into-break [[cliffhanger]], and a shot of the villains standing in front of him is added to begin the second act when the break ends.
*''Robots in Disguise'' shortens Darkscream's pre-transformation threat to X-Brawn, then shortly after also cuts down an exchange between X-Brawn and Sky-Byte in which the villain explains they're "turning the area into a monument".
[[File:AttackfromOuterSpace cringing predacons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*After X-Brawn escapes the Predacons, the short scene of Movor scanning the area is extended for ''Robots in Disguise'' by adding some reused footage of him floating around in orbit to the start.
*As the Autobots start to get wise to the Decepticons' scheme, Prowl has a bit of a fit after he thinks Movor might have been watching him too. In ''Car Robots'', this is because X-Brawn has jokingly asked if he was doing something bad; in ''Robots in Disguise'', he is chastising himself for turning his sensors off for the police pursuit he was involved in.
*When Prowl asks why X-Brawn didn't call for help, ''Robots in Disguise'' has him suggest he might have if he'd had time, while in ''Car Robots'', he proudly states that he couldn't call himself Prowl's older brother if he had to call in help to deal with ''those'' losers.
*In ''Robots in Disguise'', Sky-Byte sarcastically asks if the Decepticons' strategy involves "a wedding or a cotillion"; ''Car Robots'' has him ask why they're still sitting around at the base. Mega Octane's reply is angry in ''Robots in Disguise'', mocking the sand drawing, but sarcastic in ''Car Robots'', suggesting their absence from the field is to give the Predacons space to ''make'' the drawing!
[[File:AttackfromOuterSpace gianthead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out a shot of the Predacons cringing in shared embarrassment when Sky-Byte blushes about the drawing (see right).
*When Side Burn propositions Kelly with a visit to a movie, ''Car Robots'' has him suggest one about a "giant meteorite hitting the Earth", which ''Robots in Disguise'' replaces with a ''Titanic'' reference. Side Burn does mention ''Titanic'' a moment later in ''Car Robots'', which ''Robots in Disguise'' swaps out for a reference to ''Jurassic Park''. Next, a reference to a serial killer movie is replaced with one about alien mind control, then finally, a lake-monster movie is swapped for a romantic movie. In most cases, both versions have Kelly wish the plight of the film upon Side Burn... except for the serial killer flick, which she suggests he could have been the star of, the lake-monster movie, which she thinks starred one of his relatives, and the romantic movie, which she ranks second to eating a handful of thumbtacks.
*In keeping with the nature of the dub post-9/11, ''Robots in Disguise'' makes a point of having Mega Octane stress that the buildings they're destroying are empty.
*''Robots in Disguise'' edits out a particularly extreme visual gag of Mega Octane's giant head appearing over the Earth to bellow at Movor (see right again), keeping the content of his dialogue, but replacing the visuals with two pieces of footage from earlier, first of Mega Octane, then of Movor in orbit.
[[File:AttackfromOuterSpace shushing tai.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*When Optimus covers T-AI's mouth, ''Robots in Disguise'' edits out the end of the scene, which sees the Autobot leader's hand pass through the hologram (see right one more time), presumably so the visual gag of her being muffled actually makes sense.
*In ''Robots in Disguise'', Side Burn is sad about missing his chance to reconnect with the red sports car, and X-Brawn tells him to drop it so they can battle the Decepticons. In ''Car Robots'', he's suitably ashamed, and blames his incredible girl-hunting technique for nearly exposing their base, prompting X-Brawn to angrily inform him that he wouldn't put it like that!
*Scourge notes that they won't need to find the Autobots base if they can destroy them then and there in ''Robots in Disguise'', but it seems in ''Car Robots'' that Megatron has designs on the base itself, rather than just as a means to an end, as Scourge points out that defeating the Autobots means there'll be no-one to stop them taking and using the base.
*As Shuttler hits the atmosphere, both versions have him yelp in pain at the heat, but ''Car Robots'' has him do so in song, by reciting the lyrics of ''Goldfinger 99'', a Japanese version of Ricky Martin's ''Livin' la Vida Loca'' with alternate lyrics. Okay then!
*In the final scene, ''Robots in Disguise'' has Tow-Line commend Side Burn on a job well done, while in ''Car Robots'', he actually tells him that he needs to put a stop to the woman-hunting, and that he's going to have to work hard from here on out.
*Scenes extended for ''Robots in Disguise'' include:
**Optimus watching the launch (to incorporate new dialogue from him that wasn't in the original)
**Optimus telling Koji to work hard at being an astronaut
**Movor watching Tow-Line
**Multiple shots during Movor's first report to the Decepticon base
**Two shots of Optimus asking T-AI questions about their trouble getting a picture from the shuttle
**Optimus responding to T-AI's problems getting a transmission from the shuttle
**Prowl asking X-Brawn why he didn't call for help
**X-Brawn explaining why he didn't call
**Optimus asking about the fake shuttle
**A close-up shot on Prime's face he realises the shuttle is Movor
**Sky-Byte receiving Mega Octane's transmission
**Scourge ordering the Combaticons into action
**Optimus explaining his plan to T-AI
**Optimus ordering the Autobots out of their base
**Side Burn fretting over being tricked
**Two closeups of Scourge before the fighting breaks out

===Animation or technical errors===
*When Movor starts to track Tow-Line, the display shows a [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] symbol at bottom left. It then turns into the Decepticon symbol.
*When the Decepticons are at the graveyard, careful observation shows Movor with the group, when he should still be in space, while there is no sign of [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]]. When the Decepticons attack the silo, Rollbar is seen in the attack while Movor is gone.
[[File:RiD2001_Zodiac.jpg|thumb|left|Who knew Movor was into astrology?]]
*Not exactly an animation error so much as (probable) laziness: as he floats over the Earth in space shuttle mode looking for the Autobot base, Movor's display screens show what is presumably supposed to be Cybertronin script, but in reality the "letters" include the ''very human'' symbols of the Zodiac.

===Continuity errors===
*While generally Movor's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] is depicted as around the same size as the other Decepticons, this would make him [[Scale|a very tiny space shuttle indeed]]—and so suddenly in this episode he's a full-sized space shuttle.

===Real-world references===
*Side Burn's reference to a movie "About a big ship that started to sink" could be a reference to the film ''[[Titanic]]''.
*His reference to a film about dinosaurs eating cars might be a reference to ''[[Jurassic Park]]''.
*The movie about aliens that take over people's minds is maybe a reference to [[wikipedia:Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 film)|''Invasion Of The Body Snatchers'']].

===Trivia===
[[File:Attack from Outer Space Megaface.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Hey! That's not [[Nazca Lines|those lines]]!]]
*Mega-Octane claims that Megatron did not like the sand sculpture Sky-Byte made.
*How could the human space agency (never explicitly referred to as [[NASA]]) not have noticed that their shuttle had been replaced with an evil duplicate? Space agency security in the ''Robots in Disguise'' universe must be pretty lax.
*Prowl is designated "unit #3" by the Metro City police and can broadcast on their radio frequency. Whether this is part of his car disguise or if the police have actually given official status to an Autobot is not stated.
*Movor is an idiot.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 5 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 1 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season One (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/episode-transcripts/rid-episode-17-attack-from-outer-space Attack from Outer Space transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) episodes]]

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2017-12-15T10:40:25Z

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Revelation (episode)

2017-12-09T13:51:36Z

Zcat6: /* Differences with Galaxy Force */

{{disambig3|Revelation}}
{{episode|
|series=Cybertron
|ep=26
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=27
|title="Revelation"
|japanese=宇宙滅亡へのカウントダウン
|romaji=Uchū Metsubō he no Countdown
|translation=Countdown to Universal Destruction
|image=Cyb ep26 death machine gun.jpg
|caption=Oh. They ''weren't'' lucky.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Hiro Masaki]]
|director=[[Atsushi Nakayama]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[July 9]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[October 24]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''As if searching for Starscream and decoding a mysterious message from Cybertron wasn't trouble enough for the Autobots, Megatron and the Decepticons are free and back on Earth!'''

==Synopsis==

[[File:Cyb ep26 you shall not pass.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|I think the giant alien robots can handle ''one'' shady government agent just fine, Bud.]]

Out in space, riding atop an asteroid, [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] leads [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] to the sphere holding [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and the other [[Decepticon]]s prisoner. Scourge's flame breath and axe fail to even make a dent in the globe, but Megatron knows that it is only a matter of time until he is free.

On [[Earth]], the [[Autobot]]s are confronted by [[Mike Franklin|Colonel Franklin]], who tells them his story. As a child, he fell into the [[Green River Rapids]], and was rescued by a shadowy figure that changed shape into a helicopter. Nobody ever believed his story, but he knew what he had seen was real, and dedicated himself to finding other such stories. As he grew older, he joined the military to further his search for the truth, and now, it's standing right in front of him. It even turns out that his rescuer was [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]]! Now that everyone at last realizes that Colonel Franklin is on the side of the angels, he offers up all his military resources to help the Autobots find [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and the stolen [[Omega Lock]] and [[Cyber Planet Key]]s.

[[File:Cyb ep26 starscream with key.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"And now to spend episode after episode standing around this thing glowing!"]]

In the seas of the South Pacific, one of the [[Ancient Decepticon]]s awakened by Starscream, the wily [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]], is out looking for some fun, and scans a human speedboat for an [[alternate mode]]. As she is enjoying the sun and surf, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] appears in the sky overhead. They fight briefly, before Thunderblast suddenly vanishes into thin air. Jetfire transmits the info to the Autobot base, where [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] deduces that Thunderblast has disappeared into a [[Camouflage Shield]] that is hiding something in the middle of the ocean. That something, as we soon learn, is a volcanic island that Starscream is using as a staging base, to which Thunderblast returns, arriving just in time to witness Starscream adding the Earth's Cyber Planet Key to the Omega Lock. As in the past, the addition of the key causes the lock to open a [[space bridge]], launching a beam of energy into space, and into the heart of the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]]. Across the galaxy, on [[Velocitron]], on [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]] and on Earth, a space bridge portal hangs in the sky, displaying the terrifying image of the black hole to all onlookers. Concerns over the secrecy of the Autobots' mission have to be put on the back burner, however, when a strange energy burst is detected by the Autobots' computers. Despite fears that it has come from the black hole or the space bridge, it turns out that it is an encrypted signal sent back from Cybertron itself, a response to the original signal the Omega Lock sent out in the past.

In space, Scourge and Megatron combine their power, striking the sphere from within and without simultaneously. The tactic succeeds in shattering the sphere, freeing the Decepticons within, and Megatron immediately plans to head for Earth and revenge himself upon Starscream. Scourge requests that he be allowed to join Megatron, as he hungers to visit new worlds and experience new challenges. Megatron permits it, and the group leaves through a [[dimension gate]].

[[File:Cyb ep26 message.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|The Autobots were prepared for Decepticon hacks but 4chan's DDoS attack was beyond their ken.]]

Back on Earth, while [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] randomly reveals he's ''not'' from Cybertron after all, [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Vector Prime]] have decrypted all they can of the signal from Cybertron, which seems to be telling the Autobots to bring the Omega Lock and Cyber Planet Keys back to the planet. Of course, they have to get them back from Starscream, first...but before they can start making plans to do so, Megatron's dimension gate appears in the sky above [[Niagara Falls]]. Acting quickly, Prime's team calls upon the help of several refugee Autobots to evacuate the humans out of the surrounding area with warnings of a tornado, after which Scattorshot surrounds it with a camouflage shield to hide what is about to transpire. The Autobots roll out for Niagara Falls and meet Megatron's forces there, but when both sides admit that there are more pressing concerns at hand, the Decepticons attempt to depart. As letting them go is not an option, Optimus Prime opens fire on their dimension gate, collapsing it, and starting off a major battle. As [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] and [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] deal with Crumplezone and [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]], and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] and [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] clash with Scourge, [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] is confronted by [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] and almost paralyzed with shock. Vector Prime comes to his aid, and Landmine reveals that he practically raised Mudflap back on Cybertron.

[[File:Cyb ep26 machine gunned.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"Thanks Megs, we wanted some new toys!" "No problem, guys!"]]

Megatron and Prime go head-to-head, meanwhile, but their battle is interrupted by Red Alert, Scattorshot and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], who entreat their leader to help Leobreaker and Snarl, who have been trapped by Scourge's flame, while they hold off Megatron. Prime does so, and the three Autobot troops give a surprisingly good account of themselves against the much more powerful Decepticon leader. As his rage at being thwarted by weaker warriors boils over, Megatron taps into the power of the Omega Lock and Earth's Cyber Planet Key. The Lock fires a beam of energy around the planet, which strikes Megatron and unlocks in him a new [[Cyber Key]] Power: a powerful machine gun that he uses to mow down Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot in one deadly volley. Optimus Prime turns in time to see his warriors fall, and charges at Megatron with a howl of fury...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (7)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (8)
*[[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (12)
*[[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (13)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (14)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (16)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (18)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (19)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (20)
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (22)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (23)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (24)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (25)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (26)
*[[Vector Prime]] (30)
*[[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]] (31)
*[[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (32)
*[[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (33)
*[[Phreaker|Payphone Autobot]] (34)
*Trash bin Autobot (35)
*[[Joyride (Cybertron)|Motorcycle refugee]] (36)
*[[Signal Lancer]] (37)
*Sports car Autobots (38-40)

|c2=
*[[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (1)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (2)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] (4)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (5)
*[[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (6)
*[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (27)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (28)
*Hundreds of [[Ancient Decepticon]]s

|c3=
*[[Bud Hansen]] (9)
*[[Coby Hansen]] (10)
*[[Mike Franklin|Colonel Franklin]] (11)
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (15)
*[[Lucy Suzuki]] (17)
*Franklin's father (21, flashback)

|c4=
*[[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] (29)
}}

==Quotes==

'''Jetfire:''' No sign of Starscream...but most speedboats on Earth don't come with missile launchers! 
''[Jetfire's shadow appears over Thunderblast]'' 
'''Thunderblast:''' Hey! Where's my sun? 
'''Jetfire:''' Ahoy there! I haven't seen you around here before! 
'''Thunderblast:''' Quit blocking my sun, you big goon! 
'''Jetfire:''' Well, excuse me! 
'''Thunderblast:''' You spend thirty years in an ice cave and see how friendly you are! 
'''Jetfire:''' You mean you're one of those escaped monsters? 
'''Thunderblast:''' HEY! Who are you calling a monster?! 
'''Jetfire:''' But that's... I didn't mean...! 
''[Thunderblast shoots Jetfire down]'' 
'''Thunderblast:''' Sayonara, Mister Buzz-Kill! 
'''Jetfire:''' No doubt about it... she really is a monster! 
:—Croikey! She's a feisty Sheila!

'''Crumplezone:''' I missed you, Ransack! *sobbing* 
'''Ransack:''' Hey, hey - ''hey!'' No hugging! 

"So you're pretty sure the black hole isn't going to turn us all into a cosmic smoothie?" 
"Oh, come on, Lori, now you're just being silly! We'd look more like root beer, anyways."
:—'''Lori''' discusses astrophysics with '''Bud''' in his own inimitable fashion.

'''Landmine:''' What ''happened'' to you? Mudflap, you're no Decepticon! 
'''Mudflap:''' Landmine, listen, I... you know you and me go way back. I don't want to hurt you, but I gotta do what I gotta do! ''Cyber Key Power!'' Walk away, Landmine. Just walk away! 
'''Landmine:''' Mudflap! Look at what you're ''doing here''! 
'''Mudflap:''' ''I said walk away!''

"Nice moves." 
"I know."
:—'''Override''' and the ever-humble '''Crosswise'''

"Gee, Megatron, who's the pathetic one now?" 
"Insolent...worms. You will ''PAAAAAY''!!!"
:—'''Hot Shot''''s taunts drive '''Megatron''' into a rage. This is not going to end well.

"A brand new weapon - a gift from the Cyber Planet Key of Earth, you should feel honored. And now - Goodbye!"
:—'''Megatron''', before using his new weapon.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
*As ever, ''Cybertron'' adds the customary reference to the [[Omega Frequency]] when the Omega Lock is fired up.
*''Galaxy Force'' sees Bud make a lot of rather uncharacteristic scientific observations, as he tells Lori that a normal black hole could never expand, and that it wouldn't return anything sent into it. ''Cybertron'' just replaces it with him making jokes (mostly about brownies). In large part, this change is also necessitated by the fact that in ''Galaxy Force'', it's a lead-in to the shocking discovery that Cybertron is still intact within the black hole. Since ''Cybertron'' changed things so that the planet was never consumed in the first place, this lead-in is entirely unnecessary, and excised.
*When the battle starts, Crumplezone and Ransack transform and...just drive off. ''Galaxy Force'' gives no reason for this odd "tactic", least of all why Override should bother following a fleeing enemy, so ''Cybertron'' adds the explanation that they are attempting to exit the camouflage shield.
*In ''Cybertron'', Mudflap is much more apologetic to Landmine, and would rather not fight him if he could avoid it. In ''Galaxy Force'', he's terribly righteous. Jerk.
*Additionally, ''Cybertron'' includes bizarre dialogue from Landmine that he "practically raised " Mudflap (Transformers can be babies?), while in ''Galaxy Force'' he merely states that they used to be best friends.
*Of some significance is the different spin on the dialogue between Scourge and Megatron once Megs is free from his spherical prison. In both series, Scourge recounts a desire to visit new worlds now that he has learned of their existence, but, in ''Cybertron'', Megs goads Scourge into admitting he also wants to come to Earth to enact "revenge" on Optimus, Snarl, and Leobreaker. This makes absolutely no sense, as the Autobots left Jungle Planet on equitable terms with Scourge. ''Galaxy Force'', on the other hand, has Megs prod Scourge into admitting that he's just lonely now without a strong opponent to fight on Animatros, to which Scourge sheepishly agrees, then follows with a good belly laugh. A good sparring partner is apparently worth abandoning your homeworld for!
*Crosswise is apparently much less humble in ''Cybertron'' than his counterpart Autovolt in ''Galaxy Force.'' After he and Override (Nitro Convoy) cooperate in blasting Crumplezone (Landbullet) off the road, in response to Override's complimenting his awesomeness, he replies "It was nothing" in ''Galaxy Force,'' but "Yes, I know" in ''Cybertron.''

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*When the Autobots confront Megatron, a dubbing error sees Optimus Prime deliver a prolonged speech while Vector Prime's mouth is moving, carrying on directly into when his own mouth starts moving. Presumably, the first part of Optimus' speech was intended for Vector Prime, with Optimus carrying on afterwards as in the final dub.

===Continuity errors===
*''Cybertron'' has Thunderblast intimate that Crosswise only sealed her away thirty years ago. This doesn't jibe with Lucy Suzuki's remark upon first finding Crosswise in the ice that he had been frozen for a thousand years. Maybe she's trying to lie about her age?
*The sphere containing Megatron and the Decepticons has changed from an opaque metallic globe to a translucent purple shimmering one. This may have been an intentional choice to better show Megatron's interactions with Scourge.
*Vector Prime claims that a signal was sent into space "each time" a Cyber Planet Key was placed into the Omega Lock, when it only happened with the Velocitron Key. The error is not present in ''Galaxy Force'', where Vector Prime only mentions the Velocitron Key incident.
*Megatron mentions that "Starscream is just buying time for one of his insane schemes" yet this doesn't make sense considering the continuity. Maybe he is [[Starscream (Animated)|thinking]] of [[Starscream (WFC)|another]] [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]...

===Transformers references===
*When faced with Leobreaker and Snarl, Scourge transforms to [[beast mode]] himself, with the promise of giving them a "[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast War]]".
*A black tanker truck resembling the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' franchise]] [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] can be seen in the traffic jam created by the Autobot refugees after Scattorshot tries to stop Megatron's warp gate.

===Real-world references===
*In response to the sight of Scourge unleashing his fire breath, Crumplezone gasps "Woah, flame on!", quoting the catchphrase of superhero Johnny Storm (aka the [[Human Torch]]), a member of the [[Fantastic Four]].

===Trivia===
*"Revelation" was the last episode of the series to premiere on [[Kids' WB]], and the final new episode to air in 2005. When the series returned in 2006, it was back on [[Cartoon Network]]. This was... upsetting to ''Cybertron'' fans without cable, many of whom had to wait years to see the rest of the series.
*Scourge is voiced by [[Colin Murdoch]], instead of [[Trevor Devall]] in this episode. This is fairly noticeable, as Murdoch's Scourge voice is significantly deeper than Devall's.
*As in "[[Retreat]]", actress [[Chiara Zanni]] stands in for [[Sarah Edmondson]] as Lori for this episode. She will do so once more, in "[[Inferno (episode)|Inferno]]".
*When the Decepticons arrive on Earth, Crumplezone gets the planet's name wrong, calling it "Dirt". The same joke would later be made in the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' movie by [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 07 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Revelation (episode)

2017-12-09T13:50:18Z

Zcat6: /* Differences with Galaxy Force */

{{disambig3|Revelation}}
{{episode|
|series=Cybertron
|ep=26
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=27
|title="Revelation"
|japanese=宇宙滅亡へのカウントダウン
|romaji=Uchū Metsubō he no Countdown
|translation=Countdown to Universal Destruction
|image=Cyb ep26 death machine gun.jpg
|caption=Oh. They ''weren't'' lucky.
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Hiro Masaki]]
|director=[[Atsushi Nakayama]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[July 9]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[October 24]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''As if searching for Starscream and decoding a mysterious message from Cybertron wasn't trouble enough for the Autobots, Megatron and the Decepticons are free and back on Earth!'''

==Synopsis==

[[File:Cyb ep26 you shall not pass.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|I think the giant alien robots can handle ''one'' shady government agent just fine, Bud.]]

Out in space, riding atop an asteroid, [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] leads [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] to the sphere holding [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and the other [[Decepticon]]s prisoner. Scourge's flame breath and axe fail to even make a dent in the globe, but Megatron knows that it is only a matter of time until he is free.

On [[Earth]], the [[Autobot]]s are confronted by [[Mike Franklin|Colonel Franklin]], who tells them his story. As a child, he fell into the [[Green River Rapids]], and was rescued by a shadowy figure that changed shape into a helicopter. Nobody ever believed his story, but he knew what he had seen was real, and dedicated himself to finding other such stories. As he grew older, he joined the military to further his search for the truth, and now, it's standing right in front of him. It even turns out that his rescuer was [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]]! Now that everyone at last realizes that Colonel Franklin is on the side of the angels, he offers up all his military resources to help the Autobots find [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and the stolen [[Omega Lock]] and [[Cyber Planet Key]]s.

[[File:Cyb ep26 starscream with key.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"And now to spend episode after episode standing around this thing glowing!"]]

In the seas of the South Pacific, one of the [[Ancient Decepticon]]s awakened by Starscream, the wily [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]], is out looking for some fun, and scans a human speedboat for an [[alternate mode]]. As she is enjoying the sun and surf, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] appears in the sky overhead. They fight briefly, before Thunderblast suddenly vanishes into thin air. Jetfire transmits the info to the Autobot base, where [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] deduces that Thunderblast has disappeared into a [[Camouflage Shield]] that is hiding something in the middle of the ocean. That something, as we soon learn, is a volcanic island that Starscream is using as a staging base, to which Thunderblast returns, arriving just in time to witness Starscream adding the Earth's Cyber Planet Key to the Omega Lock. As in the past, the addition of the key causes the lock to open a [[space bridge]], launching a beam of energy into space, and into the heart of the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]]. Across the galaxy, on [[Velocitron]], on [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]] and on Earth, a space bridge portal hangs in the sky, displaying the terrifying image of the black hole to all onlookers. Concerns over the secrecy of the Autobots' mission have to be put on the back burner, however, when a strange energy burst is detected by the Autobots' computers. Despite fears that it has come from the black hole or the space bridge, it turns out that it is an encrypted signal sent back from Cybertron itself, a response to the original signal the Omega Lock sent out in the past.

In space, Scourge and Megatron combine their power, striking the sphere from within and without simultaneously. The tactic succeeds in shattering the sphere, freeing the Decepticons within, and Megatron immediately plans to head for Earth and revenge himself upon Starscream. Scourge requests that he be allowed to join Megatron, as he hungers to visit new worlds and experience new challenges. Megatron permits it, and the group leaves through a [[dimension gate]].

[[File:Cyb ep26 message.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|The Autobots were prepared for Decepticon hacks but 4chan's DDoS attack was beyond their ken.]]

Back on Earth, while [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] randomly reveals he's ''not'' from Cybertron after all, [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Vector Prime]] have decrypted all they can of the signal from Cybertron, which seems to be telling the Autobots to bring the Omega Lock and Cyber Planet Keys back to the planet. Of course, they have to get them back from Starscream, first...but before they can start making plans to do so, Megatron's dimension gate appears in the sky above [[Niagara Falls]]. Acting quickly, Prime's team calls upon the help of several refugee Autobots to evacuate the humans out of the surrounding area with warnings of a tornado, after which Scattorshot surrounds it with a camouflage shield to hide what is about to transpire. The Autobots roll out for Niagara Falls and meet Megatron's forces there, but when both sides admit that there are more pressing concerns at hand, the Decepticons attempt to depart. As letting them go is not an option, Optimus Prime opens fire on their dimension gate, collapsing it, and starting off a major battle. As [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] and [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] deal with Crumplezone and [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]], and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] and [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] clash with Scourge, [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] is confronted by [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] and almost paralyzed with shock. Vector Prime comes to his aid, and Landmine reveals that he practically raised Mudflap back on Cybertron.

[[File:Cyb ep26 machine gunned.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"Thanks Megs, we wanted some new toys!" "No problem, guys!"]]

Megatron and Prime go head-to-head, meanwhile, but their battle is interrupted by Red Alert, Scattorshot and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], who entreat their leader to help Leobreaker and Snarl, who have been trapped by Scourge's flame, while they hold off Megatron. Prime does so, and the three Autobot troops give a surprisingly good account of themselves against the much more powerful Decepticon leader. As his rage at being thwarted by weaker warriors boils over, Megatron taps into the power of the Omega Lock and Earth's Cyber Planet Key. The Lock fires a beam of energy around the planet, which strikes Megatron and unlocks in him a new [[Cyber Key]] Power: a powerful machine gun that he uses to mow down Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot in one deadly volley. Optimus Prime turns in time to see his warriors fall, and charges at Megatron with a howl of fury...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (7)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (8)
*[[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (12)
*[[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (13)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (14)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (16)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (18)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (19)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (20)
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (22)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (23)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (24)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (25)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (26)
*[[Vector Prime]] (30)
*[[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]] (31)
*[[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (32)
*[[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (33)
*[[Phreaker|Payphone Autobot]] (34)
*Trash bin Autobot (35)
*[[Joyride (Cybertron)|Motorcycle refugee]] (36)
*[[Signal Lancer]] (37)
*Sports car Autobots (38-40)

|c2=
*[[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (1)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (2)
*[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] (4)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (5)
*[[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (6)
*[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (27)
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (28)
*Hundreds of [[Ancient Decepticon]]s

|c3=
*[[Bud Hansen]] (9)
*[[Coby Hansen]] (10)
*[[Mike Franklin|Colonel Franklin]] (11)
*[[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] (15)
*[[Lucy Suzuki]] (17)
*Franklin's father (21, flashback)

|c4=
*[[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] (29)
}}

==Quotes==

'''Jetfire:''' No sign of Starscream...but most speedboats on Earth don't come with missile launchers! 
''[Jetfire's shadow appears over Thunderblast]'' 
'''Thunderblast:''' Hey! Where's my sun? 
'''Jetfire:''' Ahoy there! I haven't seen you around here before! 
'''Thunderblast:''' Quit blocking my sun, you big goon! 
'''Jetfire:''' Well, excuse me! 
'''Thunderblast:''' You spend thirty years in an ice cave and see how friendly you are! 
'''Jetfire:''' You mean you're one of those escaped monsters? 
'''Thunderblast:''' HEY! Who are you calling a monster?! 
'''Jetfire:''' But that's... I didn't mean...! 
''[Thunderblast shoots Jetfire down]'' 
'''Thunderblast:''' Sayonara, Mister Buzz-Kill! 
'''Jetfire:''' No doubt about it... she really is a monster! 
:—Croikey! She's a feisty Sheila!

'''Crumplezone:''' I missed you, Ransack! *sobbing* 
'''Ransack:''' Hey, hey - ''hey!'' No hugging! 

"So you're pretty sure the black hole isn't going to turn us all into a cosmic smoothie?" 
"Oh, come on, Lori, now you're just being silly! We'd look more like root beer, anyways."
:—'''Lori''' discusses astrophysics with '''Bud''' in his own inimitable fashion.

'''Landmine:''' What ''happened'' to you? Mudflap, you're no Decepticon! 
'''Mudflap:''' Landmine, listen, I... you know you and me go way back. I don't want to hurt you, but I gotta do what I gotta do! ''Cyber Key Power!'' Walk away, Landmine. Just walk away! 
'''Landmine:''' Mudflap! Look at what you're ''doing here''! 
'''Mudflap:''' ''I said walk away!''

"Nice moves." 
"I know."
:—'''Override''' and the ever-humble '''Crosswise'''

"Gee, Megatron, who's the pathetic one now?" 
"Insolent...worms. You will ''PAAAAAY''!!!"
:—'''Hot Shot''''s taunts drive '''Megatron''' into a rage. This is not going to end well.

"A brand new weapon - a gift from the Cyber Planet Key of Earth, you should feel honored. And now - Goodbye!"
:—'''Megatron''', before using his new weapon.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
*As ever, ''Cybertron'' adds the customary reference to the [[Omega Frequency]] when the Omega Lock is fired up.
*''Galaxy Force'' sees Bud make a lot of rather uncharacteristic scientific observations, as he tells Lori that a normal black hole could never expand, and that it wouldn't return anything sent into it. ''Cybertron'' just replaces it with him making jokes (mostly about brownies). In large part, this change is also necessitated by the fact that in ''Galaxy Force'', it's a lead-in to the shocking discovery that Cybertron is still intact within the black hole. Since ''Cybertron'' changed things so that the planet was never consumed in the first place, this lead-in is entirely unnecessary, and excised.
*When the battle starts, Crumplezone and Ransack transform and...just drive off. ''Galaxy Force'' gives no reason for this odd "tactic", least of all why Override should bother following a fleeing enemy, so ''Cybertron'' adds the explanation that they are attempting to exit the camouflage shield.
*In ''Cybertron'', Mudflap is much more apologetic to Landmine, and would rather not fight him if he could avoid it. In ''Galaxy Force'', he's terribly righteous. Jerk.
*Additionally, ''Cybertron'' includes bizarre dialogue from Landmine that he "practically raised " Mudflap (Transformers can be babies?), while in ''Galaxy Force'' he merely states that they used to be best friends.
*Of some significance is the different spin on the dialogue between Scourge and Megatron once Megs is free from his spherical prison. In both series, Scourge recounts a desire to visit new worlds now that he has learned of their existence, but, in ''Cybertron'', Megs goads Scourge into admitting he also wants to come to Earth to enact "revenge" on Optimus, Snarl, and Leobreaker. This makes absolutely no sense, as the Autobots left Jungle Planet on equitable terms with Scourge. ''Galaxy Force'', on the other hand, has Megs prod Scourge into admitting that he's just lonely now without a strong opponent to fight on Animatros, to which Scourge sheepishly agrees, then follows with a good belly laugh. A good sparring partner is apparently worth abandoning your homeworld for!
*Crosswise is apparently much less humble in ''Cybertron'' than his counterpart Autovolt in ''Galaxy Force.'' After he and Override (Nitro Convoy) cooperate in blasting Crumplezone (Landbullet) off the road, in response to Override's complimenting his awesomeness, he replies " It was nothing" in ''Galaxy Force,'' but "Yes, I know" in ''Cybertron.''

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*When the Autobots confront Megatron, a dubbing error sees Optimus Prime deliver a prolonged speech while Vector Prime's mouth is moving, carrying on directly into when his own mouth starts moving. Presumably, the first part of Optimus' speech was intended for Vector Prime, with Optimus carrying on afterwards as in the final dub.

===Continuity errors===
*''Cybertron'' has Thunderblast intimate that Crosswise only sealed her away thirty years ago. This doesn't jibe with Lucy Suzuki's remark upon first finding Crosswise in the ice that he had been frozen for a thousand years. Maybe she's trying to lie about her age?
*The sphere containing Megatron and the Decepticons has changed from an opaque metallic globe to a translucent purple shimmering one. This may have been an intentional choice to better show Megatron's interactions with Scourge.
*Vector Prime claims that a signal was sent into space "each time" a Cyber Planet Key was placed into the Omega Lock, when it only happened with the Velocitron Key. The error is not present in ''Galaxy Force'', where Vector Prime only mentions the Velocitron Key incident.
*Megatron mentions that "Starscream is just buying time for one of his insane schemes" yet this doesn't make sense considering the continuity. Maybe he is [[Starscream (Animated)|thinking]] of [[Starscream (WFC)|another]] [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]...

===Transformers references===
*When faced with Leobreaker and Snarl, Scourge transforms to [[beast mode]] himself, with the promise of giving them a "[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast War]]".
*A black tanker truck resembling the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' franchise]] [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] can be seen in the traffic jam created by the Autobot refugees after Scattorshot tries to stop Megatron's warp gate.

===Real-world references===
*In response to the sight of Scourge unleashing his fire breath, Crumplezone gasps "Woah, flame on!", quoting the catchphrase of superhero Johnny Storm (aka the [[Human Torch]]), a member of the [[Fantastic Four]].

===Trivia===
*"Revelation" was the last episode of the series to premiere on [[Kids' WB]], and the final new episode to air in 2005. When the series returned in 2006, it was back on [[Cartoon Network]]. This was... upsetting to ''Cybertron'' fans without cable, many of whom had to wait years to see the rest of the series.
*Scourge is voiced by [[Colin Murdoch]], instead of [[Trevor Devall]] in this episode. This is fairly noticeable, as Murdoch's Scourge voice is significantly deeper than Devall's.
*As in "[[Retreat]]", actress [[Chiara Zanni]] stands in for [[Sarah Edmondson]] as Lori for this episode. She will do so once more, in "[[Inferno (episode)|Inferno]]".
*When the Decepticons arrive on Earth, Crumplezone gets the planet's name wrong, calling it "Dirt". The same joke would later be made in the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' movie by [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]].

==Home video releases==
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[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 07 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]