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2010-10-06T23:14:09Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman:

Transformers: Prime (cartoon)

2010-10-06T23:12:21Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman:

Cartoon Network

2010-10-06T23:11:41Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: Removing all content from page

Talk:Sigma Supreme

2010-10-06T05:33:18Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* The caption */

===The caption===
The Atlantis didn't crash on entering the atmosphere. [[User:ZeldaTheSwordsman|ZeldaTheSwordsman]] 17:45, 13 June 2010 (EDT)
:Doesn't get the joke.
:: No, I get the joke, Captain Anonymous. I was just saying that there was another exception. [[User:ZeldaTheSwordsman|ZeldaTheSwordsman]] 01:33, 6 October 2010 (EDT)

Decepticons Attack

2010-10-05T05:12:38Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Cyber Missions|Transformers: Cyber Missions]]'' #13
|image=
|caption=In which Starscream and Mindwipe basically re-enact a Fruity Pebbles commercial.
|prev=Cyber Missions 12
|production company=[[TG Studios]]
|animation studio=[[TG Studios]], [[ArtDuck Studios]], & [[Meanlow Studios]]
|written by=[[Scott Beatty]]
|executive producer=[[Aaron Archer]], [[Erin Hillman]], & [[Michael Verrecchia]]
|airdate=[[September 29]], [[2010]]}}

'''The Autobots lure the Decepticons into a trap.'''

==Synopsis==
Optimus Prime has a meeting with his Autobots to plan a final confrontation with the Decepticons.

Megatron derails a train he thinks is carrying the Autobot prisoner Soundwave. In reality, the train only contained a hologram of Soundwave as a ruse to lure the Decepticons into a trap. Optimus Prime arrives and fights Megatron. The Decepticons discuss leaving Megatron on his own when the Ironhide, Bumblebee, and Ratchet show themselves. Mindwipe tries to hypnotize Bumblebee, but Bumblebee covers his ears and talks over Mindwipe's voice, nullifying the effect. Megatron throws a train car at Optimus, who then does a badass flip over it. Bludgeon fights Ratchet. Starscream fights Ironhide. A small army of the Autobot's human allies then surround the battlefield.

Optimus Prime gives each Decepticon a choice. Leave [[Earth]] or be destroyed. To Megatron's surprise, Starscream, Bludgeon, and Mindwipe comply and leave. Optimus Prime is not surprise, since Megatron has been displaying poor leadership skills. Alone, Megatron also leaves Earth, but not before a parting threat to the planet.

Bumblebee stamps out a gigantic Autobot [[insignia]] in the dirt as a reminder to the Decepticons.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] (3)
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] (4)
*[[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] (Hologram) (10)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] (6)
*[[Mindwipe (ROTF)|Mindwipe]] (7)
*[[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] (8)
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==

"You don't want to battle me, Bumblebee."
"Blah, blah, blah. I can't hear you, Mindwipe!"
- '''Mindwipe''' and '''Bumblebee''' preparing to fight.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Starscream was last seen in [[Cyber Missions 12|the last episode]] defeated and at the mercy of the Autobots.
*Barricade was last seen defeated by Ironhide and under a ton of rocks in [[Cyber Missions 11]].
*Barricade was only seen briefly after the train was derailed. He did not take part in the fight and was not among the Decepticons who agreed to leave Earth.
*[[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] is also still at large.
===Transformers references===

===Foreign dubbing===
'''Latin American Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ciber Misiones: El Ataque de los Decepticons'''" ("Cyber Missions: Attack of the Decepticons")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 4|4 October]] [[2010]] (Official airdate)

===Trivia===
*This and episodes 11 and 12 made their debut on [[The Hub]]'s website when the entire series was put up in the Webisodes section.
*As of this episode, Cyber Missions is unique for being the first series since [[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]] to have been broadcasted entirely in Latin America under the same team of voice actors. [[Energon (cartoon)| Energon]] is not known to have been broadcasted entirely or to have all of its episodes dubbed in Latin American Spanish, the same goes for [[Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]], but it is suspected to have most, if not all, of its episodes dubbed because some of the episodes of the latter half of the cartoon were broadcasted in [[Mexico]]. The entire [[Unicron Trilogy]] was dubbed in Venezuela and the team of voice actors remained consistent. [[Animated (cartoon)|Animated]] fared less well. Even though all episodes were aired, the first two seasons were dubbed in Chile and the third season was dubbed in Colombia and is known for having a defficient translation, terrible voice acting and lackluster sound mixing. In short, is like [[Omni Productions]] all over again, if not worse.

==External Links==
*[http://www.hubworld.com/transformers/shows/cyber-missions/videos/transformers-cybermissions-13 ''Transformers: Cyber Missions'' #13]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cyber Missions 13}}
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[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen]]

Stripmine

2010-09-30T04:49:43Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Cybertron */

{{factions|gigantion|minicon|autobot}}
:''Stripmine is a [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]].''

[[Image:Stripmine-cg.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Not as unattractive as Uma Thurman.]]
'''Stripmine''' is the Mini-Con partner to [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]], Gigantion leader [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex's]] right-hand mech. Presumably, this means Stripmine holds a similar position among the Mini-Cons of Gigantion.

:''Japanese name'': '''Kill-Bull'''

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
[[Image:Stripmine-shoulder.jpg|left|180px|thumb|My shoulder-angel!]]
When [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] began powering up the crashed ''[[Atlantis]]'' starships' main guns, Quickmix decided to cut him short by covering the entire ship in his quick-drying cement. Stripmine leapt to his station on Quickmix's vehicle-mode tower, and soon the Atlantis was entombed, a job well-done! {{storylink|City|City}}

Stripmine later helped Quickmix and [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]] in the making of raw materials to build a new [[Space Bridge]] generator so they could return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}}

He was present at the launching of the four colony-world ships after the death of [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]], and said good-bye to the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]], since they were staying on [[Earth]] with their [[Human|human]] friends while (presumably) the other Mini-Cons were sticking with their larger partners. As such, it's likely Stripmine was part of the new crew of the ''[[Ogygia]]'', though he isn't explicitly shown. {{storylink|Beginning|Beginning}}

==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cybertron-toy_Stripmine.JPG|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Quickmix''' (Voyager-Class, 2006)

: Stripmine transforms into a Cybertronic treaded vehicle with a cannon of some form on the top, possibly a laser-drill or a variant of a [[Signal Flare (Energon)|MASER tank]]. He can stand on the "control panel" portion of Quickmix's vehicle mode above the mixing drum, or attach to it in vehicle mode. He was available only with his larger partner.

: Due to a design flaw, Stripmine cannot [[Powerlinx]] to most toys in vehicle mode, due to the treads blocking the socket. However, though Quickmix's instructions fail to show it, he does have a peg that allows his big buddy to hold him as [[Boomer|an odd rifle-sorta... weapon]]?

: In Japan, Quickmix was only available through [[Takara]]'s [[E-Hobby|e-Hobby]] internet store.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Drill Bit (Universe)|Drill Bit]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Stripmine/stripmine.htm More information on Stripmine at TFU.info]''

[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron characters]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Mini-Cons]]

Stripmine

2010-09-30T04:42:54Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Cybertron */

{{factions|gigantion|minicon|autobot}}
:''Stripmine is a [[Gigantion]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]].''

[[Image:Stripmine-cg.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Not as unattractive as Uma Thurman.]]
'''Stripmine''' is the Mini-Con partner to [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]], Gigantion leader [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex's]] right-hand mech. Presumably, this means Stripmine holds a similar position among the Mini-Cons of Gigantion.

:''Japanese name'': '''Kill-Bull'''

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
[[Image:Stripmine-shoulder.jpg|left|180px|thumb|My shoulder-angel!]]
When [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] began powering up the crashed ''[[Atlantis]]'' starships' main guns, Quickmix decided to cut him short by covering the entire ship in his quick-drying cement. Stripmine leapt to his station on Quickmix's vehicle-mode tower, and soon the Atlantis was entombed, a job well-done! {{storylink|City|City}}

Stripmine later helped Quickmix and [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]] in the making of raw materials to build a new [[Space Bridge]] generator so they could return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}}

He was present at the launching of the four colony-world ships after the death of [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]], and said good-bye to the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]], since they were staying on [[Earth]] with their [[Human|human]] friends while (presumably) the other Mini-Cons were sticking with their larger partners. As such, it's likely Stripmine was part of the new crew of the ''[[Ogygia]]'', though he isn't explicitly shown. {{storylink|Beginning|Beginning}}

==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cybertron-toy_Stripmine.JPG|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Quickmix''' (Voyager-Class, 2006)

: Stripmine transforms into a Cybertronic treaded vehicle with a cannon of some form on the top, possibly a laser-drill or a variant of a [[Signal Flare (Energon)|MASER tank]]. He can stand on the "control panel" portion of Quickmix's vehicle mode above the mixing drum, or attach to it in vehicle mode. He was available only with his larger partner.

: Due to a design flaw, Stripmine cannot [[Powerlinx]] to most toys in vehicle mode, due to the treads blocking the socket. However, though Quickmix's instructions fail to show it, he does have a peg that allows his big buddy to hold him as [[Boomer (G1)|an odd rifle-sorta... weapon]]?

: In Japan, Quickmix was only available through [[Takara]]'s [[E-Hobby|e-Hobby]] internet store.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Drill Bit (Universe)|Drill Bit]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Stripmine/stripmine.htm More information on Stripmine at TFU.info]''

[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron characters]]
[[Category:Gigantion]]
[[Category:Mini-Cons]]

Talk:The Search for Alpha Trion

2010-09-30T04:25:39Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman:

Hey, this story summary was awesome, especially back when [http://www.tfarchive.com/cartoons/rhino/season2b.php#6 I wrote it exclusively for the TFArchive]. I'll ask Denyer if he minds that material I wrote for his site (well, not *his*, but he's the major contributor) gets reprinted here, but I discourage using the stuff without permission. If I felt like it was okay to use my summaries I'd have posted them myself. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 00:11, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

:Gah... yeah, the anonymous editor who posted this obviously hasn't read the help files. If Denyer's okay with it, you can vette this since you are the original author, but honestly we could also simply delete the article until/unless somebody wants to write something original. Especially since the pasted text isn't even in our standard format, lacks categories, etc.. We can leave it up to you, since it's your work. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 05:18, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

::We don't figure to own submissions (and'll take stuff down if people decide they really don't want it online with us, unless it's already licensed free-for-NC / public domain, etc) so with apologies to Spengs I'm gonna pass the question back.

::As far as I'm aware, everything here has to be GNUFDL -- if material was given to a site to post first and then okayed for here, I don't think there'd be a problem as far as that angle went. If anything was used here first, it couldn't be posted to another site without GNUFDL coming along for the ride. (But assuming the original was somewhere else, further work on that would be derivative of the original rather than the virally-licensed document.) Am I right so far? I'm more used to the GNU software licenses, and prefer CC flavours for text because they keep people credited, it's easier to know who did what, and the authors can allow use in future (eg, in a club magazine) without it having to have an FDL release attached.

::Whatever he wants to do, it's definitely a good idea to beat wiki newbies with a stick until they grasp the "don't just copy and paste content without asking authors" and "everything here is relicensed" bits... --[[User:Denyer|Denyer]] 11:29, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

*Ah, cool. Thanks for registering to talk about it. I suppose I'm more irritated the dude didn't ask for permission, but so long as *all* my summaries don't wind up here without me being asked at least once, it doesn't bug me. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 17:44, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

(Hello, I am new here.) I was just watching this episode and I noticed something that I think might count as an error, though I'm not sure what to put it under. It's when Alpha Trion is attempting to repair Elita One. From the dialogue and the context, I get the impression that Alpha Trion was supposed to work for a while, then return to Prime and tell him that there's only one (sexy) solution. But the way it's cut, it seems more like Alpha Trion took two seconds to figure out he had no clue what he was doing before telling Prime that he had to sex her back to health. It's like there's a missing "Autobot to Autobot" transition or something to suggest the passage of time. Legitimate error or just my imagination? --[[User:BWII Moon|BWII Moon]] 16:16, 6 July 2010 (EDT)

==Caption change==
I propose that we change the caption of the picture of Elita kicking Astrotrain to "Boot to the head!" [[User:ZeldaTheSwordsman|ZeldaTheSwordsman]] 00:25, 30 September 2010 (EDT)

Masquerade

2010-08-20T08:03:05Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|image=Masquerade Menasors.JPG
|caption=Menasor crush...destroy knockoff.
|series=G1toon
|ep=64
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=61
|prev2=War Dawn
|next2=Fire in the Sky
|title="Masquerade"
|written by=[[Donald F. Glut]]
|production code=700-63
|airdate=[[December 16]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''After defeating the Stunticons, five of the Autobots pose as the crazed combiners to learn of Megatron's newest plan.'''

:''Japanese title:'' マスカレード (''Masquerade'')
:''German'' Generation 2 ''title:'' "'''Perfekte Tarnung'''" ("Perfect Disguise")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Masquerade prime vs mmaster.jpg‎|left|thumb|Shortly after this, Menasor threw up.]]
[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] sends the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] on a mission to find components for an unrevealed purpose, including the world's largest, most perfect ruby. While searching for their components, the actions of the Stunticons catch the attention of the [[Autobot]]s, who track their movements and their crimes. Breakdown and Wildrider get the first component: laser lenses from a scientist. Dead End and Drag Strip get the second component: an experimental generator from the Army. Motormaster gets the last one: a perfect ruby from a museum.

The Autobots split into teams and manage to be extremely effective at capturing the Stunticons in the middle of their capers. [[Grapple]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] take on [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] and [[Wildrider]]. [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] take on [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] and [[Drag Strip]]. Finally, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] go for [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], who challenges the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] to a game of “chicken” and ends up in a head-on collision. Spike, Bumblebee, and Blaster peer through the dust to see who survived, and it turns out that Optimus is the clear victor with merely a minor headache, while Motormaster lies in a wreck.

[[Image:Masquerade Wheeljack Optimaster.jpg|right|200px|thumb|No Motormaster disguise is complete without a hunk of Big League Chew.]]

Although all five Stunticons have been captured, the Autobots still don’t know what their plans were for the components they stole for Megatron. [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] guesses that the parts are going to be made into a weapon. (Nooo, really?) Optimus hatches a scheme to disguise Autobots using [[camouflage paint]] and penetrate the Decepticon camp disguised as Stunticons: Optimus Prime as Motormaster, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] as Dead End, [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] as Breakdown, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] as Drag Strip, and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] as Wildrider.

[[Image:Sideswipe FakeBreakdown.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Sideswipe? I, Breakdown, have never heard of such a being!]]

The disguised Autobots infiltrate the Decepticons, although their arrival causes some raised eyebrows because they are driving too "safely". They deliver the stolen components to Megatron without being detected.

Back at the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], the Stunticons manage to shimmy and shake their way out of their cells, merge into [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and overcome their Autobot captors. They then head back to the Decepticon base.

[[Image:Masquerade Megatron manning gun.jpg|right|200px|thumb|We've been here before.]]

The Constructicons complete Megatron’s new weapon, and he reveals its power, but just then Menasor arrives and declares the Autobots as infiltrators. Using Windcharger’s electric field ability and Mirage’s illusion power, the Autobots merge into their own Menasor. The two giants battle it out, and the Autobots are overcome. Megatron trains the new weapon on the Autobots, but the device blows up in his face after a few scattered shots.

Autobot reinforcements arrive, and the Decepticons flee without their usual promises for revenge. It is revealed that Ironhide had made adjustments to the ruby back at Autobot HQ, which caused the device to explode. The Autobots head for home, victorious.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (9)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (10)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (13)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (14)
* [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (18)
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (19)
* [[Grapple]] (20)
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (21)
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (22)
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (23)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (24)
* [[Bluestreak]] (25)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (26)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (27)
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (28)
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (29)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (30)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (31)
* [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (32)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (1)
* [[Wildrider]] (2)
* [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (3)
* [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (4)
* [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (5)
* [[Drag Strip]] (6)
* [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (7)
* [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (8)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (33)
* [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]
* [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (34)
* [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (35)
* [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (36)
* [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (37)
* [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (38)
* [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (39)

|c3=
* [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (7)
* Optician (15)
* US Army troops (16)
* Museum guards (17)
}}

==Quotes==
"A near miss deserves a couple o' near-missiles!"
:—'''Inferno'''

"I'll probably hate myself in the morning, but..."
:—'''Inferno''' before he douses the flames on the Stunticon Breakdown

"Blam! Boom! Pow! I'll make that hot rod even hotter. HA HA HA!"
:—'''Warpath''' firing on the Stunticons Dead End and Drag Strip

"Well, look who's here! The old King of the Road! When I'm finished with ya, you'll be King of the Junkyard!"
:—'''Motormaster''' taunting '''Optimus Prime''' into a game of chicken

"You did it! You did it, Optimus! You stuffed that loudmouth once and for all." 
"I...hope so, Spike, because I'd hate to go through that again."
:—'''Spike''' congratulates a shaken '''Optimus''' as he recovers from a head-on collision with Motormaster.

''[The Autobots are towing the defeated Stunticons to the Ark]'' 
'''Wheeljack''': Here they come. 
'''Ratchet''': I won't bother asking who won. 
'''Breakdown''': ''(taking note of the Autobots looking at them)'' They're gawking at us! How mortifrying! 
'''Dead End''': The word, Breakdown, is mortiFYing, my sentiment exactly. 
'''Motormaster''': I'm in no mood for your big words, Dead End. 
'''Ironhide''': For you, Motormouth, this '''IS''' a dead end.
:—Motormaster complains about Dead End's SAT-level vocabulary

"Man, Optimus. You're a dead ringer for Motormaster." 
"Did you have to say ''dead'' ringer, Spike?"
:—'''Spike Witwicky'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s vocabulary causes '''Optimus Prime''' to wince.

"All right, then...ah...Stunticons, let's roll for it. "
:—'''Optimus Prime''' disguises as Motormaster.

"Everybody out on bad behavior!"
:—'''Breakdown''' after freeing himself and taking out Inferno, Grapple, and Hoist.

"Imagine my turning that ray on the Autobots' headquarters. Perhaps when it's gone, someone will put up a memorial parking lot. Mwahaha!"
:—'''Megatron'''

"Machine appears unstable. Suggest abandoning it." 
"Suggestion noted—and ignored!"
:—'''Soundwave''' warns '''Megatron''', for all the good it does.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
[[Image:Huge Ironhide and Small Ratchet.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Introducing Ultra class Ironhide and Scout class Ratchet.]]
* Ratchet's voice actor in this episode is [[Wally Burr]], not the usual [[Don Messick]], and it shows. Burr uses the same generic deep voice he used for Thundercracker in "[[War Dawn]]" and Jazz in "[[Kremzeek!]]".

* As a result of animation cels being stacked incorrectly, Ratchet appears teeny-tiny in the front of a crowd shot, making Ironhide look colossal by comparison. The tiny Ratchet should, of course, be (barely visible) at the ''back'' of the crowd.
* When approaching the crater, Jazz appears to be driving above and not under rocks.
* When the real Menasor takes off to warn Megatron, he has an Autobot insignia.
* When the Autobots begin firing on Menasor, his face is entirely black.
* Just before Megatron fires the laser, Windcharger is miscoloured in green and grey.
* When Megatron aims the laser, most of his body is white.

===Continuity errors===
* The Autobots account for their ability to merge (Windcharger's magnetic field) and for the fake Menasor's face (Mirage's hologram). But where do they get working ''hands'' for their fake Menasor?

===Sci-Fi Channel edits===
* In the mid-1990s, many G1 episodes were aired on the [[SciFi Network]]. To allow expanded advertising time, they were edited down, cutting "unnecessary" dialog and scenes out. Some of the "unnecessary" dialog cut from this episode included parts of Grapple and Inferno's lines, resulting in them collectively uttering "Time to add firobably hate myself in the morning, but..."

===Continuity notes===
[[Image:Soundwave fly.jpg|right|200px|thumb|In fact, Soundwave can fly in his alt mode, too.]]
* Gadgets and powers:
** Soundwave can fly in his tape deck mode! When the Decepticons retreat, he transforms and then flies off behind Starscream. It is tempting to assume that the animators took a script direction like "the Decepticons transform and fly off in retreat" a bit too literally.
** Mirage can project a hologram of Menasor's face. This runs contrary to his usual schtick, which is invisibility. His original bio described him as being able to create "the illusion of a different appearance" for up to six minutes, but this is the only time it pops up in the cartoon (presumably because holograms were Hound's gimmick... though per the bio, Hound's great power is to create ''maps'', and simple images on rare occasions.)

* Megatron's line "Suggestion noted...AND IGNORED!" when Soundwave warns him would be revisited during the ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Nemesis Part 2]]" when his [[Megatron (BW)|namesake]] utters those exact sentiments to [[Dinobot II]] on board the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''.

*Two scenes deleted from this episode feature the individual Stunticons talking with each other ''while'' combined as Menasor, only for Menasor himself to then silence all of his components, because their chatter is confusing him!

===Trivia===
* Probably a coincidence or not, ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' Menasor is a [[redeco]] from ''[[Legends Class|Legends of Cybertron]]'' [[:Image:LOC_CybertronPrime.jpg|Optimus Prime]], while ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[:Image:Universe2008_DragStrip.jpg|Drag Strip]] is made from [[:Image:Classics_Mirage_toy.jpg|''Classics'' Mirage]] redeco. At one point there was intended to be a ''[[Alternators|Binaltech]]'' [[Wildrider#Trivia|Wildrider]] created from ''[[Alternators]]'' [[:Image:AltWindcharger_toy.jpg|Windcharger]] (or rather, his [[:Image:Binaltech_Overdrive_Toy.jpg|''Binaltech'' counterpart]]), but that never eventuated. And while it has yet to happen as a toy, [[IDW Publishing]] used [[:Image:Universe2008_SideSwipe_toy.jpg|''Universe'' Sideswipe]] as a basis for a new version of Breakdown! We bet Dead End feels really miserable about being left out, but then, that's Dead End fer ya.
** Oh wait [[Dead End (ROTF)|a]] [[Jazz (Movie)|minute]]...
** And [[BotCon 2010|another minute]]...

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1990 — ''Transformers'' — Cosmic Rust / Masquerade ([[Tempo Video]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1995 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 8 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 06: Stagione Due Parte Quarta ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/masquerade.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicles]

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]

Dark Awakening (episode)

2010-07-31T05:15:22Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode|
|series=G1toon
|series2=2010
|ep=73
|ep2=8
|prev2=Starscream's Ghost
|next2=Forever Is a Long Time Coming
|image=Optimusg1zombie.jpg
|caption=Yeah, let ''this'' be how the kids remember their hero.
|title="Dark Awakening"
|production code=700-93
|airdate=[[October 1]], [[1986]]
|written by=[[Antoni Zalewski]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Optimus Prime is revived as a zombie by Quintessons.'''

:''Japanese title:'' コンボイの影 (''Convoy no Kage'', "Convoy's Shadow")
:''German title:'' "'''Das Erwachen im Dunkeln'''" ("Awakening in the Dark")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:G1-screencap darkawakening Optimus empty tomb.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Don't you hate when your stuff goes missing?]]

On the run from [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] try the old "detonate three-quarters of the ship" trick to lose their pursuers. What's left of the ship can't support human life for long, however, so they take refuge on board the nearby [[Autobot Mausoleum]], an interstellar tomb containing many of their deceased comrades, most notably the venerated [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].

While exploring by himself, Daniel is stuck in a dark room with robot corpses and gets appropriately creeped out... particularly when he sees what looks like the fully animated form of Optimus Prime. When he finds the others he swears he has seen Optimus Prime alive. To satisfy his curiosity and against the opinions of the other Autobots, Rodimus opens Prime's tomb, only to find it empty. However, they cannot investigate further because the Decepticons have followed them inside and attack them (turns out Galvatron has wised up to the detonate-three-quarters thing.) The fierce battle that follows appears lost for the Autobots, when suddenly they are saved by none other than Optimus Prime. With their ranks bolstered by the mighty warrior's firepower, they quickly drive the freaked out Decepticons into retreat.

[[Image:OptimusMatrixAwakening.jpg|right|200px|thumb|No, keep all MacGuffins away!]]

The Autobots are amazed and confused at Prime's presence. Optimus can give them no explanation to his apparent resurrection, just the typical near-death experience of seeing darkness and then a light at the end of the tunnel. Rodimus Prime eagerly (too eagerly) returns the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to him, despite Prime's bizarre behavior and damaged appearance, and against the advice of Kup and Ultra Magnus. Without the Matrix inside him, Rodimus reverts to Hot Rod and declares, "Let's party!" Optimus evidently has other plans and attacks the Autobots and sets the auto-destruct sequence to the mausoleum ship. He then departs and leaves the others stranded.

After returning to Cybertron, Optimus informs the [[Autobot|Autobots]] that Rodimus and the others were killed by the Quintessons. This puts everyone in a pretty bad mood ([[Springer (G1)|Springer]] swears vengeance - particularly for Arcee - while [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] spends at least a minute stomping and thumping his tail). Optimus re-assumes command and orders an all-out attack on a supposed Quintesson base.

[[Image:G1-screencap DarkAwakening Quintessons missiles.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Our budget only ran to six missiles.]]

Hot Rod and his group manage to escape, mere moments before the mausoleum ship plunges into a star and explodes. They return to Cybertron, but find nobody around but the Dinobots. Turns out most of the Autobots have left to attack the Quintessons. They pursue their friends in their own ship, but arrive to find the fleet already being decimated by Quintesson missile fire. Their frantic calls to stop the attack are dismissed by Optimus as Quintesson tricks.

Hot Rod and the others finally manage to board the lead ship, and the former Rodimus goes "Optimus hunting" after his zombified mentor. When the two meet, Optimus starts to pound on Hot Rod, but as he's kicking Hot Rod's tailpipe he begs Hot Rod to defeat him.

[[Image:Zombiesmatrixmakesmetoostrong.jpg|right|200px|thumb|And that's for getting me killed!]]

Fighting against both Hot Rod and himself, Optimus flashes back to his own reanimation at the hands of the Quintessons, who stole his corpse and reanimated it with their own evil programming to lead all Autobots into a trap. Optimus is nothing more than a "mindless zombie", combined with "lingering remnants" of his personality and memories. Hot Rod is physically overcome by Prime, but the influence of the Matrix allows Prime to overcome the Quintessons' programming. Ending the fight, Optimus returns the Matrix to Hot Rod's chest cavity, restoring him to his status as Rodimus Prime. As Prime takes his leave, the other Autobots find their battered leader and inform him that the equally battered ship is being evacuated.

Prime takes control of the ship, and orders the Autobot fleet away from the Quintesson trap. As the stunned Quintessons watch, the Autobot fleet escapes. Prime's final act is to pilot the Autobot flagship into the trigger zone of the Quintesson trap. With a massive explosion, the solar system is destroyed. As Kup bids his old friend farewell and the other Autobots mourn their lost leader a second time, Magnus remarks that the nova will be Optimus's memorial. Rodimus doubts he'll be the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] that Optimus Prime was, but vows to try.

{{note|A short narrative voiceover by [[Victor Caroli]] was tacked on to the final scene when this episode made its first re-run airing: "But is this ''really'' the end of Optimus Prime? Find out in tomorrow's exciting episode, "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1|The Return of Optimus Prime]]"! Baffled by such an ambiguous title, children the world over were left wondering if this was in fact the end of Optimus Prime.}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (3)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (9)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (11)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (14)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (15)
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (16)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (17)
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (18)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (19)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (20)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (21)
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (22)
|c2=
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (4)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (5)
*[[Sweep]]s (6)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (8)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (12)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (13)
|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (1)
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] (10)
|c4=
*[[Quintesson]]s (7)
}}

==Quotes==
"Great. What'll Daniel and I do when the air runs out?" 
"Basically you'll have two choices: suffocate, or smother."
:—As '''Spike''' wonders about the limited oxygen in the Autobot life pod, '''Rodimus Prime''' takes "deadpan" to a whole new level.

"Hey, he's here, he's back, and who cares how!" 
"Must... complete... plan..." ''Optimus abruptly walks offscreen.'' 
"Yeah! What's the plan?"
:—'''Rodimus''' misses some critical clues from '''Optimus Prime'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> behavior.

'''Arcee''': Sludge! Snarl! Oh, are we glad to see you. 
'''Sludge''': Me Sludge not glad to see ''you''. 
'''Snarl''': You all dead! Rarrr! 
'''Sludge''': ...Maybe ''we'' dead.
:—Arcee freaks out the Dinobots.

'''Kup''': Where is everybody? 
'''Sludge''': All go smash Quintessons. 
'''Ultra Magnus''': Quintessons? What do Quintessons have to do with any of this? 
'''Snarl''': They kill you! Optimus Prime say so! ...Uh-oh. Something not right.
:—The Dinobots start to comprehend that all is not well.

"This won't even be a war." 
"Merely an exercise in... extermination."
:—the '''Quintessons''' nonchalantly slaughter the Autobot fleet

"Not a game! ...Matrix makes me ''too strong''!" 
"Now ''there's'' a unique complaint!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' wails on '''Hot Rod''', who takes it in stride

"Monsters... they made me a weapon, to destroy the very ones I loved in life. But you will save them... Rodimus Prime."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' hands over the Matrix.

"[['Til all are one|Until all are one]]."
:—'''Optimus Prime''''s last words. [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1|Or not]].

==Notes==
* This episode originally aired early in Season 3. However, it was re-aired as the season drew to a close, as a lead-in to the latest episode, "The Return of Optimus Prime". The voiceover by Victor Caroli, described above, was added at this time, and subsequently became the more well-known ending. The original version was released on VHS by [[Kid Rhino]], but when the company released the episode on DVD, the altered ending was the only one included (despite the presence of no less than ''three'' audio tracks on the disc). Observing the frustration this caused among American fans, DVD consultant [[Chris McFeely]] helped ensure the restoration of the original ending for [[Metrodome]] DVD release of the episode, with the alternate ending included as an easter egg. The original ending is also the version featured on the [[Shout! Factory]] DVD sets.

===Animation or technical glitches===
* In the first closeup scene (after Daniel ''politely'' turns on the light on a tomb), Optimus has a much more damaged look (both chest windows are broken showing internal circuitry, his mouthplate is broken, and the overall look of the chest area is more worn out. For the remainder of the episode, he is drawn with the damaged look from the movie.
* Hot Rod is occasionally drawn as Rodimus and even addressed as such a couple of times.
* When Optimus is in control of the flagship and orders the other Autobots to return, he has his left arm again... and the hand colored wrong.
* When Cyclonus shoots Arcee, the blast comes from WAY too low from the gun, coming instead from his third knuckle.
* Right after Optimus Prime shoots Hot Rod, Kup, Arcee, Daniel and Spike, the top of his helmet is colored gray. A few seconds later, his back is colored baby blue.
* Immediately after this, Kup, Ultra Magnus and Rodimus fire purple laser blasts.
* When Perceptor shouts "They're alive!", Blaster (with a white helmet) and what appears to be a miscolored [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] are standing in the background, despite the bridge looking somewhat empty, save for himself and Optimus.
* Not a glitch so much as a strange shortcut: the Quintessons' lines, "Perhaps we should seek some cover." and "No. Place your faith in our defense systems." are both recycled from "Five Faces of Darkness" Part 2.

===Continuity errors===
* Galvatron's starship, the ''[[Revenge (G1)|Revenge]]'', is shown to be perfectly intact here, despite being smashed by Unicron in the movie.
* Rodimus Prime and his crew were surprised to find the Autobot Mausoleum, suggesting they forgot where it was. Why didn't the Autobots just put the Mausoleum somewhere on Cybertron?
*When Daniel accidentally turns off a light and tries to turn around again, he sees Optimus Prime covered what appear to be spiderwebs. Leaving aside the question of organic spiders existing in an Autobot mausoleum and spinning webs to catch organic insects there, Prime has recently been worked on by the Quintessons, so there hasn't really been time for such webs to accumulate again. What, did Prime or the Quints set up some prop webs for atmosphere?
* Shortly after Optimus Prime first awakens, Rodimus Prime states that Optimus has been dead "for years". Unless he means dog years, this is impossible, considering season 3 starts immediately after the 1986 movie. Also, Daniel is the same age he was when Optimus died. In actuality, Optimus probably hasn't been dead more than a few months. This works a little better in Japan, though, where the series takes place in 2010.
* It's never explained where Hot Rod and company obtained the ship that carries them away from the Mausoleum. Magnus just comments vaguely about "this little improvisation" in reference to the vessel.
* Until the Matrix overruns the Quintesson's programming, Optimus mouthplate doesn't move while he speaks. Not that this isn't a first. ''However'', after that event the mouthplate moves along as Optimus is speaking.

===Continuity notes===
* Besides Optimus, the interred Autobots whose names are read off by Daniel are [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]. The first three were killed off in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', all in the same scene, in fact. This is the first time we learn of Huffer's death, however. The absence of [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (also killed off in the same scene) has led to joking fandom speculation that he must have survived getting shot in the shoulder (bolstered by his and Huffer's animation-error appearance in "[[Carnage in C-Minor]]".

* It is later revealed that, while reanimating Optimus Prime into a zombie, the Quintessons analyzed his specifications and used them to build [[Guiltaur]]. {{storylink|Transformers 2010 (story page)|Transformers 2010 Part 4}}

===Real-world references===
* Writer Antoni Zalewski recycled his own work for the opening scene of this episode, which is copied almost note-for-note from the 1985 "Ghost Ship" episode of ''The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians''. The parallels include a pursuit through space, launching an escape pod ("We turned the cockpit into an escape ship just in time!"), right up to Spike's verbatim quote "It's the size of... Manhattan!"

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1988 — ''Transformers'' — Dark Awakening / Grimlock's New Brain ([[Tempo Video]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1990 — ''Transformers'' — Dark Awakening ([[Tempo Video|Collins Video]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1990 — ''Transformers'' — Dark Awakening / Grimlock's New Brain ([[Tempo Video|Abbey Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 1999 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Volume 2: Revenge of the Decepticons ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers: 2010'' ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers: 2010'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 3 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 3 Part 1: Vol. 2 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 3 and Season 4 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 4: Series 3.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — The Best of ''The Transformers'' (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Episodes (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season's Three & Four {{sic}} (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2010 — ''The Transformers'' — Seasons Three & Four: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808822/ IMDb's page for this episode]
* [http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/dark_awakening.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]
[[Category:MSTF]]

God

2010-07-30T23:35:52Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Attempted gods */

A '''god''' is a being with unexplainable power, or something. There's a bunch of guys who've been considered gods, and some more guys who've tried to amass enough power to join their ranks.
__NOTOC__


==Alleged gods==
*[[Primus]]
*[[Unicron]]
*[[The One]]
*[[Ruler of Time and Space]]
*[[Chronarchitect]]
*[[Thor]]

==Attempted gods==
* [[Liege Maximo]]
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]

==Possible gods==
* [[Xal]]
* [[Devil Z]]
* [[Violen Jiger]]

==Notes==
*Some creatures, such as [[Fandom|some humans]], worship the [[Transformer]]s as gods.
**[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] proclaimed that the [[Titan (species)|people]] of [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] "worship Transformers" in "[[The God Gambit]]".
**People in [[Republic of Karin]] worshiped [[Metalhawk]], an Autobot [[Pretender]], as a god in "[[Gods? Devils? The Pretenders]]".

* The English word "god" is commonly used in Japanese to evoke great power in describing mecha, and typically is not meant in a religious sense. Thus, [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]], [[Godbomber]], the [[Godmaster]]s, and [[God Neptune]] should not be confused with actual "gods".

==See also==
* [[Religion]]

==External link==
* [[Wikipedia:God|God at Wikipedia]]

[[Category:Gods| ]]

Critical

2010-07-30T23:23:57Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=27
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=28
|title="Critical"
|japanese=転生!バンガードチーム
|romaji=Tensei! Vanguard Team
|translation=Reincarnation! Vanguard Team
|image=Cyb_ep27_birth_of_def_team.jpg
|caption=Arise, Cybertron Defense Team
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[we've|We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Kenji Sugihara]]
|director=[[Matsuo Asami]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[July 16]], 2005 (Japanese) [[March 11]], 2006 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Just as things look their darkest, Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot get a new lease on life!'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:Cyb_ep27_megs_vs_planet_leaders.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]

Horrified at the sight of [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] being cut down by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s new [[Cyber Key]] power. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] charges at his old enemy, but finds his way barred by [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]. Prime and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] quickly merge into Savage Claw Mode and dispose of Scourge, but Megatron then uses his new machine gun to collapse a cliff in Prime's path, buying more time to finish off the three wounded Autobots. [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] and [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] come to their rescue, occupying Megatron long enough for [[Vector Prime]] to carry the three injured warriors away to safety through a [[dimension gate]]. [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Lori]], [[Lucy Suzuki]] and [[Colonel Franklin]] meet Vector Prime as he emerges, and Coby immediately tries to repair the Autobots himself, until Franklin stops him and suggest taking them to an air force base for expert mechanical care.

[[Image:Cyb_ep27_parts_delivery.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]

On the volcanic island serving as [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]'s headquarters, the 'bot himself is in the process of absorbing the power of [[Primus]] through the [[Omega Lock]]. As all the [[Ancient Decepticon]]s watch and cheer, [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] grows bored and goes outside to look for some fun. She spots a navy ship and taunts it wickedly, ducking in and out of the [[Camouflage Shield]] surrounding the island to make it appear that she is appearing and disappearing, until it turns tail.

Back at the battle, Evac and Override continue to get Megatron a run for his money, so he attempts to cut and run through a dimension gate. Optimus Prime refuses to let him escape, and douses the flaming portal with his water cannons, causing it to fade out. As the fight between the two continues, Vector Prime returns, and reports that things do not look good for Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot. Optimus Prime, however, does not believe that three of his best soldiers would give up so easily!

[[Image:Cyb_ep27_downer_red.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]

Transported to an air force base by a larger cargo plane, Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot undergo extensive "surgery" at the hands of the base mechanics, under the direction of Coby. As they work, however, Red Alert regains consciousness, and tells them that it is pointless: as a doctor, he knows they are too badly damaged to repair. Scattorshot is equally pessimistic, bringing Bud to tears, but when Hot Shot wakes up, he is much more optimistic than his two comrades, even when he realizes that he has been blinded and his engine won't run. Spurred on by Hot Shot's never-say-die attitude, Coby dives back into his work, even as Red Alert insists that it is pointless. Lori refuses to take any more of the medi-bot's guff, accusing him of giving up in the face of a challenge. As Scattorshot and Hot Shot proudly announce their desire to survive and fight another day, Red Alert realises that he too has much left to fight for.

[[Image:Cyb_ep27_burning_justice.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]

Their hearts burning as one, all three Autobots begin to glow red as the sound of the [[Omega Frequency]] rips through the air, and energy snakes from their bodies to a satellite dish on a nearby building. The dish fires a bolt of energy through the [[space bridge]] in the sky above, straight to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself. The planet in turn shoots a beam back to Earth, right at the Omega Lock, which surges with power, much to the shock of Starscream. Finally, the Lock launches one final beam into the sky, which loops the planet and strikes the damaged forms of Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot, filling them with life and energy once more. Restored and empowered by the energy of Primus himself, the trio scan three new alternate modes from nearby military vehicles as the overjoyed kids watch.

[[Image:Cyb_ep27_cyb_def_team.jpg|left|thumb|220px|"You, who are you?!" "Your worst nightmare!"]]

Simultaneously, Megatron is able to break through Evac and Override's defense and strike down Optimus Prime with a blast of energy. As Megatron and Scourge bear down on the Autobots, however, a warp gate appears overhead courtesy of [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], through which the all-new, all-different Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot appear. Shocking their teammates with their new forms and new Cyber Key powers, the new-born "[[Cybertron Defense Team]]" keep the Decepticons at bay while Optimus receives a communique from Jolt: the Air Force base has been able to track the location of the energy surge that revived the three Autobots, pinpointing the location of Starscream and the Omega Lock! Vector Prime opens a dimension gate to Starscream's island base, and Optimus, Evac and Override leap through as Red Alert covers their escape.

On Starscream's island, nonchalant Ancient Decepticon hipster [[Lugnutz]] is driving around feeling bored when he observes the opening of a dimension gate overheard. As Optimus, Evac and Override emerge and descend towards the island, Thunderblast arrives at Lugnutz's side, sure that the Autobots' arrival will herald a lot more fun...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (1)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (2)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (3)
*[[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (4)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (5)
*[[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (7)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (9)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (10)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (12)
*[[Vector Prime]] (14)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (17)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (18)
*[[Six-Speed]] (20)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (25)
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (27)

|c2=
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (6)
*[[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] (8)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (11)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (13)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (22)
*[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (24)
*[[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (26)
*[[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (28)
*[[Lugnutz]] (29)
*Hundreds of [[Ancient Decepticon]]s

|c3=
*[[Bud Hansen]] (14)
*[[Coby Hansen]] (15)
*[[Lori]] (16)
*[[Colonel Franklin]] (19)
*[[Lucy Suzuki]] (21)

|c4=
*[[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] (23)

}}

==Quotes==

'''Starscream:''' It's incredible! I've never felt so much power! And I'm only getting a ''portion'' of the power of Primus! Once I have all four Cyber Planet Keys, I'll be unstoppable! Soon, I will rule the ENTIRE UNIVERSE! With this power, and my army, NO-ONE WILL BE ABLE TO STOP ME! 
'''Sideways:''' Uhhh... 
'''Thunderblast:''' Hmph. 
''[Thunderblast turns to leave.]'' 
'''Sideways:''' Where are ''you'' going? 
'''Thunderblast:''' It's getting stuffy in here 'cause of all the hot air... and I'm not talking about the volcano!

'''Hot Shot:''' Well, I've been better but I'll make it. 
'''Lori:''' All right, Hot Shot! That's what we like to hear! 
'''Coby:''' That's Hot Shot for ya! He never gives up, no matter what! 
'''Hot Shot:''' Got ''that'' right. But I do have a question: where are we, anyway? And why is it so ''dark'' in here? 
'''Coby:''' ... I-it's your eyes, Hot Shot. 
'''Lori:''' They suffered some damage. 
'''Hot Shot:''' Oh, that's no big deal. I'll just fire up my engine and run a repair program to fix the problem. *revs, fails* That's funny, I can't seem to get it going.
:—You cried. Admit it.

'''Lori:''' You can't just give up! 
'''Red Alert:''' I'm not. I'm just giving an objective analysis of the facts. 
'''Lori:''' You're not being objective, you're being negative!

"We owe some payback, Megatron. No, I take that back: we owe you a ''lot'' of payback!"
:—''You're'' going home in a '''Red Alert'''!

"Aw, man, this place is totally dullsville."
:—'''Lugnutz''' has been watching too much Unicron Trilogy.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

*''Galaxy Force'' features a "previously on" segment that sums up the final minutes of "[[Revelation (episode)|Revelation]]".
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Thunderblast sings as she taunts the navy ship, causing one of the sailors to think that she is [[wikipedia:Lorelei|Lorelei]], a [[wikipedia:Siren|siren]] from German myth. Thunderblast giggles that she has been called that name before, indicating that her mischief in ancient times was responsible for originating the myth of Lorelei in the first place. In ''Cybertron'', this is replaced with the navy personnel marvelling at the technology on display, and Thunderblast commenting how much fun she is having.
*Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot's situation is, generally speaking, treated as being a lot more hopeless in ''Galaxy Force'', with talk of how they will only regain 50% of their functionality at best. Although both shows do make it clear that the trio are in dire straits, ''Cybertron'' gently touches up the kids' dialogue so they switch from being downcast to enthusiastic to try anything that will help. Most notably, as Coby surges back to work, ''Cybertron'' replaces the wistful, teary background music that has been playing throughout the scene with some "determined" music to bring the mood up.
*As ever, ''Cybertron'' adds the [[Omega Frequency]] as the Omega Lock powers up the Cybertron Defense Team.
*As usual, ''Cybertron'' adds dialogue to stock footage. This especially works in its favour with the Cybertron Defence Team's debut: where ''Galaxy Force'' had them announce "[name] TRANSFORM!", ''Cybertron'' has them making promises of retribution over the guy that almost killed them.

===Animation or technical errors===
[[Image:Cyb_ep27_giant_vector.jpg|right|thumb|It does not help that you can see most of Vector Prime's body...]]
* While [[scale]] problems are hardly remarkable in Transformers fiction by this point, ''Cybertron'' frequently shows a penchant for oversized robot modes, with your average human frequently shown to be barely the size of your average robot mode car-bot's wheel. It's best seen in this episode, with the humans helping to repair the future [[Cybertron Defense Team]] shown as practically insect-sized compared to the Autobots. In the inverse is also on fine display, too, as Vector Prime is able to carry the suddenly-tiny Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot, all lying in a line, on his nosecone in vehicle mode.

===Transformers references===
*Bud recalls when he and Scattorshot travelled into space, in the appropriately-named episode, "[[Space]]".
*[[War Dawn|Wouldn't be the first time]] a Megatron has gunned down Autobots only to have them come back bigger and tougher and kick his aft. No sirree bob.

===Real-world references===
*As he unveils his new cannon, Red Alert invites the Decepticons to "Say hello to my little friend!", a famous quote from the movie ''[[Wikipedia:Scarface_(1983_film)|Scarface]]''.

===Trivia===
* ''Galaxy Force'' introduces its fourth opening sequence with this episode, accompanied by the debut of its second opening song, "[[Ignition!]]". The opening remains almost entirely composed of clips from the show itself (taken almost exclusively from the preceding four episodes, plus a tantalizing glimpse of the birth of the Cybertron Defense Team from this episode itself) and features no new original animation, save for the reuse of the new scenes created for the show's [[Ice|third opening]].
* Also introduced is ''Galaxy Force'''s second ending sequence, along with the new ending song "[[Growing Up!!]]". The sequence depicts various Transformers grouped together within their factions, some groupings representing the relationship between each other (such as Megatron and Starscream). Several characters are blacked out, due to them not having appeared yet.
* This was the first new ''Cybertron'' episode of 2006, after a five-month gap between the airing of the preceding episode in October 2005. It also marked the return of new ''Cybertron'' episodes to [[Cartoon Network]], where the remainder of the series would consistently premiere.
* This episode is a sparing instance of ''Cybertron'' failing to logically justify the [[burning justice]] of ''Galaxy Force''. Sure, the power that reformats the team comes from Primus and the Omega Lock, but what's the deal with them glowing red, bleeding energy into a satellite dish and beaming it into space? Burning Justice at its finest, folks.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 07 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Critical

2010-07-30T23:21:40Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Transformers references */

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=27
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=28
|title="Critical"
|japanese=転生!バンガードチーム
|romaji=Tensei! Vanguard Team
|translation=Reincarnation! Vanguard Team
|image=Cyb_ep27_birth_of_def_team.jpg
|caption=Arise, Cybertron Defense Team
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[we've|We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Kenji Sugihara]]
|director=[[Matsuo Asami]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[July 16]], 2005 (Japanese) [[March 11]], 2006 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Just as things look their darkest, Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot get a new lease on life!'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:Cyb_ep27_megs_vs_planet_leaders.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]

Horrified at the sight of [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] being cut down by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s new [[Cyber Key]] power. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] charges at his old enemy, but finds his way barred by [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]. Prime and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] quickly merge into Savage Claw Mode and dispose of Scourge, but Megatron then uses his new machine gun to collapse a cliff in Prime's path, buying more time to finish off the three wounded Autobots. [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] and [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] come to their rescue, occupying Megatron long enough for [[Vector Prime]] to carry the three injured warriors away to safety through a [[dimension gate]]. [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Lori]], [[Lucy Suzuki]] and [[Colonel Franklin]] meet Vector Prime as he emerges, and Coby immediately tries to repair the Autobots himself, until Franklin stops him and suggest taking them to an air force base for expert mechanical care.

[[Image:Cyb_ep27_parts_delivery.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]

On the volcanic island serving as [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]'s headquarters, the 'bot himself is in the process of absorbing the power of [[Primus]] through the [[Omega Lock]]. As all the [[Ancient Decepticon]]s watch and cheer, [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] grows bored and goes outside to look for some fun. She spots a navy ship and taunts it wickedly, ducking in and out of the [[Camouflage Shield]] surrounding the island to make it appear that she is appearing and disappearing, until it turns tail.

Back at the battle, Evac and Override continue to get Megatron a run for his money, so he attempts to cut and run through a dimension gate. Optimus Prime refuses to let him escape, and douses the flaming portal with his water cannons, causing it to fade out. As the fight between the two continues, Vector Prime returns, and reports that things do not look good for Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot. Optimus Prime, however, does not believe that three of his best soldiers would give up so easily!

[[Image:Cyb_ep27_downer_red.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]

Transported to an air force base by a larger cargo plane, Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot undergo extensive "surgery" at the hands of the base mechanics, under the direction of Coby. As they work, however, Red Alert regains consciousness, and tells them that it is pointless: as a doctor, he knows they are too badly damaged to repair. Scattorshot is equally pessimistic, bringing Bud to tears, but when Hot Shot wakes up, he is much more optimistic than his two comrades, even when he realizes that he has been blinded and his engine won't run. Spurred on by Hot Shot's never-say-die attitude, Coby dives back into his work, even as Red Alert insists that it is pointless. Lori refuses to take any more of the medi-bot's guff, accusing him of giving up in the face of a challenge. As Scattorshot and Hot Shot proudly announce their desire to survive and fight another day, Red Alert realises that he too has much left to fight for.

[[Image:Cyb_ep27_burning_justice.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]

Their hearts burning as one, all three Autobots begin to glow red as the sound of the [[Omega Frequency]] rips through the air, and energy snakes from their bodies to a satellite dish on a nearby building. The dish fires a bolt of energy through the [[space bridge]] in the sky above, straight to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself. The planet in turn shoots a beam back to Earth, right at the Omega Lock, which surges with power, much to the shock of Starscream. Finally, the Lock launches one final beam into the sky, which loops the planet and strikes the damaged forms of Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot, filling them with life and energy once more. Restored and empowered by the energy of Primus himself, the trio scan three new alternate modes from nearby military vehicles as the overjoyed kids watch.

[[Image:Cyb_ep27_cyb_def_team.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]

Simultaneously, Megatron is able to break through Evac and Override's defense and strike down Optimus Prime with a blast of energy. As Megatron and Scourge bear down on the Autobots, however, a warp gate appears overhead courtesy of [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], through which the all-new, all-different Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot appear. Shocking their teammates with their new forms and new Cyber Key powers, the new-born "[[Cybertron Defense Team]]" keep the Decepticons at bay while Optimus receives a communique from Jolt: the Air Force base has been able to track the location of the energy surge that revived the three Autobots, pinpointing the location of Starscream and the Omega Lock! Vector Prime opens a dimension gate to Starscream's island base, and Optimus, Evac and Override leap through as Red Alert covers their escape.

On Starscream's island, nonchalant Ancient Decepticon hipster [[Lugnutz]] is driving around feeling bored when he observes the opening of a dimension gate overheard. As Optimus, Evac and Override emerge and descend towards the island, Thunderblast arrives at Lugnutz's side, sure that the Autobots' arrival will herald a lot more fun...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (1)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (2)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (3)
*[[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (4)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (5)
*[[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (7)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (9)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (10)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (12)
*[[Vector Prime]] (14)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (17)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (18)
*[[Six-Speed]] (20)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (25)
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (27)

|c2=
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (6)
*[[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] (8)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (11)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (13)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (22)
*[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (24)
*[[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (26)
*[[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (28)
*[[Lugnutz]] (29)
*Hundreds of [[Ancient Decepticon]]s

|c3=
*[[Bud Hansen]] (14)
*[[Coby Hansen]] (15)
*[[Lori]] (16)
*[[Colonel Franklin]] (19)
*[[Lucy Suzuki]] (21)

|c4=
*[[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] (23)

}}

==Quotes==

'''Starscream:''' It's incredible! I've never felt so much power! And I'm only getting a ''portion'' of the power of Primus! Once I have all four Cyber Planet Keys, I'll be unstoppable! Soon, I will rule the ENTIRE UNIVERSE! With this power, and my army, NO-ONE WILL BE ABLE TO STOP ME! 
'''Sideways:''' Uhhh... 
'''Thunderblast:''' Hmph. 
''[Thunderblast turns to leave.]'' 
'''Sideways:''' Where are ''you'' going? 
'''Thunderblast:''' It's getting stuffy in here 'cause of all the hot air... and I'm not talking about the volcano!

'''Hot Shot:''' Well, I've been better but I'll make it. 
'''Lori:''' All right, Hot Shot! That's what we like to hear! 
'''Coby:''' That's Hot Shot for ya! He never gives up, no matter what! 
'''Hot Shot:''' Got ''that'' right. But I do have a question: where are we, anyway? And why is it so ''dark'' in here? 
'''Coby:''' ... I-it's your eyes, Hot Shot. 
'''Lori:''' They suffered some damage. 
'''Hot Shot:''' Oh, that's no big deal. I'll just fire up my engine and run a repair program to fix the problem. *revs, fails* That's funny, I can't seem to get it going.
:—You cried. Admit it.

'''Lori:''' You can't just give up! 
'''Red Alert:''' I'm not. I'm just giving an objective analysis of the facts. 
'''Lori:''' You're not being objective, you're being negative!

"We owe some payback, Megatron. No, I take that back: we owe you a ''lot'' of payback!"
:—''You're'' going home in a '''Red Alert'''!

"Aw, man, this place is totally dullsville."
:—'''Lugnutz''' has been watching too much Unicron Trilogy.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

*''Galaxy Force'' features a "previously on" segment that sums up the final minutes of "[[Revelation (episode)|Revelation]]".
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Thunderblast sings as she taunts the navy ship, causing one of the sailors to think that she is [[wikipedia:Lorelei|Lorelei]], a [[wikipedia:Siren|siren]] from German myth. Thunderblast giggles that she has been called that name before, indicating that her mischief in ancient times was responsible for originating the myth of Lorelei in the first place. In ''Cybertron'', this is replaced with the navy personnel marvelling at the technology on display, and Thunderblast commenting how much fun she is having.
*Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot's situation is, generally speaking, treated as being a lot more hopeless in ''Galaxy Force'', with talk of how they will only regain 50% of their functionality at best. Although both shows do make it clear that the trio are in dire straits, ''Cybertron'' gently touches up the kids' dialogue so they switch from being downcast to enthusiastic to try anything that will help. Most notably, as Coby surges back to work, ''Cybertron'' replaces the wistful, teary background music that has been playing throughout the scene with some "determined" music to bring the mood up.
*As ever, ''Cybertron'' adds the [[Omega Frequency]] as the Omega Lock powers up the Cybertron Defense Team.
*As usual, ''Cybertron'' adds dialogue to stock footage. This especially works in its favour with the Cybertron Defence Team's debut: where ''Galaxy Force'' had them announce "[name] TRANSFORM!", ''Cybertron'' has them making promises of retribution over the guy that almost killed them.

===Animation or technical errors===
[[Image:Cyb_ep27_giant_vector.jpg|right|thumb|It does not help that you can see most of Vector Prime's body...]]
* While [[scale]] problems are hardly remarkable in Transformers fiction by this point, ''Cybertron'' frequently shows a penchant for oversized robot modes, with your average human frequently shown to be barely the size of your average robot mode car-bot's wheel. It's best seen in this episode, with the humans helping to repair the future [[Cybertron Defense Team]] shown as practically insect-sized compared to the Autobots. In the inverse is also on fine display, too, as Vector Prime is able to carry the suddenly-tiny Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot, all lying in a line, on his nosecone in vehicle mode.

===Transformers references===
*Bud recalls when he and Scattorshot travelled into space, in the appropriately-named episode, "[[Space]]".
*[[War Dawn|Wouldn't be the first time]] a Megatron has gunned down Autobots only to have them come back bigger and tougher and kick his aft. No sirree bob.

===Real-world references===
*As he unveils his new cannon, Red Alert invites the Decepticons to "Say hello to my little friend!", a famous quote from the movie ''[[Wikipedia:Scarface_(1983_film)|Scarface]]''.

===Trivia===
* ''Galaxy Force'' introduces its fourth opening sequence with this episode, accompanied by the debut of its second opening song, "[[Ignition!]]". The opening remains almost entirely composed of clips from the show itself (taken almost exclusively from the preceding four episodes, plus a tantalizing glimpse of the birth of the Cybertron Defense Team from this episode itself) and features no new original animation, save for the reuse of the new scenes created for the show's [[Ice|third opening]].
* Also introduced is ''Galaxy Force'''s second ending sequence, along with the new ending song "[[Growing Up!!]]". The sequence depicts various Transformers grouped together within their factions, some groupings representing the relationship between each other (such as Megatron and Starscream). Several characters are blacked out, due to them not having appeared yet.
* This was the first new ''Cybertron'' episode of 2006, after a five-month gap between the airing of the preceding episode in October 2005. It also marked the return of new ''Cybertron'' episodes to [[Cartoon Network]], where the remainder of the series would consistently premiere.
* This episode is a sparing instance of ''Cybertron'' failing to logically justify the [[burning justice]] of ''Galaxy Force''. Sure, the power that reformats the team comes from Primus and the Omega Lock, but what's the deal with them glowing red, bleeding energy into a satellite dish and beaming it into space? Burning Justice at its finest, folks.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 07 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Carnage in C-Minor

2010-07-30T22:13:02Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Animation or technical glitches */

{{episode|
|series=G1toon
|series2=2010
|ep=82
|ep2=14
|prev2=Surprise Party
|next2=Fight or Flee
|image=Carnage C-Minor Autobots harmonic attack.JPG
|caption=[[Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime|Hey, what is that awful noise? Okay, let me straighten him out!]]
|title="Carnage in C-Minor"
|production code=700-102
|airdate=[[October 14]], 1986
|written by=[[Buzz Dixon]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Several Autobots and Decepticons battle over a planet whose civilization revolves around music and whose inhabitants can use sound as a powerful weapon.'''

:''Japanese title:'' 音楽惑星の挑戦 (''Ongaku Wakusei no Chōsen'', "Challenge of the Music Planet")
:'' German title:'' "'''Das Gemetzel in Cis-Mol'''" ("The Slaughter in Cis-Mol")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Broadsidecrushesdevastator.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Die, Atlas!]]

The [[Decepticon]]s are building engines into the side of a comet in order to alter its course and crash it on top of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. As they fire up the engines, a group of [[Autobot]]s close in, led there by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. The Autobots attack, much to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s dismay. The [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] form [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], who is promptly flattened when [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] drops on him in ship mode. In the ensuing battle, the engines are destroyed, and the comet is sent hurtling towards a small planet, which Perceptor reports is inhabited.

The Autobots attempt unsuccessfully to stop the comet before Galvatron again orders his men to engage their foe. While Galvatron and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] are grappling, waves of sound energy destroy the comet and cause both groups of Transformers to plummet to the planet's surface. In a nearby city, three aliens are having a disagreement. One of them, [[Allegra]], storms out, saying that she's going to her retreat.

The Transformers recover from their crash, wondering what hit them. [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] describes it as the most perfect harmony ever, but Galvatron is more interested in its destructive power. Broadside breaks up the discussion by punching Galvatron, and the fight resumes. As the Constructicons form Devastator again, Perceptor blows the giant apart with one shot from his cannon. Galvatron and Soundwave depart in search of the source of the harmony they heard earlier, but Ultra Magnus spots them leaving and takes Broadside and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] in pursuit. Perceptor reflects that unless the trio are swift, there might not be much of them left.

[[Image:Carnage CMinor Blaster Magnus Basso.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"I now pronounce you bot and wife. You may kiss the bride."]]

Broadside swiftly passes the two Decepticons and overflies the city, which Blaster realises is laid out like a musical harmony. Magnus and Blaster meet with [[Basso Profundo]], leader of the planet [[Eurythma]], but Basso refuses to help them, believing that the harmony is all his people need to protect themselves. He drops a hint that Allegra might be able to help them, a fact overheard by Galvatron and Soundwave, who are spying outside. As the three Autobots go in search of Allegra, the Decepticons drop a bridge on them. To make sure, Galvatron blasts the wreckage, and the pair fly off to find Allegra.

Basso watches the two Decepticons leave, and fellow [[Eurythman]] [[Zebop Skandana]] uses a harmony to help the Autobots out of the rubble. Blaster realises that the Zebop was creating part of the harmony which originally blew the Autobots out of space, and Zebop says he's sympathetic to their cause and will help them find Allegra.

[[Image:Carnage CMinor Galvatron Soundwave Allegra.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Galvatron loved going to the opera. He always showed his appreciation by blowing the theater to kingdom come afterwards.]]

The two Decepticons meet Allegra, offering to help her overthrow Basso in return for the secret of the harmony. She obliges and Soundwave records it, but to Galvatron's rage, it turns out that she is only one part of the harmony; Basso and Zebop make up the other two thirds. Still, when the Autobots arrive with Zebop, Soundwave is testing the part of the harmony he has by destroying a rock. The Autobots set up an ambush, but Zebop is so distressed by the fact that Allegra is working with the Decepticons that he gives away their position. Galvatron starts firing, and Zebop takes refuge in Ultra Magnus's cab. Soundwave begins battering the Autobots with the harmony. When Zebop counters with ''his'' part of the harmony, Soundwave promptly records it and uses the resulting two-thirds of the harmony to devastating effect.

[[Image:Carnage CMinor Allegra Zebop.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Alas, poor Zebop. We knew him we- Wait. No, we don't.]]

With the Autobots apparently gone, Galvatron terminates the alliance with Allegra. She attempts to attack them with her part of the harmony, but Soundwave retaliates, knocking her out. The Autobots climb out of their hole in time to prevent Galvatron from terminating the Eurythman, but during the resulting fight, Blaster and Soundwave struggle and accidentally fall on Zebop. Galvatron grabs his minion and departs, leaving Allegra cradling Zebop in her arms. Though the Autobots believe he's had it, Allegra uses a harmony to revive him. The Autobots leave for the city.

Back at the landing site, the rest of the Autobots and Decepticons are still fighting. Hot Spot voices his hope that Magnus, Blaster and Broadside hurry. The Eurythmans have spotted the battle, and Basso uses an amplifier to direct a destructive harmony at it. [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] is forced to disassemble, but the two factions fight on. Basso is depressed, and his aide points out he needs Allegra and Zebop to complete the harmony. Arriving, Soundwave begins playing two-thirds of the harmony, shaking the city and provoking Basso into using the third part again, which Soundwave promptly records. He is subsequently able to use the complete harmonic weapon to attack the city. Pleased, Galvatron announces their next targets are Metroplex and then [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

[[Image:Carnage CMinor Soundwave harmony.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Soundwave finds himself too big to fly through the rings in the Training Stage.]]

Ultra Magnus's party arrives back at the city to find it devastated and their fellow Autobots badly damaged. The Eurythmans are able to repair Perceptor and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] with a harmony, and the Autobots set off for Earth.

Galvatron and Soundwave attack Metroplex with the harmony, but the Autobots soon arrive with the three Eurythmans, who nullify Soundwave's weapon with anti-sound. Blaster grabs Soundwave and uses his buttons to erase the harmony from Soundwave's tapes. Despite Galvatron raging that he hasn't ordered a retreat, the Decepticons flee anyway. The Autobots return the Eurythmans to their world, where Ultra Magnus tells them they need to learn to live in harmony.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (9)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (10)
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (11)
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (12)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (13)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (15)
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (16)
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (21)
*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (22)
*[[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (23)
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (24)
*[[Scamper]] (25)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (26)

|c2=
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (1)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (2)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (3)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (4)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (5)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (6)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (7)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (8)
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (14)

|c4=
*[[Basso Profundo]] (17)
*[[Allegra]] (18)
*[[Zebop Skandana]] (19)
*Basso's consort (20)
}}

==Quotes==
"What was that?!" 
"That was heaven. The purest, most vibrant, most perfect harmony I've ever heard."
:—'''Galvatron''' and '''Soundwave''' wonder what hit them.

"You! Because of you, I got blasted out of space. DO YOU REALIZE WHAT THAT DID TO MY PAINT JOB?!"
:—'''Broadside''', right before he sucker-punches Galvatron

"Broadside! Blaster! Galvatron and Soundwave went to find the weapon that knocked us out of space!" 
"Weapon? That was no weapon. That was harmonic bliss! A musical kiss!" 
"Whatever."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''', who doesn't have any soul, and '''Blaster''', who does.

"Blaster, you picking up anything?" 
"Yeah, yeah! Beauty like you wouldn't believe, Broadside. Sweet soul music. It's their art, their commerce, their philosophy, their whole—uh-oh, bummer. Galvatron and Soundwave are here."
:—'''Broadside''' and '''Blaster''' get their vibes harshed.

"I don't wanna see your ugly face, just the button that says 'ERASE'!" 
"My tapes! You've erased my tapes!"
:—'''Blaster''' destroys '''Soundwave'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s tapes, to the Decepticon's monotoned horror.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
"Carnage in C-Minor" is infamous among the fandom for the sheer number of animation errors in this episode. Among the more prominent are the following:

* Throughout the entire episode, Broadside is drawn with a previously [[:Image:BroadsideCarnage.jpg|discarded]] [[character model]].

* Devastator is the exact same size as Soundwave during the start of the first battle.

* Devastator also appears before he forms later in the battle.

* While the Autobots are shooting at the meteor, they are so badly drawn that they appear to have only one leg each, left arms starting from the elbows, and enormous heads...and Superion is tiny.

*When Bonecrusher orders the formation of Devastator, he's wearing an Autobot insignia. See also the continuity error below.

* When the Constructicons form Devastator for the second time, the first shot shows four Constructicons forming the legs and the torso. The second shot shows three robots forming the arms and upper torso. This means that [[Devastator (ROTF)|''seven'' Constructicons formed Devastator.]]

* After watching Galvatron and Soundwave leave, Ultra Magnus dispatches Hook and Scrapper—by picking them up in his hands and bashing them together. Magnus is supposed to be big, but not ''that'' big. This is only a scale error in fiction, mind you. The Ultra Magnus toy's super robot is much larger than his fictional portrayal suggests, and the Constructicons' toys are smaller compared to other Diaclone-derived Transformers.

* Blaster, Ultra Magnus and Zebop are shown hanging onto Broadside while he flies around. Sometimes, the shots make them appear tiny or not to be hanging onto Broadside at all. (One wonders why Zebop doesn't just ride in Broadside's cockpit, as he does for the trip to Earth.)

* Soundwave points out that Zebop is standing in the distance, while Galvatron says that "he ''probably'' is with the Autobots." Yet, Ultra Magnus is standing right next to him.

* Soundwave has a [[Shattered Glass (franchise)|purple Autobot]] [[insignia]]...''[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3|again]]''. So does Broadside...

* Blaster is drawn delivering Broadside's line about "scorch-marks on top of everything else".

* During part of the battle at Allegra's retreat, Hot Spot is with the Autobots instead of Broadside.

* When Blaster explains that the Eurythmans use the harmony even for healing, Ultra Magnus is the one mouthing the words.

* When the Protectobots are combined as Defensor, Hot Spot (the main body) is fighting alongside his combined self!

* In one scene, a cel-layering error causes Blaster to appear very tiny compared to Soundwave.

* And there's even more. Seriously, how much time do you have?

<center><gallery>
Image:Carnage C-minor Magnus Broadside.JPG|[[Wikipedia:Monty Python's Life of Brian|"Hail Caesar!" "Hail Thaethar."]]
Image:Bigmagnus tinyconst.jpg|We'll take revenge by merging into Devastator.
Image:Hotspot defensor.jpg|Hey! Part of me, get back in me!
Image:CarnageMiniBlaster.jpg|It's his little shoulder-angel.
</gallery></center>

===Continuity errors===
[[Image:DeceptiBrawn1.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Maybe it's not Bonecrusher, but a rare cameo by Roadhauler?]]
* In one infamous scene, [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (who should also be dead) show up alive and well. And it seems [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] has switched sides, as he's helping them shoot at the giant Decepticon rocket engine he just helped build! (Huffer has the wrong paint job, too.)

* To add insult to injury, Devastator is shooting at the Autobots ''before'' the Constructicons form Devastator.

* Soundwave travels with Galvatron to find the source of the harmony. However, when the scene returns to the battle outside the city, Soundwave is with the other Decepticons at the same time.

===Real-world references===
* The Eurythman characters' names are all music-related puns. Allegra and Basso Profundo are references to terms related to classical music, while Zebop Skandana is named after popular music guitarist Carlos Santana and his song Zebop. And the difference shows.

* Eurythma was possibly named after the popular '80s band [[wikipedia:Eurythmics|The Eurythmics]].

===Trivia===
* "Carnage in C-Minor" is widely regarded by fans as the worst episode of all ''Transformers'' series, but this is seemingly due to the sheer volume of animation errors, as well as the glaringly obvious nature of many of the individual errors. However, the actual ''plot'' is certainly not the weakest to grace the cartoon series, and its "continuity errors" have little to nothing to do with the script itself...certainly not to the level of, say, "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]".

* That said, there is plenty of inanity to be found in the story too. For instance: Despite the aliens' dialog being in perfectly understandable English (or Galactic Standard or whatever), because they say everything in a sing-song rhythm, apparently none of the Transformers except Blaster and Soundwave can understand them, and the two tape decks spend a large (and annoying) amount of time translating Eurythman to "non-sing-song" for everyone else.

* Galvatron and Soundwave are briefly seen holding hands whilst flying.

* Apparently, a single blast from [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s [[lightning cannon]] can cause [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] to disassemble. And [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] believes that intellectuals are weak.

* Anyone else bothered that this "sonic weapon" was used to destroy a comet IN SPACE?

* This was one of several episodes subjected to the [[MSTF]] treatment at [[BotCon 1999]].

* In hindsight, it wasn't the best idea for Soundwave to have his erase button open so it could be pushed by a enemy. Or to have an erase button in the first place. For their sake, we hope [[Rumble]] and the other [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassettes]] had their copy-protection tabs removed.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1989 — ''Transformers'' — Carnage in C Minor / The Ultimate Weapon ([[Tempo Video]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers: 2010'' ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers: 2010'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 3 Part 2 & Season 4 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 3 and Season 4 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 5: Series 3.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season's Three & Four {{sic}} (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2010 — ''The Transformers'' — Seasons Three & Four: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/carnage_in_c-minor.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808817/ IMDb's page for this episode]

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]
[[Category:MSTF]]

Slugslinger (Energon)

2010-07-30T21:50:31Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Energon */

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{{disambig3|Slugslinger}}
:''Slugslinger is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Energon (franchise)|Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Slugslinger-energon-tradingcard.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push!"]]
Crude and obnoxious, '''Slugslinger''' doesn't care whether he's annoying Autobots or his fellow Decepticons. His skill as a gunfighter and as a pilot is valuable enough for the Decepticons to want him around despite his personality, but just barely.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Storm Jet'''

==Fiction==
===''Energon'' comic===
Slugslinger and [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] were assigned by [[Alpha Quintesson]] to join [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] (who had been recently reformatted from Tidal Wave) on a mission to abduct [[Kicker Jones]] and beat up on the [[Omnicon|Omnicons]]. Slugslinger and the team were forced to retreat. He also counts himself as a specialist in the 'Department of Pain'. {{storylink|Multiplicity}}

Later, Slugslinger was one of three Decepticons assigned to attack [[Ocean City]]. He failed as miserably as his competitors did, but when it came time to defend his failure to [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], his lies were so cunning, so audacious, that he earned a measure of his leader's respect. Megatron promoted him on the spot. {{storylink|Perspective}}

===''Energon'' pack-in comic===
Slugslinger was part of an [[Eclipse-Team]] mission to steal refined Energon from an [[Autobot]] installation on [[Earth]]. After he and [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] snuck in through the sewers, Slugslinger disabled a protective energy fence and an Autobot attack drone. However, the Autobots had planned an ambush, and Slugslinger was shot down by [[Tow-Line (Energon)|Tow-Line]].

===Cybertron===
Slugslinger participated in a [[Decepticon]] attack on the ''[[Iron Hope]]'' during the [[Unicron Singularity]] crisis. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

==Toys==
===Energon===
[[Image:Eslugslinger.gif|right|180px|thumb|If the Bat wants to play, we'll play!]]
*'''Slugslinger''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Accessories'': Missile

: Slugslinger transforms into a Cybertronic jet fighter with two nosecones. His fuselage splits to reveal a spring-loaded missile launcher for "Hyper Mode", which can also be deployed over his shoulder in robot mode. This toy is—of course—an [[Homage|homage]] to the [[Slugslinger (G1)|Generation 1 Decepticon of the same name]]. He also ends up looking somewhat like the ''[[Minnow]]'' in altmode.

: This mold was [[Retool|retooled]] to make the ''[[Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Airazor (BW)#Club07|Chromia 10 Pilot]].

==Notes==
* Slugslinger's original face sculpt was deemed not mean-looking enough by [[Hasbro]]. [[Takara]] resculpted only one side, giving the toy its distinctive "Two-Face" look.

==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/Slugslinger/slugslinger.htm Slugslinger at TFU.info]

[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Energon characters]]

Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II

2010-07-30T20:15:34Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Transformers references */

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|seriesissue=''Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2''
|image=AllSparkAlmanacIIcover.jpg
|caption=This is where Hasbro's planning to ultimately release Blackout.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|written by=[[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster]]
|date=[[June 30]], [[2010]]
|illustrated by=
|continuity=[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]
|pagecount=220
|price=$19.99 USD
|prev=Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac
|ISBN=ISBN 1600106838 
ISBN 978-1600106835
}}

{{bigquote|Now listen up all you palookas out there! Yer gonna shell out yer dough, yer gonna buy this here book and yer gonna like it. Capish?|[[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]], the rear cover of The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2}}

'''''Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2''''' is proof of a loving, nonspecific deity that delights in shattering readers' pants and brains. Again.

==Contents==
*Foreword, by [[Matt Youngberg]]
*Introduction by the Authors
*Chapter 1: [[Autobot]]s
*Interstitial A: Size Comparison Charts
*Chapter 2: [[Decepticon]]s
*Interstitial B: [[Transformers Animated (franchise)#Japanese release|''Animated'' in Japan]]
*Chapter 3: Events
*Interstitial C: Style Guides
*Chapter 4: Culture
*Interstitial D: [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)#Episodes|Shorts]]
*Chapter 5: [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]
*Interstitial E: Deleted Scenes
*Chapter 6: Settings
*Interstitial F: [[Transformers Animated: The Game|The Video Game]]
*Chapter 7: Project Omega
*Interstitial G: [[The Arrival]]
*Foreword by [[Eric Siebenaler]]
*Section I: Toy Design
*Section II: Animation
*Section III: Season Four
*Section IV: Toy Gallery
*Section V: Packaging Art
*Section VI: The Cast
*Afterword, by [[Aaron Archer]]
*Acknowledgments

==Chapter 1 - Autobots==
Chapter one covers all Autobots who appear in the third season of the cartoon and beyond.

{{collist|3|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|"Wingblade" Optimus Prime]] by Megatron
*[[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] by Jetstorm
*[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] by Jetfire
*[[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Yoketron]] by Jazz
*[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] by Optimus Prime
*[[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] by Shockwave
*[[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]] by Perceptor
*[[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] by Wheeljack
*[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] by Kup
*[[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]] by Ironhide
*[[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]] by Red Alert
*[[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] by Hot Shot
*[[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]] by Rosanna
*[[Beachcomber (Animated)|Beachcomber]] by Rattletrap
*[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] by Shockwave
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]] by Flareup
*[[Dug Base]] by Wheelie
*[[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]] by Ultra Magnus
*[[Sky Garry (Animated)|Sky Garry]] by Alpha Trion
*[[Rattletrap]] by Warpath
*[[Seaspray (Animated)|Seaspray]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Autotrooper|Autotroopers]] by Alpha Trion
*[[Botanica (Animated)|Botanica]] by Tracks
*[[Wheelie (Animated)|Wheelie]] by Seaspray
*[[Pipes (Animated)|Pipes]] by Huffer
*[[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]] by Pipes
*[[Cosmos (Animated)|Cosmos]] by Bulkhead
*[[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]] by Beachcomber
*[[Powerglide (Animated)|Powerglide]] by Blitzwing
*[[Mirage (Animated)|Mirage]] by Cliffjumper
*[[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] by Volks
*[[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]] by Glyph
*[[Chase (Animated)|Chase]] by Carrera
*[[Freeway (Animated)|Freeway]] by Sedan
*[[Searchlight (Animated)|Searchlight]] by Furão
*[[Volks (Animated)|Volks]] by Tap-Out
*[[Carrera (Animated)|Carrera]] by Bumper
*[[Furão]] by Chase
*[[Hubcap (Animated)|Hubcap]] by Freeway
*[[Sedan (Animated)|Sedan]] by Hubcap
*[[Bumper (Animated)|Bumper]] by Searchlight
*[[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] by Warpath
*[[Lightbright]] by Dug Base
*[[Lickety-Split]] by Lightbright
*[[Rosanna (Animated)|Rosanna]] by Grandus
**[[Steeljaw (Animated)|Steeljaw]]
**[[Zaur]]
**[[Ramhorn (Animated)|Ramhorn]]
*[[Sari Sumdac]] by Ratchet
*[[Wasp]] by Bumblebee}}

===Transformers references===

* Pg 16 - [[Yoketron]] has learned and subsequently taught the arts of [[Crystalocution]], [[Diffusion]], [[Tekkaido]], and [[Circuit-Su]].
* Pg 17 - The art of [[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] depicts him with a [[Cigar#IDW comics continuity|cy-gar]].
* Pg 18 - [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] comments on sitting "not ten [[Units of length|mechanometers]]" across from [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] in [[Autobot High Council#Transformers: Animated|High Council]] meetings.
* Pg 19 - [[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] is credited with solving [[Extempaxia|Extempaxia's]] fourth conjecture.
* Pg 20 - Kup refers to [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Hot Rod's]] flame deco as making him look "like he's the [[Pit]]-Damned [[The Fallen|Fallen]]."
* Pg 22 - In [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide's]] anecdotes about [[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]], he makes mention of the [[Tower of Pion]], [[Ballobot|ballobots]], and [[Widow's Cafe Cybertronian|Widow's Cafe]].
* Pg 24 - [[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert's]] hand has been replaced with a [[Transfer Interlink]]. She graduated top of her class at [[Polyhex|Polyhex Medical Mechanical]] and created the vaccine for [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]].
* Pg 26a - Reportedly, [[Beachcomber (Animated)|Beachcomber]] is into [[Syk|syk]], [[Simultronic|simultronics]], [[Angolmois]], and [[Crysmag metal|crysmag]], among other substances.
* Pg 26b - Shockwave recounts the last meeting he had with [[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] in the [[Manganese Mountains]].
* Pg 29a - [[Rattletrap]] can apparently get unlicensed [[Shock Pop]] datatrax and forged [[S.T.A.R.S.]] idento-cards for the right price.
* Pg 29b - [[Seaspray (Animated)|Seaspray]] fought in the War of the Waves on [[Antilla]].
* Pg 30a - [[Botanica (Animated)|Botanica]] rid [[Daffodil II]] of a [[Morphobot]] infestation.
* Pg 30b - [[Wheelie (Animated)|Wheelie]] was found orphaned in [[Quintesson]] territory.
* Pg 33 - Most of [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper's]] run-up on [[Mirage (Animated)|Mirage]] portrays a [[Traitor|major lack of trust]].
* Pg 34 - [[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] apparently studied the technological evolution of the inhabitants of the [[Gorlam Prime|Gorlam system]].
* Pg 36a - [[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]] accuses [[Volks (Animated)|Volks]] of being a "[[Sam Witwicky|LadiesBot217]]-type."
* Pg 36b - [[Carrera (Animated)|Carrera]]'s run-up mentions [[Cybertronian sport#The Iacon 5000|the Iacon 5000]].
* Pg 36c - [[Furão]]'s name means "ferret" in Old [[Malignus]]. He was stationed aboard the ''[[Flash Frenzy (Animated)|Flash Frenzy]]''.
* Pg 37 - [[Bumper (Animated)|Bumper's]] ship crash-landed on [[Bhul]].
* Pg 38 - [[Lickety-Split]] is a fan of the [[Galactic Olympics]], and would like to win a [[Golden Disk (Animated)|Golden Disk]] in the Tour de [[Orgenon Cluster|Orgenon]].
* Pg 41 - [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] mentions Project: [[Powermaster]].
* Pg 42-43 - [[Sari Sumdac|Sari's]] built-in upgrades include twin [[Master Blade|Master Blades]], a [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]], [[Azusa]] energy skates, and [[Micron Booster|Micron Boosters]].

===Real-world references===
* Sari yapping on and on about "vampire movies" is a reference to the ''Twilight'' book/film franchise.
* [[Lickety-Split]] seems to have a thing for a certain [[Buzz Lightyear| space ranger]].

==Chapter 2 - Decepticons==
Chapter two covers all Decepticons who appear in the third season of the cartoon and beyond.

{{collist|3|
*[[Wasp|Waspinator]] by Blackarachnia
*[[Strika (Animated)|General Strika]] by Lugnut
*[[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] by Cyclonus
*[[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] by Scalpel
*[[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] by Megatron
*[[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]] by Oil Slick
*[[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]] by Scrapper and Mixmaster
*[[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave's Avatars]] by Prowl
*[[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]] and [[Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak]] by Soundwave
*[[Reflector (Animated)|Reflector]] by Blackarachnia
*[[Straxus (Animated)|Lord High Governor Straxus]] by Strika
*[[Slapper (Animated)|Slapper]] by Swindle
*[[Stretch]] by Porter C. Powell
*[[Flip Sides (Animated)|Flip Sides]] by Blurr
*[[Scalpel (Animated)|Scalpel]] by Perceptor
*[[Magnificus (Animated)|Magnificus]] by Starscream}}

===Transformers references===

* Pg 48 - [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] carries a small reserve of [[Forestonite]] to achieve high velocity in tank mode.
* Pg 49 - [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] has concocted both [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|cosmic rust]] and the [[Reverse Evolution virus]].
* Pg 54 - [[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor's]] tendril weapons are identified as [[Legion]] Tentacles. ''Eugh.''
* Pg 55 - [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] have been working on a "[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]."
* Pg 57 - [[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat's]] electro-echolocation allows him to "pinpoint objects the size of a [[Scraplet]] from a dozen hics away."
* Pg 59 - [[Slapper (Animated)|Slapper]] once utilized [[Vrobian]] powder on his brothers.
* Pg 61 - [[Scalpel (Animated)|Scalpel]] is also known by the nickname [[The Doctor]].

===Real-world references===

==Chapter 3 - Events==
*[[TransWarped]] as Shockwave and Starscream's Internal Logs, Ratchet and Optimus Prime's Autobot Incident Reports, Bumblebee's Private Journal, and the Headmaster's [[Yatter]] page
*[[Three's a Crowd]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Bulkhead and Lugnut's Internal Log
*[[Where Is Thy Sting]] as Autobot Incident Reports by [[First Aid (Animated)| First Aid]] and Bumblebee
*[[Five Servos Of Doom]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Prowl
*[[Predacons Rising]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Sentinel Prime and a message in a bottle by Waspinator
*[[Human Error, Part I]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[Human Error, Part II]] as Scrapper's diary
*[[Decepticon Air]] as Sentinel Prime's Private Journal
*[[This Is Why I Hate Machines]] as an issue of the ALTernity Today magazine
*[[Endgame, Part I]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[Endgame, Part II]] as Megatron's Encrypted Internal Log

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

==Chapter 4 - Culture==
* [[Human Error, Part I|Automen]] by Bulkhead
* [[Rock Lord]]s by Bumblebee
* [[Space bridge]]s by Megatron
* [[Ninja Gladiator]] by Sari
* [[Christmas]] by Optimus Prime
* Scooter / Jetpack by Isaac Sumdac
* Thanatos-class ships by Strika
* [[Great War (Animated)|The Great War]] (the game)
* [[Electronic paint job|Electronic Paint]] by Bumblebee
* Helmets by Swindle
* [[Protoform]]s by Yoketron
* [[Cloning]] by Swindle
* The [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]]
* Prototype Minions by Soundwave
* The [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] Reconstituted by Optimus Prime

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

==Chapter 5 - Cybertron==
* Cybertron and its moons by Ultra Magnus
* The [[Hadeen System]] by Cosmos
* Stellar Cartography by Swindle
* [[Iacon (city-state)|Iacon]] by Captain Fanzone
* The [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]] by Alpha Trion
* [[Longarm (Animated)|Longarm]]'s office by Cliffjumper
* Infirmary by Arcee
* [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]] by Sentinel Prime
* [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] by Brawn
* [[Cyber-Ninja Dojo]] by Lockdown
* [[Space bridge nexus|Spacebridge Nexus]] by Bulkhead

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

Pg 114-115

There are dozens of references to fictional planets on these two pages alone.

Marklar is a reference to a planet in the [[wikipedia: South Park| South Park]] episode [[wikipedia: Starvin' Marvin in Space| Starvin Marvin in Space]].

[[wikipedia: Skaro| Skaro]] is a reference to [[wikipedia: Doctor Who| Doctor Who]]. [[Swindle (Animated)| Swindle's]] comment about needed a Mark III Travel Machine is a reference to a device used by [[Dalek| Daleks]], who have appeared in Transformers before.

Nintenduu LVIX is a reference to a planet from [[wikipedia: Futurama| Futurama]].

Zeotopia and the subsequent comments by Swindle about the Sectoids and Reptosaurs are all reference to the now defunct [[Hasbro]] toyline called [[wikipedia: Xevoz| Xevoz]]. If you don't get these references, [http://www.shortpacked.com/blog/2005/11/09/xevoz/ you are a monster.]

==Chapter 6 - Settings==
* Cyberspace by Prowl
* [[Burger Bot]] by Sari Sumdac
* [[Tigatron Stadium]] by Lugnut
* [[Fossil Fuel]] by Dirtboss
* Soundwave's lab by Sari
* [[Beast Wars (event)|Unknown locale]] by Blackarachnia

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

==Chapter 7 - Project Omega==
* [[Omega Laboratory]] by Ratchet
* Autobot workers by Blitzwing
* [[Sigma Supreme|Steelhaven]] by Ultra Magnus
** Steelhaven cargo by Swindle
** Steelhaven brig by Sunstorm
** Steelhaven infrastructure by Optimus Prime
** Steelhaven Energon storage by Jazz
** Steelhaven schematics by Perceptor
* [[Lugnut Supreme]] by Starscream

===Transformers references===
* Override Prime is an homage to [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] of Transformers Cybertron. And yes, she is a girl.
* Kappa Supreme's codename, Chromia X, is a reference to the [[Chromia 10|pursuit ship]] used by [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] in Dawn Of Futures Past.

===Real-world references===

==Section I - Toy Design==

==Section II - Animation==

==Section III - Season Four==

==Section IV - Toy Gallery==

==Section V - Packaging Art==

==Section VI - The Cast==

==Interstitials==

==Literary elements==
Including the copyright information, title page, foreword and afterwords, notes from the authors and acknowledgments.

==Notes==
* Cover artist [[Marcelo Matere]] recreates some of his own [[package art]] on the cover. That's probably a first.
* [[Hiroyuki Otoboto]]'s quote contains 「思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!"), which was manga artist [[Naoto Tsushima]]'s reaction that he tweeted after importing the [[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|first volume.]] <ref>[http://twitvideo.jp/00VMB Tsushima's TwitVideo with "The AllSpark Almanac"]</ref>

===Errors===
* The cover depicts Bumblebee playing with Roll Out Command Optimus Prime, but the box beside him is that of Prime's Voyager-sized toy. It also depicts the Leader Class Bulkhead's buzzsaw on the wrong arm.
* On the back cover, the quote for Hiroyuki is mistakenly written as 「小さい頃、超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマーの本この本に等しかったな。懐かしいない... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("When I was young, [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]] did have a book that was something like this. I didn't miss it... I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!"). The correct form should have been 「小さい頃、『超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー』の本この本に等しかったない。懐かしいな... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("When I was young, 'Super Robot Lifeform Transformers' didn't have a book that was something like this. How nostalgic... I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!").
* On p. 52, the text says that [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] "bristles with ordinance". "Ordinances" are local laws; "ordnance" is weaponry.
* On p. 58, "posses" is misspelled "poses".
* On p. 114, in the text at the top, "[[Vestial Imperium]]" is misspelled "Vestal".
* On p. 139, "primitive" is misspelled "primative".

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/digipedia/annotatedalmanac2.html The Annotated AllSpark Almanac II], a 98% complete listing of the hidden references in the book

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William Lennox

2010-07-30T20:02:29Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Human Alliance */

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:''William Lennox is a [[human]] from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Williamlennox.jpg|right|thumb|300px|My character archetype is how you know it's a [[Michael Bay]] film!]]

'''William "Wild Bill" Lennox''' is a member of the [[United States Army|United States Army Rangers]]. <ref>The nickname "Wild Bill" appears only in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]].</ref> A young, yet capable officer, Lennox has the friendship and trust of the men under his command.

He has a [[Sarah Lennox|wife]] and a [[Annabelle Lennox|daughter]] [[United States of America|back home]].

==Fiction==
===''Transformers'' (2007) movie===
:''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]] (English), [[Fumiya Yazaki]] (Japanese-language dub voice), [[Niseem Onorato]] (Italian-language dub voice), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese-language dub voice)

[[Image:Movie Lennox myladies.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Guys, are we supposed to be getting an episode of the Teletubbies?]]

Returning back to [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] after a mission behind enemy lines, Captain Lennox's men discussed what they were going to do once they got home to the States. As usual, [[Jorge Figueroa|Fig]] talked about his mom's cooking in Spanish, [[Robert Epps|Epps]] commented that he'd never accept a dinner invitation to Fig's house and [[Patrick Donnelly|Donnelly]] reminisced about flat beer, cold hot dogs and baseball on weekends. When asked about what he wanted to do, Lennox replied that he only wanted to hold his baby girl for the first time, to which his men teased him for his sappy sentiment.

After their CV-22 Ospreys touched down, Lennox was writing a report when local boy [[Mahfouz]] visited him carrying a bag of water. Soon afterwards, he talked to his wife Sarah and their daughter on the satellite video phone. Lennox declared that their daughter was so cute that he just wanted to chew on her cheeks, and that they both made one good looking kid. To his delight, Sarah told him their girl had his laugh, though he wondered if she had merely farted. Around the same time as a [[Blackout (Movie)|mysterious MH-53 Pave Low]] helicopter had landed on the base, his connection to Sarah became distorted, and he tried to tell her that he'd be home soon as the transmission was cut.

Suddenly, the base was under attack as the helicopter somehow transformed into a giant walking weapons platform. Leading his men and the boy Mahfouz, they witnessed Epps nearly being crushed by the weapons platform before Fig saved him by firing a sabot from his grenade launcher into the 'chest' of the weapon. With Epps in tow, Lennox's unit escaped as the robot laid waste to SOCCENT, leaving no survivors.

[[Image:Movie Lennox Scorponoktail.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Yeah, real good work watching your commander's back, all you guys standin' in the background.]]

The next morning, after making their way through the desert, the men discussed the past night's events, with Epps expressing his belief that the weapon, whatever it was, looked right back at him as he was taking its photograph. Lennox determined that no matter what, they had to get the information back to the [[Pentagon]], and asked Mahfouz to lead them to his village where they could find a telephone line. Unknown to them, [[Scorponok (Movie)|a second robot]], a mechanical scorpion, was listening to their conversation and stalking them. As they neared the outskirts of the village, a metal spiked tail rose out of the sand and was about to kill Lennox when Epps fired at it, saving his life. Unfortunately, the giant scorpion killed top kick Donnelly and the men ran for their lives to the relative cover of the village.

Ordering the men to form a defensive perimeter, Lennox followed Mahfouz to his father [[Akram]]'s house, the latter of whom provided him with a cell phone. As the others fought off Scorponok, Lennox attempted to call for help from the Pentagon, but had more than a little trouble with the [[Telephone Operator|operator]] who demanded a credit card despite the life-and-death situation he was in. After successfully searching for Epps's credit card in one of the latter's many back pockets, Lennox successfully contacted the Pentagon, but not before the operator tried to get him to sign onto a Premium Plus World Service Gold Package. He'll never use that company again.

[[Image:Movie LennoxEpps backpockets.jpg|left|300px|thumb|10: LEFT CHEEK! 20: GOTO 10]]

The Pentagon sent in two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from Strike Package Bravo. Lennox ordered the men to light up the target for the Air Force' radars to lock onto and fire upon. Unfortunately, the A-10s did no appreciable damage to the metal scorpion, with Epps expressing disbelief that it could still be alive. With the call of [[Bring the rain|"Bring the rain!"]], Lennox suggested the biggest barrels the Air Force had: the 105 millimeter cannons of a AC-130 Spectre gunship. The cannonade pounded Scorponok into the sand. As the dust settled, the scorpion got up and dove into the sand, but not before leaving part of its damaged tail behind. Lennox and Epps ran to check on Fig, who had been struck by one of the scorpion's missiles.

En-route back to America, the team studied the tail segment they salvaged from the battle scene. An analyst observed that it seemed to be covered in a [[Self-regenerating molecular armor]]. Lennox pointed out where a sabot round had burned right through. Turning to Epps's expertise, he asked if it was correct that sabot rounds had a 6000 degree magnesium burn, which Epps said was true. As Lennox ordered Epps to tell command to load sabot rounds on all their gunships, the tail suddenly came to life and narrowly missed impaling them. Epps angrily berated the analyst for telling them it was dead; Lennox ordered them to strap the tail down, while concluding that the technology behind it was 'wicked'. Touching down at [[United States Air Force#Facilities|Nellis Air Force Base]], Lennox's men had barely walked off the plane when [[Sector Seven|mysterious government agents]] pulled up in black SUVs and ordered the Rangers to come with them.

After arriving at [[Hoover Dam]], Lennox and his unit met with Secretary of Defense [[John Keller]], and were taken to see [[Megatron (Movie)|N.B.E.-1]]. After the Iceman began to thaw, Lennox and his unit headed for the armory, where they were having a special on forty mm sabot rounds.

When [[Sam Witwicky]] asked [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] to free [[Bumblebee (Movie)|a good robot]], Simmons refused to listen, until Lennox got him to cooperate by putting a gun to his chest, resulting in a Mexican standoff between his unit and Sector Seven. Simmons ordered him to release him, but Lennox told Simmons he and his men didn't take orders from people who didn't exist. They won the standoff (losing really isn't an option for those guys). Lennox and his men subsequently escorted Sam and the car to [[Mission City]], meeting [[Autobot|other good robots]] en route.

[[Image:Movie Lennox Sam takethecube.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Give me the girl and no one has to die here.]]

After arriving in Mission City, they were attacked by a [[Seeker (Movie)|fighter jet]] which [[Ironhide (Movie)|some truck]] called "[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]". Soon afterwards, [[Brawl (Movie)|a tank]] started shelling them, until the good robots totally triple teamed it. When Megatron arrived, the good robots told the soldiers to fall back, and seeing [[Jazz (Movie)|the Pontiac]] trying to cover the retreat of his men, Lennox tried to tell the good robot to fall back as well, but it was too late. Lennox and his men engaged the tank when it got back up, but it just wouldn't die, and things were complicated further when the helicopter that destroyed SOCCENT Qatar turned up. Telling Sam to take the [[AllSpark (Movie)|All Spark]] to a building to be evacuated, Lennox and his team engaged the tank thing, which began to overpower them. It was only with the help of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|the Camaro]] and [[Mikaela Banes|some girl]] that they were able to kill the thing.

[[Image:Lennox-slide-shoot.jpg|left|250px|thumb|YOU DISHONOR MY FAMILY!]]

Later, Lennox and his men went to assist [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|the big truck]] in his fight with Megatron. During the battle, that helicopter went to help his boss. Lennox totally killed it dead by the time-honored method of:

:* Getting on a motorcycle.
:* Jumping off the motorcycle as it slams into the enemy.
:* Sliding under his opponent.
:* Shooting them in the [[gearbox]] with sabot rounds until they are dead.
:* Going "woo-hoo", "yee-ha", or another exclamation of success.

[[Image:Movie LennoxFamily.jpg|right|250px|thumb|It's the circle of liiiife!]]
His final action in the battle of Mission City was to shoot a sabot round in the chest of Megatron, offering an opening to Sam to ram the All Spark in his chest, thus allowing them victory.

After the deaths of the [[Decepticon]]s, [[Ironhide (Movie)|the Topkick named Ironhide]] gave him a ride home, where he was reunited with his wife and met his newborn daughter. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}}
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===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
Though the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] had been defeated, the job was not yet done in Mission City. Now acquainted with the good robots known as the [[Autobot|Autobots]], Lennox and his team accompanied [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] to seek out and destroy the mutation Transformers created by the [[AllSpark (Movie)|All Spark]]'s energy. After the last of the creatures were destroyed, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] requested Lennox's assistance in helping the Autobots escape from less-trustworthy humans such as Sector Seven. Gladly helping, the soldiers found Ironhide a trailer that Prime could use to transport Jazz's remains out of the city. As Ironhide somberly placed his comrade's body into the container, Lennox, Epps and the men lowered their heads in honour of the 'bot who saved their lives. Lennox gave Ironhide his cell phone for Sam Witwicky to call him with once they were safely away (forgetting that his wife would probably call him at some point). As soon as the Autobots left, that jerkface Agent Simmons from Sector Seven turned up, demanding to know what had transpired. To their surprise, Simmons also offered Lennox and Epps positions within Sector Seven to help defend Earth against further Transformer aggression. Initially, they refused, until Sam called Epps's phone right in front of Simmons, blowing Lennox's excuse.

A month later, Simmons managed to persuade Lennox to request the Autobots' assistance in escorting the corpses of the Decepticons to the naval yards for disposal. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1}}

Now members of Sector Seven, Epps and Lennox oversaw the transportation of the Decepticon bodies to the [[San Diego]] [[United States Navy|US Navy]] base where they would be taken to the ocean and dumped. As a gesture of friendship to the Autobots, Lennox also arranged for Jazz to be properly buried at sea, an honour greatly appreciated by Optimus Prime. When the All Spark fragment seemed to react to the presence of the Decepticons, Optimus Prime left it in the care of Sector Seven scientist [[Professor Vine]] while he was away. Lennox ordered [[Salani]] to stay behind and guard the shard with his life. Later, when Optimus Prime had second thoughts, he ordered Bumblebee and Ironhide to return to the Sector Seven [[Nevada]] base to retrieve the fragment, and Lennox sent Epps to accompany them. What they didn't know was Decepticons had leveled the base. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}}

[[Image:Alliance3_OptimusPrime_Lennox.jpg|thumb|300px|I went from the height of Prime's ankle to his knee in just 2 panels!]]

The convoy returned after learning of [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s devastating attacks. Just as Simmons was about to leave to find the All Spark shard, Lennox ordered him to stay where he was, and that Simmons's rank was negated by orders from Secretary of Defense Keller, who had terminated Sector Seven and fired Simmons. Lennox felt some regret in seeing Simmons go, but doubted they had seen the last of the strange man. Two weeks later, Lennox butted heads with unsympathetic, suspicious superiors at the [[Pentagon]], who did not trust the Autobots and were not keen on Lennox's idea of a joint military alliance. At the last they agreed, but made it clear it was the young officer's responsibility. After the disposal of the Decepticons, Lennox assured Optimus Prime that it was highly unlikely anything of Earth or Cybertronian origin could reach the bodies. Below deck, Lennox, revealed more "[[transition form|meteors]] had been seen coming down to Earth, and proposed his militaty alliance idea, with the two leaders agreeing to mutual trust and disclosure. Shortly afterwards, the Autobots and human soldiers in the newly formed [[NEST]] began training on the island of [[Diego Garcia]], though it did not go too well. Both Optimus Prime and the newly promoted '''Major''' Lennox impressed upon the soldiers that teamwork was paramount to their successful defense of their home. After the drill, Lennox expressed admiration for Optimus Prime and the Autobots, though the Autobot leader brushed the compliments off, and stated it was humans such as [[Sam Witwicky]] and Lennox who were the true heroes, and the Autobots were just part of the problem. Soon, the NEST team had to move out—the Decepticon [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] had been seen in [[San Francisco]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3}}

[[Image:Alliance4_angryLennox_Prime.jpg|thumb|300px|left|What do you mean Self-Destruct? Who was the smart ass who installed this?]]

In San Francisco, when the Decepticons were spotted, Lennox and Bumblebee went after Swindle, who turned to face his pursuers on the Golden Gate Bridge. Lennox distracted the Decepticon from Bumblebee, a move that almost cost him his life before the Autobot destroyed Swindle. Before he died, Swindle boasted that none of them were safe, and that they would find "it". This troubled Lennox, and on the plane trip back to Diego Garcia, he confided with Prime his fears about there being more Decepticons and what they were looking for. When Optimus suggested taking Sam, a possible target, to the base on the island, Lennox refused, stating it was too much to place upon the boy, but agreed that they should assign somebody to keep an eye on him. Back at base, Lennox again butted heads with his superiors, who were supremely unhappy that the Autobots transformed into robot mode, pointedly telling Lennox that his team was expected to fix problems, not create new ones. Lennox was frustrated that the pig-headed brass still didn't trust the Autobots. After seeing Bumblebee off, the team discovered that the Decepticons were once again active in force on Earth, and were authorised to hunt down and destroy the invaders. Though their numbers and their experience grew, Lennox's men suffered losses while taking out the Decepticons. A day after destroying [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] and [[Dropkick]] in [[Florida]], the team returned to [[Mission City]] to greet new Autobot recruits. Unfortunately, soon afterwards, the greatest test NEST had faced yet appeared: the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] had appeared in [[Shanghai]], [[China]]. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4}}
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===''The Veiled Threat'' prequel novel===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Alliance (comic)|Alliance]]'' comic.}}
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{{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
:''Actor:'' [[Josh Duhamel]] (English), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese-language dub voice)

In the two years following the battle at [[Mission City]], Lennox received a promotion to Major and was made field commander of [[NEST]], an alliance between human governments and the Autobots to track down and eliminate all Decepticons active on Earth.

In 2009, NEST was deployed to [[Shanghai]] when Decepticons were detected, their sixth operation in eight months. When NEST reached the industrial center they last tracked them to, Lennox told the arriving [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] that they had echoes near the steel stacks, and the Autobots soldier confirmed that there was a Decepticon nearby. Sergeant Epps soon got a thermal ripple from an excavator, and as Lennox ordered NEST to be steady, the Decepticon [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] transformed and struck the stacks sending them and several NEST soldiers flying. As NEST returned fire, the Decepticon [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] made a break for it. Lennox took a group to stop the Decepticon, deploying [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[The Twins]] to intercept him. When [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] made a bad turn and Sideways managed to fight off Arcee, Lennox ordered [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] deployed, and he managed to take out the fleeing Decepticon.

Although [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and Epps' group managed to take out Demolishor, he relayed a cryptic warning before he died: "[[The Fallen]] shall rise again". Upon returning to [[Diego Garcia]], Lennox ordered a video briefing with [[Morshower|General Morshower]] at the [[Pentagon]]. While paying his respects to the three soldiers who were killed at Shanghai, Lennox saw a helicopter land and deposit [[Theodore Galloway]], the National Security Adviser. Lennox told the Director he would need to be on the classified access list to enter, only for Galloway to slap a Presidential authorization on his chest informing them of [[Barack Obama|President Obama]]'s decision to make Galloway his official liaison. As Lennox took Galloway to the Autobots' hanger, the link to the JCS was established. Lennox greeted Chairman Morshower and told them that Optimus Prime needed to debrief him immediately. After Optimus relayed the warning of "The Fallen" to General Morshower, Galloway then interrupted to air the President's concerns, while also airing his complains over the Autobots' refusal to share weapons technology and continued sending of messages to space. Although Lennox and Epps tried to defend the Autobots, Galloway dismissed them and asked if the Autobots would peacefully leave if they were asked to. Optimus said that they would, but posed a question of his own: what if they leave, and Galloway was wrong? Lennox admitted that it was a good question.

That evening, however, the Decepticons located the [[AllSpark (Movie)|AllSpark]] shard stored on Diego Garcia and stole it, using it to resurrect [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. The Autobots soon sent word to NEST of multiple incoming Decepticons, but refused to specify where they were heading and would not respond to NEST's calls. Lennox ordered NEST ready for deployment in twenty minutes. By the time they reached the United States, Lennox received a message from the Autobots: the battle with the Decepticons to rescue [[Sam Witwicky]] had not gone well, and Optimus Prime was [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|dead]]. Soon after, the Decepticons launched two attacks at Paris and the [[United States Navy]], destroying the ''U.S.S. Roosevelt'' and killing all hands aboard. Following this, The Fallen made the presence of the [[Transformer]]s known and demanded that humanity turn Sam over to them.

Optimus Prime's body was brought to an Air Force base in New Jersey, and his body had barely hit the ground when the United States military surrounded the Autobots. Lennox ordered the soldiers to lower their weapons, only to learn that Director Galloway had managed to place himself in charge of NEST and order it deactivated, with the Autobots to be placed under guard. Lennox tried to argue the Autobots value, but Galloway dismissed his arguments by saying they would buy time by negotiating with the Decepticons, even if it meant handing Sam over to the Decepticons. As a final insult to injury, Galloway then stripped Lennox's NEST badge off his uniform.

As the Autobots were being "restrained" and loaded onto C-17s for transport back to Diego Garcia, Lennox received a phone call from none other than [[Seymour Simmons]], who said that he was with Sam and needed Optimus brought to the [[Gulf of Aqaba]] in [[Egypt]]. Lennox found it strange, but realized that Sam had a better idea of the stakes and decided to trust him. Lennox had a message with the coordinates sent to General Morshower, including a warning to get ready to [[bring the rain]], while spreading word among the NEST troops to be ready. When they reached the coordinates, the pilot faked engine trouble and ordered an emergency evac. Despite Galloway's threat to end his career, he was able to strap a parachute onto the panicking bureaucrat and trick him into opening the chute while inside the plane. Finally ready, NEST parachuted into the Gulf.

Landing in a village on the beach, Lennox ordered NEST ready for combat. Once [[Graham|Agent Graham]] had a visual on [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Yellow]] team, Lennox ordered a flair popped to lead Sam to them. Unfortunately, the flare also got the attention of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who began attacking the incoming Autobots and releasing an [[electromagnetic pulse]] to disable NEST's communications. When Megatron and thirteen Decepticons arrived, Lennox ordered a group to go with Ironhide and Arcee to find Sam and lead him through the pillars, where NEST would ambush the Decepticons. Once NEST began firing on the Decepticons, Ironhide's team [[roll out|rolled out]].

In the following [[Operation: Firestorm|battle]], NEST was hard pressed to provide proper support to the remaining Autobots. Fortunately, General Morshower eventually discovered what was really happening and sent heavy armor to assist them. Members of Ironhide's team said that they were unable to reach the kid but told him where to go. Unfortunately, Megatron was hot on his trail, and Lennox ordered the tanks to provide cover fire while he and Epps made their way to Sam and [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]]. Once they reached him, Sam was insistent on getting to Optimus, despite the incoming air strike. Before they could leave, the group was forced to hide behind the wall they were using for cover, as the Decepticon [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] was using it for the same purpose. Salvation arrived in the form of the Decepticon-turned-Autobot [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], who killed Mixmaster. Unfortunately, Jetfire was then attacked by Lennox and Epps' old "pal" [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], who in turn was killed.

With the air strike incoming, Lennox told Sam and Mikaela to stay with him as they ran. Unfortunately, Epps' toss had been less than stellar. Namely, it was a mere feet away from their position. With the F-16s about to fire, Lennox and Epps ordered everyone to run like hell. Barely making away from the blast zone, Lennox ordered Sam to get back when he made a mad dash for Optimus' body. Before he could reach it, Megatron fired, sending Sam hurtling through the air before being forced to retreat. As Lennox started CPR on the boy, medics arrived to try and revive him. It appeared that Sam was dead, but [[Dynasty of Primes|something]] revived him. The dust in his sock turned into some sort of dagger, and Sam used it to revive Optimus Prime.

Unfortunately, that wasn't the end, as The Fallen teleported in, killed some soldiers, and stole the dagger. As it turns out, it wasn't some handy Autobot reviver. It was the [[Matrix of Leadership]], an artifact used to activate a [[solar harvester|weapon]] which would create [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]] by destroying stars. The Fallen then raised the heavy weaponry attacking the Decepticons on the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]], compelling the dying Jetfire to give his parts to Optimus. Once Optimus flew off, Lennox ordered NEST to follow him and start ''running toward the pyramid''. As one can assume, Optimus destroyed the machine and killed The Fallen before they arrived. With the battle won, Lennox was seen congratulating Simmons on his role in helping to save the world. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)}}

===Titan Magazines ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===

Lennox and Prime oversaw a mission in [[Los Angeles]] that [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] messed up. Galloway was pleased by this, as he was still angry about Lennox chucking him out of a plane and wanted revenge! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} He later did the same at a hostage crisis at the Alamo, a secret NEST armoury. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12|Rules of Engagement}}

Lennox's primary mission, however, was to locate all the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]] on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10| Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[John DiMaggio]] (English)

====Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC====
=====Autobot campaign=====

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==Toys==
===Transformers (2010)===
====Human Alliance====
[[Image:TF2010 HumanAlliance Jazz&Lennox.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''Autobot Jazz with Captain Lennox''' (2010)
:[[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]]'s shielded blaster becomes a motorcycle for Captain Lennox.

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==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
*'''Desert Devastation''' (Multi-pack, 2009)

[[Image:rotf_desertdevastation_rh.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I can't stop grinning!]]

:A [[super deformed]] figure with a super deformed gun, ''[[Robot Heroes]]'' Lennox is sculpted grinning wildly and holding a yellow walkie-talkie. He is only available in a multi-pack with [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] and vehicle-mode [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]].

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==Notes==
[[Image:Movie Figueroa cutscene.jpg|right|200px|thumb|By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!]]
* A later scene where Lennox comforts the dying Figueroa was cut from the theatrical release of the film, but briefly seen in the December 2006 trailer. The scene survived in both [[Transformers (novel)|the novelization]] and the [[Transformers: The Junior Novel|children's novelization]] where (despite many changes made to tone down descriptions of violence against ''robots'') he still died. Go fig!

* Early scripts give Lennox's rank as Sergeant.

* Lennox is given the nickname "Wild Bill" in the novelization. Whether this was a deliberate reference to the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] [[Wild Bill|character]] remains unknown.

* Josh Duhamel's left foot was injured by a piece of fake shrapnel during filming.<ref>Duhamel made fun of his minor injury during the Second Life Virtual Press Conference (the shrapnel was made of ''cork'' and it cut his ''pinky'') explaining that he wasn't allowed to do his own stunts.</ref>

[[Image:Movie ScreenBattles Sector7figures.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Hey! It's me! Lennox!]]
* [[Transformers (novel)|The novelization]] reveals that Lennox's daughter's name is Annabelle.

* The '''Capture of Bumblebee''' set from the "Screen Battles" packs features what appear to be two [[Sector Seven]] soldiers, but one of them is obviously Lennox painted in Sector Seven colors.

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==Footnotes==
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Hydra (G1)

2010-07-30T19:23:14Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Super-God Masterforce */

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{{disambig2|the Decepticon Godmaster|the Beast Wars Neo Predacon|Hydra (BWN)}}
:''Hydra is a [[human]] and [[Decepticon]] [[Godmaster]] from the [[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Hydra masterforce.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Elton John wants his specs back.]]
'''Hydra''' was a talented actor in his home country of East [[Germany]], but apparently celluloid stardom wasn't exciting enough for this burgeoning young sociopath. Hydra became involved with the [[United States of America|American]] criminal underworld, using his talent for disguise to become an assassin who was soon regarded as one of the best in the business. Cold, uncaring and extreme in his methods, Hydra already considered himself above most other people, so when the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] arrived on the scene and offered him even greater power, he happily seized upon the opportunity.

As a [[Godmaster]], Hydra is bonded to a [[Transtector]] from the [[G Nebula 89|G Nebula]] and can manipulate [[Chōkon Power]], with his specialty being the control of lightning. He and his younger brother [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] can merge their Transtectors into the giant jet [[Darkwings]]. Hydra truly believes that the Decepticons should rule mankind, and is willing even to sacrifice his own humanity to help them accomplish that goal.

: ''English/Malay dub name:'' '''Darkwing'''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Hydra armor.jpg|left|180px|thumb|THIS, I command!]]
Hydra and Buster were in North America when they were approached by [[Giga]] and [[Mega]], agents of the Decepticon leader [[Devil Z]], and bonded to a pair of Transtectors that had taken the forms of jet planes. {{storylink|A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai}} The brothers were brought to a hidden island, where they were trained in the use of their new Godmaster powers until it was decided that they join up with the rest of the Decepticons already operating under the command of [[Blood]]. Blood's [[Pretender]]s and [[Headmaster Junior]]s were summoned to the island, where Hydra and Buster, disguised in suits of medieval armor, promptly attacked and bested them as a demonstration of their powers. Blood bristled at the notion that two humans could be stronger than true Decepticons, and challenged the two Godmasters to prove themselves by attacking the [[Mt Fuji Foothills Hang Gliding Competition Tournament]]. It just so happened that the [[Autobot]] Headmaster Juniors were participating in the contest, leading to a battle between the Godmaster brothers and the Autobot Pretenders. Although they had their Autobot foes massively overpowered, the arrival of [[Metalhawk]] left them outnumbered, and the brothers opted to withdraw. {{storylink|Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers}} Hydra and Buster next went into battle when the Decepticons attacked the tidal power plant on [[Karin Islands|Viscas Island]], but the battle was brought to an end when Buster was injured by [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] and Hydra called retreat. {{storylink|A Fierce Battle!! The Autobots Are in Trouble}}

[[Image:Hydra and buster human.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Joined at the hip. Probably literally.]]
When Mega and Giga revealed that there were other Godmasters on Earth, Hydra and Buster were charged with locating them before the Autobots did. Hydra decided to search North America first, on the basis that it was where they became Godmasters themselves, and with a little help from the Headmaster Juniors, the brothers were soon on the trail of a mysterious truck that had been rumoured to be able to heal any damage to itself. The brothers found the truck crashed at the bottom of a cliff along with the Autobot Diver, but when they attempted to take it, the truck's driver, [[Ginrai]], revealed that he was indeed a Godmaster, and that that truck was his Transtector, by transforming to robot mode for the first time. Shocked by what they had witnessed, Hydra and Buster retreated. {{storylink|A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai}} Before long, however, the brothers were back on Ginrai's trail, and attacked numerous tractor trailers in their search for him, killing many of Ginrai's trucker friends before finally locating him. Hydra took Ginrai on alone, but at an inopportune moment, the rays of the sun reflected off a picture Ginrai was carrying and blinded Hydra, forcing him to call for a retreat. {{storylink|Ginrai: God On of Rage!!}}

When [[Cancer]] was captured by the Autobots for interrogation, Hydra and Buster arrived to retrieve him. The Autobots released their prisoner, but Hydra immediately discovered a homing beacon planted on Cancer's shirt, and attacked the Autobots in retribution. While battling Ginrai, Hydra was distracted when Cancer protected the kindly Autobot [[Minerva]] from Buster, allowing Ginrai to turn the tide of the battle and force the villains to fall back. {{storylink|A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva}} Things didn't go much better during the brothers' next battle with Ginrai, at Mount Yatsugatake in Nagano, where there brothers were blasted by Ginrai's newly-obtained trailer. {{storylink|Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!}}

[[Image:Hydra punchedbyginrai.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Ginrai takes out the only tree in Hydra's forest.]]
Hungry for revenge, Hydra and Buster were not content simply with destroying Ginrai, but also sought to discredit him and the Autobots into the bargain. Luring Ginrai into a battle in a city, the brothers loudly blamed him for starting the battle so that the population could overhear, and then summoned some [[Lobclaw]] [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] to finish the Autobot off. Luckily, Diver and [[Lander]] arrived to deal with the Seacons, and the enraged Ginrai unleashed a blast of Chōkon Power that saw the villains off. {{storylink|Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai}}

Learning that Ginrai had appeared on television show in an attempt to find the remaining Godmasters on Earth, Hydra and Buster tried menacing a producer at the TV station in order to find out what Ginrai had learned from the correspondence that had come in. The tactic had no luck, so they resorted to searching the continent with the help of the Pretenders; the Pretenders later found Ginrai in Canada, but were unable to stop the next Godmaster, [[Lightfoot]] from joining the Autobots. {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}} After this failure, the Decepticons were even more determined to recruit the next Godmaster, a Canadian forest patrolman named [[Ranger]]. During the battle with the Autobots that resulted in the Rocky Mountains, however, Hydra and Buster were left badly outnumbered and had to flee when the Headmaster Juniors abandoned them out of spite after they carelessly put Wilder in danger in their zeal to destroy Ginrai. {{storylink|An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger}}

[[Image:Buster armless.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Don't mind him, he's 'armless.]]
Hydra and Buster stepped back from the front lines for a short time, instead trying their hand at formulating a plan for the Pretenders to carry out. This outlandish plot to capture doctors was soon botched, much to their distaste, {{storylink|Save the Little Girl! The Chōjin Warriors, the Godmasters}} and they again took an active hand in matters, starting with a scheme to divide and conquer the Autobot Godmasters, starting with Lightfoot. Hydra put his makeup talents to use disguising himself and Buster as reporters so that they could get close to Lightfoot's father [[Leftfoot]] and take him prisoner. The brothers sent a message to Lightfoot, who was faced with the choice of either joining the Autobots or having his [[Master-Brace]]s (and hands!) cut off by Hydra, but luckily, the other Autobot Godmasters soon arrived to help give the Darkwings Brothers one of their most severe beatings yet. When Buster's arm was actually torn off, the horrified Hydra called retreat, but they weren't above spitefully blowing up some factory buildings as they left. {{storylink|Life? Death? The Desperate Lightfoot}}

[[Image:Hydra robotmode.jpg|left|220px|thumb|Bringing a gun to a Chōkon fight.]]
After serving as chauffeurs for Mega when she was posing as a fortune teller, {{storylink|Expose the Decepticons' Dark Trap!}} Hydra and Buster were next charged with destroying Ginrai's trailer. His acting talent again in full swing, Hydra posed as a movie producer named "Billy Hyler" and talked Ginrai into performing some stunt-driving for a movie filming in the desert. Buster was able to plant an explosive charge that separated Ginrai from his trailer, and the brothers combined into Darkwings in an attempt to destroy the latter component. Before they could strike, Ginrai merged with his trailer and blew the villains out of the air with his Special Fire Guts attack. Ginrai was, however, subsequently badly wounded by Giga and Mega's combined form, [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], {{storylink|Super Ginrai Gets Blown Away in the Desert!?}} and the brothers decided to strike while the Autobots were a man down by attempting to destroy the [[Godbomber]] drone the heroes were in the midst of constructing. The brothers were duped into following a disguised truck into the nearby mountains, thinking that it was carrying Godbomber, when in fact, it was simply the Autobot, [[Road King]], who joined with Ranger and Lightfoot in beating the brothers to a pulp. {{storylink|Will the Bomber Project Be Destroyed!?}}

[[Image:Buster and hydra.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Strike a pose!]]
In the next attempt to destroy Godbomber, Hydra and Buster attacked a Middle-East oil refinery in order to draw the Autobots out. Even the cold, cruel Hydra was taken aback, however, when Giga asked if they were willing to make the ultimate sacrifice, and later confided in Buster that while he was not afraid of dying in battle, he wasn't willing to sacrifice himself just for victory. Although this plan to destroy Godbomber met with failure, {{storylink|Overlord - Terror of the Chōkon Tornado}} the Decepticons tried yet again, this time by separating Godbomber from Ginrai and having Hydra and Buster target the unprotected drone. With a little help from [[Sixknight]], however, the Autobot Headmaster Juniors discovered that they were able to pilot Godbomber and were able to defeat the Darkwings Brothers. {{storylink|Destroy Godbomber!!}}

When the final Godmaster, [[Clouder]], sought out the Decepticons and requested to join them, Hydra had [[King Poseidon]] attack him so that he could prove his strength. {{storylink|Appearance!! The Final Godmaster}} Clouder passed the test, and the Decepticons installed him within the Autobot ranks as a spy, who fed them inside information on the Autobots' base. Hydra and Buster proceeded to attack a nearby city in order to occupy the attentions of Ginrai and the Godmasters while the rest of the Decepticons initiated an all-out attack on the Autobots' headquarters {{storylink|Secret Orders! Destroy the Autobot Base!!}} and although the brothers were eventually defeated, the larger plan to destroy the base succeeded. {{storylink|Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes}} Soon thereafter, when BlackZarak arrived on Earth, Hydra and Buster traveled into space with the rest of the Decepticons when the villain prepared to unleash the unholy [[Death Para-Machine]] upon the [[Earth]], {{storylink|Crisis! The Day of Human Extinction}} and later battled Lightfoot in northern Europe. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}

[[Image:Hydra buster roboticized.jpg|left|180px|thumb|We can rebuild him, we have the technology.]]
Having been left to die in the conflagration that destroyed the Autobot base, Clouder turned on his former allies when he resurfaced, and offered to lead the Autobots to a Decepticon base. His discussion with [[Shūta Gō]], however, was overheard by Hydra, who radioed ahead to the Decepticon base, allowing them to lay a trap for the two youths. {{storylink|God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base}} Later, when the Autobots attacked the Decepticon base in force, Hydra and Buster battled Ginrai and the Godmasters, until Devil Z brought the battle to and end by fusing with BlackZarak and collapsing the base into an undersea chasm. {{storylink|The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform}}

[[Image:Hydra devilpower.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Ginrai forgot to unplug him last night.]]
After their numerous defeats at the hands of Ginrai, Hydra came to the conclusion that he and Buster were weakened by their humanity, and the brothers petitioned Devil Z to use his powers to transform them into true robots. The evil being complied, fusing the brothers with their Transtectors and replacing their Jinchōkon Power—lost to them along with their humanity—with his own [[Devil Power]]. The Darkwings Brothers attacked Ginrai in the Grand Canyon, and Ginrai, appalled at what they had done to themselves, called upon his God Fire Guts attack. The brothers responded by diving at Ginrai in a flaming "Hellfire Attack", resulting in a huge explosion when the attacks collided. The battered brothers limped away from the battle, declaring it a draw. {{storylink|Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn}} While Ginrai then went on to battle Overlord, Hydra and Buster attacked Lightfoot and Road King, trapping them in a cave. They then took on the Autobot Headmaster Juniors, almost cutting off Shūta's arms before Ginrai returned and saw them off. {{storylink|Autobots! Desperate Attack!!}}

[[Image:Hydra buster punished.jpg|left|180px|thumb|"Mine!" "Leave those alone, Overlord, you don't know where they've been."]]
During the final conflict on the Matterhorn, Hydra and Buster unveiled the mightiest weapon in their arsenal, the "Mach X Flight", allowing them to move faster than the eye could follow. They did not predict, however, that Ginrai could replicate the effect with his own Chōkon Power, and the Autobot once again proved to be their better, searing their bodies with his burning backwash and sending them crashing into the mountain. The brothers rejoined the other Decepticons at the mountain's peak, where BlackZarak unleashed his fury on the two failures, pummelling them until Overlord stepped in to try and stop the punishment. This only resulted in BlackZarak turning on him as well, at which point Ginrai arrived to save his foes and engage BlackZarak in final battle. {{storylink|Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z}} As the Autobot leader battled BlackZarak, Hydra and Buster recovered from their beating, with Hydra calmly writing it off as proof that they were weak, and that they needed to fight even harder. At that point, the Autobot Godmasters arrived and Hydra and Buster plunged into battle right away, despite the fact that they were on the verge of collapse. Eventually, they could fight no further, and combined into Darkwings to flee. In the moments that followed, Ginrai succeeded in destroying BlackZarak and Devil Z, which resulted in all the other humans becoming separated from their Transtectors. The Transtectors themselves continued to live as true super-robot lifeforms, and Hydra and Buster promptly joined with the other Decepticons in departing Earth. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}

====''Victory'' cartoon====
Hydra and Buster served as part of the Decepticon forces under Overlord's command, often battling the Autobot forces led by Ginrai in the G Nebula. {{storylink|Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior}}

===''Super-God Masterforce'' comic===
[[Image:Hydra buster manga.jpg|left|275px|thumb|Jump around, jump around, jump up jump up and get down!]]
Decepticon leaders Giga and Mega unveiled their Godmaster warriors, Hydra and Buster, to the world by sending them to "welcome" the Autobot Godmaster, Ginrai, to Japan. After bombing Tokyo on their way to Harumi Wharf, Hydra and Buster merged into Darkwings and immediately attacked Metalhawk and the Autobot Headmaster Juniors, who were at the wharf awaiting Ginrai's arrival. After taking the Juniors out of the fight, the brothers then transformed into robot mode to tackle Metalhawk, but thankfully, Ginrai chose that moment to make his entrance and promptly launched the villains over the horizon with a blast of Chōkon Power. {{storylink|Enter on the Stage! The Name of the Savior Is Ginrai!}}

When the Autobots traveled to the planet [[Athenia]] so that Ginrai could be appointed [[Supreme Commander]], Hydra and Buster followed, joining up with the other Decepticons out in space and attacking the planet with [[Scramble 7]]. The Autobots were able to defeat Scramble 7, but Buster and Hydra informed them that they had been united under the leadership of Devil Z, and were heading back to Earth to await the Autobots' return. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}

Hydra and Buster later joined the other Decepticons in an attack on Tokyo, {{storylink|God Ginrai's Amazing Super-God Combination!}}, battled the Autobot Godmasters and [[Grand Maximus]] in space {{storylink|The Earth Family of Good and Evil}} and lured Ginrai into a Decepticon ambush atop [[Mount Everest]]. {{storylink|Decepticons' Great Counterattack!}} Eventually, the two brothers had Devil Z transform them into entirely robotic beings, and joined him in attacking the other Autobots and Decepticons as he attempted to drain their Jinchōkon and become the ultimate lifeform. The Autobots and Decepticons struck back by combining their powers together into the "Perfect Transform Attack", destroying Devil Z for good. As their leader was wiped out before their eyes, Hydra and Buster combined into Darkwings and fled into space. {{storylink|The Birth of the Super Lifeforms}}

==Toys==
===Super-God Masterforce===
[[Image:MF-toy Hydra.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hail Hydra!]]
*'''Hydra''' (Godmaster Decepticon, 1988)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-304'''
**''Accessories'': Godmaster Transtector, Sky Laser, Plasma Missile

:Hydra's Transtector transforms into a Panavia Tornado GR1 fighter jet. As a Godmaster, he is unable to transform to robot mode until the Hydra Godmaster figure is transformed into engine mode and snapped into the socket on the Transtector's back, unlocking the figure for transformation. Once unlocked, Hydra can also combine with his brother Buster (sold separately) to form the super-jet, Darkwings.

:Hydra was sold concurrently in [[Hasbro]] markets as [[Darkwing]] and [[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]], with the significant difference of teal plastic instead of Hydra's red.

::* ''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Destron/Hydra/hydra.htm More information on Hydra at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:MF-toy Darkwings.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]
*'''Darkwings''' (Multi-pack, 1988)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-306'''
**''Accessories'': Hydra Transtector, Buster Transtector, 2 Sky Lasers, 2 Plasma Missiles

: Hydra and Buster were both made available in a special multi-pack as well. This set came with a unique [[bio]]/[[Tech Spec]] for the Darkwings combined mode. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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*'''Hydra Darkwing''' (Godmaster Decepticon, 1988)
**''Accessories'': Godmaster Transtector, Sky Laser, Plasma Missile

: Essentially just a Japanese release of Hasbro's Darkwing figure, this version of the Hydra toy was only available by mail-order, for the price of 1980 yen and four [[Robot Point]]s.

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==Notes==
*For the duration of the episodes "[[Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers]]" and "[[A Fierce Battle!! The Autobots Are in Trouble]]", Hydra's customarily red arms and legs are colored grey, making him look a lot more like Darkwing.

*According to his supplementary [[bio]] card, Hydra is 20 years old. As well, the card contradicts the ''Masterforce'' opening sequence by declaring him to be American rather than East German.

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Skyboom (Animated)

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Skyboom (Animated)

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:The Skyboom shield is the main defensive tool of [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]. The outer rim can separate and expand an energy field to shield beings other than Sentinel. It can withstand very heavy attacks, and would allow Sentinel to be an effective warrior if he weren't such an arrogant jerk.
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Skyboom (Animated)

2010-07-30T19:17:25Z

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The Skyboom shield is the main defensive tool of [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]. The outer rim can separate and expand an energy field to shield beings other than Sentinel. It can withstand very heavy attacks, and would allow Sentinel to be an effective warrior if he weren't such an arrogant jerk.

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Skyboom (Animated)

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Master Blade (Masterforce)

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ZeldaTheSwordsman:

[[Image:Mastersword toy.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Blade of Evil's Bane.]]

In one continuity, the '''Master Blade''' is a weapon used by [[Grand Maximus]]. It looks just like the [[Master Sword]], which is used by his elder brother, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]].
In another continuity, "Master Blades" are amongst the integrated weaponry of the human-Transformer hybrid [[Sari Sumdac]].

==Fiction==
===Super God Masterforce comic===
Launching into action to rescue [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] and [[Cab]] from the clutches of the [[Decepticon]]s, Grand Maximus and [[Ginrai]] joined their powers in an unusual way: Ginrai rode astride Grand's starship mode, wielding Grand's Master Blade, which he used to take down [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] with one almighty slash. {{storylink|The Earth Family of Good and Evil}}

===Transformers Animated cartoon===
After upgrading herself with the [[AllSpark Key]], Sari Sumdac gained a number of integrated weapons, among them a pair of energy "Master Blades" in her forearms. Sari used these to good effect against a rock monster that had been transwarped into Detroit, but when she went out of control she wound up near-fatally stabbing Bumblebee with one. Ratchet eventually performed a systems bypass to allow Sari to regain control. {{storylink|TransWarped}} The blades have not seen use since.

==Toys==
===Super-God Masterforce===
*'''Grand Maximus''' (1988)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-311'''

: The Master Blade is a [[redeco]] of Fortress Maximus's [[Master Sword]]. It was available only with the Grand Maximus toy, and both forms of the Master Blade are included—the smaller one, which can be wielded by Grand (either the robot or the Pretender shell), and the bigger one fitting in the hand of Grand Maximus.

: This mold was also redecoed to make the [[Matrix Blade]].

==Notes==

*According to Grand Maximus's instructions, it is actually only the ''small'' sword, wielded by Grand, which is named the Master Blade; the huge sword held by Grand Maximus is identified as the '''Grand Sword'''. In the blade's single fictional appearance, though, the huge sword was identified as the Master Blade, and so this article goes off that name.

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Skyboom (Animated)

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The Skyboom shield is the main defensive tool of [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]. The outer rim can separate and expand an energy field to shield beings other than Sentinel. It can withstand very heavy attacks, and would allow Sentinel to be an effective warrior if he weren't such an arrogant jerk.

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Overload (Armada)

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:''Overload is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Overload-armada-cardart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hey guys, I'm totally in ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'', seriously!]]
'''Overload''' is an Autobot powerhouse. On his own, he's strong, massive, and covered with guns and artillery. On top of this, he can combine with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], forming an enormously powerful set of cannons for the Autobot leader.

Just ''who'' Overload is depends on which universe one is in. Sometimes "Overload" is simply the name used by the [[Mini-Con]] [[Rollout (Armada)|Rollout]] when he combines with his armored trailer. And sometimes the trailer itself is Overload, a separate living entity... who uses someone else to form his robot-mode chest and head.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Ultra Magnus'''

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Armada'' comic====
[[Image:Jetfireblurrsideswiperhinoxoverload.jpg|left|300px|thumb|I'm in the background a lot.]]
Overload was an Autobot under [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. When the Autobots detected multiple [[space bridge]]s opening at [[Decepticon Command Headquarters|Decepticon Command HQ]], causing disruptions in dimensional space, Jetfire led a team of Autobots to the Decepticon base to investigate. When they got there, they found carnage: All of the Decepticon inhabitants had been butchered and mutilated. As they wandered around the base, Overload questioned if they were going the right way, but they were soon attacked by [[Bludgeon (G1)|the mysterious killer]]. Overload pulled the injured Jetfire out of further harm's way before being ordered to transform into vehicle mode to light up the cavernous base (as well as their attacker). After Jetfire emptied his weapons bays, Overload asked Jetfire if they got him, but the situation was bad, as they'd only succeeded in destroying the creature's outer shell. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}}

Once they were in the Master Space-Bridge Nexus of the Decepticon base, the Autobots began setting detonation charges, intending to stop the damage to the fabric of space-time by destroying the Nexus. However, they were attacked, and Overload reported that it might have been their previous assailant, though it was difficult to know what was inside of that shell. Overload was glad to pull out when ordered, as all of his firepower was having little effect their opponent. He was pleased when the Nexus blowed up real good, until they noticed Jetfire was missing. However, both Jetfire and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] returned in spiffy new colours with spiffy new powers. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

Overload was in the command center of [[Autobase (G1)|Autobase: Cybertron]] as the Autobots readied their defenses against [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|The End}}

====''Energon'' comic====
[[Image:Overloadmultiplicity.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]

Ten years later, during the worldwide [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] assault on [[Earth]], Overload, [[Dropshot (Armada)|Dropshot]], and [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] were stationed at [[Base Site One]] in [[Canada]]'s [[Yukon Territory]], where their equipment included a planetary shield generator. Base Site 1 had lost contact with [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], which would put the Autobots' countermeasures in jeopardy. While Overload suspected the Terrorcons may have something to do with their problem, Dropshot noted it could just as easily be an equipment malfunction. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}}

The arrival of [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] confirmed Overload's theory. Overload and Dropshot were quickly put out of commission, leaving Ironhide alone to face Scorponok... and [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]! {{storylink|No Exit}}
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===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
[[Image:ArmOverloadToon01.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Hey! Over here! Behind the geek and the undead guy!]]
[[Image:ArmOverloadToon02.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
Overload's origin is unknown.

Overload suddenly appeared as a trailer attached to the rear of Optimus Prime's container as the Autobot leader launched himself from the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]''. Faced with the powerful [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]-possessed clone [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]], Overload powerlinked with Optimus's super mode to form a pair of massive, shoulder-mounted cannons. Together, Optimus and [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] destroyed the monstrous marionette. {{storylink|Puppet}}

Later on Cybertron, realizing the threat of Unicron, Optimus Prime attempted to reach out to Galvatron and forge an alliance against the Chaos Bringer. As expected, the Decepticon leader refused, forcing Optimus to powerlink with both Jetfire and Overload to form Jet Magna Convoy. However, in this form he did not engage in battle with the similarly powerlinked Galvatron, instead using his power to lead the Decepticon away from battle. {{storylink|Cramp}}

After the formation of an alliance between the Autobots and Decepticons, Overload, in robot mode, stood behind [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] and [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]] during the mission briefing. {{storylink|Alliance (episode)|Alliance}}
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====''Linkage'' comic====
[[Image:LinkageOverload.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Cheesebot Spam-a-lot.]]
Overload, flanked by [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] (who happens to form extra artillery for the [[Megatron (Armada)|Decepticon leader]]), engaged the forces of [[Unicron]] with some heavy [[Powerlinx]] artillery, using [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]] and [[Kingbolt]] in their pistol modes, plus [[Quench]] in his missile launcher mode. {{storylink|Linkage Part 13}}
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==Toys==
===Armada===
[[Image:ArmadaOverload toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"I'm not really sure ''what'' I transform into, but it's good... right?"]]
*'''Overload with Mini-Con Rollout''' (Max-Con, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MC-14'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 missiles

: Overload is a red and black carrier truck capable of carrying [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] in his vehicle mode. His robot mode, in which his [[Mini-Con]], [[Rollout (Armada)|Rollout]], acts as his [[Headmaster (technology)|head]], is a heavily armed robot with a vague resemblance to [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'s [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (thus the Japanese name) such as the [[gimmick]] of his shoulders, though it actually (according to [[Joe Kyde|the designer]]) has more details from the [[Action Master]] [[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]].

:Overload can be pulled by Rollout in his altmode, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]]'s cab, or attached to Optimus's trailer to form a double trailer. Overload can also transform into a dual spring-loaded missile-firing cannon pack for Optimus Prime's Super Mode (forming '''Optimus Prime Megaweapon'''), and can also attach to Prime's trailer in its "base" mode. He can also attach to the trailer for an undocumented Super Mode, by detaching the lower half of Overload's legs and plugging the trailer-legs into the sockets on his thighs.

: Inserting Rollout into his chest cavity and pushing it into position to form his chest/head will press against a button, activating the ''Generation 1'' transformation sound effect.

: The Japanese version features slightly more intricate paint applications and a silver face. This version also replaced some of the red plastic with maroon plastic.

: The Overload mold was reused for ''Energon'' [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]], and was retooled by [[The Official Transformers Collectors Convention|OTFCC]] for ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Sentinel Maximus]] with a new head mold.

[[Image:Armada MagnaConvoyDX1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Some day I'll be more than an accessory!]]
*'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (Multi-pack, 2003)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missiles

: Overload and Rollout were cast in colored-clear plastics (dubbed "'''Ultra Magnus Special Clear Version'''"), and made available only in a Japanese Toys "R" Us [[Exclusive|exclusive]] multi-pack, coming with Optimus Prime in his "Final Battle Color Version" (aka [[Powerlinx]] colors), [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Corona Sparkplug]], and an [[X-Dimension Mini-Cons|X-Dimension]] [[redeco]] of the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]].
{{-}}

*'''Special Ultra Magnus''' (Max-Con, 2003)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missiles

: 100 samples of this "sky blue" redeco of Overload and Rollout were given away as prizes in a contest from the Japanese ''Tele-V Magazine'' in October 2003.

===Energon===
[[Image:Energon Costco OptimusPrimeOverload.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Not yet, but someday! I swear it!]]
*'''Optimus Prime with Mini-Con Corona Sparkplug & Overload with Mini-Con Rollout''' (Multi-pack, 2004)

: For this Costco-[[exclusive]] set, Overload (and Rollout) was redecoed into a predominantly yellow scheme with burgundy accents. He came with a new-deco version of ''Armada'' Optimus Prime and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] (who, despite his larger partner's new duds, remained pretty much the same).
{{-}}

===Universe (2008)===
[[Image:Overloaduniverse2009.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Autonomy at last!]]
*'''Overload''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles, rifle, Cyber Key

: Part of the fifth wave of ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Voyagers, "Cybertron Series" Overload is a [[redeco]] of [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)#CybDef|Cybertron Defense Scattorshot]], transforming into a vehicle resembling a [[wikipedia:TOS-1|TOS-1 Buratino]] multiple rocket system with a color scheme heavily based on that of the Generation 1 Micromaster [[Flak]]. The halves of the (non-firing) launcher end up on his arms in robot mode. In either mode, inserting a [[Cyber Key]] in each half reveals a new weapon: one side has a pull-out double spring-loaded missile launcher, while the other has a flip-out non-firing blaster barrel. He also comes with an extra long hand-held rifle that can be mounted in tank mode thanks to his [[Mini-Con]]-compatible [[Powerlinx]] plugs.

: This mold was also used to make ''Universe'' [[Dropshot (Universe)|Dropshot]] and ''[[Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Flak.
{{--}}

==Notes==
* Overload's entry in Dreamwave's ''[[More Than Meets The Eye (Armada)|Armada: More Than Meets The Eye]]'' profile series claims that his combination with [[Rollout (Armada)|Rollout]] uses "[[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster technology]]". The [[Armada Fleer card series|Fleer card]] for Rollout also makes mention of this.
* According to [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]], he intended to have a sub-plot explaining just where the hell Overload came from in the [[Linkage (comic)|''Linkage'' comic]], but didn't have the space to do so, so he dropped it in favor of focusing on the A-plot and cramming in what DVD-exclusive-character moments he could.
* Overload's whole "appearing out of nowhere without explanation" deal from the cartoon got a slight ribbing in the [[bio]] for his 2008 ''Universe'' toy, which established that he was now on a quest to discover the mystery of his origins.
* The character's American name of Overload makes sense in a roundabout way. The original Overload was coloured like the Diaclone Powered Convoy, which would be redecoed to become G1 Ultra Magnus, and this character is named Ultra Magnus in Japan. Now you know.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/Overload/overload.htm Overload at TFU.info]

[[Category:Armada characters]]
[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Costco exclusives]]
[[Category:Energon characters]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Toys "R" Us exclusives]]

Balancing Act, Part 3

2010-07-25T06:29:25Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman:

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[Balancing Act|Balancing Act]]
|prev=Balancing Act, Part 2
|next=Balancing Act, Part 4
|title="Balancing Act, Part 3"
|publisher=[[Fun Publications|Fun Publications]]
|published in=[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 4|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #4]]
|writer=[[Forest Lee|Forest Lee]]
|story=[[Forest Lee|Forest Lee]], [[Dan Khanna|Dan Khanna]]
|pencils=[[Dan Khanna|Dan Khanna]]
|inks=[[Terry Pallot|Terry Pallot]], [[Chuck Gibson|Chuck Gibson]]
|colors=[[Espen Grundetjern|Espen Grundetjern]]
|letters=[[Junemoon Studio|Junemoon Studio]]
|continuity=[[Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' cartoon]]
}}
'''Ramjet attempts to recruit both Dark Scorponok and Skyfall.'''

==Synopsis==
The [[Zombie|zombie]] [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]] tries to consume [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]]'s [[spark]], but Skyfall's impenetrable personal force field saves him. Enraged, Dark Scorponok blasts the buildings around Skyfall, and the rubble buries him. [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]]'s [[Mini-Con]]s, [[Thunderclash (Armada)|Thunderclash]] and [[Thunderwing (Armada)|Thunderwing]], tell Dark Scorponok where he can quell his insatiable hunger.

Later, [[Sentinel Maximus]] and [[Vector Prime]] arrive at the [[Kalis Primary Energon Reserves Control]]. Though the building is abandoned, the automated defenses are switched off. The two enter and plan to switch the defense systems back on. Thunderclash and Thunderwing lead Dark Scorponok to the entrance of the building where [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] stands watch. He attacks the Mini-Con and Safeguard calls for backup. Dark Scorponok and Sentinel Maximus battle.

Ramjet tells the story of Dark Scorponok to a swarm of [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]] which sit around him in a circle. Nearby, Skyfall blasts himself out of the rubble. Skyfall is on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in search of answers to his past, and Ramjet claims to have them. Skyfall listens intently.

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters|c1=
*[[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] (2)
*[[Sentinel Maximus]] (5)
*[[Vector Prime]] (6)

|c2=
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]] (1)
*[[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]] (8)
*[[Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)|Nemesis Prime]] (9)
*[[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] (10)

|h3=[[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]|c3=
*[[Thunderclash (Armada)|Thunderclash]] (3)
*[[Thunderwing (Armada)|Thunderwing]] (4)
*[[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (7)
*[[Terradive (Armada)|Terradive]] (11)
*[[Gunbarrel (Armada)|Gunbarrel]] (12)
}}

==Items of note==
*The Mini-Cons can talk.

==Transformers References==
A zombie in Kalis? [[City of Fear|Sounds familiar]].

[[Category:Cybertron issues]]
[[Category:Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issues]]

War Dawn (episode)

2010-07-24T06:07:28Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|image=WarDawn title.jpg
|caption=''Masterpiece'' Megatron and ''Smallest'' Optimus Prime face off.
|series=G1toon
|ep=59
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=60
|prev2=B.O.T. (episode)
|next2=Masquerade
|title="War Dawn"
|written by=[[David Wise]]
|production code=700-58
|airdate=[[December 25]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Trapped in Cybertron's past, the Aerialbots learn the truth about Megatron and the rise of Optimus Prime.'''

:''Japanese title:'' ひきおこされた戦争 (''Hikiokosa re ta Sensō'', "Caused War")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:WarDawn Silverboltairways.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Do yourself a favor; don't fly coach on Autobot Airways.]]

[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] are racing through the skies with the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] in hot pursuit. They have kidnapped human dignitaries for unknown, but certainly nefarious, purposes. The Aerialbots are debating amongst themselves in pretty stark terms if humans are worth saving. After they outmaneuver the Decepticons, Starscream dumps the hostages in mid-air. He and the others escape as the Aerialbots break off to save the humans.

Back at Autobot headquarters, the Aerialbots talk amongst themselves about their admiration of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], to the ire of the other Autobots. [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] breaks in before the argument gets out of hand and alerts [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to strange energy readings emanating from Cybertron. They board [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and head into the stratosphere to investigate.

Under the ocean, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] gripes about the Aerialbots and losing air supremacy. [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] reports in that the Autobots have left earth, and Megatron goes after them across the [[space bridge]]. On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Megatron explains that he has a time machine called a [[Kronosphere]] that he planned on using to steal energy from the past. Now, he wants to set a trap for the Aerialbots and send them back into the past.

[[Image:Slingshot war dawn 1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|As tradition dictates, Slingshot and Starscream greet one another by pulling each other's finger.]]

The Autobots arrive on a dark and dingy Cybertron, and are attacked by Starscream and the others. [[Slingshot]] tries to get the Decepticons to stop attacking and talk to them. Starscream and the others drop down for a chat while [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] frets. After gaining their trust, Screamer leads them right onto Megatron's Kronosphere. Silverbolt tries to warn them that it's a trap but it's too late. Megatron activates the device, intending to send them back to the beginning of time. The Aerialbots are encased in a purple bubble and disappear.

Seconds later, Optimus Prime and the other Autobots ram through the wall of the building and attack. Prime shoots the machine in order to stop it from trapping the Aerialbots in the past. The Decepticons retreat and Optimus orders the machine repaired. He estimates it has sent the Aerialbots 9 million years into the past to Cybertron's [[Golden Age]].

[[Image:OrionPax Ariel.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Hi, I'm Machobot... who are you?"]]

The bubble bursts and the five planes reappear on Cybertron, but it's a different world than the one they left. This Cybertron is bright and alive. The Aerialbots admire the scenery and argue about whose fault it was that the planet was trashed. Slingshot isn't ready to blame the Decepticons and says they are misunderstood. They are interrupted by a small 'bot who introduces himself as [[Orion Pax (G1)|Orion Pax]]. He works at [[storage yard 67|the docks]] unloading energy shipments. Orion's friend [[Dion]] and girlfriend [[Ariel]] introduce themselves too. Dion alerts them to come outside and see the new type of flying robot that everyone is talking about. The Aerialbots go out and see Megatron, Soundwave and Shockwave flying overheard. Orion and Dion admire the flying robots, and Silverbolt warns them away from their hero worship. But does anybody listen to him? Nooooo.

After Orion goes back to work unloading ships, he is approached by a visitor who introduces himself as Megatron. Orion shows him around but when they reach the energy storehouse Megatron orders [[Transport drone|the Decepticons concealed outside]] to attack. When Orion tries to stop him, Megatron mercilessly shoots him and his two friends. The Aerialbots arrive after the battle to find the three Autobots inoperative.

Back in the present, Megatron is planning a counterattack to regain the Kronosphere. In nearby wreckage, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] spots the body of a [[Guardian Robot]], sans head, and Megatron plans to reactivate it. Meanwhile, Optimus, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] are still trying to repair the device.

[[Image:WarDawn Prime killingmachine.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hot lead is the right of all sentient beings!]]

In the past, the Aerialbots are carrying Orion's lifeless body to someone who can help. Slingshot is singing a very different tune now; he swears revenge on Megatron. A [[Alpha Trion (G1)|mustached figure]] from a doorway calls to them and suggests they go someplace else for help. Decepticon attacks have caused severe casualties among the Autobots. After the Aerialbots ask again, he agrees to fix Orion. After an unknown amount of time, the stranger emerges with a rebuilt Orion Pax, now going by the name Optimus Prime. Prime and the Aerialbots rush off to join the battle, while the stranger muses about rebuilding Ariel into a female warrior named [[Elita One]].

Just as the tide of battle is turning in the Decepticons' favor, Megatron is confronted by Optimus Prime, who takes out the entire Decepticon front line by himself. Meanwhile, the Aerialbots have returned to the docks to find the Decepticons raiding the energy stores.

Flashing to the present, the time machine has been fixed, but Megatron and the Decepticons attack. To further complicate things, they let loose the Guardian Robot against the Autobots.

Back in the past, the Aerialbots set [[energy pack]] charges to blow up the storehouse in order to keep the energy out of Megatron's hands. Unfortunately, they are trapped inside because Decepticon warriors are blocking the exits. Silverbolt orders Slingshot to blow up the storehouse anyway. Just as the charges go off, the Kronosphere scoops them up and brings them back to the present. They merge into [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and take out the Guardian Robot. Megatron retreats and an enraged Slingshot yells after him.

As they head back to Omega Supreme, Silverbolt describes their adventures in the past, and Optimus finally recognizes the Aerialbots as the ones who saved him. Ratchet demands to know what's going on and Optimus starts to tell the tale.

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==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (4)
* [[Slingshot]] (5)
* [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (6)
* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (7)
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (8)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (9)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (10)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime/Orion Pax]] (11)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (12)
* [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (13)
* [[Dion]] (16)
* [[Elita One|Ariel]] (17)
* [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (20)
* [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (21)

|c2=
* [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (1)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (2)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (3)
* [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (14)
* [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (15)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (19)
* [[Transport drone|Transport drones & warrirors]] (18)

}}

==Quotes==
"There's only one way to get those Aerialbots off our tails and that's to dump the chumps.”
:—'''Starscream''' right before he dumps the chumps, er, humans.

"Are those guys crazy?" 
"Crazy, or even dumber than I suspected."
:—'''Skywarp''' and '''Starscream''' talking about the Aerialbots who stopped fighting and want to "talk" to the Seekers.

'''Starscream''': Okay ''buddies'', we'll talk. What do you want to know? 
'''Slingshot''': I want to know why Optimus Prime thinks you're evil. 
'''Starscream''': That old rust bucket doesn't know a thing about Decepticons. Stick with me. I'll teach you some things about the Decepticons, all right. 
'''Silverbolt''': I don't believe this!
:—'''Starscream''' prepares to school the Aerialbots.

"Those little twerps. They're tryin' to switch sides!"
:—'''Ironhide''' comments on the dubious loyalty of the Aerialbots.

"A warrior doesn't need a head, just a good strong body."
:—'''Megatron''', commenting on the damaged Guardian robot that is about to be reprogrammed to serve the Decepticons.

"You may not recognize him. He is no longer Orion Pax. He is the first of our new defenders... Optimus Prime." 
"I was wrong, my friends. I admired Megatron merely because he was powerful. I failed to see how he used that power."
:—'''Alpha Trion''' introducing '''Optimus Prime'''.

'''Optimus Prime''': You've caused enough destruction for one day, Megatron! 
'''Megatron''': I haven't even ''started!'' 
''[Megatron fires several shots at Optimus Prime, all of which bounce off harmlessly]'' 
'''Megatron''': ''[shocked]'' You, who are you?!" 
'''Optimus Prime''': Your worst nightmare!
:—Megatron and Optimus Prime confront each other for the first time.

"It all began about nine million years ago..." 
"Oh, great! It's gonna be one of those ''long'' stories!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Ratchet''', after the latter demands to know what's going on.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
*The air battle at the beginning of the episode is filled with errors: Firstly, Slingshot is coloured like Air Raid when Skywarp is bearing down upon him. Moments later, Skydive fires purple lasers at Skywarp. Moments after ''that'', black panels on Thundercracker's hull are mis-aligned. Finally, Slingshot's cockpit is unpainted, as is Starscream's chest.
*While Megatron berates the Seekers for allowing the Aerialbots to defeat them, Starscream's lower right arm is coloured red.
*Omega Supreme disappears in a couple of frames during his transformation sequence.
*When Ariel is shot by Megatron, her cel is not properly aligned with the background, so one of her legs floats over the energon cubes.
*Ariel is shown with the Aerialbots running to find her own body.
*Air Raid explains to Fireflight why Megatron wouldn't recognize them 9 million years in the past, and Fireflight says, “Huh?” but the scene cuts to a close up of Air Raid so it looks like he's saying it instead. Huh?
*When Orion and the Aerialbots enter the loading bay for the first time, we see a vehicle that shares Dion's vehicle mode and colors unloading cargo. Right after that, Dion drives into the hangar from outside.
*In one aerial shot of Megatron's transport drones entering the docks, they disappear before reaching the doorway.
*The original broadcast version of the episode had the entirety of act two's soundtrack incorrectly played back at too slow a speed, noticeably pitching down the dialogue and music. This was corrected for the [[Kid Rhino]] DVDs, but when [[Shout! Factory]] went back to the broadcast masters for their original audio tracks, this error was re-introduced to their DVD of the episode in order to restore it to its original broadcast version.

===Continuity errors===
* The humans the Seekers dump at the beginning of the episode somehow don't die after plummeting several hundred feet and landing on the metal bodies of the Aerialbots.
* It is unclear why the Aerialbots (bar Silverbolt) are so impressed by the Seekers considering the ease with which the Decepticons were defeated.
*Optimus Prime somehow knows exactly what the Kronosphere is doing despite the fact he was out of earshot when Megatron said it.
* In "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]", Optimus Prime had no idea that Alpha Trion was his creator, despite the fact he has a direct interaction with him here.
* Flashbacks in this episode depict the Autobots on Cybertron nine million years ago using [[energon cube]]s, despite the pre-movie cartoon's otherwise-consistent presentation of the cubes as the province of Decepticons alone, about which the Autobots knew nothing before 1984. The actual term "energon" is never used to refer to the cubes in this episode, however, so it may be an error on the animation level, rather than the scripting level

===Transformers references===
*This takes place "a few weeks" after "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2]]", according to Optimus Prime.
*The events of the minicomic "[[64 Cybertron Urban Defense Robot GADEP]]" take place around this time period, showing Megatron raiding more energon storage facilities.

===Trivia===
*This episode introduces a lot of major mythological elements from the ''Generation 1'' cartoon, including the origin of Optimus Prime and [[Elita One]] and showing the start of the [[Great War (G1)|Third Great War]].

*In an interview on the [[Kid Rhino]] DVD set, writer David Wise says that the meeting between Orion Pax and Megatron happened differently in the original version of the script. Megatron was to blast Orion's arm off and then use it to decapitate him. Sunbow, fearing the scene was too violent, had it changed.

*For whatever reason, voice actor [[John Stephenson]] wasn't in this episode and thus Thundercracker and Alpha Trion had different voices; Alpha Trion's voice was [[Corey Burton]]'s, and Thundercracker's was that of voice director [[Wally Burr]]. Burr also filled in as [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] in "[[Kremzeek!]]" and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] in "[[Masquerade]]".

*Dion's fate is never revealed. Fans have speculated that he was also rebuilt and reformatted by Alpha Trion into a familiar character, with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] being the two most popular suspects. Of course, it's entirely possible he simply died.

*This episode is one of the two episodes before the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] featuring a genuine [[female Transformer]].

*Footage from this episode was used to represent a historical video in "[[Transform and Roll Out]]", the opening movie for ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]''. Most notably, a shot of Dion shielding his eyes with his hand was used out of context to represent an Autobot saluting.

*Later, Dion's profile in ''[[Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' #4, "[[Wings of Honor]]", gave a name to the specific area of the docks which Orion and the others worked. [[Storage yard 67]] was named for [[e-Hobby]] Orion Pax and Dion's [[Japanese ID number list|Japanese identification number]].

*In case you couldn't tell, the headless guardian robot reactivated by Megatron and co. is totally the same one Megs decapitated in the past, and the ruined building housing the Kronosphere is the very same warehouse the Aerialbots destroyed.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 1986 — ''The Transformers'' — Volume 12: "The Secret of Omega Supreme", "War Dawn", "A Plague of Insecticons" ([[Family Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1986 — ''The Transformers'' — The Key to Vector Sigma & War Dawn ([[Video Gems|A.M.T. Video Gems]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1988 — ''The Transformers'' — The Key to Vector Sigma & War Dawn ([[Video Gems|V.I.P. Video Gems]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2000 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Volume 5: Return to Cybertron ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1995 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 7 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 06: Stagione Due Parte Quarta ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

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

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]
[[Category:MSTF]]

War Dawn (episode)

2010-07-24T06:03:01Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|image=WarDawn title.jpg
|caption=''Masterpiece'' Megatron and ''Smallest'' Optimus Prime face off.
|series=G1toon
|ep=59
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=60
|prev2=B.O.T. (episode)
|next2=Masquerade
|title="War Dawn"
|written by=[[David Wise]]
|production code=700-58
|airdate=[[December 25]], 1985
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Trapped in Cybertron's past, the Aerialbots learn the truth about Megatron and the rise of Optimus Prime.'''

:''Japanese title:'' ひきおこされた戦争 (''Hikiokosa re ta Sensō'', "Caused War")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:WarDawn Silverboltairways.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Do yourself a favor; don't fly coach on Autobot Airways.]]

[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] are racing through the skies with the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] in hot pursuit. They have kidnapped human dignitaries for unknown, but certainly nefarious, purposes. The Aerialbots are debating amongst themselves in pretty stark terms if humans are worth saving. After they outmaneuver the Decepticons, Starscream dumps the hostages in mid-air. He and the others escape as the Aerialbots break off to save the humans.

Back at Autobot headquarters, the Aerialbots talk amongst themselves about their admiration of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], to the ire of the other Autobots. [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] breaks in before the argument gets out of hand and alerts [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to strange energy readings emanating from Cybertron. They board [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and head into the stratosphere to investigate.

Under the ocean, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] gripes about the Aerialbots and losing air supremacy. [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] reports in that the Autobots have left earth, and Megatron goes after them across the [[space bridge]]. On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Megatron explains that he has a time machine called a [[Kronosphere]] that he planned on using to steal energy from the past. Now, he wants to set a trap for the Aerialbots and send them back into the past.

[[Image:Slingshot war dawn 1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|As tradition dictates, Slingshot and Starscream greet one another by pulling each other's finger.]]

The Autobots arrive on a dark and dingy Cybertron, and are attacked by Starscream and the others. [[Slingshot]] tries to get the Decepticons to stop attacking and talk to them. Starscream and the others drop down for a chat while [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] frets. After gaining their trust, Screamer leads them right onto Megatron's Kronosphere. Silverbolt tries to warn them that it's a trap but it's too late. Megatron activates the device, intending to send them back to the beginning of time. The Aerialbots are encased in a purple bubble and disappear.

Seconds later, Optimus Prime and the other Autobots ram through the wall of the building and attack. Prime shoots the machine in order to stop it from trapping the Aerialbots in the past. The Decepticons retreat and Optimus orders the machine repaired. He estimates it has sent the Aerialbots 9 million years into the past to Cybertron's [[Golden Age]].

[[Image:OrionPax Ariel.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Hi, I'm Machobot... who are you?"]]

The bubble bursts and the five planes reappear on Cybertron, but it's a different world than the one they left. This Cybertron is bright and alive. The Aerialbots admire the scenery and argue about whose fault it was that the planet was trashed. Slingshot isn't ready to blame the Decepticons and says they are misunderstood. They are interrupted by a small 'bot who introduces himself as [[Orion Pax (G1)|Orion Pax]]. He works at [[storage yard 67|the docks]] unloading energy shipments. Orion's friend [[Dion]] and girlfriend [[Ariel]] introduce themselves too. Dion alerts them to come outside and see the new type of flying robot that everyone is talking about. The Aerialbots go out and see Megatron, Soundwave and Shockwave flying overheard. Orion and Dion admire the flying robots, and Silverbolt warns them away from their hero worship. But does anybody listen to him? Nooooo.

After Orion goes back to work unloading ships, he is approached by a visitor who introduces himself as Megatron. Orion shows him around but when they reach the energy storehouse Megatron orders [[Transport drone|the Decepticons concealed outside]] to attack. When Orion tries to stop him, Megatron mercilessly shoots him and his two friends. The Aerialbots arrive after the battle to find the three Autobots inoperative.

Back in the present, Megatron is planning a counterattack to regain the Kronosphere. In nearby wreckage, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] spots the body of a [[Guardian Robot]], sans head, and Megatron plans to reactivate it. Meanwhile, Optimus, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] are still trying to repair the device.

[[Image:WarDawn Prime killingmachine.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hot lead is the right of all sentient beings!]]

In the past, the Aerialbots are carrying Orion's lifeless body to someone who can help. Slingshot is singing a very different tune now; he swears revenge on Megatron. A [[Alpha Trion (G1)|mustached figure]] from a doorway calls to them and suggests they go someplace else for help. Decepticon attacks have caused severe casualties among the Autobots. After the Aerialbots ask again, he agrees to fix Orion. After an unknown amount of time, the stranger emerges with a rebuilt Orion Pax, now going by the name Optimus Prime. Prime and the Aerialbots rush off to join the battle, while the stranger muses about rebuilding Ariel into a female warrior named [[Elita One]].

Just as the tide of battle is turning in the Decepticons' favor, Megatron is confronted by Optimus Prime, who takes out the entire Decepticon front line by himself. Meanwhile, the Aerialbots have returned to the docks to find the Decepticons raiding the energy stores.

Flashing to the present, the time machine has been fixed, but Megatron and the Decepticons attack. To further complicate things, they let loose the Guardian Robot against the Autobots.

Back in the past, the Aerialbots set [[energy pack]] charges to blow up the storehouse in order to keep the energy out of Megatron's hands. Unfortunately, they are trapped inside because Decepticon warriors are blocking the exits. Silverbolt orders Slingshot to blow up the storehouse anyway. Just as the charges go off, the Kronosphere scoops them up and brings them back to the present. They merge into [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and take out the Guardian Robot. Megatron retreats and an enraged Slingshot yells after him.

As they head back to Omega Supreme, Silverbolt describes their adventures in the past, and Optimus finally recognizes the Aerialbots as the ones who saved him. Ratchet demands to know what's going on and Optimus starts to tell the tale.

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==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (4)
* [[Slingshot]] (5)
* [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (6)
* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (7)
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (8)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (9)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (10)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime/Orion Pax]] (11)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (12)
* [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (13)
* [[Dion]] (16)
* [[Elita One|Ariel]] (17)
* [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (20)
* [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (21)

|c2=
* [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (1)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (2)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (3)
* [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (14)
* [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (15)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (19)
* [[Transport drone|Transport drones & warrirors]] (18)

}}

==Quotes==
"There's only one way to get those Aerialbots off our tails and that's to dump the chumps.”
:—'''Starscream''' right before he dumps the chumps, er, humans.

"Are those guys crazy?" 
"Crazy, or even dumber than I suspected."
:—'''Skywarp''' and '''Starscream''' talking about the Aerialbots who stopped fighting and want to "talk" to the Seekers.

'''Starscream''': Okay ''buddies'', we'll talk. What do you want to know? 
'''Slingshot''': I want to know why Optimus Prime thinks you're evil. 
'''Starscream''': That old rust bucket doesn't know a thing about Decepticons. Stick with me. I'll teach you some things about the Decepticons, all right. 
'''Silverbolt''': I don't believe this!
:—'''Starscream''' prepares to school the Aerialbots.

"Those little twerps. They're tryin' to switch sides!"
:—'''Ironhide''' comments on the dubious loyalty of the Aerialbots.

"A warrior doesn't need a head, just a good strong body."
:—'''Megatron''', commenting on the damaged Guardian robot that is about to be reprogrammed to serve the Decepticons.

"You may not recognize him. He is no longer Orion Pax. He is the first of our new defenders... Optimus Prime." 
"I was wrong, my friends. I admired Megatron merely because he was powerful. I failed to see how he used that power."
:—'''Alpha Trion''' introducing '''Optimus Prime'''.

'''Optimus Prime''': You've caused enough destruction for one day, Megatron! 
'''Megatron''': I haven't even ''started!'' 
''[Megatron fires several shots at Optimus Prime, all of which bounce off harmlessly]'' 
'''Megatron''': ''[shocked]'' You, who are you?!" 
'''Optimus Prime''': Your worst nightmare!
:—Megatron and Optimus Prime confront each other for the first time.

"It all began about nine million years ago..." 
"Oh, great! It's gonna be one of those ''long'' stories!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Ratchet''', after the latter demands to know what's going on.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
*The air battle at the beginning of the episode is filled with errors: Firstly, Slingshot is coloured like Air Raid when Skywarp is bearing down upon him. Moments later, Skydive fires purple lasers at Skywarp. Moments after ''that'', black panels on Thundercracker's hull are mis-aligned. Finally, Slingshot's cockpit is unpainted, as is Starscream's chest.
*While Megatron berates the Seekers for allowing the Aerialbots to defeat them, Starscream's lower right arm is coloured red.
*Omega Supreme disappears in a couple of frames during his transformation sequence.
*When Ariel is shot by Megatron, her cel is not properly aligned with the background, so one of her legs floats over the energon cubes.
*Ariel is shown with the Aerialbots running to find her own body.
*Air Raid explains to Fireflight why Megatron wouldn't recognize them 9 million years in the past, and Fireflight says, “Huh?” but the scene cuts to a close up of Air Raid so it looks like he's saying it instead. Huh?
*When Orion and the Aerialbots enter the loading bay for the first time, we see a vehicle that shares Dion's vehicle mode and colors unloading cargo. Right after that, Dion drives into the hangar from outside.
*In one aerial shot of Megatron's transport drones entering the docks, they disappear before reaching the doorway.
*The original broadcast version of the episode had the entirety of act two's soundtrack incorrectly played back at too slow a speed, noticeably pitching down the dialogue and music. This was corrected for the [[Kid Rhino]] DVDs, but when [[Shout! Factory]] went back to the broadcast masters for their original audio tracks, this error was re-introduced to their DVD of the episode in order to restore it to its original broadcast version.

===Continuity errors===
* The humans the Seekers dump at the beginning of the episode somehow don't die after plummeting several hundred feet and landing on the metal bodies of the Aerialbots.
* It is unclear why the Aerialbots (bar Silverbolt) are so impressed by the Seekers considering the ease with which the Decepticons were defeated.
*Optimus Prime somehow knows exactly what the Kronosphere is doing despite the fact he was out of earshot when Megatron said it.
* In "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]", Optimus Prime had no idea that Alpha Trion was his creator, despite the fact he has a direct interaction with him here.
* Flashbacks in this episode depict the Autobots on Cybertron nine million years ago using [[energon cube]]s, despite the pre-movie cartoon's otherwise-consistent presentation of the cubes as the province of Decepticons alone, about which the Autobots knew nothing before 1984. The actual term "energon" is never used to refer to the cubes in this episode, however, so it may be an error on the animation level, rather than the scripting level

===Transformers references===
*This takes place "a few weeks" after "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2]]", according to Optimus Prime.
*The events of the minicomic "[[64 Cybertron Urban Defense Robot GADEP]]" take place around this time period, showing Megatron raiding more energon storage facilities.

===Trivia===
*This episode introduces a lot of major mythological elements from the ''Generation 1'' cartoon, including the origin of Optimus Prime and [[Elita One]] and showing the start of the [[Great War (G1)|Third Great War]].

*In an interview on the [[Kid Rhino]] DVD set, writer David Wise says that the meeting between Orion Pax and Megatron happened differently in the original version of the script. Megatron was to blast Orion's arm off and then use it to decapitate him. Sunbow, fearing the scene was too violent, had it changed.

*For whatever reason, voice actor [[John Stephenson]] wasn't in this episode and thus Thundercracker and Alpha Trion had different voices; Alpha Trion's voice was [[Corey Burton]]'s, and Thundercracker's was that of voice director [[Wally Burr]]. Burr also filled in as [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] in "[[Kremzeek!]]" and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] in "[[Masquerade]]".

*Dion's fate is never revealed. Fans have speculated that he was also rebuilt and reformatted by Alpha Trion into a familiar character, with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] being the two most popular suspects. Of course, it's entirely possible he simply died.

*This episode is one of the two episodes before the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] featuring a genuine [[female Transformer]].

*Footage from this episode was used to represent a historical video in "[[Transform and Roll Out]]", the opening movie for ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]''. Most notably, a shot of Dion shielding his eyes with his hand was used out of context to represent an Autobot saluting.

*Later, Dion's profile in ''[[Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]'' #4, "[[Wings of Honor]]", gave a name to the specific area of the docks which Orion and the others worked. [[Storage yard 67]] was named for [[e-Hobby]] Orion Pax and Dion's [[Japanese ID number list|Japanese identification number]].

*The headless guardian robot reactivated by Megatron and co. is totally the same one Megs decapitated in the past.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 1986 — ''The Transformers'' — Volume 12: "The Secret of Omega Supreme", "War Dawn", "A Plague of Insecticons" ([[Family Home Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1986 — ''The Transformers'' — The Key to Vector Sigma & War Dawn ([[Video Gems|A.M.T. Video Gems]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 1988 — ''The Transformers'' — The Key to Vector Sigma & War Dawn ([[Video Gems|V.I.P. Video Gems]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2000 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Volume 5: Return to Cybertron ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1995 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 7 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 2 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 3: Series 2.2 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 06: Stagione Due Parte Quarta ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

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

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]
[[Category:MSTF]]

Sparkplug (Armada)

2010-07-23T20:10:17Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Armada */

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:''Sparkplug is a [[Autobot]]-allied [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Armada (franchise)|Armada]] section of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sparkplug-AR-DVD.jpg|right|300px|thumb|HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAAAAY!]]
'''Sparkplug''' is a good-natured, energetic young [[Mini-Con]] who through the fates of war has become partnered with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], leader of the [[Autobot|Autobots]]. Through this and his heroic actions, he's become something of a leader to his fellow Mini-Cons. He is also one of the few Mini-Cons to advocate siding with the Autobots. While most Mini-Cons view the differences between the Autobots and the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] with apathy at best, Sparkplug is firmly aware of what those differences mean to Mini-Cons. He's seen the way [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] treats [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] compared to the way Optimus Prime treats him. Given the choice, Sparkplug gladly prefers the Autobots.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Prime'''
:''Polish name:'' '''Liderus''' (Leaderus)

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
[[Image:Carnival Sparkplug.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Sparkplug, Decepticons have red eyes!]]
Millions of years ago, Sparkplug was one of the Mini-Cons who formed an alliance with the Autobots against the Decepticons, to prevent their power from being corrupted by Megatron. He became the personal partner of Optimus Prime up until the point when the Mini-Cons fled Cybertron. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

Soon after arriving on [[Earth]], both the Autobots and Decepticons detected a Mini-Con signal located in the [[Grand Canyon|<strike>Grand</strike> Big Canyon]]. The Autobots were at a considerable disadvantage during the inevitable confrontation due to the Decepticon strength in numbers and the fact they had to protect their human passengers. But with the help of the kids, Optimus Prime managed to find the Mini-Con panel, whose occupant turned out to be Sparkplug, Optimus Prime's old Mini-Con ally and friend. Together, they [[Powerlinx|powerlinxed]], activating Optimus's powerful Maximum Blast, which sent the Decepticons into retreat. {{storylink|Comrade}}

After being rescued, Sparkplug was seen hanging around the Autobot base with [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]]. He joined them on a mission to Antarctica to search for another Mini-Con panel, where he operated from Optimus Prime's command base. {{storylink|Soldier}} While exploring a forest for other Mini-Cons, Optimus Prime left Sparkplug to guard his trailer. Later when the trailer was needed to stop a forest fire, Sparkplug took command of the container by powerlinxing with it in vehicle mode and operating the vehicle by remote control. He helped convert the container into a hydro-pump to put out the fires. {{storylink|Jungle}}

When Sparkplug saw [[Rad White|Rad]] and [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] sneaking off to the carnival with their Mini-Cons, he decided to tell [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] and [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] and go have some fun too. The Mini-Cons stole the show at the carnival, participating in the parade and draws "ooohs" and "aaahs" from the crowd. They also drew the attention of [[Fred]] and [[Billy]], however, leading to a hilarious chase scene as Sparkplug and the others tried to avoid the brats. {{storylink|Carnival}}

After Cyclonus kidnapped Billy and Fred, the Autobots were reluctantly prepared to turn over Sparkplug and the other Mini-Cons to [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. When the Decepticons broke the deal, however, the Autobots managed to recover both the kids and the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}}

As Rad began to learn more about the Mini-Cons, he started to question whether they should be forced to fight in a war not of their making. Almost as if in answer to his concerns, Sparkplug and the other Mini-Cons took up arms in the next conflict, showing valor and courage on the battlefield that made it clear they were fighting for what they believed in, just like the Autobots and the kids. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

When the Decepticons stormed the Autobot headquarters, Sparkplug helped man the internal defense systems to drive off the invaders. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

After the Decepticons acquired the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], Sparkplug was seen applying some much needed repairs to Optimus Prime at the Autobot base. He later drove the Combat Deck into battle, allowing Prime to combine with it and him to form their powerlinxed Super Mode and unleash a Maximum Blast. {{storylink|Conspiracy}}

Sparkplug stood in front of Optimus Prime to protect him from [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. He then '''spoke English''' and summoned the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]] for Optimus to use to fend off Megatron. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

After the acquisition of the [[Space Mini-Con Team]], the Autobots were debating how best to use their combined form, the [[Requiem Blaster]], to defeat the Decepticons. Optimus Prime sent Sparkplug to retrieve the Mini-Cons for their input in the discussion. Sparkplug somehow managed to search the entire base in a matter of seconds, then returned bleeping wildly about how the Space Team was gone. {{storylink|Runaway}}

Sparkplug was with Optimus Prime in space when he engaged in a solo mission to stop the Decepticon [[Hydra Cannon]] from destroying the Earth. Optimus was destroyed in his efforts to save the planet, leaving behind only Sparkplug and the [[Matrix of Leadership]], floating in space until [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] managed to retrieve them. {{storylink|Crisis}} Sparkplug kept possession of the Matrix after that, and was often seen clutching it as a momento of his fallen partner. He briefly handed it off to Jetfire, who presented the Matrix to Hot Shot as the new Autobot leader. When Hot Shot declined the Matrix, however, it was returned to Sparkplug. {{storylink|Remorse}}

Sparkplug and the Mini-Cons all chose to willingly follow the Autobots into space aboard the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'', and Sparkplug was seen helping to load the vessel before departure. {{storylink|Depart}}

Out in space, the Autobots were confronted by the Decepticons, and were quickly being overwhelmed by the awesome weapons Megatron had in his possession. Even the assistance of the Mini-Cons wasn't enough to turn the tide. Sparkplug then carried the Matrix out onto the deck and, with [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]'s assistance, called upon his fellow Mini-Cons to lend him their strength. One by one, the energized Mini-Cons around him passed into the Matrix, combining their power to resurrect Optimus Prime, good as new. Thrilled at the return of his comrade, Sparkplug powerlinx with his partner once more, unleashing a master blast that drove off Megatron and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Miracle}}

====Linkage comic====
Sparkplug and [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] appeared as holograms to tell [[Redline]] and his group that they were leaving Earth for Cybertron with the Autobots. {{storylink|Linkage Part 12}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Before the war, Sparkplug resided in [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con Village C52]]. When the Decepticons attacked, he miraculously avoided capture by [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], but was left laying unconscious near the village. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1|Armada #1}} Sparkplug was found by the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]] and brought to their base in the garbage district, where they removed a tracking device placed on him by Demolishor. He was surprised to learn that the Air Defense Team planned to rescue their Mini-Con brethren from their initial imprisonment by the Decepticons, then aided them in their quest (by reluctantly getting strapped to a rocket pack by [[Runway]] and drawing fire from the Decepticon base's laser-based security system). The mission was a success, and Sparkplug and the rest of the Mini-Cons boarded a [[Exodus (Armada)|spaceship]] and blasted off in search for freedom. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}}

Unfortunately, the ship malfunctioned, broke up and crashed on [[Earth]]. One million years later, Sparkplug was awakened alongside [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]], and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] when [[Rad White]] stumbled into the wreckage of their ship. After using [[Carlos Lopez]]'s tools to repair themselves and build a [[Project Supernova|hovercraft]], the four Mini-Cons began to search for their lost brethren on Earth. Sparkplug asked Rad and his friends to be their "tour guides" on this alien planet, which they happily agreed to. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} However, their fun and games with the humans quickly came to a stop when [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] tracked the Mini-Cons to Earth. After explaining their past to their human friends, Sparkplug and the Street Action Team then scanned new [[alternate mode]]s and made a run for it, eventually encountering the Autobots. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}} They watched [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron talk trash about eachother for a while before attempting to sneak away, but ended up captured by Demolishor. They were soon saved by another group of Mini-Cons, who helped drive the Decepticons away. In the aftermath, Sparkplug and Optimus Prime agreed to join forces agains Megatron. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}

Some time later, Sparkplug caught an emergency transmission from the Air Defense Team, who had been captured by the Decepticons. Fearful that Megatron might try to combine the three and unlock power beyond imagination, Sparkplug begged Optimus Prime to let them sneak into the Decepticon base and save the Air Defense Team, but the Autobot leader refused. However, the Mini-Cons were fed up with the Autobots telling them what to do, and went through with the plan anyway. Alongside [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] and [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], Sparkplug infiltrated the Decepticon base... and was immediately discovered by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. As the Decepticon tried to capture them, he ended up causing the roof to collapse on everyone. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} Trapped under rubble, Sparkplug began to despair that it was all his fault for not listening to Optimus Prime, but he and the others were soon saved by the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]]. Megatron had managed to combine the Air Defense Team into the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], so Sparkplug hurried back to the Autobot base and powerlinxed with Optimus Prime, granting him the power needed to stand up to Megatron. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}} The alliance between the Mini-Cons and Autobots continued to bother Sparkplug, who felt that he and his people were just being used rather than have any say in things. One day, he and the rest of the Mini-Cons on Earth were compelled to mindlessly travel to a strange [[Mini-Con Ark|monolith]] in [[Kansas]]. Upon entering the structure, it turned out to be a spaceship that took them to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}}

They found themselves on a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|a moonbase]], where [[Dualor]] explained to Sparkplug, Runway and [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] that he had summoned them to his fortress base so that they could all live in peace away from the Autobots and Decepticons. Sparkplug was not happy that Dualor had forced them all to come without giving them a choice in the matter, but before they could take it any further, the moonbase came under attack from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} He was returned to his friends, to whom he explained that he couldn't join someone like Dualor who just took what he wanted without asking. In the end, the point was moot, as the Decepticons broke into the base. Sparkplug tried to keep Leader-1 from returning to them, but was dissuaded from it by [[Mirage (Armada)|Mirage]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}} Mirage explained that Dualor had placed Rad in one of the moonbase's orbital mines in order to keep the Autobots away, and that he and Sparkplug had to save him. They succeeded after convincing the [[Space Mini-Con Team]] to help, which Sparkplug did via a speech about how you should make the world a better place instead of run away from everything. He then boarded an escape pod and returned to Earth. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}

Having changed his mind in regards to the Autobots, Sparkplug tried to convince [[Astroscope]] and the other Mini-Cons from the moonbase to join them as well. Unfortunately, at that moment, Optimus Prime decided to deal with Decepticon problems rather than save a Mini-Con escape pod lost in [[Alaska]], so a dejected Astroscope left. Sparkplug pleaded with Prime to change his mind and give the Mini-Cons a reason to stay, and eventually succeeded. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} He then came with the Autobots on their mission to Alaska, located and bringing back an injured [[Iceberg]]. As the Autobots were getting their afts handed to them by Cyclonus, who'd been overloaded with power the [[Destruction Mini-Con Team]], Optimus Prime requested that Sparkplug to powerlinx with him and give him ''all'' his power. Sparkplug was hesitant, saying that there was a good reason behind the Mini-Cons' [[safety interlock]]s, but complied with Prime's demands and allowed him to defeat Cyclonus with a mighty punch. In the aftermath, Optimus confronted Sparkplug, asking why he'd held power back even though the two trusted each other. Sparkplug explained the lore about their power and that it could either save or destroy the universe, only to discover Optimus had mysteriously vanished. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13|Armada #13}}

Sparkplug returned to the Autobot base, where a different [[Optimus Prime (Worlds Collide)|Optimus Prime]] had suddenly appeared. This other Optimus warned everyone present that "chaos was coming" before passing away. Adding to these strange events, Sparkplug detected traces of an interdimensional anomaly in [[Big Sur National Park]], and he and several others went to investigate. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} They ended up finding [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]], a Mini-Con from another dimension, and Sparkplug agreed to help him find his lost [[null-reality pod]]s, which could be used to find their Optimus Prime. Alongside Over-Run, Mirage, Astroscope, High Wire and [[Comettor]], Sparkplug returned to the Decepticon base at [[Silver Ridge]] in search of the pods. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} While they found what they were looking for, they ended up having to hide from several unknown enemies whom Over-Run said to be [[Heralds of Unicron]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} After the Heralds left, the Sparkplug was given a null-reality pod as the "optimum combination of Mini-Con energy" was needed to bring Optimus Prime back safely. They found Prime on an alternate [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] on the verge of being eaten by [[Unicron]], and Sparkplug immediately powerlinxed with him. After changing colors thanks to Over-Run adding to their power with the [[Mini-Con Matrix]], Sparkplug and the others returned to their own dimension. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

As Unicron now targeted their reality's Cybertron, all the Mini-Cons on Earth gathered together to fight the planet eater. After introducing them all to Over-Run, Sparkplug returned Cybertron and powerlinxed with Optimus Prime, who combined with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and did battle with Unicron. The monster was ultimately defeated, and Sparkplug happily watched the cheering crowds and fireworks that accompanied the beginning of a new era of peace on Cybertron. {{storylink|The End}}

===Transformers Playstation 2 Game===
He is Optimus Prime's Mini-Con partner. You can run him over!

===Panini ''Armada'' comics===
When the Decepticons first began capturing Mini-Cons, Sparkplug attended a meeting where [[Dualor]] proposed a plan to assassinate [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. They would lure him to the Autobot Command HQ with false information, then destroy the building with the Decepticon leader still inside. Sparkplug was the only one not in support of the plan, as he thought it was wrong to sacrifice many innocent Autobots just to stop the Decepticons. He went along with it at first, but as the plan neared fruition, he couldn't take it anymore and sent a warning [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. As the Autobots evacuated their headquarters, Megatron never entered it and the assassination failed. Dualor was furious, promising to punish whoever betrayed them. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Counter-Strike!}}

Eventually, the Mini-Cons just plain left both Autobots and Decepticons and took off into space, only to crash on [[Earth]] and go offline. Four million years later, they woke up thanks to [[Rad White]] and [[Carlos Lopez]]. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} Within minutes, the Autobots and Decepticons had found them again, and Sparkplug voiced his opinion that their lives were a "never-ending, waking nightmare". Rad asked the Mini-Cons to help the Autobots, but they refused, as things would only worsen if they got involved again. The human just told them that running away doesn't solve anything, and went off to save the Autobots himself. Realizing that he was right, Sparkplug joined the Autobots and power-linked with Optimus Prime, giving him the power to drive Megatron away. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 2|Friends and Foes!}}

The Autobots decided that the best way to keep the Mini-Cons out of Megatron's hands was to send them back to Cybertron. Sparkplug was hesitant about this idea, knowing full well that the war was still raging on their home planet, but said his goodbyes to Rad and his friends. When the Decepticons showed up to put a stop to their plans, Sparkplug hid while Rad tried to trick Megatron that the Mini-Cons were already gone. As Megatron made it clear that he'd just hunt for other Mini-Cons on Earth instead, Sparkplug realized that they had to stay behind as well and fight the Decepticons. He linked himself to Optimus Prime again, but the Decepticons fled before the fight could even begin. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}} Later, Sparkplug had the brilliant idea of infiltrating the Decepticons' [[Silver Ridge]] headquarters and freeing their captured Mini-Cons. Taking [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] and [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] with him, he successfully got past the Decepticons' security measures and reached the Mini-Cons... only to be grabbed by [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]], who would rather be rewarded by Megatron for capturing the Autobot-allied Mini-Cons. Sparkplug was saved by Jolt and Longarm and made his way outside, where he wondered if the Leader-1 and the rest had been corrupted, or if they just had been jerks all along. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|Into the Lions' Den!}}

When dormant Mini-Cons were discovered on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Sparkplug created a probe to fly up there and activate them. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Between Two Worlds!}} Their lunar problems continued when the Decepticons prepared to fire missiles at the Autobots from the Moon. Sparkplug thought of a plan to give the Autobots some time by surrendering himself and the other Mini-Cons to the Decepticons. They were subsequently imprisoned on board a [[solar barge]] and taken towards the Moon. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}} After breaking out of their cells using [[intratool]]s, Sparkplug and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] used [[magno-clamp]]s to walk on the barge's outside and disconnecting it from [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]]. Unfortunately, cutting the connection cable caused it to whip Sparkplug into the void of space, but he was quickly saved by Jolt. The Mini-Cons then returned to Earth safely. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Lost in Space!}}

===''Timelines''===
With the [[Unicron Singularity]] forcing the evacuation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Sparkplug and a number of Autobot leaders were summoned to the ''[[Iron Hope]]'', where [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]] dispatched them across the galaxy to locate the lost Autobot colony worlds. Sparkplug was given command of the ''[[Valiant]]'' and sent to the [[Betelgeuse]] region. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[Image:Arm-toy Sparkplug.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I look like [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], but my name is [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]. Some people think I look like [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], but pretty much everyone calls me [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]]. The Japanese call me [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], but the Polish call me Leaderus. I call myself confused.]]
* '''Optimus Prime with Sparkplug''' (Super, 2002/2003)
** ''Japanese ID Number:'' '''MC-01'''

: Sparkplug transforms into a Lamborghini Diablo sports car. His robot mode bears a passing resemblance to the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Autobot]] [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s cartoon model. He was only available with his larger partner [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]]. The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release made a minor change to Sparkplug's deco, giving him medium-gray windows rather than the dark purple of the [[Hasbro]] version.

: This mold was redecoed to make [[Atlas]] and [[Drop-Test]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Sparkplug/sparkplug.htm More information on Sparkplug at TFU.info]''

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* '''Prime Super Mode''' (Mini-Con, 2003)

: The August 2003 issue of ''TV-kun'' magazine in Japan included a special promotional "powered up" [[redeco]] of the Sparkplug toy in green. Also included was a little cardboard roadway and punch-out "targets" of various Decepticons for him to knock over.
: According to the brief ''Transformers'' section of the magazine, Sparkplug takes on this coloration when the other Mini-Cons give him their strength. When Powerlinxed to Super Optimus Prime in this mode, he causes Prime's cannon to fire a powerful energy blast that takes the shape of Sparkplug's robot mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/GreenPrime/prime.htm More information on Super Mode Sparkplug at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Arm-toy SparkplugCorona.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Na-na-na-na-na, my Corona!]]
* '''Powerlinx Optimus Prime with Corona Sparkplug''' (Super, 2003)

: For the "Powerlinx" redeco of Optimus Prime, the original Sparkplug was [[Retool|retooled]] into a Cybertronian sports car with roof-lights and given a gold-chrome finish. (This finish seems to be a lot more durable than the chrome found on the [[Transmetal]] toys, being very resistant to flaking.) It is the only part of the set that was retooled, possibly because the yellow parts of Sparkplug are on their own mold tree (i.e., there are no other yellow-plastic parts to Super Optimus Prime), meaning an easy change to make.

: This mold was used to make [[Chrome]], [[Synapse]] and [[Road Rebel]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/Sparkplug/sparkplug.htm More information on Corona Sparkplug at TFU.info].

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*'''Battle for the Matrix''' (Multi-pack, 2003)

: Released on "[[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]]" (the day after Thanksgiving), this K-Mart store [[exclusive]] bundled together Super Optimus Prime, Sparkplug, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], [[Comettor]], the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]] and (oddly enough) [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]]. This release of Sparkplug is identical to the original; out of the entire set, only Optimus received a deco change.

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* '''Optimus Prime with Sparkplug''' (Built to Rule, 2003)

: Available only in the large ''[[Built to Rule]]'' Optimus Prime set, this version of Sparkplug is a building-block "figure" that partially transforms, partially gets rebuilt from robot to vehicle mode and back.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/BTRSparkplug/sparkplug.htm More information on Built to Rule Sparkplug at TFU.info]''

===Energon===
*'''Overload with Rollout & Optimus Prime with Corona Sparkplug''' (Multi-pack, 2004)

: Part of a very large CostCo exclusive set during ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'', Corona Sparkplug comes with extensively redecoed versions of ''Armada'' super-class Optimus Prime, [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]] and [[Rollout (Armada)|Rollout]]. Despite the extensive color changes made to Optimus, Corona Sparkplug is identical to his normal ''Armada'' release.

==Trivia==
* Sparkplug's robot mode design appears to be an homage to [[Bumblebee (G1)|G1 Bumblebee]]'s cartoon model, with a similar head, "pipe" biceps, hood-feet and roof-chest. Well, and being yellow. His own cartoon model kind of downplays the similarity of the noggin. The [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] comic changed his head design practically every issue, with some being more Bumblebee-esque than others. Some people think he looks like Sunstreaker due to his exotic car mode and his roof chest.
* Due to bad American dubbing of ''Armada'', Sparkplug has been called Leader-1 several times through the course of the series. In fact, the first episode he appeared in, EVERYONE was calling him Leader-1. Talk about an identity crisis.

==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Sparkplug/sparkplug.htm Sparkplug at TFU.info.]

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Dirge (G1)

2010-07-23T18:22:06Z

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{{disambig3|Dirge}}
:''Dirge is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1Dirge MTMTE.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Death comes to he who-- wait, no, death comes to ME. I've been saying that wrong this whole time."]]

'''Dirge''' is a master of using fear as a weapon. Mournful, morose, and silent, his behavior gives even close comrades like [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] the creeps. Dirge actively cultivates this atmosphere; his engines are even tuned to generate fear in all who hear them. Few realize, however, that this need to instill fear is part of an overwhelming need for control over his own situation. Should things spiral out of control, Dirge falls victim to paralyzing fear himself and his usefulness as a warrior vanishes.

True to his name, he tends to die a lot.

{{bigquote|Death comes to he who crosses me.|A confused Dirge|"[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]"}}

:''Portuguese name (Brazil comic):'' '''Dirgo''' / '''Funeral'''
:''Portuguese name (Portugal comic):'' '''Funebre'''
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Funébro'''
:''Italian name:'' '''Sparviero'''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor'': [[Bud Davis]] (English), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese)

[[Image:DinobotIslandPt2-Dirge.jpg|left|200px|thumb|This one's just a warning. From now on, you won't get off so easily.]]

Dirge appeared without explanation on [[Earth]] under [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s command a year or two after the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]-borne Transformers awoke. His first notable activity was joining in a raid on [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]], where he was eventually chewed on and thrown bodily by a time-lost Tyrannosaurus rex. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

Dirge served as part of Megatron's personal guard when the Decepticons confronted the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] about their dubious loyalties. {{storylink|The Master Builders}} He was also briefly involved in an aborted air strike to seize the [[Negavator]], and was present for the next raid on the Negavator's holding pen. Once [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] rigged the Negavator to explode, however, Dirge led his fellow [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] in retreat, against Megatron's direct orders. Guess he didn't feel like dying that day. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}

When a new solar energy facility opened up in [[Central City (G1)|Central City]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] led Dirge, [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] to steal its power. The facility proved to be a trap, however, set by [[Shawn Berger]] to elevate himself in the public eye by taking down the Decepticons with his private militia. Berger's operatives failed, but the Autobots soon arrived to engage the Decepticons as well. [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] took to the air and zapped Dirge with his blackout beam. Luckily for Dirge, Ramjet managed to pull off a loopity-loop and ram the flying Autobot into the ground. Megatron then "requested" the pleasure of Shawn Berger's presence, not to punish him, but to play a subtler game. He attempted to convince the industrialist that the Decepticons were good, and the Autobots evil. He had Dirge escort Berger home so that the human could think about his proposal of alliance against the "Evil Autobots". Dirge was also one of the key players in Megatron's staged videos to tarnish the Autobots' reputation. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} Later, after the Autobots were successfully villified in the public eye and exiled to deep space, the Seekers turned on the people of Central City, opening fire in the middle of the streets. Although Dirge and the Seekers fared well against an attack by the Air Force, the eventual return of the Autobots proved to be more than the Decepticons could handle. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

When the Decepticons uncovered a pool of [[electrum]], a strange element that rendered them totally invincible to harm, they thoroughly enjoyed taunting the Autobots with their superiority. Dirge, unfortunately, drew the short straw and was left to guard the pool with [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]], right up until the Constructicon abandoned him to go fight the battle as well. Dirge was in the middle of...*ahem* exhorted Long Haul's virtues when [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] and [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] jumped him from behind, giving the Autobots a chance to use the electrum pool as well. The supply was quickly exhausted with both armies using it, however, reducing the war back to stage one. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon}} Dirge was also part of Megatron's team working with the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s, producing energon cubes from the insects' feasting. They were eventually defeated by the Autobots and a grove of robotic space plants called [[Morphobot]]s. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

Later on, Dirge, Ramjet and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] came to [[Monacus]] to look after Megatron's interests in [[Sheol]], and his less than reputable partner, [[Lord Gyconi]]. They were putting the squeeze on Gyconi when a program caught Dirge's optic, inviting one-and-all to see the Autobots in pit battle against Gyconi's [[animalien]]s. They decided to take in a show while on Monacus, but quickly realized what was going on when [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] flooded the arena with smoke to stop the games and save his friends. Dirge and Ramjet set off after the Autobot in jet mode, and very nearly destroyed him before the bounty hunting Autobot named [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] stepped in to blast them out of the air. There's nothing a Decepticon fears more than a fair fight, and the two Seekers skidadled as soon as they were able to get back in the sky. They retreated back to Astrotrain with their share of Gyconi's energon, and eventually fled the planet, with Devcon chasing their smoke trail. {{storylink|The Gambler}}

On another occasion, Dirge accompanied Megatron to help their ally [[Deceptitran]] against the [[Tlalakan]] rebels. After the Decepticons captured [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (who was aiding the rebels), Dirge was eager to try out his mind probe on the little Autobot, but was interrupted by a rebel attack before he could really get into it. {{storylink|Sea Change}}

When the [[Triple Changer]]s temporarily disposed of Megatron and Starscream, Decepticon leadership became a free-for-all. Instead of chosing sides like the Constructicons, Ramjet and the Seekers were mostly content just to watch the hilarity ensue, like [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]'s football antics and Astrotrain's army of idiot trains. He even actually ''avoided'' death for a change and was seen successfully escaping from a train tunnel flooded by Astrotrain's [[Astroforce]]. That must have made his day.{{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

Megatron said Dirge and the other two [[Conehead|Coneheads]] were "supposed to be the most powerful jets in the galaxy." {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}} But if Megatron was serious, then they certainly didn't do much to live up to that reputation. They were loyal enough troopers, participating in all the usual Decepticon mischief, but not much more than that. Dirge was once ordered to transport an unknown invention stolen from [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s lab on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to their home base, and ended up crashing in a swamp and temporarily deactivating due to its weight, prompting the other coneheads to save him. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood}} In fact, the general incompetence of Dirge and the Seekers in the air was one of the reasons Megatron chose to try fighting the Autobots on the roads with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

[[Image:Dirge DeathUnicron.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Turns out Unicron didn't have a secret weak spot in his mouth. Thanks for trying, though!]]

Dirge and Ramjet were briefly seen using Megatron's [[Lightning Bug]] in defense of the Decepticons' undersea base. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} The two were later captured by Starscream and the renegade [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s, and pilfered for their energy absorbers. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} Still, Dirge was repaired rather quickly, and was seen helping Megatron and the Insecticons in another joint scheme soon thereafter. He and Ramjet were commissioned to find the Insecticons when [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] stole a vital part of the [[Space Bridge]] machinery. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}} During a Decepticon mission in the Middle East, Dirge inexplicably showed up with the Combaticons just long enough to get shot down by the Autobots. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

Dirge's first apparent death was during [[Unicron]]'s attack on Cybertron in 2005. All three coneheads (or Seekers who looked like them) were seen flying into Unicron's mouth and exploding. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} However, Dirge soon turned up again in [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]], hiding with Ramjet amongst [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|President Fakkadi]]'s air force. Fakkadi denied their presence to the Autobots, but [[Outback]] psyched the two Decepticons out by walking around the airfield with what he claimed was a "[[Decepticon detector]]." When the coneheads tried to escape, Outback used a smoke grenade to make them crash, then tore the location of [[Chaar]] out of them with his steely gaze. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}

[[Image:Dirge toondeath.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Maybe he shouldn't take his nitroglycerin collection everywhere with him.]]

The two hapless Decepticons somehow escaped Autobot captivity, though. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} They later participated in a full-scale assault on Cybertron and chose to strafe [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]—who dispatched them both with well-timed punches that sent them careening into buildings. They exploded quite spectacularly (even Ramjet, who you'd think would be used to it). {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Later, after some much needed repairs, Dirge and Thrust accompanied Galvatron's lieutenants in pursuing Rodimus Prime and the Autobots through space. Once they reached the Autobot funeral barge, however, the Seekers did not enter the vessel after the Autobots. A very wise decision, as it turned out. {{storylink|Dark Awakening}} Sometime afterwards, Dirge came to [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]] with Galvatron in search of [[Octane]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. The Decepticons briefly seized control of the country and its oil supplies, but were driven off by the Autobots. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

[[Image:Dirge AlmostDeath.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Uncharacteristically AVOIDING death somehow.]]

And yet they later appeared again on Chaar, failing to defend [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] against the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. In fact, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] tried to execute the coneheads and the [[Battlecharger]]s for their inability to stop the wraith. But they were saved when Starscream possessed Trypticon himself and launched into space, Dirge and the others onboard. When they saw that Starscream was using Trypticon to connect Unicron's head to Cybertron, they sabotaged the dinosaur from within. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine}}

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====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
Dirge and Thrust stood guard outside the Decepticon headquarters on Earth when [[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]] was ordered to infiltrate it. The two Seekers got into a firefight with the Autobot and [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|his Mini-Cassettes]] and were too distracted to notice [[Rewind]] sneaking past them and into the base. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====''Generation 1''====
{{noteukonly}}
Dirge was on Cybertron serving under [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] when contact was first made with the long-lost Earthbound Decepticons. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} ''He was one of the Decepticons' greatest killers, with [[Macabre]] desperately wanting acknowledgement from him. After [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] received some information about a major meeting of the Autobot resistance chiefs, Dirge led his fellow elite killers to the meeting, hoping to capture the infamous [[Emirate Xaaron]] and siphon some information from his old cranial cavity. Mere yards from their goal, however, the Decepticons were halted by a communique from [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], demanding they return to [[Polyhex]] at once and ready the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] for an Earth-bound mission. Pissed about missing their chance, but not foolish enough to disobey Megatron, Dirge turned the troops around, little realizing how close they came to being ambushed by the [[Wrecker]]s. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}''

[[Image:Dirge DeathSerpentor.jpg|left|200px|thumb|He couldn't even kill [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]], but he wasted ''you?'']]

Dirge, his fellow "coneheads", and the Insecticons dutifully travelled to Earth via the [[space bridge]]. Megatron had instructed that [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] be altered to resemble "Terran craft". Their mission was to defend a giant drill that would bore through [[Hoover Dam]] and siphon the Colorado River through the space bridge to the waterless Cybertron, where Decepticon turbines would generate "enough energy to power Cybertron for years." But just as the drill began its work, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s intervened. Dirge found his fear-inducing ability was particularly effective against the acrophobic [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], but the other Decepticons fared poorly enough that a retreat was eventually called. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}}

When the Decepticons later allied with [[Cobra]], Dirge was assigned to be an emissary among the humans. This would be unfortunate for the luckless Seeker. When [[Serpentor]] realized the Decepticons were going to destroy the Earth, he needed a token of conciliation to show the [[Autobot]]s. So in the middle of a battle against [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], Serpentor goaded Dirge into attacking the giant with everything he had. Serpentor then pressed a button in the cockpit of his own jet, "jamming" Dirge's "frequencies," which caused the Seeker's weapons to lock up and explode when he tried to fire.

The explosion tore Dirge apart, and he wouldn't be seen again for years. {{storylink|Ashes, Ashes...}}

{{note|The [[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]] series is the only US story that was ignored in the UK comic. Consequently Dirge was not dead in the UK continuity.}}

''Dirge was one of the Decepticons who took part in the operation to recover Megatron from the River Thames. {{storylink|Salvage!}}''

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
With [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in command, Dirge joined a massive Decepticon offensive against the Autobot Earthbase. Their goal was to kill some Autobots while also distracting them as Starscream looted a human oil tanker in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. Both goals proved fruitless, and the Decepticons were driven off. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

{{note|First depicted rather late in the series, it is unknown whether Dirge served Megatron or [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] before the coup merged the Decepticon factions.}}

=====Marvel ''Transformers: The Movie''=====
Dirge was one of the Decepticons seriously wounded at the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and subsequently thrown out of [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to be recreated as [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Cyclonus's Armada]] and the [[Sweep]]s. {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}} As none of the new Decepticons bar Galvatron ever demonstrates any awareness of a past life, this could be considered another Dirge death.

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
''In 2008, Dirge was serving Soundwave while on Cybertron. He went into battle alongside [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and the other flyers, fighting the [[Quintesson]] [[Trident]] assault craft. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

====''Generation 2''====
[[Image:Dirge DeathSwarm.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Death by [[Furmanism]].]]

Dirge reappeared among the Decepticon forces just long enough to sacrifice himself futilely against the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]], self-destructing alongside [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]. Moments later, Megatron showed up with the [[rheanimum]] that could have saved him. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

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====''Classics''====
{{note|This series follows from Marvel Generation 1 but disregards the UK and ''Generation 2'' comics.}}

[[Image:Dirge DeathTimelines.jpg|left|150px|thumb|You only get so many do-overs, pal.]]

While the war seemingly ended with [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s defeat at [[Klo]], Megatron was quietly gathering the remains of forgotten Earthbound casualties and rebuilding them. Dirge was among his resurrections, but the Seeker chose to follow the exiled Bludgeon instead.<ref>[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]'s [[Classics (2006)|Classics]] [[bio]] card</ref> This would prove an unfortunate choice, as Dirge soon ended up in the [[Cerebro-shell|Cerebro-shell]]ed thrall of [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]].

When Bug Bite decided to try and subvert Megatron himself, Dirge was on the team accompanying him to Earth. As Bug Bite and Megatron confronted each other, the Autobots ambushed them, freeing many of Bug Bite's troops with a cerebro-shell jammer. It's unclear whether Dirge's shell was disabled, but the point is somewhat moot; [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] shot him in the chest, leaving him lying on the floor with extinguished optics. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

Dirge was eventually revived and compelled into serving Megatron again. He attacked a human city on Earth with his old wingmen, Ramjet and Thrust. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

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===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
{{note|This is a [[multipath adventure]] with no fixed outcome.}}

Dirge was the Decepticon defending the [[anti-gravity base]], striking fear in the Autobots. In one outcome, he succeeded in destroying [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], only to be destroyed himself by the Autobot leader's final shot. In the end, Prime's sacrifice spurred the Autobots to fight on to victory!

Dirge was the most overpowering Decepticon present, but he could be defeated by a surprise attack. Alternately, if both Ramjet and Thrust were defeated, Dirge would retreat. {{storylink|Desert Flight}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' comics===
Dirge participated in Shockwave's offensive against [[Iacon (city-state)|Iacon]] shortly after Optronix took the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. During the Dark Ages, he joined up with Starscream's [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]] faction and attempted to disrupt the peace treaty at [[Tyger Pax]]... only to have the combined forces of the Autobots, Decepticons, and [[Ultracon]]s brought against him. Guess death comes to he who has no common sense.

After the [[Great Shutdown]] was over, Dirge became one of Shockwave's top agents and traveled to Earth to help collect the former crews of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. Back on Cybertron, he helped defend Shockwave's empire when the Autobots finally rose up against him, but he was defeated along with the rest of the Decepticons. Somehow he escaped detention and joined up with Shockwave and his remaining flunkies in the [[Wastelands]], hidden in an underground bunker while planning their next move. When Megatron arrived with his new [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], though, Dirge quickly assessed his priorities and agreed to serve under the old Decepticon commander for the duration. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{note|Somewhat ironically, Dirge's survival was guaranteed by Dreamwave's own death as a publisher.}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comics===
[[Image:Dirge_DeathArmada.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Even in a new continuity, he can't get a break.]]

Dirge was one of [[Unicron]]'s heralds, along with [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], and Galvatron. He was blown up when [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] detonated the Decepticon headquarters that they had taken over. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Dirge was based on Cybertron, serving as one of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s bodyguards. Along with Ramjet and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], he tried to stop a group of Autobots from stealing a load of [[energon cube]]s from the Decepticons, and almost managed to shoot [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]. Shockwave later led Dirge and the others to capture [[Teletran 3]], but they were stopped when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] set up a force field around the computer. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1}} The field eventually went down, and the Decepticons attacked, capturing the Autobots. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3}}

When the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] attacked, several of Shockwave's forces were killed. The remainder withdrew to Shockwave's command tower, where they were destroyed when [[Cobra Commander]] detonated explosives hidden on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. So one way or another, Dirge died again. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4}}

===IDW comics===
Dirge was first seen escorting defeated Autobots to Cybertron... ''and then died''. That must be a new record. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7}}
{{Note|Writer [[Shane McCarthy]] [[authorial intent|insists]] both Dirge and Deluge are still alive, as they are not seen getting killed.<ref name="shane">[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=137730#137730 Shane McCarthy interview]</ref>}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Dirge toy.jpg|300px|thumb|Closet [[Conehead]]]]
*'''Dirge'''( Decepticon Jet, 1985/2001/2004)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''97'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right fists, front landing gear, 2 "concussion missiles"

: A [[retool]] of the [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream mold]], Dirge transforms into a modified F-15 fighter jet with different wings. The spring-loaded missile launchers were replaced with simplified non-firing... rifle barrels?

[[Image:Commemorativeseriesdirge.jpg|left|150px|thumb|WYLD STALLYNS! deedleedleedleedleet]]

: Dirge never had a full release in Japan, where he was only available as a mail-away in 1986 (for 1980 yen and 4 [[Robot Point]]s), and at the 20th Century Toy Museum in 2001. He was also re-released in the US as part of the Toys "R" Us [[Commemorative Series]].

: This mold was also used to make [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]].

::*[http://tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Dirge/dirge.htm Dirge information at TFU.info]

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===Timelines===
[[Image:Classics Dirge Toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Conehead uncloseted.]]

*'''Games of Deception''' (Multi-pack, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Left & right missile launchers, 2 missiles

: Dirge is part of the ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]''-themed [[BotCon 2007]] box set, along with [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bugbite]], [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. He is a [[redeco]] of the ''Classics'' Ramjet toy, transforming into a made up fighter based upon the F-15. He also comes with two spring-loaded missile launchers that can mount on his biceps, under his wings, or be used as hand-held weapons.

:As with most ''Classics'' toys, he features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]].

: There were 1500 ''Timelines'' Dirge figures produced.

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===Universe (2008)===
====G1 Series====
[[Image:Universe 2008 Dirge toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wait... if Dirge dies in the past, doesn't that create a [[Paul Eiding|time paradox]]?]]

*'''Autobot Ambush''' (Voyager Deluxe Comic 2-Pack, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Launcher, missile, Cyber Key

:A Target-exclusive redeco of ''Galaxy Force'' [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], Dirge transforms into a Cybertronic starfighter. In both modes, plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into his back end flips out a spring-loaded blade from each arm. His spring-loaded missile launcher can be used as either a hand-held weapon, or mounted under his jet-mode nosecone.

:He is packed with [[Roadbuster]] (a redeco of the Deluxe-class ''Cybertron'' [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Cybertron Defense Hot Shot]]) and a reprint of "[[Target: 2006]]" parts 5 & 6 (although the Canadian version had no comic included). Initial releases of the set have the wrong comic, using the ''[[War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' issue "[[Escalation (Dreamwave)|Escalation]]" meant for the [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]/[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] two-pack instead.

:His dark purple Cyber Planet Key features a movie-style Decepticon sigil.

:This mold was also used for the [[BotCon 2008]]-exclusive ''[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]].

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===Gentei! Gentei!===
[[Image:Henkei Dirge toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|AHA! Undeniable proof that Takara does things better than Hasbro! (Sometimes.)]]
*'''Dirge''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right missile launchers, 2 missiles

:''[[Henkei! Henkei! (toyline)|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' Dirge is a [[Toy Hobby Market]] exclusive retool of ''Classics'' Ramjet. Unlike his [[BotCon 2007]] ''Timelines'' version, he has newly tooled wings based upon the wings from his original toy, uses the smaller gun missiles from Starscream, and, unusually for ''Henkei'', features an all-new, colorful [[Hasbro]] ''Classics''-style deco for his new wings. Like all ''Henkei'' toys, he features [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallized]] parts, specifically the barrels of his missile launchers, his engine nozzles and his cockpit interior.

: Dirge was available for pre-order from [[November 13]]th through [[December 10]]th 2008, and shipped in late March of 2009.
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===Generations===
[[Image:Generations-toy_Dirge.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Death by mold degradation.]]
*'''Dirge''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right missile launchers, 2 missiles
: ''[[Generations (toyline)| Generations]]'' Dirge is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Henkei! Henkei! (toyline)|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' Dirge.

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==Merchandise==
===Super Collection Figure===
[[Image:HOC_Dirge.jpg|thumb|200px|right|]]
*'''Dirge''' (2002)

: A retool of the ''[[Super Collection Figure]]'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]] mold, Dirge is a three-inch tall non-transforming figure. He was released as a [[chase figure]] in the sixth wave of the line.

: This mold was further retooled into [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]].

===Heroes of Cybertron===
*'''Dirge''' (2003)

: ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' Dirge is redeco of ''Super Collection Figure'' Dirge, cast in translucent red plastic and painted over to allow for a [[light-piping]] gimmick. His cone was also rounded off [[for safety reasons]]. The Hasbro release of Dirge was much easier to find than his Japanese counterpart, as he was a normal release in wave four, and packed on a blister card rather than in a [[Blindpacking|blindpacked]] box.

: Dirge came with the torso to the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] Build-A-Figure.

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===MyClone===
*'''Dirge''' (MyClone, 2003)

: Dirge was a chase figure in the third wave of ''[[MyClone]]'' figures. He's a cute, [[super-deformed]] figure who can be disassembled to switch his components with other MyClones. Dirge shares many, but not all, of his component molds with ''MyClone'' [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]].

===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:Dirge statue.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Worst case of petrification he's ever had.]]

* '''Dirge''' (Diamond Select, 2008)

: Dirge was released by [[Diamond Select Toys]] in 2008 and exclusive to online retailer Big Bad Toy Store. He was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 250 pieces. The sculpt features Dirge's distinctive wings.

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==Notes==
* [[Simon Furman]] originally planned for Dirge and the other "coneheads" to appear and defend the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' in the [[Nemesis Part 2|conclusion]] to ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', but this plot point was dropped due to time and budget constraints. Furman was so disappointed at his missed chance to use Dirge (whom he appreciated because he has a "...a cool doom-laden name") that he chose the character to be one of Unicron's heralds in the ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' comic's "[[Worlds Collide]]" arc.
* Colorist [[Drew Eiden]] stated at the [[Transformers Collectors' Club|Collector's Club]] panel at [[BotCon 2007]] that the day after final colors were applied to the ''Timelines'' comic where Dirge apparently falls dead, he found this article and noted to editor [[Pete Sinclair]] how ironic it was. Whether the comic was actually ''intended'' to continue Dirge's death-trend is unknown.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Dirge Dirge's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Megatron (Movie)/toys

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'''[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]''' got the Hollywood bad-guy treatment, and therefore got truckloads of toys too!

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:Movie Legends Megatron toy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Just what the hell do I turn into?]]
*'''Megatron''' (Legends Class, 2007)
**''Japanese name:'' '''EZ Collection Megatron'''
:[[Legends Class]] Megatron is the smallest mainline ''Movie'' Megatron toy. The sheer simplicity of the Legends class toy means that his vehicle mode is basically his robot mode splayed out. His robot mode is passably accurate, but has the Alien Queen-esque head design that was replaced with the finalized design after this figure's production (though due to the lack of detail, it can also be interpreted as his current head design).
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*'''Generations Legends''' (Target exclusive multi-pack, 2007)
[[Image:TargetGenerationsLegends.jpg|thumb|Megatron is quite beside himself.]]
:A [[Target]] [[exclusive]], this four-pack of Legends Class figures contains two versions of both Optimus Prime and Megatron, namely [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Movie Legends Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (Armada)|Legends of Cybertron Megatron]] and Movie Legends Megatron.
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[[Image:Movie Allspark Legends pack.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Quick, Bumblebee! You hold up Megatron, I'll just fight with the others!" "...I hate you."]]
*'''Battle for the Allspark''' (Toys'R'Us exclusive multi-pack, 2007)
:A [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive, this six-pack of Legends Class figures contains unmodified toys of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], Megatron, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]].
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[[Image:Movie Legends JazzIceMegatron toys.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Wow, those guys sure do grow up fast... No, wait. They're still puny.]]
*'''Battle Jazz vs. Ice Megatron''' (Legends multi-pack, 2008)
:Ice Megatron is a, well, ice-themed redeco of Legends Class Megatron, which means his black paint applications have been replaced by blue. He comes packed with yet another redeco of Legends class Jazz, this time "battle damaged".
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====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:Movie Voyager Megatron toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Hey, I think I'm as weird as the ''[[The War Within|War Within]]'' figures! ...nah, not there yet.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-14'''
**''Accessories:'' Projectile
:Voyager Class Megatron transforms into an ice-covered version of his Cybertronic jet, with transparent blue plastic forming large portions of his vehicle mode, such as parts of his wings. This ice design is carried onto his robot mode, with his legs, shoulders and chest having some kind of 'ice' plastic covering them. With a significantly different (and simple compared to other figures of the same pricepoint) transformation sequence compared to his earlier Leader class toy, his chest frost lowers and his shoulders raise to robot mode position when you bring his lower body forward thanks to [[Automorph Technology|Automorph]] technology. He also has his fusion cannon in its entirety on his left arm. His wings feature flip-out "ice blades", and pulling on a piece in the back of his jet mode brings them forward like pincer claws. This design is remarkably similar to his Predacon- incarnation toys.

:Something interesting to note is that his feet are entirely spring-loaded, which means his foot and the two "rear toes" on each feet automatically close up when he's not standing up. Surprisingly, this helps a lot with the posing, as the feet parts automatically position themselves for the perfect balance.
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[[Image:Movie Voyager Premium Megatron.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]
*'''Megatron''' ("Premium Series" Voyager Class, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Projectile
:One of the first figures available in the ''[[Premium Series]]'' (although not explicitly identified on the packaging as such), Voyager Class Megatron was released exclusively at Best Buy on October 16th, 2007 alongside the North American launch of the ''Transformers'' movie DVD. Megatron has been completely redecoed, covering most of his previously grey parts with metallic silver paint and a black paint wash over the top of that. Black and gold highlights are used to offset all of the silver, while the transparent 'ice' parts are clear. These changes essentially make Megatron far more accurate to his movie appearance.

:Megatron is presented in robot mode inside a special display box similar in shape to the packaging for the Hasbro release of ''Generation 1'' ''Masterpiece'' [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]].
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*'''Battle Over Mission City Megatron (Two-Pack)''' ("Screen Battles" Voyager Class, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Projectile
:A Target exclusive [[repaint]] of Voyager Class Megatron in primarily beige and chocolate brown colors with brown paintwashes, this version replaces the ice colored translucent plastic with two shades of translucent orange to replicate a look that resembles Megatron's fiery demise (or atmospheric re-entry). Unlike the previous releases, this version's wings are painted to match the body color, so they give the appearance of molten slag. This version was only available in a two-pack with a mostly unchanged Deluxe Class [[Jazz (Movie)|Final Battle Jazz]] in reference to their fight on the skyscraper featured in the film. As the colors on this Megatron are very similar to the colors on the Screen Battles version of Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], it might be assumed that those two sets are meant to also represent the climactic final battle at the end of the film.
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====Leader Class toys====
[[Image:Movie Leader Megatron toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
*'''Megatron''' (Leader Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-07'''
:Leader Class ''Movie'' Megatron transforms into a silver Cybertronic assault jet. In robot mode, Megatron's right fist disconnects at the wrist to become the spiked end of the extendable "chain whip" weapon concealed within his forearm; pressing the black switch on the arm pulls the chain taut for a whipping attack. His arms also link together at the wrists to form a "[[fusion cannon]]," with the pod on his left forearm concealing the weapon's [[Automorph Technology|Automorph]]ing twin barrels, exposed by pulling a switch. His other automorph features include his wings folding up as his vehicle nosecone is moved into place, and his feet unfolding as his knees are straightened. Finally, pressing the button on his waist activates a small friction motor, which moves various torso plates and blades on his back into place, accompanied by a metallic shrieking sound and flashing yellow lights.

:Megatron's instructions summarily fail to actually tell the reader about how his gimmicks work. The whipping-action black switch for his flail is not mentioned; they do not detail how to connect the arms for fusion cannon mode; and the fact that the cannon is on a slider, allowing it to be center-aligned, rather than sitting off to one side, is also omitted.

:There is an error in Megatron's legs, in that his left and right hip joints have been swapped for reasons unknown. Switching them allows for a slightly smoother transformation. In addition to ''that'', both of Megatron's hands have a finger misassembly. Two pieces are molded to have two fingers, while one is obviously supposed to be a thumb–however, this thumb is on the 'outside' of his hands instead of the inside. The prototype on the packaging's stock photos show the correct assembly.

:Possibly a dropped feature [[for safety reasons]], the right fist (partly a projectile tethered to the arm) is designed to launch out of his wrist via a spring-loaded firing mechanism. However, the spring for the launching mechanism was removed, though the firing trigger remains. One can either find a compatible spring or steal the spring in his left arm fusion cannon, then place it in his right forearm, though this disables his fusion cannon-retracting Automorph.
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[[Image:Premium Movie Megs.JPG|right|300px|thumb|"Hey, I got a tan!"]]
*'''Megatron''' ("Premium Series" Leader Class, 2008)
:Premium Megatron is a redeco of the previously released Leader Class Megatron. The figure is now given far more movie-accurate paint applications of black, gold, & silver. Premium Megatron also features the classic transformation sound when the chest Automorph function is activated. The original "metal shriek" sound is retained when the sound button is pressed in vehicle mode.

:In the promotional photos of the toy, this version was pictured with a new vehicle mode face cover that fit the new head better. However, this retool was apparently dropped before actual production but can still be seen on the box back photography. All manufacturing errors from the first release are still present.

:Unlike some of the early "Premium Series" toys, Premium Leader Megatron was mass-released at a variety of retailers, instead of being an exclusive to any particular store.
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====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:Movie FAB Megatron.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Just back from filming ''Predator 3'']]
*'''Fusion Blast Megatron''' ([[Fast Action Battler]], 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:''
**''Accessories:'' 2 projectiles
:Fusion Blast Megatron is a simple version of Megatron with dorky-looking proportions in robot mode, and it turns into an even dorkier-looking vehicle mode. The transformation sequence manages to be even more simple and non-involved than the other ''Movie'' Megatron toys by means of an Automorph feature very similar to the early Beast Wars flipchangers. Moving his back section down causes the torso to flip up, hiding the head and positioning the arms skywards. Though the figure requires a little more repositioning and folding, most of the transformation is done with a single step.
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[[Image:NA megatron FAB.JPG|right|200px|thumb|]]
*'''Night Attack Megatron''' (Fast Action Battler, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 2 projectiles
:A redeco of Fast Action Battler Megatron, this time cast primarily in black plastic, with opaque grey missiles.
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====Robot Replicas====
[[Image:Mov2007-toy RobotReplicas Megatron.JPG|right|150px|thumb|This is heavy, man!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Robot Replica, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Fusion Cannon
:As part of the [[Robot Replicas]] sub-line, this version of Megatron is a non-transforming action figure that hews very close to the movie's CGI model. It features joints similar to the [[Revoltech]] toys, though the elbows only turn from side-to-side, giving him extremely limited arm articulation. His forearms can be replaced with his fusion cannon accessory (or any other arm attachments from other Robot Replicas, which could lead to some fun Frankensteins).

*'''Megatron vs. Optimus Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2007)

: This [[Walmart]]-exclusive two-pack includes "battle-damaged" redecos of Robot Replicas Megatron and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]].

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====Titanium Series====
[[Image:Movie TitaniumRM Megatron.jpg|right|130px|thumb|]]
*'''Megatron''' (3" Robot Masters, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Movie-style Decepticon sigil display stand
:''[[Titanium Series]]'' Megatron is a die-cast metal and plastic figurine, with an accurate sculpt based on the CG model owing to the fact he doesn't need to transform. Being a figurine, he only has articulation in his shoulders, neck and waist. Megatron comes with a Movie-style Decepticon symbol display stand.
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====Attacktix====
*'''Battle Masters Megatron and Scorponok''' (Battle Master set)
[[Image:Attacktix-MovMegsScorp.jpg|right|150px|thumb|HADOOOUKEN!]]
:One of the many casualties of the shelving of Hasbro's ''[[Attacktix]]'' line was this Battle Master set featuring Megatron and [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]].

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===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:Megatron ROTF Legends toy.jpg|After enduring countless "What do I turn into" captions, Michael Bay started from scratch.|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Megatron''' (Legends, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''EZ-02'''

:Megatron transforms from a reasonably accurate version of his movie robot mode to a reasonably accurate version of his tank mode (with a teeny extra Megatron face in his groin, without paint details probably to avoid creepiness). He has ball-jointed shoulders and hips in robot mode, plus elbow and knee joints. His alt-mode turret is formed by merging his left and right arms, which is a neat callback to the first movie's fusion cannon, but means the turret can't rotate side to side, only pivot at the barrel.
:Several samples suffer from a disconnected lower left leg, which should be connected to the metal rod inside the upper leg. While the loose appendage cannot be repaired without extensive tooling, the upper leg is tight enough to prevent the leg from falling out during display or careful play.

:A "Battle Damaged" variant appears in the second wave of EZ Collection, featuring more elaborate, weathered paint appplications.

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====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF_Voyager_Megatron_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|First blue, then green. Watch, in the next movie, it'll be red.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:''
**''Accessories:'' Missile

:The second mainline ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Megatron toy is more slender than the larger Leader class Megatron, as it was based (more or less) on the finalized Megatron design, and as such, features a sleeker tank mode, a large lobster-claw like right arm and a normal-sized left arm. Unlike the larger toy, the Voyager's firing missile is located on the left arm, though the end is still sculpted to look like a set of fingers, and he also wears the entire top of the tank as a [[kibble]] backpack instead of having jet turbines like the Leader class toy. For some reason, he's also green (thankfully less so than the stock image pictured here).

:He features two Mech Alive gimmicks. Turning his waist also turns internal gears in his chest, while bending his right elbow makes a blade extend in and out of his claw.
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[[Image:ROTFtoy-GatheringattheNemesis.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Pay no attention to my translucent parts!]]
*'''Gathering At Nemesis''' (Figure multipack, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Missile

:This [[Toys"R"Us]]-exclusive three pack includes a redeco of Megatron's Voyager class toy from the first movie, as well as the Voyager class [[The Fallen]] and a redeco of Deluxe class [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]].

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*'''Megatron''' (Voyager, 2010)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MR-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile

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====Leader Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF_Leader_Megatron.jpg|thumb|300px|Beefcake!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Leader, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-01'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile

:The first and largest ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Megatron toy is based on an earlier design for Megatron that differs slightly from the final CG model. This design is more bulky and hunchbacked than the final design, has a right arm with a shoulder pad that doubles as a bladed shield, and also has a very short and gimpy left arm. Like the Voyager Class toy, he also features feet that do not look like the CGI model, which has large two-toed feet formed by the tank treads rather than flat, clawed feet that resemble those of the first movie's design. Leaving the feet retracted creates a more movie-accurate appearance when the legs are viewed from the front (when viewed from the side, Megatron's legs look like stubs).

:The figure transforms into a Cybertronian tank, though it lacks the wings seen in the film and is also less streamlined. In robot mode, Megatron's entire lower right arm is a spring-loaded missile launcher and the tank turret's armour/shroud can be mechanically repositioned to partially cover the cannon, with flip-out sword blade, as seen in the early concept design. Due to the amount of [[Gimmick|gimmickry]] involved, the right arm has no elbow.

:Pressing the Decepticon symbol-emblazoned button on his chest activates his light, [[Mech Alive]], and voice sound effects ("I am Megatron!"). The Mech Alive mechanics involve shaking his head to and fro while panels in his chest shudder. The European release (sold in the UK and non-English speaking countries) proclaims just simply "Megatron!" with laughter. After a month or two, the American release became available in the UK as well as the Canadian province of Quebec, while English Canada (which usually stocks the American release) somehow got the European version in some areas.

:Interestingly, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|while]] [[Starscream (Movie)|other]] [[Demolishor (ROTF)|figures]] in the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' line suffered mold simplifications from budget cuts, Megatron got mold ''additions''. Hasbo's stock pictures depict a vastly different and much smaller shield which lacks the outer claw prongs and has different detailing, and there is no evidence that the flip-down feet had been implemented at all. These late mold changes may have been done to slightly increase the toy's accuracy to his movie depiction and, in the case of the flip-down feet, to make Megatron look like he actually has ''feet'' rather than stubs to walk on.
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[[Image:ROTFtoy-MegatronLeaderShadowCommand.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The photoshopping kinda makes it hard to see how exactly he differs.]]
*'''Shadow Command Megatron''' (Leader, 2010)
**''Accessories:'' Missile

:Shadow Command Megatron, as the name suggests, is a mostly black redeco of Leader class Megatron, which much resembles the previous Fast Action Battlers ''Night Attack Megatron'' redeco. The figure sports more paint applications than the first release. The voice chip has been changed, instead of saying "I am Megatron!" like the initial release, it says "There is no command but mine!". The blast sound effect has also been changed to a laser sound, and a G1-esque sound effect plays when rotating Megatron's legs during transformation.

:Initial shipments of Shadow Command Megatron have a minor misassembly in his right shoulder that causes the laser sound effect to go off only when his arm is pointing backwards, as opposed to forward. It is fixable, but only after knocking out a pin.
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====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:ROTF_FAB_Megatron_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|I sure hope [[Wikipedia:Metal_Slug_(series)|SNK]] don't sue...]]
*'''Cannon Blast Megatron''' (Fast Action Battler, 2009)
**''Accessories'' Projectile

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====Power Bots====
[[Image:ROTF_PowerBots_Megatron.jpg|thumb|150px|Super Fighting Robot—MEGAMAN!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Power Bot, 2009)

:The [[Power Bots]] version of Megatron is a large, sturdy action figure for younger children. Pressing the various Decepticon symbol buttons activates battle phrases, sound effects and light-up eyes, although for the European release, almost all of the battle phrases were cut in order to avoid language barriers (except for the occasional nonsensical utterance of "Decepticon!" and "Megatron!" among a huge, long string of blasting noises).
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====Robot Replicas====
[[Image:ROTF-toy_RobotReplicas_Megatron.jpg|thumb|200px|I swear his chest is someone's face. Well, [[Mudflap (ROTF)|some 'bots can sympathize with that]].]]
*'''Megatron''' (Robot Replica, 2009)

:This non-transformable Megatron action figure was ''supposed'' to be very movie-accurate, but is actually a combination of the bulkier, earlier design used for his Leader class toy and the more slender final design used for the Voyager class toy. Although his arms are normal-sized and the right arm has the "lobster claw" seen in the final design, Megatron appears hunchbacked due to the fact that he has no neck (though not to the same extent as the Leader class toy).
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====Burger King====
[[Image:ROTFtoy-RiseofMegatron.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Darn that [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]. ''*yyywaaawwwwwwn*'']]
* '''Rise of Megatron''' (Kids meal toy, 2009)

: Rise of Megatron has a pull-back motor and can "transform" between flying tank and robot modes, both of which are quite inaccurate. The tank mode lacks a cannon, while the robot mode lacks legs for purposes of the toy's own gimmick. Megatron's robot mode torso also looks quite deformed and odd compared to the CG model in the movie, with features such as a round mouth, huge arms, and symmetrical (huge) shoulders.
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====Battle Chargers====
[[Image:ROTF-toy_BattleChargers_Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Two'' faces? Optimus is going to have a field day with this.]]
* '''Megatron''' (Battle Charger, 2010)

:Part of the [[Robot Powered Machines]] subline, Battle Charger Megatron is a rounded-off tank with a [[pull-back motor]]. When pulled back and let go, his turret flips open and a cutesified depiction of his robot mode pops out. Amusingly, because of the tank mode featuring Megatron's face, he ends up with two faces in "robot mode".

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===Transformers (2010)===
====Activators====
[[Image:TF2010-toy_Activators_Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Sadly, this is the most accurate-looking one.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Activator, 2010)

:''[[Activators]]'' Megatron is a simple, [[Size class|Deluxe]]-sized toy based on his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' incarnation. He features [[autotransformation]] from tank mode to robot mode, activated via the press of a button.

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==Merchandise==
===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:GummyCandyFront.jpg|right|100px|thumb|"Oh, How hideously (and deliciously) ironic!"]]
*'''Transformers Gummy Candy''' (2006)
:Made by the [[Frankford Candy & Chocolate Company]] at the behest of [[Hasbro|Hasbro's]] Cap Candy Company unit, this large Megatron-shaped [[Transformers Gummy Candy|gummy candy]] was available throughout 2006 to 2007. Also available was an [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]-shaped gummy candies.
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===Battling Robots Bubble Bath===
*'''Megatron''' (2007)
[[Image:Megatron bubblebath.jpg|right|120px|thumb|"This is why I hate merchandising."]]
:Megatron's torso attaches to the bottle of bubble bath. His elbows bend, and his arms have a punching gimmick, to allow him to battle the forces of good. Pushing a lever on either side makes the respective fist punch forward. He's removable, though not as easily held without the bottle below his waist. Like many pieces of Megatron merchandise, this "figure" uses the older head design with blue eyes. The blue eyes are also the only spot of paint on him, unlike the elaborately decoed Prime.
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*'''Megatron''' Burger King free toy (2007)
:A non-transformable version of Megatron, cast primarily in gray plastic. The toy's entire "gimmick" is that both arms rotate at the shoulder. Due to the strict [[For safety reasons|protocols]] of making a fast food premium, Megatron's sharp and deadly design was forced to be smoothed out. This had the unfortunate effect of making his sculpted details meld together and looking less like a killer robot and more like a melted clay man. The toy ''appears'' to use the earlier head render of Megatron's, but due to the vague detail and paint job, may also not be.

:The toy also comes with a purple plastic Decepticon base and a lenticular motion card with a surprising amount of frames of animation. These two pieces may in fact be the better part of the package.

====Basic Fun====
*'''Megatron''' (Figural keychain assortment, 2007)
: Produced by [[Basic Fun]], this keychain is a likeness of Megatron's robot mode with articulated arms, legs, head, waist, and a keyring sticking out of his ass.
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====Transformers Movie Danglers====
[[Image:Movie Megatron dangler.jpg|right|200px|thumb|No, that's not his back, that's his actual face.]]
*'''Megatron''' (2007)
:Released by [[Tomy Yujin]] in November 2007<ref name="TomyYujin">[http://www.gachausa.com/products/transformers.asp Tomy Yujin ''Transformers'' page]</ref> for the [[Danglers Collection]], this toy is a weird plastic [[super deformed]] version of Megatron that pops out his vehicle mode when you squeeze him. This little figurine has a little strap on it so that it can be put on cell phones or portable gaming devices.

:Other than Megatron, there are also versions of [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Devastator]], Bumblebee, Ironhide, Bonecrusher, Jazz, and Optimus Prime.
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====Unleashed====
[[Image:Movie2007_Unleashed_Megatron.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
*'''Megatron''' (2008)

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====Transformers Movie Screen Cleaners====
[[Image:Movie Megatron screencleaner.jpg|right|104px|thumb|]]
*'''Megatron''' (2008)
:Released by Tomy Yujin on January 2008<ref name="TomyYujin" />, this dangler is a faction logo-shaped screen cleaner for your cell phone, with a stock image of Megatron printed on the other side.
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===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Transformers Digital Watch====
[[Image:ROTF_Megatrondigitalwatch.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
*'''Megatron Digital Watch''' (2009)

:Made by [[Fab Starpoint]], this Megatron-themed digital watch has a nylon velcro strap with a rubber pull tab, a plastic case and chrome bezel, and an LCD display on the face.
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====Transformers Wacky Wobblers====
[[Image:WackyWobblers_ROTFMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|150px|He just needs a hug!]]
*'''Megatron''' (2009)

:''[[Wacky Wobblers]]'' Megatron is a [[wikipedia:bobblehead|bobblehead]] doll which features details more accurate than any of his mainline toys, especially in the head and feet. However, his right hand, with the "lobster claw" weapon extended, is in an impossible position (compare his right arm with that of the Voyager class toy). Unlike most ''Wacky Wobblers'' bobbleheads, his arms are poseable.
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====Basic Fun====
*'''Articulated keychain''' (2009)

: Produced by [[Basic Fun]], this keychain is a likeness of Megatron's robot mode with articulated arms, legs, head, waist, and a keyring sticking out of his ass.
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====Figure Collection====
[[Image:ROTF-Merchandise Figure Collection Megatron.jpg|right|150px|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (2010)
**''Accessories:'' Stand
:The [[Figure Collection]] edition of Megatron is modeled on his [[#Voyager_Class_toys|Voyager class toy]] from the first movie, complete with molded icicles. His wing backpack is a separate piece which must be slotted in after opening the dispenser ball.

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====Robot Powered Machines====
[[Image:Rotf_rpmsbattleseries_megatron.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He just needs a hug!]]
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*'''Autobot Ratchet VS Megatron''' (2009)
**''Number:'' '''05 of 08'''
:[[Robot Powered Machines]] Megatron is a non-transforming ''Hot-Wheels''-scale version of his tank-mode. Megatron's robot-mode is sculpted on the bottom of the tank, along with his faction symbol and name. He features a rotating tank turret, but the cannon is constructed out of [[for safety reasons|softer materials]], which makes it droop down and look sort of...depressed.

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===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robot Heroes Ratchet vs Megatron.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Adorable head crushing!]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet vs Megatron''' (2007)
:The first Robot Heroes toy of Megatron was available packed with Autobot Ratchet. Like many Robot Heroes, he is grinning from ear to ear, and in a squatty pose. Notably, his hands are simplified into three fingered claws, and his head is a cute version of the original (and replaced) design. His articulation is the standard shoulders and neck. The toy is colored much like the Leader class version of the character.
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*'''The Final Battle''' (2008)
[[Image:Robotheroesfinalbattle.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Shiny!]]
:Sold exclusively in Walmart stores, this release of Megatron is a repaint of the first Robot Heroes toy. Sold with redecoed Autobot Jazz, Blackout, Optimus Prime, and Ratchet, no molding was changed on this toy. However, the figure boasts a metallic finish, making the toy a vibrant silver with painted bronze highlights for greater film accuracy.
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*'''Battle Jazz vs Megatron''' (2008)
[[Image:Robotheroesjazzmegatron.jpg|right|300px|thumb|PRIIIIIIME!]]
:The second mold, sharing no parts with the first release. His right arm has transformed into the [[mace|flail]], and he's posed just after slamming it into the ground (with impact "explosion" molded in). The head is the "final" head design, but the toy has many outbursts of blue, either to make a more exciting deco or evoke him being "recently thawed". Sadly, he is only articulated at the neck and LEFT shoulder, denying the world adorable flail bonking. He was packaged with Jazz.
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*'''Autobot Skids and Megatron''' (2009)
[[Image:RobotHeroes_SkidsMegatron.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
:Another new Megatron mold, based on his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' body and colored a darker gray than the previous ones. He is sculpted with his [[fusion cannon]] deployed and has the usual shoulder articulation. This time, Megatron came in a two-pack with [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]].

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[[Image:Robotheroesmegatronfallenprimejetfireironhide.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Say hello to my GIGANTIC-ASS friend!]]
*'''Battle for the Fallen''' (box set, 2009)
:This ''Robot Heroes'' box set of figures comes with [[The Fallen]], Megatron (tank mode), [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] combined, and Ironhide (truck mode). Megatron has no articulation.

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[[Image:RobotHeroes_BattlefortheAllspark.jpg|300px|thumb|right|]]
*'''Battle for the Allspark''' (2009)
:A redeco of the second ''Robot Heroes'' mold is included in this set representing the battle of [[Mission City]] along with a redeco of Decepticon Brawl, along with new figures of Ratchet (with his saw), [[Sam Witwicky]] with the All Spark Cube, Optimus Prime, Starscream and Bumblebee in vehicle mode.
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[[Image:Chromia_and_megs_robot_heroes.jpg‎|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Chromia vs Megatron''' (2009)
:Part of the third wave of ''Revenge of the Fallen''-themed ''Robot Heroes'', this figurine of Megatron depicts him in mid-transformation between robot and tank modes. He has articulation at the neck, shoulders, and waist. "[[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]]" comes packaged with him. Humorously, his Leader Class figure can achieve this "mode".
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Unfinished

2010-07-23T07:10:15Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Transformers references */

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=50
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=51
|title="Unfinished"
|japanese=ギャラクシーコンボイVSマスターガルバトロン最終決戦!
|romaji=Galaxy Convoy tai Master Galvatron—Saishū Kessen!
|translation=Galaxy Convoy VS Master Galvatron—The Final Battle!
|image=Cyb_ep50_map_save.jpg
|caption="Unfinished?" What, did Candlejack show u
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[we've|We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Gyō Yamatoya]]
|director=[[Manabu Ono]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[December 24]], 2005 (Japanese) [[September 28]], 2006 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''As the Autobots race to save Jungle Planet, Optimus Prime and Galvatron have their final battle.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_i_dream_of_starscream.jpg|left|thumb|220px|In Soviet Cybertron, Starscream rules Megatron!]]
With the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] destroyed and peace returned to the universe, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Lori]] relax on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. While Coby is working on his [[Cobybot]], Bud sneaks up behind him and jumps on him, leading the two brothers to run around chasing each other in good spirits. Lori shrugs at their childishness, before noticing that [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] appears distracted. After all, [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] is still out there...

Galvatron is, in fact, much closer than the [[Autobot]] leader realizes, staring down at Cybertron from his vantage point on an asteroid floating above the planet. Wondering aloud if this is truly to be the end of his ambition, Galvatron's attention is suddenly drawn to a sparkle of light above his head. As he looks up, the light flares around him, and he suddenly finds himself on a burning landscape, standing before the towering form of [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], who sits upon a throne flanked by [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. Starscream mocks Megatron for giving up, inciting the [[Decepticon]] commander's rage, at which point the burning world fades away, and Megatron finds himself on the asteroid once more. The sparkle of light floats nearer, and is revealed to be Starscream's [[crown]], which Galvatron takes in his hands. Reflecting on Starscream's words, he crushes the crown, and swears to finish things once and for all.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_scourge_shake.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Scourge: "Am I doing it right?" Optimus: "When you shake someone's hand, Scourge, you're not supposed to hear cracking noises!"]]

Down on Cybertron, the Autobots are dealing with the last lingering remnant of the chaos wreaked upon the universe by the black hole: the [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]] has been pulled out of its normal place in the cosmos, and must be restored. Working together as a massive construction crew, the Autobots disassemble and rebuild the engines of the colossal starship, the [[Ark (Cybertron)|Ark]], on Jungle Planet's surface, intending to use their thrust to push the planet through a [[space bridge]], back to its rightful place in the universe. [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] thanks Optimus Prime for all that he has done for him, and all the non-Jungle-Planet-native Transformers return to Cybertron so that the planet can depart. The engines are fired up and all is going well, until Galvatron comes streaking down out of the sky and blasts his way through one of the four boosters, throwing off the planet's trajectory and causing it to careen towards Cybertron itself. No sooner are the Autobots aware of this crisis than Galvatron warps into their command centre on Cybertron, intent on finishing their war one way or another. Despite [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s protestations, Optimus Prime instructs the other Autobots to go and deal with the booster problem, leaving him to handle Galvatron one-on-one.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_transformers_together.jpg|left|thumb|220px|The premiere of the new ''Transformers'' movie was met with a little too much enthusiasm.]]

The Autobots rush to Jungle Planet, where they quickly and effectively manage to extinguish the fires blazing around the rocket. Just as this task is accomplished, however, the struts supporting the damaged booster give way, and the rocket begins to topple over. Scourge rashly leaps into action, attempting to push the monolithic engine back into place using nothing but his own strength, and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] soon joins him. All the Autobots follow their lead, and with the addition of the towering warriors of [[Gigantion]], the rocket's collapse is halted. However, it still needs to be righted back to its original placement to stop the collision with Cybertron, and the Autobots do not have the strength to do so. To make matters worse, [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]], [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] all turn up, apparently poised to take down the Autobots when they are busy supporting the booster and unable to fight back. In truth, however, the four former ne'er-do-wells are here to help save the planets as well, and all start pushing the rocket alongside the Autobots! More and more allies arrive through the [[space bridge]], as the Transformers of Earth, along with the natives of Jungle Planet, come to lend their strength to the effort. Together as one, the Transformers all glow with the power of Primus, and the rocket is thrust back into its correct position, propelling the Jungle Planet safely past Cybertron, through the space bridge, and home again.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_lightning_storm.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Today's forecast calls for a high chance of deadly purple lightning storms...in space?]]

As this triumphant battle against gravity is waged, Galvatron and Optimus Prime's own battle was been growing ever fiercer. Prime looks to be on the ropes until Galvatron vows to kill all his followers once he is done with Prime, a threat that galvanized Prime into action. Seizing his perennial foe, Prime takes flight, and carries them both to one of Cybertron's moons, where they watch as the Jungle Planet is saved. As their fight continues, the other Autobots soon come flying in to support their leader, and Galvatron exploits their presence to strike Prime where it will hurt the most. Unleashing a storm of purple lightning, Galvatron brings all the Autobots to their knees, then manifests a sword of dark energy which he uses to cleave one of Optimus's wings off. As he stands poised to deliver the killing blow...

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_rhisling.jpg|left|thumb|220px|Speak softly and carry a HUGE FREAKING SWORD.]]

...the glowing [[Planet Map]] suddenly flies from Bud's pocket, and blocks his blade! The light from the map floods the lunar battlefield, and Optimus Prime sees at its heart the spectral form of [[Vector Prime]], who reminds his old friend that he is watching over him from beyond the veil of time, and will always be there for him when his need is greatest. And this time, Vector Prime tells Optimus, he has brought a gift...

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_final_blow.jpg|right|thumb|220px|We would have waited an eternity for this-the end of the Unicron Trilogy!]]

As the light of the map fades and the moon comes back into view, the luminescent globe of the Planet Map hangs between Prime and Galvatron, as the Decepticon leader demands to know what is happening. Optimus answers by reaching into the sphere before him, and from it, drawing Vector Prime's gift: his mighty sword, [[Rhisling]]! Galvatron is hurled aside by a strike from this blade of blades, and the two leaders power up for what can only be their final attack. Glowing with the golden energy of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Optimus charges at Galvatron and impales his eternal enemy on Vector Prime's sword. A huge explosion results, and the Autobots wait nervously as the dust clears to see the outcome. As their visibility returns, Optimus Prime is standing over the collapsed Galvatron, who-even with a sword run through him-still reaches his hand outward towards Prime, claiming it will never be over. Unflinching, Optimus Prime bids Galvatron farewell...and the Decepticon's body disintegrates into ashes that blow away on the lunar winds. Moments later, an exhausted Prime collapses to his knees, as the other Autobots rush to their victorious commander's aid.
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==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (9)
* [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] (11)
* [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (12)
* [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] (13)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (14)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (15)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (16)
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (17)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (18)
* [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (19)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (20)
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (21)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (22)
* [[Wing Saber]] (23)
* [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (24)
* [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]] (27)
* [[Six-Speed]] (29)
* [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (35)
* [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (36)
* [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (37)
* [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] (39)
* [[Vector Prime]] (41)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (5)
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (6)
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (10)
* [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]] (25)
* [[Undermine]] (26)
* [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]] (30)
* [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (31)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (32)
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (33)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (34)
* [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (38)

|c3=
* [[Coby Hansen]] (1)
* [[Bud Hansen]] (2)
* [[Lori]] (3)

|c4=
* [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] (7)*
* [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] (8)
* Jungle Planet Transformers (28)
* [[Ancient Decepticon]]s (40)
}}

==Quotes==
"So, you're giving up. Heh, you're certainly no Unicron!" 
"How can this be?" 
"You defeated me, and this is all you have to show for it? How dare you give up before the job is done!?" 
"You... Starscream!" 
"So you haven't forgotten me like you forgot your ambitions, or was it just too much for you?" 
"You dare talk to me of ambition, you backstabbing fiend! If not for them, those accursed Autobots, I would have destroyed the universe!" 
"Hehehe... well, whatever you have to tell yourself." 
"Starscream! Come back here!" 
:—'''Starscream''' mocks '''Galvatron''' from the fire dimension.

"Hmmm, his crown... As pathetic as it sounds, he's right!"
:—'''Galvatron''' reflects on Starscream's taunts.

"Why throw away your life so recklessly, Prime? It's a pity at has to end like this." 
"That's a question you should ask yourself, Galvatron! ''I will finish you!''"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Galvatron''', <s>fanwank</s> [[The Transformers: The Movie|homage]] #1

"You will always lose, Galvatron. You think about nothing but destruction. None of your victories last! You care about nothing but yourself! ''No one'' cares about you!"
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"Only ''one'' shall stand, Galvatron! It ends here!" 
"NEVER!!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Galvatron''', homage #2

"I still function. You haven't... won. Not while my spark... still burns..."
:-'''Galvatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s last words, homage #3

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_animation_comparison.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
*As in the previous episode, the landscape of the reborn Cybertron differs between the two versions of the show. ''Galaxy Force'' shows the planet with organic trees and fields of grass that are part of the background painting, whereas ''Cybertron'' replaces the trees with apparently-[[technorganic]] counterparts, and the fields with swathes of green circuit boards, both CGI-animated,
*In ''Cybertron'', Scourge thanks Lori for all that she has done; in ''Galaxy Force'', he tells her that he will come and visit her on Earth.
* In ''Cybertron'', Red Alert attempts to shut down the rockets in order to halt the planet's movement, only to have a short circuit increase their power and speed, hastening the danger. Conversely in ''Galaxy Force'', getting the power back up was his ''intention''.
*In its final great moment of [[Burning Justice]], this episode sees the entire Transformer race glow with a magic golden aura that suddenly makes them strong enough to push the rocket back into place. Steadfast to the last, ''Galaxy Force'' does not remark upon this, treating it as perfectly normal, while ''Cybertron'' slips in the explanation that they are glowing with the power of Primus that exists in all of them.
*The tone of Prime and Galvatron's final battle following Vector Prime's appearance is much more "victorious" and "exciting" in ''Cybertron'', as heroic music swells up, and after the final blow is struck, Prime assures his troops that he is okay. In ''Galaxy Force'', by comparison, the music for the fight is somber and dramatic, and the final seconds of the episode are silent.
{{--}}

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* As he reports that the fires are extinguished, [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] speaks with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s voice.

===Transformers references===
* The opening moments of this episode, as Coby works on his [[Cobybot]] and Bud scares him by sneaking up from behind, exactly mirror the original animation added to ''Galaxy Force''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Ice#Miscellaneous trivia|third opening sequence]] of Coby working on his motorbike, down to the movements of the characters' hands. About the only difference is the clothes they're wearing.
* Starscream, Sideways and Soundwave were blasted into another dimension in "[[Showdown (episode)|Showdown]]". Their appearance in this episode is fairly confusing, as they appear to be reaching out across the dimensions somehow.
* The energy sword conjured by Galvatron resembles the energy sword wielded by [[Megatron (G1)|Generation 1 Megatron]] in his famous showdown with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Generation 1 Optimus Prime]].
* Galvatron and Optimus deliver several lines of paraphrased dialogue from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', all quoted above. ''Cybertron'' is no stranger to pilfering movie dialogue, but while "I still function" has been heard in the show before, used by Starscream back in "[[Showdown (episode)|Showdown]]", and "Why throw away your life so recklessly?" has been heard before in "[[Fury]]", "Only one shall stand" has never been used in the show before. The use of movie lines is actually fairly appropriate here, given the visual similarities between the two battles.

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Cybprime exkaiser.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Mine's bigger.]]
* The battle between Optimus Prime and Galvatron contains several visual references to the final showdown between Great Exkaizer and Dinogeist from the anime series ''[[Brave|Brave Exkaiser]]''. Both clashes take place on a moon, and the heroes both wield massive swords that are drawn in an identically dynamic fashion, glow golden as they deliver the final blow to the villain, and have their helmets shattered during the fight.
{{--}}
===Trivia===
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_death_cannon.jpg|right|thumb|Really Galvatron? ''DEATH CANNON?'' Is THAT the best you could come up with?]]
* This is the only episode in ''Galaxy Force'' to not have [[commercial bumper]]s featuring a character/characters from the series. The only indication of [[:Image:Galaxy Force bumpers ep51.jpg|leading to commercial and returning]] is the ''Galaxy Force'' logo appearing on screen in the upper-right and lower-right corners, respectively.
*In the grand Japanese ''Transformers'' tradition of modes like [[Sixshot]]'s "Wingwolf", [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]'s "space jet" and [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]'s "dakatsu", the weapon configuration Galvatron adopts in this episode (named his "Death Cannon" in ''Galaxy Force'', pictured at right) is not part of the toy's instructions, but was created by the cartoon's production staff after fiddling with the figure. As such, it's entirely possible to configure the toy into this form.
* Also, in ''Galaxy Force'', Megatron/Galvatron begins the name of each of his special weapons with "Death". The arm-mounted claw is the "Death Claw", his energy gatling gun is the "Death Machine Gun", and this is the "Death Cannon".
* During the fire-fighting scenes of this episode, there is a brief moment where Vector Prime's map falls to the ground and catches Bud's attention. This will be a familiar staple to you if you've watched a lot of anime, since in Japan, for something to fall over or break without anyone touching it or any form of outside interference—a teacup cracking, a shoelace breaking, or the family shrine falling—has usually been considered as a bad omen, or at least a warning. ''Transformers'' has even had a prior example, in the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' episode "[[Cramp]]", when [[Alexis]]'s [[Good Luck Necklace|necklace]] cracked at the moment of Starscream's death.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 13 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Unfinished

2010-07-23T07:08:29Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Transformers references */

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=50
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=51
|title="Unfinished"
|japanese=ギャラクシーコンボイVSマスターガルバトロン最終決戦!
|romaji=Galaxy Convoy tai Master Galvatron—Saishū Kessen!
|translation=Galaxy Convoy VS Master Galvatron—The Final Battle!
|image=Cyb_ep50_map_save.jpg
|caption="Unfinished?" What, did Candlejack show u
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[we've|We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Gyō Yamatoya]]
|director=[[Manabu Ono]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[December 24]], 2005 (Japanese) [[September 28]], 2006 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''As the Autobots race to save Jungle Planet, Optimus Prime and Galvatron have their final battle.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_i_dream_of_starscream.jpg|left|thumb|220px|In Soviet Cybertron, Starscream rules Megatron!]]
With the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] destroyed and peace returned to the universe, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Lori]] relax on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. While Coby is working on his [[Cobybot]], Bud sneaks up behind him and jumps on him, leading the two brothers to run around chasing each other in good spirits. Lori shrugs at their childishness, before noticing that [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] appears distracted. After all, [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] is still out there...

Galvatron is, in fact, much closer than the [[Autobot]] leader realizes, staring down at Cybertron from his vantage point on an asteroid floating above the planet. Wondering aloud if this is truly to be the end of his ambition, Galvatron's attention is suddenly drawn to a sparkle of light above his head. As he looks up, the light flares around him, and he suddenly finds himself on a burning landscape, standing before the towering form of [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], who sits upon a throne flanked by [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. Starscream mocks Megatron for giving up, inciting the [[Decepticon]] commander's rage, at which point the burning world fades away, and Megatron finds himself on the asteroid once more. The sparkle of light floats nearer, and is revealed to be Starscream's [[crown]], which Galvatron takes in his hands. Reflecting on Starscream's words, he crushes the crown, and swears to finish things once and for all.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_scourge_shake.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Scourge: "Am I doing it right?" Optimus: "When you shake someone's hand, Scourge, you're not supposed to hear cracking noises!"]]

Down on Cybertron, the Autobots are dealing with the last lingering remnant of the chaos wreaked upon the universe by the black hole: the [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]] has been pulled out of its normal place in the cosmos, and must be restored. Working together as a massive construction crew, the Autobots disassemble and rebuild the engines of the colossal starship, the [[Ark (Cybertron)|Ark]], on Jungle Planet's surface, intending to use their thrust to push the planet through a [[space bridge]], back to its rightful place in the universe. [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] thanks Optimus Prime for all that he has done for him, and all the non-Jungle-Planet-native Transformers return to Cybertron so that the planet can depart. The engines are fired up and all is going well, until Galvatron comes streaking down out of the sky and blasts his way through one of the four boosters, throwing off the planet's trajectory and causing it to careen towards Cybertron itself. No sooner are the Autobots aware of this crisis than Galvatron warps into their command centre on Cybertron, intent on finishing their war one way or another. Despite [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s protestations, Optimus Prime instructs the other Autobots to go and deal with the booster problem, leaving him to handle Galvatron one-on-one.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_transformers_together.jpg|left|thumb|220px|The premiere of the new ''Transformers'' movie was met with a little too much enthusiasm.]]

The Autobots rush to Jungle Planet, where they quickly and effectively manage to extinguish the fires blazing around the rocket. Just as this task is accomplished, however, the struts supporting the damaged booster give way, and the rocket begins to topple over. Scourge rashly leaps into action, attempting to push the monolithic engine back into place using nothing but his own strength, and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] soon joins him. All the Autobots follow their lead, and with the addition of the towering warriors of [[Gigantion]], the rocket's collapse is halted. However, it still needs to be righted back to its original placement to stop the collision with Cybertron, and the Autobots do not have the strength to do so. To make matters worse, [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]], [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] all turn up, apparently poised to take down the Autobots when they are busy supporting the booster and unable to fight back. In truth, however, the four former ne'er-do-wells are here to help save the planets as well, and all start pushing the rocket alongside the Autobots! More and more allies arrive through the [[space bridge]], as the Transformers of Earth, along with the natives of Jungle Planet, come to lend their strength to the effort. Together as one, the Transformers all glow with the power of Primus, and the rocket is thrust back into its correct position, propelling the Jungle Planet safely past Cybertron, through the space bridge, and home again.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_lightning_storm.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Today's forecast calls for a high chance of deadly purple lightning storms...in space?]]

As this triumphant battle against gravity is waged, Galvatron and Optimus Prime's own battle was been growing ever fiercer. Prime looks to be on the ropes until Galvatron vows to kill all his followers once he is done with Prime, a threat that galvanized Prime into action. Seizing his perennial foe, Prime takes flight, and carries them both to one of Cybertron's moons, where they watch as the Jungle Planet is saved. As their fight continues, the other Autobots soon come flying in to support their leader, and Galvatron exploits their presence to strike Prime where it will hurt the most. Unleashing a storm of purple lightning, Galvatron brings all the Autobots to their knees, then manifests a sword of dark energy which he uses to cleave one of Optimus's wings off. As he stands poised to deliver the killing blow...

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_rhisling.jpg|left|thumb|220px|Speak softly and carry a HUGE FREAKING SWORD.]]

...the glowing [[Planet Map]] suddenly flies from Bud's pocket, and blocks his blade! The light from the map floods the lunar battlefield, and Optimus Prime sees at its heart the spectral form of [[Vector Prime]], who reminds his old friend that he is watching over him from beyond the veil of time, and will always be there for him when his need is greatest. And this time, Vector Prime tells Optimus, he has brought a gift...

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_final_blow.jpg|right|thumb|220px|We would have waited an eternity for this-the end of the Unicron Trilogy!]]

As the light of the map fades and the moon comes back into view, the luminescent globe of the Planet Map hangs between Prime and Galvatron, as the Decepticon leader demands to know what is happening. Optimus answers by reaching into the sphere before him, and from it, drawing Vector Prime's gift: his mighty sword, [[Rhisling]]! Galvatron is hurled aside by a strike from this blade of blades, and the two leaders power up for what can only be their final attack. Glowing with the golden energy of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Optimus charges at Galvatron and impales his eternal enemy on Vector Prime's sword. A huge explosion results, and the Autobots wait nervously as the dust clears to see the outcome. As their visibility returns, Optimus Prime is standing over the collapsed Galvatron, who-even with a sword run through him-still reaches his hand outward towards Prime, claiming it will never be over. Unflinching, Optimus Prime bids Galvatron farewell...and the Decepticon's body disintegrates into ashes that blow away on the lunar winds. Moments later, an exhausted Prime collapses to his knees, as the other Autobots rush to their victorious commander's aid.
{{-}}

==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (9)
* [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] (11)
* [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (12)
* [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] (13)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (14)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (15)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (16)
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (17)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (18)
* [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (19)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (20)
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (21)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (22)
* [[Wing Saber]] (23)
* [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (24)
* [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]] (27)
* [[Six-Speed]] (29)
* [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (35)
* [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (36)
* [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (37)
* [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] (39)
* [[Vector Prime]] (41)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (5)
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (6)
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (10)
* [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]] (25)
* [[Undermine]] (26)
* [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]] (30)
* [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (31)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (32)
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (33)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (34)
* [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (38)

|c3=
* [[Coby Hansen]] (1)
* [[Bud Hansen]] (2)
* [[Lori]] (3)

|c4=
* [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] (7)*
* [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] (8)
* Jungle Planet Transformers (28)
* [[Ancient Decepticon]]s (40)
}}

==Quotes==
"So, you're giving up. Heh, you're certainly no Unicron!" 
"How can this be?" 
"You defeated me, and this is all you have to show for it? How dare you give up before the job is done!?" 
"You... Starscream!" 
"So you haven't forgotten me like you forgot your ambitions, or was it just too much for you?" 
"You dare talk to me of ambition, you backstabbing fiend! If not for them, those accursed Autobots, I would have destroyed the universe!" 
"Hehehe... well, whatever you have to tell yourself." 
"Starscream! Come back here!" 
:—'''Starscream''' mocks '''Galvatron''' from the fire dimension.

"Hmmm, his crown... As pathetic as it sounds, he's right!"
:—'''Galvatron''' reflects on Starscream's taunts.

"Why throw away your life so recklessly, Prime? It's a pity at has to end like this." 
"That's a question you should ask yourself, Galvatron! ''I will finish you!''"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Galvatron''', <s>fanwank</s> [[The Transformers: The Movie|homage]] #1

"You will always lose, Galvatron. You think about nothing but destruction. None of your victories last! You care about nothing but yourself! ''No one'' cares about you!"
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"Only ''one'' shall stand, Galvatron! It ends here!" 
"NEVER!!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Galvatron''', homage #2

"I still function. You haven't... won. Not while my spark... still burns..."
:-'''Galvatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s last words, homage #3

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_animation_comparison.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
*As in the previous episode, the landscape of the reborn Cybertron differs between the two versions of the show. ''Galaxy Force'' shows the planet with organic trees and fields of grass that are part of the background painting, whereas ''Cybertron'' replaces the trees with apparently-[[technorganic]] counterparts, and the fields with swathes of green circuit boards, both CGI-animated,
*In ''Cybertron'', Scourge thanks Lori for all that she has done; in ''Galaxy Force'', he tells her that he will come and visit her on Earth.
* In ''Cybertron'', Red Alert attempts to shut down the rockets in order to halt the planet's movement, only to have a short circuit increase their power and speed, hastening the danger. Conversely in ''Galaxy Force'', getting the power back up was his ''intention''.
*In its final great moment of [[Burning Justice]], this episode sees the entire Transformer race glow with a magic golden aura that suddenly makes them strong enough to push the rocket back into place. Steadfast to the last, ''Galaxy Force'' does not remark upon this, treating it as perfectly normal, while ''Cybertron'' slips in the explanation that they are glowing with the power of Primus that exists in all of them.
*The tone of Prime and Galvatron's final battle following Vector Prime's appearance is much more "victorious" and "exciting" in ''Cybertron'', as heroic music swells up, and after the final blow is struck, Prime assures his troops that he is okay. In ''Galaxy Force'', by comparison, the music for the fight is somber and dramatic, and the final seconds of the episode are silent.
{{--}}

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* As he reports that the fires are extinguished, [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] speaks with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s voice.

===Transformers references===
* The opening moments of this episode, as Coby works on his [[Cobybot]] and Bud scares him by sneaking up from behind, exactly mirror the original animation added to ''Galaxy Force''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Ice#Miscellaneous trivia|third opening sequence]] of Coby working on his motorbike, down to the movements of the characters' hands. About the only difference is the clothes they're wearing.
* Starscream, Sideways and Soundwave were blasted into another dimension in "[[Showdown (episode)|Showdown]]". Their appearance in this episode is fairly confusing, as they appear to be reaching out across the dimensions somehow.
* The energy sword conjured by Galvatron resembles the energy sword wielded by [[Megatron (G1)|Generation One Megatron]] in his famous showdown with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/cartoon|Generation One Optimus Prime]].
* Galvatron and Optimus deliver several lines of paraphrased dialogue from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', all quoted above. ''Cybertron'' is no stranger to pilfering movie dialogue, but while "I still function" has been heard in the show before, used by Starscream back in "[[Showdown (episode)|Showdown]]", and "Why throw away your life so recklessly?" has been heard before in "[[Fury]]", "Only one shall stand" has never been used in the show before. The use of movie lines is actually fairly appropriate here, given the visual similarities between the two battles.

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Cybprime exkaiser.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Mine's bigger.]]
* The battle between Optimus Prime and Galvatron contains several visual references to the final showdown between Great Exkaizer and Dinogeist from the anime series ''[[Brave|Brave Exkaiser]]''. Both clashes take place on a moon, and the heroes both wield massive swords that are drawn in an identically dynamic fashion, glow golden as they deliver the final blow to the villain, and have their helmets shattered during the fight.
{{--}}
===Trivia===
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_death_cannon.jpg|right|thumb|Really Galvatron? ''DEATH CANNON?'' Is THAT the best you could come up with?]]
* This is the only episode in ''Galaxy Force'' to not have [[commercial bumper]]s featuring a character/characters from the series. The only indication of [[:Image:Galaxy Force bumpers ep51.jpg|leading to commercial and returning]] is the ''Galaxy Force'' logo appearing on screen in the upper-right and lower-right corners, respectively.
*In the grand Japanese ''Transformers'' tradition of modes like [[Sixshot]]'s "Wingwolf", [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]'s "space jet" and [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]'s "dakatsu", the weapon configuration Galvatron adopts in this episode (named his "Death Cannon" in ''Galaxy Force'', pictured at right) is not part of the toy's instructions, but was created by the cartoon's production staff after fiddling with the figure. As such, it's entirely possible to configure the toy into this form.
* Also, in ''Galaxy Force'', Megatron/Galvatron begins the name of each of his special weapons with "Death". The arm-mounted claw is the "Death Claw", his energy gatling gun is the "Death Machine Gun", and this is the "Death Cannon".
* During the fire-fighting scenes of this episode, there is a brief moment where Vector Prime's map falls to the ground and catches Bud's attention. This will be a familiar staple to you if you've watched a lot of anime, since in Japan, for something to fall over or break without anyone touching it or any form of outside interference—a teacup cracking, a shoelace breaking, or the family shrine falling—has usually been considered as a bad omen, or at least a warning. ''Transformers'' has even had a prior example, in the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' episode "[[Cramp]]", when [[Alexis]]'s [[Good Luck Necklace|necklace]] cracked at the moment of Starscream's death.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 13 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Unfinished

2010-07-23T07:08:21Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Transformers references */

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=50
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=51
|title="Unfinished"
|japanese=ギャラクシーコンボイVSマスターガルバトロン最終決戦!
|romaji=Galaxy Convoy tai Master Galvatron—Saishū Kessen!
|translation=Galaxy Convoy VS Master Galvatron—The Final Battle!
|image=Cyb_ep50_map_save.jpg
|caption="Unfinished?" What, did Candlejack show u
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[we've|We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Gyō Yamatoya]]
|director=[[Manabu Ono]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[December 24]], 2005 (Japanese) [[September 28]], 2006 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''As the Autobots race to save Jungle Planet, Optimus Prime and Galvatron have their final battle.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_i_dream_of_starscream.jpg|left|thumb|220px|In Soviet Cybertron, Starscream rules Megatron!]]
With the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] destroyed and peace returned to the universe, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Lori]] relax on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. While Coby is working on his [[Cobybot]], Bud sneaks up behind him and jumps on him, leading the two brothers to run around chasing each other in good spirits. Lori shrugs at their childishness, before noticing that [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] appears distracted. After all, [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] is still out there...

Galvatron is, in fact, much closer than the [[Autobot]] leader realizes, staring down at Cybertron from his vantage point on an asteroid floating above the planet. Wondering aloud if this is truly to be the end of his ambition, Galvatron's attention is suddenly drawn to a sparkle of light above his head. As he looks up, the light flares around him, and he suddenly finds himself on a burning landscape, standing before the towering form of [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], who sits upon a throne flanked by [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. Starscream mocks Megatron for giving up, inciting the [[Decepticon]] commander's rage, at which point the burning world fades away, and Megatron finds himself on the asteroid once more. The sparkle of light floats nearer, and is revealed to be Starscream's [[crown]], which Galvatron takes in his hands. Reflecting on Starscream's words, he crushes the crown, and swears to finish things once and for all.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_scourge_shake.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Scourge: "Am I doing it right?" Optimus: "When you shake someone's hand, Scourge, you're not supposed to hear cracking noises!"]]

Down on Cybertron, the Autobots are dealing with the last lingering remnant of the chaos wreaked upon the universe by the black hole: the [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]] has been pulled out of its normal place in the cosmos, and must be restored. Working together as a massive construction crew, the Autobots disassemble and rebuild the engines of the colossal starship, the [[Ark (Cybertron)|Ark]], on Jungle Planet's surface, intending to use their thrust to push the planet through a [[space bridge]], back to its rightful place in the universe. [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] thanks Optimus Prime for all that he has done for him, and all the non-Jungle-Planet-native Transformers return to Cybertron so that the planet can depart. The engines are fired up and all is going well, until Galvatron comes streaking down out of the sky and blasts his way through one of the four boosters, throwing off the planet's trajectory and causing it to careen towards Cybertron itself. No sooner are the Autobots aware of this crisis than Galvatron warps into their command centre on Cybertron, intent on finishing their war one way or another. Despite [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s protestations, Optimus Prime instructs the other Autobots to go and deal with the booster problem, leaving him to handle Galvatron one-on-one.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_transformers_together.jpg|left|thumb|220px|The premiere of the new ''Transformers'' movie was met with a little too much enthusiasm.]]

The Autobots rush to Jungle Planet, where they quickly and effectively manage to extinguish the fires blazing around the rocket. Just as this task is accomplished, however, the struts supporting the damaged booster give way, and the rocket begins to topple over. Scourge rashly leaps into action, attempting to push the monolithic engine back into place using nothing but his own strength, and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] soon joins him. All the Autobots follow their lead, and with the addition of the towering warriors of [[Gigantion]], the rocket's collapse is halted. However, it still needs to be righted back to its original placement to stop the collision with Cybertron, and the Autobots do not have the strength to do so. To make matters worse, [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]], [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] all turn up, apparently poised to take down the Autobots when they are busy supporting the booster and unable to fight back. In truth, however, the four former ne'er-do-wells are here to help save the planets as well, and all start pushing the rocket alongside the Autobots! More and more allies arrive through the [[space bridge]], as the Transformers of Earth, along with the natives of Jungle Planet, come to lend their strength to the effort. Together as one, the Transformers all glow with the power of Primus, and the rocket is thrust back into its correct position, propelling the Jungle Planet safely past Cybertron, through the space bridge, and home again.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_lightning_storm.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Today's forecast calls for a high chance of deadly purple lightning storms...in space?]]

As this triumphant battle against gravity is waged, Galvatron and Optimus Prime's own battle was been growing ever fiercer. Prime looks to be on the ropes until Galvatron vows to kill all his followers once he is done with Prime, a threat that galvanized Prime into action. Seizing his perennial foe, Prime takes flight, and carries them both to one of Cybertron's moons, where they watch as the Jungle Planet is saved. As their fight continues, the other Autobots soon come flying in to support their leader, and Galvatron exploits their presence to strike Prime where it will hurt the most. Unleashing a storm of purple lightning, Galvatron brings all the Autobots to their knees, then manifests a sword of dark energy which he uses to cleave one of Optimus's wings off. As he stands poised to deliver the killing blow...

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_rhisling.jpg|left|thumb|220px|Speak softly and carry a HUGE FREAKING SWORD.]]

...the glowing [[Planet Map]] suddenly flies from Bud's pocket, and blocks his blade! The light from the map floods the lunar battlefield, and Optimus Prime sees at its heart the spectral form of [[Vector Prime]], who reminds his old friend that he is watching over him from beyond the veil of time, and will always be there for him when his need is greatest. And this time, Vector Prime tells Optimus, he has brought a gift...

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_final_blow.jpg|right|thumb|220px|We would have waited an eternity for this-the end of the Unicron Trilogy!]]

As the light of the map fades and the moon comes back into view, the luminescent globe of the Planet Map hangs between Prime and Galvatron, as the Decepticon leader demands to know what is happening. Optimus answers by reaching into the sphere before him, and from it, drawing Vector Prime's gift: his mighty sword, [[Rhisling]]! Galvatron is hurled aside by a strike from this blade of blades, and the two leaders power up for what can only be their final attack. Glowing with the golden energy of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Optimus charges at Galvatron and impales his eternal enemy on Vector Prime's sword. A huge explosion results, and the Autobots wait nervously as the dust clears to see the outcome. As their visibility returns, Optimus Prime is standing over the collapsed Galvatron, who-even with a sword run through him-still reaches his hand outward towards Prime, claiming it will never be over. Unflinching, Optimus Prime bids Galvatron farewell...and the Decepticon's body disintegrates into ashes that blow away on the lunar winds. Moments later, an exhausted Prime collapses to his knees, as the other Autobots rush to their victorious commander's aid.
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==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (9)
* [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] (11)
* [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (12)
* [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] (13)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (14)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (15)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (16)
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (17)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (18)
* [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (19)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (20)
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (21)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (22)
* [[Wing Saber]] (23)
* [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (24)
* [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]] (27)
* [[Six-Speed]] (29)
* [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (35)
* [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (36)
* [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (37)
* [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] (39)
* [[Vector Prime]] (41)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (5)
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (6)
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (10)
* [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]] (25)
* [[Undermine]] (26)
* [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]] (30)
* [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (31)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (32)
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (33)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (34)
* [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (38)

|c3=
* [[Coby Hansen]] (1)
* [[Bud Hansen]] (2)
* [[Lori]] (3)

|c4=
* [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] (7)*
* [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] (8)
* Jungle Planet Transformers (28)
* [[Ancient Decepticon]]s (40)
}}

==Quotes==
"So, you're giving up. Heh, you're certainly no Unicron!" 
"How can this be?" 
"You defeated me, and this is all you have to show for it? How dare you give up before the job is done!?" 
"You... Starscream!" 
"So you haven't forgotten me like you forgot your ambitions, or was it just too much for you?" 
"You dare talk to me of ambition, you backstabbing fiend! If not for them, those accursed Autobots, I would have destroyed the universe!" 
"Hehehe... well, whatever you have to tell yourself." 
"Starscream! Come back here!" 
:—'''Starscream''' mocks '''Galvatron''' from the fire dimension.

"Hmmm, his crown... As pathetic as it sounds, he's right!"
:—'''Galvatron''' reflects on Starscream's taunts.

"Why throw away your life so recklessly, Prime? It's a pity at has to end like this." 
"That's a question you should ask yourself, Galvatron! ''I will finish you!''"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Galvatron''', <s>fanwank</s> [[The Transformers: The Movie|homage]] #1

"You will always lose, Galvatron. You think about nothing but destruction. None of your victories last! You care about nothing but yourself! ''No one'' cares about you!"
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"Only ''one'' shall stand, Galvatron! It ends here!" 
"NEVER!!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Galvatron''', homage #2

"I still function. You haven't... won. Not while my spark... still burns..."
:-'''Galvatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s last words, homage #3

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_animation_comparison.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
*As in the previous episode, the landscape of the reborn Cybertron differs between the two versions of the show. ''Galaxy Force'' shows the planet with organic trees and fields of grass that are part of the background painting, whereas ''Cybertron'' replaces the trees with apparently-[[technorganic]] counterparts, and the fields with swathes of green circuit boards, both CGI-animated,
*In ''Cybertron'', Scourge thanks Lori for all that she has done; in ''Galaxy Force'', he tells her that he will come and visit her on Earth.
* In ''Cybertron'', Red Alert attempts to shut down the rockets in order to halt the planet's movement, only to have a short circuit increase their power and speed, hastening the danger. Conversely in ''Galaxy Force'', getting the power back up was his ''intention''.
*In its final great moment of [[Burning Justice]], this episode sees the entire Transformer race glow with a magic golden aura that suddenly makes them strong enough to push the rocket back into place. Steadfast to the last, ''Galaxy Force'' does not remark upon this, treating it as perfectly normal, while ''Cybertron'' slips in the explanation that they are glowing with the power of Primus that exists in all of them.
*The tone of Prime and Galvatron's final battle following Vector Prime's appearance is much more "victorious" and "exciting" in ''Cybertron'', as heroic music swells up, and after the final blow is struck, Prime assures his troops that he is okay. In ''Galaxy Force'', by comparison, the music for the fight is somber and dramatic, and the final seconds of the episode are silent.
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===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* As he reports that the fires are extinguished, [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] speaks with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s voice.

===Transformers references===
* The opening moments of this episode, as Coby works on his [[Cobybot]] and Bud scares him by sneaking up from behind, exactly mirror the original animation added to ''Galaxy Force''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Ice#Miscellaneous trivia|third opening sequence]] of Coby working on his motorbike, down to the movements of the characters' hands. About the only difference is the clothes they're wearing.
* Starscream, Sideways and Soundwave were blasted into another dimension in "[[Showdown (episode)|Showdown]]". Their appearance in this episode is fairly confusing, as they appear to be reaching out across the dimensions somehow.
* The energy sword conjured by Galvatron resembles the energy sword wielded by [[Megatron (G1)|Generation One Megatron]] in his famous showdown with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Cartoon|Generation One Optimus Prime]].
* Galvatron and Optimus deliver several lines of paraphrased dialogue from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', all quoted above. ''Cybertron'' is no stranger to pilfering movie dialogue, but while "I still function" has been heard in the show before, used by Starscream back in "[[Showdown (episode)|Showdown]]", and "Why throw away your life so recklessly?" has been heard before in "[[Fury]]", "Only one shall stand" has never been used in the show before. The use of movie lines is actually fairly appropriate here, given the visual similarities between the two battles.

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Cybprime exkaiser.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Mine's bigger.]]
* The battle between Optimus Prime and Galvatron contains several visual references to the final showdown between Great Exkaizer and Dinogeist from the anime series ''[[Brave|Brave Exkaiser]]''. Both clashes take place on a moon, and the heroes both wield massive swords that are drawn in an identically dynamic fashion, glow golden as they deliver the final blow to the villain, and have their helmets shattered during the fight.
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===Trivia===
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_death_cannon.jpg|right|thumb|Really Galvatron? ''DEATH CANNON?'' Is THAT the best you could come up with?]]
* This is the only episode in ''Galaxy Force'' to not have [[commercial bumper]]s featuring a character/characters from the series. The only indication of [[:Image:Galaxy Force bumpers ep51.jpg|leading to commercial and returning]] is the ''Galaxy Force'' logo appearing on screen in the upper-right and lower-right corners, respectively.
*In the grand Japanese ''Transformers'' tradition of modes like [[Sixshot]]'s "Wingwolf", [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]'s "space jet" and [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]'s "dakatsu", the weapon configuration Galvatron adopts in this episode (named his "Death Cannon" in ''Galaxy Force'', pictured at right) is not part of the toy's instructions, but was created by the cartoon's production staff after fiddling with the figure. As such, it's entirely possible to configure the toy into this form.
* Also, in ''Galaxy Force'', Megatron/Galvatron begins the name of each of his special weapons with "Death". The arm-mounted claw is the "Death Claw", his energy gatling gun is the "Death Machine Gun", and this is the "Death Cannon".
* During the fire-fighting scenes of this episode, there is a brief moment where Vector Prime's map falls to the ground and catches Bud's attention. This will be a familiar staple to you if you've watched a lot of anime, since in Japan, for something to fall over or break without anyone touching it or any form of outside interference—a teacup cracking, a shoelace breaking, or the family shrine falling—has usually been considered as a bad omen, or at least a warning. ''Transformers'' has even had a prior example, in the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' episode "[[Cramp]]", when [[Alexis]]'s [[Good Luck Necklace|necklace]] cracked at the moment of Starscream's death.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 13 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Unfinished

2010-07-23T07:08:03Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Transformers references */

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=50
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=51
|title="Unfinished"
|japanese=ギャラクシーコンボイVSマスターガルバトロン最終決戦!
|romaji=Galaxy Convoy tai Master Galvatron—Saishū Kessen!
|translation=Galaxy Convoy VS Master Galvatron—The Final Battle!
|image=Cyb_ep50_map_save.jpg
|caption="Unfinished?" What, did Candlejack show u
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[we've|We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Gyō Yamatoya]]
|director=[[Manabu Ono]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[December 24]], 2005 (Japanese) [[September 28]], 2006 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''As the Autobots race to save Jungle Planet, Optimus Prime and Galvatron have their final battle.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_i_dream_of_starscream.jpg|left|thumb|220px|In Soviet Cybertron, Starscream rules Megatron!]]
With the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] destroyed and peace returned to the universe, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Lori]] relax on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. While Coby is working on his [[Cobybot]], Bud sneaks up behind him and jumps on him, leading the two brothers to run around chasing each other in good spirits. Lori shrugs at their childishness, before noticing that [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] appears distracted. After all, [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] is still out there...

Galvatron is, in fact, much closer than the [[Autobot]] leader realizes, staring down at Cybertron from his vantage point on an asteroid floating above the planet. Wondering aloud if this is truly to be the end of his ambition, Galvatron's attention is suddenly drawn to a sparkle of light above his head. As he looks up, the light flares around him, and he suddenly finds himself on a burning landscape, standing before the towering form of [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], who sits upon a throne flanked by [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. Starscream mocks Megatron for giving up, inciting the [[Decepticon]] commander's rage, at which point the burning world fades away, and Megatron finds himself on the asteroid once more. The sparkle of light floats nearer, and is revealed to be Starscream's [[crown]], which Galvatron takes in his hands. Reflecting on Starscream's words, he crushes the crown, and swears to finish things once and for all.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_scourge_shake.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Scourge: "Am I doing it right?" Optimus: "When you shake someone's hand, Scourge, you're not supposed to hear cracking noises!"]]

Down on Cybertron, the Autobots are dealing with the last lingering remnant of the chaos wreaked upon the universe by the black hole: the [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]] has been pulled out of its normal place in the cosmos, and must be restored. Working together as a massive construction crew, the Autobots disassemble and rebuild the engines of the colossal starship, the [[Ark (Cybertron)|Ark]], on Jungle Planet's surface, intending to use their thrust to push the planet through a [[space bridge]], back to its rightful place in the universe. [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] thanks Optimus Prime for all that he has done for him, and all the non-Jungle-Planet-native Transformers return to Cybertron so that the planet can depart. The engines are fired up and all is going well, until Galvatron comes streaking down out of the sky and blasts his way through one of the four boosters, throwing off the planet's trajectory and causing it to careen towards Cybertron itself. No sooner are the Autobots aware of this crisis than Galvatron warps into their command centre on Cybertron, intent on finishing their war one way or another. Despite [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s protestations, Optimus Prime instructs the other Autobots to go and deal with the booster problem, leaving him to handle Galvatron one-on-one.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_transformers_together.jpg|left|thumb|220px|The premiere of the new ''Transformers'' movie was met with a little too much enthusiasm.]]

The Autobots rush to Jungle Planet, where they quickly and effectively manage to extinguish the fires blazing around the rocket. Just as this task is accomplished, however, the struts supporting the damaged booster give way, and the rocket begins to topple over. Scourge rashly leaps into action, attempting to push the monolithic engine back into place using nothing but his own strength, and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] soon joins him. All the Autobots follow their lead, and with the addition of the towering warriors of [[Gigantion]], the rocket's collapse is halted. However, it still needs to be righted back to its original placement to stop the collision with Cybertron, and the Autobots do not have the strength to do so. To make matters worse, [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]], [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] all turn up, apparently poised to take down the Autobots when they are busy supporting the booster and unable to fight back. In truth, however, the four former ne'er-do-wells are here to help save the planets as well, and all start pushing the rocket alongside the Autobots! More and more allies arrive through the [[space bridge]], as the Transformers of Earth, along with the natives of Jungle Planet, come to lend their strength to the effort. Together as one, the Transformers all glow with the power of Primus, and the rocket is thrust back into its correct position, propelling the Jungle Planet safely past Cybertron, through the space bridge, and home again.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_lightning_storm.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Today's forecast calls for a high chance of deadly purple lightning storms...in space?]]

As this triumphant battle against gravity is waged, Galvatron and Optimus Prime's own battle was been growing ever fiercer. Prime looks to be on the ropes until Galvatron vows to kill all his followers once he is done with Prime, a threat that galvanized Prime into action. Seizing his perennial foe, Prime takes flight, and carries them both to one of Cybertron's moons, where they watch as the Jungle Planet is saved. As their fight continues, the other Autobots soon come flying in to support their leader, and Galvatron exploits their presence to strike Prime where it will hurt the most. Unleashing a storm of purple lightning, Galvatron brings all the Autobots to their knees, then manifests a sword of dark energy which he uses to cleave one of Optimus's wings off. As he stands poised to deliver the killing blow...

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_rhisling.jpg|left|thumb|220px|Speak softly and carry a HUGE FREAKING SWORD.]]

...the glowing [[Planet Map]] suddenly flies from Bud's pocket, and blocks his blade! The light from the map floods the lunar battlefield, and Optimus Prime sees at its heart the spectral form of [[Vector Prime]], who reminds his old friend that he is watching over him from beyond the veil of time, and will always be there for him when his need is greatest. And this time, Vector Prime tells Optimus, he has brought a gift...

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_final_blow.jpg|right|thumb|220px|We would have waited an eternity for this-the end of the Unicron Trilogy!]]

As the light of the map fades and the moon comes back into view, the luminescent globe of the Planet Map hangs between Prime and Galvatron, as the Decepticon leader demands to know what is happening. Optimus answers by reaching into the sphere before him, and from it, drawing Vector Prime's gift: his mighty sword, [[Rhisling]]! Galvatron is hurled aside by a strike from this blade of blades, and the two leaders power up for what can only be their final attack. Glowing with the golden energy of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Optimus charges at Galvatron and impales his eternal enemy on Vector Prime's sword. A huge explosion results, and the Autobots wait nervously as the dust clears to see the outcome. As their visibility returns, Optimus Prime is standing over the collapsed Galvatron, who-even with a sword run through him-still reaches his hand outward towards Prime, claiming it will never be over. Unflinching, Optimus Prime bids Galvatron farewell...and the Decepticon's body disintegrates into ashes that blow away on the lunar winds. Moments later, an exhausted Prime collapses to his knees, as the other Autobots rush to their victorious commander's aid.
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==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (9)
* [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] (11)
* [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (12)
* [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] (13)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (14)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (15)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (16)
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (17)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (18)
* [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (19)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (20)
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (21)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (22)
* [[Wing Saber]] (23)
* [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (24)
* [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]] (27)
* [[Six-Speed]] (29)
* [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (35)
* [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (36)
* [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (37)
* [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] (39)
* [[Vector Prime]] (41)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (5)
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (6)
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (10)
* [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]] (25)
* [[Undermine]] (26)
* [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]] (30)
* [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (31)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (32)
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (33)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (34)
* [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (38)

|c3=
* [[Coby Hansen]] (1)
* [[Bud Hansen]] (2)
* [[Lori]] (3)

|c4=
* [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] (7)*
* [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] (8)
* Jungle Planet Transformers (28)
* [[Ancient Decepticon]]s (40)
}}

==Quotes==
"So, you're giving up. Heh, you're certainly no Unicron!" 
"How can this be?" 
"You defeated me, and this is all you have to show for it? How dare you give up before the job is done!?" 
"You... Starscream!" 
"So you haven't forgotten me like you forgot your ambitions, or was it just too much for you?" 
"You dare talk to me of ambition, you backstabbing fiend! If not for them, those accursed Autobots, I would have destroyed the universe!" 
"Hehehe... well, whatever you have to tell yourself." 
"Starscream! Come back here!" 
:—'''Starscream''' mocks '''Galvatron''' from the fire dimension.

"Hmmm, his crown... As pathetic as it sounds, he's right!"
:—'''Galvatron''' reflects on Starscream's taunts.

"Why throw away your life so recklessly, Prime? It's a pity at has to end like this." 
"That's a question you should ask yourself, Galvatron! ''I will finish you!''"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Galvatron''', <s>fanwank</s> [[The Transformers: The Movie|homage]] #1

"You will always lose, Galvatron. You think about nothing but destruction. None of your victories last! You care about nothing but yourself! ''No one'' cares about you!"
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"Only ''one'' shall stand, Galvatron! It ends here!" 
"NEVER!!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Galvatron''', homage #2

"I still function. You haven't... won. Not while my spark... still burns..."
:-'''Galvatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s last words, homage #3

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_animation_comparison.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
*As in the previous episode, the landscape of the reborn Cybertron differs between the two versions of the show. ''Galaxy Force'' shows the planet with organic trees and fields of grass that are part of the background painting, whereas ''Cybertron'' replaces the trees with apparently-[[technorganic]] counterparts, and the fields with swathes of green circuit boards, both CGI-animated,
*In ''Cybertron'', Scourge thanks Lori for all that she has done; in ''Galaxy Force'', he tells her that he will come and visit her on Earth.
* In ''Cybertron'', Red Alert attempts to shut down the rockets in order to halt the planet's movement, only to have a short circuit increase their power and speed, hastening the danger. Conversely in ''Galaxy Force'', getting the power back up was his ''intention''.
*In its final great moment of [[Burning Justice]], this episode sees the entire Transformer race glow with a magic golden aura that suddenly makes them strong enough to push the rocket back into place. Steadfast to the last, ''Galaxy Force'' does not remark upon this, treating it as perfectly normal, while ''Cybertron'' slips in the explanation that they are glowing with the power of Primus that exists in all of them.
*The tone of Prime and Galvatron's final battle following Vector Prime's appearance is much more "victorious" and "exciting" in ''Cybertron'', as heroic music swells up, and after the final blow is struck, Prime assures his troops that he is okay. In ''Galaxy Force'', by comparison, the music for the fight is somber and dramatic, and the final seconds of the episode are silent.
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===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* As he reports that the fires are extinguished, [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] speaks with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s voice.

===Transformers references===
* The opening moments of this episode, as Coby works on his [[Cobybot]] and Bud scares him by sneaking up from behind, exactly mirror the original animation added to ''Galaxy Force''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Ice#Miscellaneous trivia|third opening sequence]] of Coby working on his motorbike, down to the movements of the characters' hands. About the only difference is the clothes they're wearing.
* Starscream, Sideways and Soundwave were blasted into another dimension in "[[Showdown (episode)|Showdown]]". Their appearance in this episode is fairly confusing, as they appear to be reaching out across the dimensions somehow.
* The energy sword conjured by Galvatron resembles the energy sword wielded by [[Megatron (G1)|Generation One Megatron]] in his famous showdown with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Cartoon continuity|Generation One Optimus Prime]].
* Galvatron and Optimus deliver several lines of paraphrased dialogue from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', all quoted above. ''Cybertron'' is no stranger to pilfering movie dialogue, but while "I still function" has been heard in the show before, used by Starscream back in "[[Showdown (episode)|Showdown]]", and "Why throw away your life so recklessly?" has been heard before in "[[Fury]]", "Only one shall stand" has never been used in the show before. The use of movie lines is actually fairly appropriate here, given the visual similarities between the two battles.

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Cybprime exkaiser.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Mine's bigger.]]
* The battle between Optimus Prime and Galvatron contains several visual references to the final showdown between Great Exkaizer and Dinogeist from the anime series ''[[Brave|Brave Exkaiser]]''. Both clashes take place on a moon, and the heroes both wield massive swords that are drawn in an identically dynamic fashion, glow golden as they deliver the final blow to the villain, and have their helmets shattered during the fight.
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===Trivia===
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_death_cannon.jpg|right|thumb|Really Galvatron? ''DEATH CANNON?'' Is THAT the best you could come up with?]]
* This is the only episode in ''Galaxy Force'' to not have [[commercial bumper]]s featuring a character/characters from the series. The only indication of [[:Image:Galaxy Force bumpers ep51.jpg|leading to commercial and returning]] is the ''Galaxy Force'' logo appearing on screen in the upper-right and lower-right corners, respectively.
*In the grand Japanese ''Transformers'' tradition of modes like [[Sixshot]]'s "Wingwolf", [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]'s "space jet" and [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]'s "dakatsu", the weapon configuration Galvatron adopts in this episode (named his "Death Cannon" in ''Galaxy Force'', pictured at right) is not part of the toy's instructions, but was created by the cartoon's production staff after fiddling with the figure. As such, it's entirely possible to configure the toy into this form.
* Also, in ''Galaxy Force'', Megatron/Galvatron begins the name of each of his special weapons with "Death". The arm-mounted claw is the "Death Claw", his energy gatling gun is the "Death Machine Gun", and this is the "Death Cannon".
* During the fire-fighting scenes of this episode, there is a brief moment where Vector Prime's map falls to the ground and catches Bud's attention. This will be a familiar staple to you if you've watched a lot of anime, since in Japan, for something to fall over or break without anyone touching it or any form of outside interference—a teacup cracking, a shoelace breaking, or the family shrine falling—has usually been considered as a bad omen, or at least a warning. ''Transformers'' has even had a prior example, in the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' episode "[[Cramp]]", when [[Alexis]]'s [[Good Luck Necklace|necklace]] cracked at the moment of Starscream's death.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 13 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Unfinished

2010-07-23T07:07:26Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Transformers references */

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=50
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=51
|title="Unfinished"
|japanese=ギャラクシーコンボイVSマスターガルバトロン最終決戦!
|romaji=Galaxy Convoy tai Master Galvatron—Saishū Kessen!
|translation=Galaxy Convoy VS Master Galvatron—The Final Battle!
|image=Cyb_ep50_map_save.jpg
|caption="Unfinished?" What, did Candlejack show u
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[we've|We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Gyō Yamatoya]]
|director=[[Manabu Ono]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[December 24]], 2005 (Japanese) [[September 28]], 2006 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''As the Autobots race to save Jungle Planet, Optimus Prime and Galvatron have their final battle.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_i_dream_of_starscream.jpg|left|thumb|220px|In Soviet Cybertron, Starscream rules Megatron!]]
With the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] destroyed and peace returned to the universe, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Lori]] relax on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. While Coby is working on his [[Cobybot]], Bud sneaks up behind him and jumps on him, leading the two brothers to run around chasing each other in good spirits. Lori shrugs at their childishness, before noticing that [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] appears distracted. After all, [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] is still out there...

Galvatron is, in fact, much closer than the [[Autobot]] leader realizes, staring down at Cybertron from his vantage point on an asteroid floating above the planet. Wondering aloud if this is truly to be the end of his ambition, Galvatron's attention is suddenly drawn to a sparkle of light above his head. As he looks up, the light flares around him, and he suddenly finds himself on a burning landscape, standing before the towering form of [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], who sits upon a throne flanked by [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. Starscream mocks Megatron for giving up, inciting the [[Decepticon]] commander's rage, at which point the burning world fades away, and Megatron finds himself on the asteroid once more. The sparkle of light floats nearer, and is revealed to be Starscream's [[crown]], which Galvatron takes in his hands. Reflecting on Starscream's words, he crushes the crown, and swears to finish things once and for all.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_scourge_shake.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Scourge: "Am I doing it right?" Optimus: "When you shake someone's hand, Scourge, you're not supposed to hear cracking noises!"]]

Down on Cybertron, the Autobots are dealing with the last lingering remnant of the chaos wreaked upon the universe by the black hole: the [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]] has been pulled out of its normal place in the cosmos, and must be restored. Working together as a massive construction crew, the Autobots disassemble and rebuild the engines of the colossal starship, the [[Ark (Cybertron)|Ark]], on Jungle Planet's surface, intending to use their thrust to push the planet through a [[space bridge]], back to its rightful place in the universe. [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] thanks Optimus Prime for all that he has done for him, and all the non-Jungle-Planet-native Transformers return to Cybertron so that the planet can depart. The engines are fired up and all is going well, until Galvatron comes streaking down out of the sky and blasts his way through one of the four boosters, throwing off the planet's trajectory and causing it to careen towards Cybertron itself. No sooner are the Autobots aware of this crisis than Galvatron warps into their command centre on Cybertron, intent on finishing their war one way or another. Despite [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s protestations, Optimus Prime instructs the other Autobots to go and deal with the booster problem, leaving him to handle Galvatron one-on-one.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_transformers_together.jpg|left|thumb|220px|The premiere of the new ''Transformers'' movie was met with a little too much enthusiasm.]]

The Autobots rush to Jungle Planet, where they quickly and effectively manage to extinguish the fires blazing around the rocket. Just as this task is accomplished, however, the struts supporting the damaged booster give way, and the rocket begins to topple over. Scourge rashly leaps into action, attempting to push the monolithic engine back into place using nothing but his own strength, and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] soon joins him. All the Autobots follow their lead, and with the addition of the towering warriors of [[Gigantion]], the rocket's collapse is halted. However, it still needs to be righted back to its original placement to stop the collision with Cybertron, and the Autobots do not have the strength to do so. To make matters worse, [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]], [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] all turn up, apparently poised to take down the Autobots when they are busy supporting the booster and unable to fight back. In truth, however, the four former ne'er-do-wells are here to help save the planets as well, and all start pushing the rocket alongside the Autobots! More and more allies arrive through the [[space bridge]], as the Transformers of Earth, along with the natives of Jungle Planet, come to lend their strength to the effort. Together as one, the Transformers all glow with the power of Primus, and the rocket is thrust back into its correct position, propelling the Jungle Planet safely past Cybertron, through the space bridge, and home again.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_lightning_storm.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Today's forecast calls for a high chance of deadly purple lightning storms...in space?]]

As this triumphant battle against gravity is waged, Galvatron and Optimus Prime's own battle was been growing ever fiercer. Prime looks to be on the ropes until Galvatron vows to kill all his followers once he is done with Prime, a threat that galvanized Prime into action. Seizing his perennial foe, Prime takes flight, and carries them both to one of Cybertron's moons, where they watch as the Jungle Planet is saved. As their fight continues, the other Autobots soon come flying in to support their leader, and Galvatron exploits their presence to strike Prime where it will hurt the most. Unleashing a storm of purple lightning, Galvatron brings all the Autobots to their knees, then manifests a sword of dark energy which he uses to cleave one of Optimus's wings off. As he stands poised to deliver the killing blow...

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_rhisling.jpg|left|thumb|220px|Speak softly and carry a HUGE FREAKING SWORD.]]

...the glowing [[Planet Map]] suddenly flies from Bud's pocket, and blocks his blade! The light from the map floods the lunar battlefield, and Optimus Prime sees at its heart the spectral form of [[Vector Prime]], who reminds his old friend that he is watching over him from beyond the veil of time, and will always be there for him when his need is greatest. And this time, Vector Prime tells Optimus, he has brought a gift...

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_final_blow.jpg|right|thumb|220px|We would have waited an eternity for this-the end of the Unicron Trilogy!]]

As the light of the map fades and the moon comes back into view, the luminescent globe of the Planet Map hangs between Prime and Galvatron, as the Decepticon leader demands to know what is happening. Optimus answers by reaching into the sphere before him, and from it, drawing Vector Prime's gift: his mighty sword, [[Rhisling]]! Galvatron is hurled aside by a strike from this blade of blades, and the two leaders power up for what can only be their final attack. Glowing with the golden energy of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Optimus charges at Galvatron and impales his eternal enemy on Vector Prime's sword. A huge explosion results, and the Autobots wait nervously as the dust clears to see the outcome. As their visibility returns, Optimus Prime is standing over the collapsed Galvatron, who-even with a sword run through him-still reaches his hand outward towards Prime, claiming it will never be over. Unflinching, Optimus Prime bids Galvatron farewell...and the Decepticon's body disintegrates into ashes that blow away on the lunar winds. Moments later, an exhausted Prime collapses to his knees, as the other Autobots rush to their victorious commander's aid.
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==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (9)
* [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] (11)
* [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (12)
* [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] (13)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (14)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (15)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (16)
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (17)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (18)
* [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (19)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (20)
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (21)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (22)
* [[Wing Saber]] (23)
* [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (24)
* [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]] (27)
* [[Six-Speed]] (29)
* [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (35)
* [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (36)
* [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (37)
* [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] (39)
* [[Vector Prime]] (41)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (5)
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (6)
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (10)
* [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]] (25)
* [[Undermine]] (26)
* [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]] (30)
* [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (31)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (32)
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (33)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (34)
* [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (38)

|c3=
* [[Coby Hansen]] (1)
* [[Bud Hansen]] (2)
* [[Lori]] (3)

|c4=
* [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] (7)*
* [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] (8)
* Jungle Planet Transformers (28)
* [[Ancient Decepticon]]s (40)
}}

==Quotes==
"So, you're giving up. Heh, you're certainly no Unicron!" 
"How can this be?" 
"You defeated me, and this is all you have to show for it? How dare you give up before the job is done!?" 
"You... Starscream!" 
"So you haven't forgotten me like you forgot your ambitions, or was it just too much for you?" 
"You dare talk to me of ambition, you backstabbing fiend! If not for them, those accursed Autobots, I would have destroyed the universe!" 
"Hehehe... well, whatever you have to tell yourself." 
"Starscream! Come back here!" 
:—'''Starscream''' mocks '''Galvatron''' from the fire dimension.

"Hmmm, his crown... As pathetic as it sounds, he's right!"
:—'''Galvatron''' reflects on Starscream's taunts.

"Why throw away your life so recklessly, Prime? It's a pity at has to end like this." 
"That's a question you should ask yourself, Galvatron! ''I will finish you!''"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Galvatron''', <s>fanwank</s> [[The Transformers: The Movie|homage]] #1

"You will always lose, Galvatron. You think about nothing but destruction. None of your victories last! You care about nothing but yourself! ''No one'' cares about you!"
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"Only ''one'' shall stand, Galvatron! It ends here!" 
"NEVER!!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Galvatron''', homage #2

"I still function. You haven't... won. Not while my spark... still burns..."
:-'''Galvatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s last words, homage #3

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_animation_comparison.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
*As in the previous episode, the landscape of the reborn Cybertron differs between the two versions of the show. ''Galaxy Force'' shows the planet with organic trees and fields of grass that are part of the background painting, whereas ''Cybertron'' replaces the trees with apparently-[[technorganic]] counterparts, and the fields with swathes of green circuit boards, both CGI-animated,
*In ''Cybertron'', Scourge thanks Lori for all that she has done; in ''Galaxy Force'', he tells her that he will come and visit her on Earth.
* In ''Cybertron'', Red Alert attempts to shut down the rockets in order to halt the planet's movement, only to have a short circuit increase their power and speed, hastening the danger. Conversely in ''Galaxy Force'', getting the power back up was his ''intention''.
*In its final great moment of [[Burning Justice]], this episode sees the entire Transformer race glow with a magic golden aura that suddenly makes them strong enough to push the rocket back into place. Steadfast to the last, ''Galaxy Force'' does not remark upon this, treating it as perfectly normal, while ''Cybertron'' slips in the explanation that they are glowing with the power of Primus that exists in all of them.
*The tone of Prime and Galvatron's final battle following Vector Prime's appearance is much more "victorious" and "exciting" in ''Cybertron'', as heroic music swells up, and after the final blow is struck, Prime assures his troops that he is okay. In ''Galaxy Force'', by comparison, the music for the fight is somber and dramatic, and the final seconds of the episode are silent.
{{--}}

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* As he reports that the fires are extinguished, [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] speaks with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s voice.

===Transformers references===
* The opening moments of this episode, as Coby works on his [[Cobybot]] and Bud scares him by sneaking up from behind, exactly mirror the original animation added to ''Galaxy Force''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Ice#Miscellaneous trivia|third opening sequence]] of Coby working on his motorbike, down to the movements of the characters' hands. About the only difference is the clothes they're wearing.
* Starscream, Sideways and Soundwave were blasted into another dimension in "[[Showdown (episode)|Showdown]]". Their appearance in this episode is fairly confusing, as they appear to be reaching out across the dimensions somehow.
* The energy sword conjured by Galvatron resembles the energy sword wielded by [[Megatron (G1)|Generation One Megatron]] in his famous showdown with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/cartoon continuity|Generation One Optimus Prime]].
* Galvatron and Optimus deliver several lines of paraphrased dialogue from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', all quoted above. ''Cybertron'' is no stranger to pilfering movie dialogue, but while "I still function" has been heard in the show before, used by Starscream back in "[[Showdown (episode)|Showdown]]", and "Why throw away your life so recklessly?" has been heard before in "[[Fury]]", "Only one shall stand" has never been used in the show before. The use of movie lines is actually fairly appropriate here, given the visual similarities between the two battles.

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Cybprime exkaiser.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Mine's bigger.]]
* The battle between Optimus Prime and Galvatron contains several visual references to the final showdown between Great Exkaizer and Dinogeist from the anime series ''[[Brave|Brave Exkaiser]]''. Both clashes take place on a moon, and the heroes both wield massive swords that are drawn in an identically dynamic fashion, glow golden as they deliver the final blow to the villain, and have their helmets shattered during the fight.
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===Trivia===
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_death_cannon.jpg|right|thumb|Really Galvatron? ''DEATH CANNON?'' Is THAT the best you could come up with?]]
* This is the only episode in ''Galaxy Force'' to not have [[commercial bumper]]s featuring a character/characters from the series. The only indication of [[:Image:Galaxy Force bumpers ep51.jpg|leading to commercial and returning]] is the ''Galaxy Force'' logo appearing on screen in the upper-right and lower-right corners, respectively.
*In the grand Japanese ''Transformers'' tradition of modes like [[Sixshot]]'s "Wingwolf", [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]'s "space jet" and [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]'s "dakatsu", the weapon configuration Galvatron adopts in this episode (named his "Death Cannon" in ''Galaxy Force'', pictured at right) is not part of the toy's instructions, but was created by the cartoon's production staff after fiddling with the figure. As such, it's entirely possible to configure the toy into this form.
* Also, in ''Galaxy Force'', Megatron/Galvatron begins the name of each of his special weapons with "Death". The arm-mounted claw is the "Death Claw", his energy gatling gun is the "Death Machine Gun", and this is the "Death Cannon".
* During the fire-fighting scenes of this episode, there is a brief moment where Vector Prime's map falls to the ground and catches Bud's attention. This will be a familiar staple to you if you've watched a lot of anime, since in Japan, for something to fall over or break without anyone touching it or any form of outside interference—a teacup cracking, a shoelace breaking, or the family shrine falling—has usually been considered as a bad omen, or at least a warning. ''Transformers'' has even had a prior example, in the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' episode "[[Cramp]]", when [[Alexis]]'s [[Good Luck Necklace|necklace]] cracked at the moment of Starscream's death.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 13 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Fallen (episode)

2010-07-22T23:47:22Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the episode of the ''Cybertron'' cartoon|the ancient evil dude who's '''totally on fire'''|The Fallen}}

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=1
|series2=Transformers: Galaxy Force
|ep2=1 & 2
|next2=Inferno (episode)
|title="Fallen"
|japanese=聖なる故郷セイバートロン星崩壊!?
|romaji=Seinaru Kokyō Cybertron-sei Hōkai?!
|translation=The Sacred Homeworld, Planet Cybertron, Destroyed?!
|image=Cybep1landmine.JPG
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[we've|We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Hiro Masaki]]
|director=[[Manabu Ono]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[January 8]], 2005 (Japanese) [[September 19]], 2005 (English) 
|continuity=
}}
'''A massive black hole forces the Autobots to evacuate Cybertron. And to make matters worse, Megatron is back...'''

==Synopsis==
{{note|This episode consists of lots of flashbacks intercut with present-day stuff, and some present-day stuff that happens concurrently with some of those flashbacks...so...errrr...yeah, we're just going to recount the plot chronologically here.}}

[[Image:Unicronsingularity.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Galactic grade masshole.]]
The destruction of [[Unicron]] has resulted in the formation of a colossal [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] that now threatens the safety of Cybertron and the entire universe. Reporting from a remote station, [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] informs the [[Autobot]]s on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] of the black hole's continued expansion and the resultant destruction of the planet [[Moriturus]], forcing [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to issue a drastic command: the complete evacuation of Cybertron. The Autobots arrange to relocate to [[Earth]] and adopt vehicular forms scanned from the planet by [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] to hide in plain sight among humans.

A little later, as the population is transported via [[space bridge]] to Earth, the Autobots' headquarters is rocked by a tremor, caused by the appearance of a strange portal above the planet. From out of the portal emerges an ancient spaceship which suddenly transforms, revealing itself to be [[Vector Prime]], "keeper of space and time." Vector Prime wastes no time in explaining his purpose on the planet, informing the Autobots of the lost [[Cyber Planet Key|Cyber Planet Keys]], tiny fragments of the power of the Transformers' creator, [[Primus]], that were lost to the far reaches of space eons ago. The Autobots must now find the keys and restore Primus's power in order to stop the black hole, but as Vector Prime synchronizes the map that will lead them on their journey, [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] launches an attack on the base.

[[Image:Cyb ep1 prime vs megs.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Falcon PAWNCH!]]

The Autobots retaliate, but Optimus Prime realizes that Starscream is simply serving as a distraction; while they have been busy fighting, [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] has infiltrated the base. Prime returns just as Megatron overpowers the ancient Transformer and steals his map. Meanwhile, Starscream goes one-on-one outside with [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], but the fight takes a turn in the Decepticon's favor when the crumbling surface of Cybertron shifts under Landmine's feet. Starscream exploits this momentary distraction to blast Landmine into the air, where he is caught in the pull of the black hole. As the villains escape, Vector Prime opens a portal in Landmine's path, teleporting him across space and time to safety.

Across the galaxy, on Earth, the Hansen family are picnicking in the Rocky Mountains. [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] and his father ride dirt bikes through the forest, much to the consternation of Coby's friend [[Lori]], whose family have moved to the Hansens' sleepy country town for the peace and quiet, which the Hansens are now disturbing. Before a full-scale argument can break out between Coby and Lori, Coby's younger brother, [[Bud Hansen]], steps in and calms things down, and the three kids go for a walk. A strange glow in the sky attracts the kids' attention, and they watch as something comes crashing down nearby. That something, as they soon discover, is Landmine.

[[Image:Cyb ep1 loris shirt.jpg|left|thumb|225px|"Oh my God, Bebe, you got boobs!"]]

The kids drag Landmine out of the crater he has made for himself, and Coby puts some of his mechanical knowledge to work repairing an injury in the Autobot's arm. As Coby goes to work, Lori and Bud polish Landmine's armor, and he recounts to them the events that led to his arrival on Earth. Little does Landmine know, however, that Megatron has ordered [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] to follow Landmine to Earth, and the loud-mouthed Decepticon soon tracks him down and opens fire. Landmine and the kids are saved when Thundercracker is knocked out of the sky by the sudden arrival of Optimus Prime, who lures him into a narrow cavern and uses the cramped space to explode Thundercracker's missiles in his own face. Thundercracker flees, and the Autobots all gather at Prime's location, where they are reunited with Landmine and introduce themselves to Coby, Bud and Lori. Vector Prime's [[Mini-Con]] companions, [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]], [[Six-Speed]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]], also introduce themselves, at which point Jolt recognizes the symbol on Lori's shirt. Although Lori insists that it is simply a rock group album cover, supposedly an image from [[Atlantis]], Vector Prime explains that it is the symbol of the [[Omega Lock]], the focusing device for the Cyber Planet Keys...meaning that the ancient device must be hidden somewhere on Earth!
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==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (1)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (2)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (4)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (5)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
*[[Vector Prime]] (7)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (15)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (16)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (17)
*[[Six-Speed]] (18)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (19)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (3)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (20)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (21)

|c3=
*[[Coby Hansen]] (8)
*[[Robert Hansen]] (9)
*Mrs. Hansen (10)
*[[Tim Hansen]] (11)
*Tim's girlfriend (12)
*[[Bud Hansen]] (13)
*[[Lori]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Hot Shot:''' "I can't believe this, Jetfire. I can't believe we're abandoning Cybertron." 
'''Jetfire:''' "You can't think like that, Hot Shot. We'll come back and beat this thing." 
'''Hot Shot:''' "But how? Hey, ''now'' what's it doing? Look out!" 
'''Starscream:''' "Target practice!"
:—Opening dialog of the first episode of the series. Apparently, showing things blowing up is more important than conveying ''what the hell is happening.'' 

'''Bud Hansen:''' "Lori, Lori. When life gives you lemons... Make orange soda!" 
'''Lori:''' "Orange... soda?" 
:—Bud hilariously mangles a classic phrase. 

'''Thundercracker:''' (After his airstrike misses Landmine) "Oh, man! That was a waste of perfectly good missiles! I'll get him this time!" 
'''Optimus Prime:''' "I hope you don't mind if I ''butt in''!" (rams Thundercracker) 
'''Thundercracker:''' "Where the heck did ''he'' come from?!" 
:—Optimus makes a dramatic entrance 

'''Optimus Prime:''' (After appearing in Super Mode, completely unharmed by Thundercracker's missiles) "''That'' was your best shot, Thundercracker? That's just sad." *brings his heavy cannons to firing position* "Here's mine." 
'''Thundercracker:''' "How's this?!" *Angrily fires off another missile volley* 
'''Optimus Prime:''' "Gee, nice fireworks." *shoots the missiles, blowing them up in Thundercracker's face and sending him flying* "Decepticon in the corner pocket!"
:—Thus begins the practice of Thundercracker channeling the spirit of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
This episode is a composite of the first two Japanese ''Galaxy Force'' episodes, "The Sacred Homeworld, Planet Cybertron, Destroyed?!" and "Encounter with the Transformers". This is effectively accomplished by beginning the episode ''in medias res'', kicking off with the Transformers already in the process of evacuating Cybertron and Landmine being warped to Earth. The opening and closing scenes of the first episode (the family having their barbecue and the kids finding Landmine) are then presented back-to-back, and all the other events of the first episode are presented in heavily truncated form as flashbacks told by Landmine. No real plot points or important actions from the first episode are lost in this manner—things are just more condensed—but removed footage includes:

*Lori complaining over the phone to a friend of hers back in the city about boring country life, then getting angry when she hears the noise of the Hansens' bikes.
*Coby actually winning the bike race, only to find that his family doesn't congratulate him, but instead commiserates with his father. This scene and a few others like it peppered throughout the first quarter of the series (for example, the opening scene of "[[Search]]") suggest that Coby's relationship with the rest of his family is not the greatest, but it never actually ''goes'' anywhere, and ''Cybertron'' elects to omit this facet of the boy's character.
*Lori spilling a drop of the juice Bud gives her on Coby's bike, prompting the boy to go off on a rant about how machines are alive. Lori incredulously asks if the plane flying overhead is alive as well...not realizing that it's Jetfire, who is on Earth scanning the machines that he proceeds to take back to Cybertron for use as disguises by his fellow Autobots. It is over whether machines are "tools" or "lifeforms" that Coby and Lori are arguing when we rejoin the characters a little later, right before they find Landmine.
*The Autobots constructing a huge "Cyber Cannon", with which they blast the black hole. It briefly appears to succeed in destroying the singularity before the black hole reasserts itself.
*Starscream and Megatron spying on Vector Prime's address to the Autobots from within the [[fire dimension]].
*The first appearance of Starscream's vehicle mode transformation [[stock footage]].
*The Autobots regrouping after Megatron and Starscream escape. The team believes that Landmine has been sucked into the black hole, and Optimus Prime vows to find him, but first they have to take the space bridge to Earth, as Cybertron vanishes into the depths of the black hole and disappears in a flash of light. In particular, the notion that Cybertron was sucked into the black hole was very deliberately omitted from the ''Cybertron'' dub, and when the characters return to the planet in the second half of the series, it is likewise claimed to be not within the singularity, but merely near it.

In one notable piece of changed dialogue, ''Cybertron'' has Lori refer to a brother that did not exist in ''Galaxy Force''. Naturally, this brother would never appear or be mentioned again.

Also, in Galaxy Force, despite Galaxy Force not being intended to follow [[Energon (cartoon)|Super Link]], Bud somehow knows of the existence of Transformers before anyone tells him.

To incorporate these flashbacks, it was the second ''Galaxy Force'' episode which really received a chopping. Long scenes removed from this episode include:

*Autobots pursuing Megatron through space and battling him and Starscream for possession of Vector Prime's map.
*The revelation that the map is based on an older layout of the universe and not especially helpful.
*The Autobots searching for Landmine on Earth, including Scattorshot scanning his alternate mode from a billboard.
*Humans following Landmine's trail of massive footprints, thinking he's Bigfoot.
*Thundercracker's blasts starting a forest fire that the Autobots have to fight.

The second episode was later dubbed in its entirety to make up the numbers, as "[[Inferno (episode)|Inferno]]", a "lost episode" that aired as the 52nd and final of the series. Check out that episode's article for a more detailed run-down of its contents.

===Animation or technical errors===
Strangely, this episode features some scenes using different animation from their Japanese counterparts.

*When listening to Red Alert's report, and later, while addressing the Autobots before the evacuation, Optimus Prime features a noticeably different color scheme, with different coloration on his helmet, midriff, pelvis and forearms. This colour scheme (likely test colours) was featured in Japanese hobby and character magazines a few months before the ''Galaxy Force'' series aired in Japan in late December 2004.
*The animation which accompanies Vector Prime's recounting of the history of the Cyber Planet Keys is completely different between versions, with the Japanese version simply featuring four glowing lights on a black background, and the American version actually displaying the keys against a spinning map of space.

===Continuity errors===
*As a result of the episodes being cut up and stuck back together, Vector Prime seems to appear in two places at once. He clashes with Megatron inside the base, but when Megatron breaks out, he immediately escapes atop Starscream. However, Starscream was present when Vector Prime opened the warp gate to send Landmine to Earth, meaning that Vector Prime would had to have been outside already.

===Transformers references===
* Optimus drops one of the franchise's most famous taglines: "Robots in disguise".
* This would not be the first time [[Key to Vector Sigma|a key]], or in this case, [[Cyber Planet Key|multiple keys]], has/have been presented as (a) super powerful plot-important Cybertronian artifact(s).

===Trivia===
*For an unknown reason, this episode was skipped when the ''Cybertron'' series began airing, even in foreign markets like the UK, suggesting that the decision to combine the two episodes may have been a late one. The second episode, "[[Haven]]", was also skipped domestically, and neither aired in the U.S. until ''Cybertron'' moved to the [[Kids' WB]] afternoon programming block, several months after the series had debuted.
*Megatron is not voiced in this episode by his regular voice actor, [[David Kaye]], but by [[Trevor Devall]], doing his best Kaye impression.
*Speaking of voices, Coby's is a heck of a lot reedier and whinier in this episode than in all others. He's still being voiced by his regular actor, [[Sam Vincent]], but holy hell, he constantly sounds like he's about to burst into tears.
*"Moriturus" is Latin for "[I] am going to die," likely derived from the famous phrase "''Morituri te salutant''"—"We who are about to die salute you"—spoken by Roman gladiators saluting the Emperor prior to combat. Or perhaps someone on staff is a fan of the hapless "wizzard" Rincewind of the ''[[wikipedia:Discworld|Discworld]]'' series...
* Optimus' vehicle transformation does not match up entirely with the fire truck he scanned, only the cab is the same. The truck he scanned looks more like a normal fire truck of the variety with a "cherry-picker" bucket-lift. Said truck would also appear to be based on early designs for his toy. The other Autobots' vehicle modes also deviate slightly from the scans (to accommodate their Cyber Key slots), but not to the same extent.
* Optimus is apparently familiar with the game of billiards, or pool.
* This is the first appearance of (among others) Optimus' Super Mode stock footage sequence, though the final segment where he poses against. Admit it, it's pretty bad ass the first couple times.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force — Sound Pack 1'' ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Limited edition, Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 01 (Victor Entertainment) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Thunderblast (Decepticon)

2010-07-22T23:33:22Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Notes */

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the Cybertron female Decepticon|the Cybertron Autobot-allied Mini-Con|Thunderblast (Mini-Con)}}

:''Thunderblast is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ThunderblastVsLori.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Oh no you DI'INT!]]

'''Thunderblast''' is obsessed with power. She craves it, but rather than directly attaining it herself, she instead seeks to gain power by latching onto a male Decepticon who has it. She forms an instant infatuation with the strongest Decepticon she can find... but as soon as the power structure shifts, so does the focus of her affections. She is usually seen clinging all lovey-dovey to [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]], ignoring the fact that he has no interest in her whatsoever beyond her ability to follow orders and destroy Autobots (and be used as a disposable pawn if necessary).

Though she's fickle and flighty (and greedy and selfish and opportunistic and vain and overconfident and...) she's not ''stupid''. She knows how to use her wiles to get what she wants, and is always looking for suckers to manipulate to her advantage. She knows [[Autobot]]s are generally reluctant to shoot at a female (especially one as pretty as she thinks she is) and uses that to her advantage as long as she can... at least, long enough to give them a face full of missiles. She's an effective warrior as it is on land, but when it comes to aquatic combat, few can match her skill.

She seems to have something resembling an actual friendship with her fellow "monster" [[Lugnutz]], despite his mellow, unambitious nature. And while she's generally disappointed if guys aren't fawning over her, she's found that she wants nothing to do with the geeky [[Shortround]], who is head over wheels in love with her. On the other end of the spectrum, she has quickly gained the undying hatred of the [[human]] girl [[Lori]].

:''Japanese name:'' '''Chromia'''
:''Hungarian name'': '''Mennykő''' ("Thunderbolt")

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
:''Voice actress:'' [[Maryke Hendrikse]] (English), [[Natsuko Kuwatani]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Thunderboobies.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Jeez. Let the animators go home to their wives once in a while, for Primus' sake.]]

Thunderblast arrived on [[Earth]] in the colony ship ''[[Atlantis]]'' millions of years ago. While the Autobots watched over and guided [[human]] evolution, the Decepticons terrorized the humans, inspiring the myths and legends of old; Thunderblast was the inspiration for the myth of [[Wikipedia:Loreley|Lorelei]] and the Sirens. {{storylink|Cyber Key Codes|Thunderblast's Cyber Key Code text}} These "monsters" were rounded up by the "monster hunter" [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]], who locked up the criminals inside a prison located in the center of the Earth (called the [[Wikipedia:Hollow Earth|"Earth's Navel"]]), where they stayed until they were released by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] in the present day.

Thunderblast and Lugnutz defended Starscream's volcano-island base from the Autobots and Decepticons...up to a point. While Lugnutz decided simply to wander away from the "heavy scene", Thunderblast found herself less than impressed with Starscream and took to following Megatron (whose power was just soooooo dreamy), joining his forces as they journeyed to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], which transformed into [[Primus]]'s gargantuan robot mode. {{storylink|United}}

[[Image:Thunder-OhHi.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Baby, why you make me gotta hit you?]]

There, while admiring her looks in a mirrored satellite, she was interrupted by a super-sized Starscream, who gave her the choice to steal the [[Omega Lock]] or get blasted to smithereens. She took the former option, but managed to weasel her way out of it by lying to Starscream, luring him planetside, then telling Megatron that she was ordered to attack him. Starscream arrived and the two bickered until they were interrupted by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Wing Saber]]. All parties involved rocketed off to fight, leaving her free to wander off unperturbed. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}} Shortly afterwards, she tracked [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and Wing Saber, leading Megatron to the missing [[Atlantis]] starship. {{storylink|Titans}}

When Megatron returned from the [[fire dimension]], Thunderblast and the others continued to follow him, all the way to [[Gigantion]]. There, when she teamed up with [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] in a hunt for the planet's [[Cyber Planet Key]], they ran across an Autobot party consisting of [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], [[Wing Saber]] and the [[human]] [[Lori]]. Thunderblast and Lori very quickly got on each others' nerves, both browbeating Scourge, and when Thunderblast took off, Lori scared Wing Saber into following, leaving Scourge and Override to duke it out.

Wing Saber chased Thunderblast through the lower levels, but it was a trap, since the Decepticon was leading them to a harbor area, and water combat was Thunderblast's element. Wing Saber took a fair pummeling, but Lori noticed a cluster of cranes, and she set them up so Wing Saber could lure the overconfident "floozy" (Lori's words). Thunderblast was crushed under a half-dozen massive claws, and Wing Saber took the chance to blast her while she was down, the explosion sending her flying away uncontrollably. {{storylink|Ambush}}

[[Image:Thunderblast-Giant.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Thunderblast is on the move, Thunderblast is loose!]]

When Megatron (now Galvatron) and Starscream dueled over the [[Omega Lock]] and the four Cyber Planet Keys, Thunderblast briefly wondered if she was infatuated with the wrong 'bot. But when Galvatron emerged victorious, she followed him back to Cybertron happily. There, she and the few remaining Decepticons still loyal to Galvatron ([[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]]) were given a boost of Omega Lock power, super-sizing them so they could take on the massed armies that had gathered from all of the colony worlds to oppose them. After being assaulted (and insulted) by [[Undermine]] and [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]], Thunderblast found herself going up against her old friend [[Lugnutz]]. Though she seemed shocked he'd side with the "good guys", she got over it pretty quickly and had no compunctions about trying to blow him away.

Ultimately, Galvatron's plot failed. Thunderblast realized that Galvatron was going to let her die in the cataclysm that his plan would have caused, and she ran off along with the other now-de-powered Decepticons. {{storylink|End|End}} When the rocket boosters built on the [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]] to push the world back to its normal place in the cosmos began to fail from an attack by Galvatron, the four Decepticons arrived, cackling...and helped with the efforts to keep the thrusters upright and functional, deciding to try being on the winning team for once. {{storylink|Unfinished|Unfinished}}

[[Image:Cyb ep51 new decepticons crash.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Men never ask for directions.]]

Afterwards, Thunderblast, Ransack and Crumplezone went to each world, trying to find a place to fit in and failing. Thunderblast in particular threw herself at about every strong male bot around, but it seemed no one was even remotely interested. When the Autobots were ready to begin their [[space bridge]] initiative, the trio built a rickety rocket, shanghaied the reluctant Thundercracker (who was really enjoying being an Autobot), and took off for parts unknown as the [[New Decepticon Army]].

They made it as far as [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] before the rocket crashed. {{storylink|Beginning}}

{{-}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
Thunderblast interviews minicons [[Beta Maxx]] and [[Caliburn]] for readers of [[Venus (magazine)|Venus]], a trans-dimensional magazine for [[female Transformers|Decepti-femmes]]. {{storylink|The AllSpark Almanac}}

==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cyb Thunderblast toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Oh, I think I broke a nail carrying this gun!" *pout*]]
* '''Thunderblast''' (Deluxe class, 2005)
** ''Japanese ID number'': '''GD-11'''
** ''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 2 missiles , Earth Cyber Planet Key

: Thunderblast transforms into a speedboat of undetermined model via [[Shellformer|shellforming]]. She has a small, rotating (non-firing) machine gun and a large missile rack on a rotating and elevating base in this mode. Inserting a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into the back of the missile rack opens it up to reveal a spring-loaded missile launcher, which uses the torpedoes mounted under her hydrofoils as ammunition. The rack becomes a hand-held weapon for her robot mode. She comes with a silver-bordered Earth-style Key; the Hasbro version has the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key code]] '''dh62''' stamped on its back.

: The original [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release of the toy has a molding defect, giving her lopsided [[wikipedia:Shannen Doherty|Shannen Doherty]] eyes. The [[Hasbro]] release fixes this, as well as changes a few minor [[Paint operation|paint application]]s.

: This mold was also used for [[BotCon 2009]] [[Elita One|Elita-1]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/Thunderblast/thunderblast.htm More information on Thunderblast at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|Multipack}}
* '''Sideways, Brimstone, Thunderblast''' ("Value Pack", 2005)
** ''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 2 missiles , Earth Cyber Planet Key

: Thunderblast was also available in a Toys "R" Us [[exclusive]] "Value Pack" alongside [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]]; all three normally-carded toys were put in a large cardboard "sleeve" that let the bubbles stick out. This set retailed for $29.99... and since Deluxes were $9.99... not much of a "value" there.

{{-}}{{anchor|Minerva}}
[[Image:Chromia Minerva toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hello, nurse-boat!]]
* '''Chromia Minerva-Type''' (DVD pack-in, 2005)
** ''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 2 missiles , Earth Cyber Planet Key

: Packaged with the ninth disc in the ''Galaxy Force'' DVD series, Thunderblast's only toy was [[Redeco|redecoed]] into a white and red color scheme, an [[homage]] to the ''[[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' [[Autobot]] [[Minerva]]. This release uses the Hasbro version of the mold, with the corrected face sculpt.

{{-}}

==Notes==
[[Image:ThunderblastBoobsAndNipples01.jpg|right|200px|thumb|We were gonna circle the part in question, but we figured you guys were already staring at them.]]

* While Thunderblast isn't the first female Transformer to have a [[Blackarachnia (BW)|rack]] (or ''male'' Transformer, [[Bluestreak|for]] [[Jazz (G1)|that]] [[Red Alert (Armada)|matter]]), she '''is''' the first one to have what appear to be "nipples", as seen in the episode "[[Memory]]". This would seem to imply that the "nipples" were a part of Thunderblast's CG character model, only they'd always been covered up by her "bra" so that we couldn't see them. The animators at [[GONZO]] obviously weren't taking enough cold showers.

* Thunderblast has the same colour scheme as fellow aquatics [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] and [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]].

[[Category:Cybertron characters]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Sea specialists]]

Thunderblast (Decepticon)

2010-07-22T23:33:07Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Notes */

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the Cybertron female Decepticon|the Cybertron Autobot-allied Mini-Con|Thunderblast (Mini-Con)}}

:''Thunderblast is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ThunderblastVsLori.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Oh no you DI'INT!]]

'''Thunderblast''' is obsessed with power. She craves it, but rather than directly attaining it herself, she instead seeks to gain power by latching onto a male Decepticon who has it. She forms an instant infatuation with the strongest Decepticon she can find... but as soon as the power structure shifts, so does the focus of her affections. She is usually seen clinging all lovey-dovey to [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]], ignoring the fact that he has no interest in her whatsoever beyond her ability to follow orders and destroy Autobots (and be used as a disposable pawn if necessary).

Though she's fickle and flighty (and greedy and selfish and opportunistic and vain and overconfident and...) she's not ''stupid''. She knows how to use her wiles to get what she wants, and is always looking for suckers to manipulate to her advantage. She knows [[Autobot]]s are generally reluctant to shoot at a female (especially one as pretty as she thinks she is) and uses that to her advantage as long as she can... at least, long enough to give them a face full of missiles. She's an effective warrior as it is on land, but when it comes to aquatic combat, few can match her skill.

She seems to have something resembling an actual friendship with her fellow "monster" [[Lugnutz]], despite his mellow, unambitious nature. And while she's generally disappointed if guys aren't fawning over her, she's found that she wants nothing to do with the geeky [[Shortround]], who is head over wheels in love with her. On the other end of the spectrum, she has quickly gained the undying hatred of the [[human]] girl [[Lori]].

:''Japanese name:'' '''Chromia'''
:''Hungarian name'': '''Mennykő''' ("Thunderbolt")

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
:''Voice actress:'' [[Maryke Hendrikse]] (English), [[Natsuko Kuwatani]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Thunderboobies.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Jeez. Let the animators go home to their wives once in a while, for Primus' sake.]]

Thunderblast arrived on [[Earth]] in the colony ship ''[[Atlantis]]'' millions of years ago. While the Autobots watched over and guided [[human]] evolution, the Decepticons terrorized the humans, inspiring the myths and legends of old; Thunderblast was the inspiration for the myth of [[Wikipedia:Loreley|Lorelei]] and the Sirens. {{storylink|Cyber Key Codes|Thunderblast's Cyber Key Code text}} These "monsters" were rounded up by the "monster hunter" [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]], who locked up the criminals inside a prison located in the center of the Earth (called the [[Wikipedia:Hollow Earth|"Earth's Navel"]]), where they stayed until they were released by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] in the present day.

Thunderblast and Lugnutz defended Starscream's volcano-island base from the Autobots and Decepticons...up to a point. While Lugnutz decided simply to wander away from the "heavy scene", Thunderblast found herself less than impressed with Starscream and took to following Megatron (whose power was just soooooo dreamy), joining his forces as they journeyed to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], which transformed into [[Primus]]'s gargantuan robot mode. {{storylink|United}}

[[Image:Thunder-OhHi.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Baby, why you make me gotta hit you?]]

There, while admiring her looks in a mirrored satellite, she was interrupted by a super-sized Starscream, who gave her the choice to steal the [[Omega Lock]] or get blasted to smithereens. She took the former option, but managed to weasel her way out of it by lying to Starscream, luring him planetside, then telling Megatron that she was ordered to attack him. Starscream arrived and the two bickered until they were interrupted by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Wing Saber]]. All parties involved rocketed off to fight, leaving her free to wander off unperturbed. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}} Shortly afterwards, she tracked [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and Wing Saber, leading Megatron to the missing [[Atlantis]] starship. {{storylink|Titans}}

When Megatron returned from the [[fire dimension]], Thunderblast and the others continued to follow him, all the way to [[Gigantion]]. There, when she teamed up with [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] in a hunt for the planet's [[Cyber Planet Key]], they ran across an Autobot party consisting of [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], [[Wing Saber]] and the [[human]] [[Lori]]. Thunderblast and Lori very quickly got on each others' nerves, both browbeating Scourge, and when Thunderblast took off, Lori scared Wing Saber into following, leaving Scourge and Override to duke it out.

Wing Saber chased Thunderblast through the lower levels, but it was a trap, since the Decepticon was leading them to a harbor area, and water combat was Thunderblast's element. Wing Saber took a fair pummeling, but Lori noticed a cluster of cranes, and she set them up so Wing Saber could lure the overconfident "floozy" (Lori's words). Thunderblast was crushed under a half-dozen massive claws, and Wing Saber took the chance to blast her while she was down, the explosion sending her flying away uncontrollably. {{storylink|Ambush}}

[[Image:Thunderblast-Giant.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Thunderblast is on the move, Thunderblast is loose!]]

When Megatron (now Galvatron) and Starscream dueled over the [[Omega Lock]] and the four Cyber Planet Keys, Thunderblast briefly wondered if she was infatuated with the wrong 'bot. But when Galvatron emerged victorious, she followed him back to Cybertron happily. There, she and the few remaining Decepticons still loyal to Galvatron ([[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]]) were given a boost of Omega Lock power, super-sizing them so they could take on the massed armies that had gathered from all of the colony worlds to oppose them. After being assaulted (and insulted) by [[Undermine]] and [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]], Thunderblast found herself going up against her old friend [[Lugnutz]]. Though she seemed shocked he'd side with the "good guys", she got over it pretty quickly and had no compunctions about trying to blow him away.

Ultimately, Galvatron's plot failed. Thunderblast realized that Galvatron was going to let her die in the cataclysm that his plan would have caused, and she ran off along with the other now-de-powered Decepticons. {{storylink|End|End}} When the rocket boosters built on the [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]] to push the world back to its normal place in the cosmos began to fail from an attack by Galvatron, the four Decepticons arrived, cackling...and helped with the efforts to keep the thrusters upright and functional, deciding to try being on the winning team for once. {{storylink|Unfinished|Unfinished}}

[[Image:Cyb ep51 new decepticons crash.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Men never ask for directions.]]

Afterwards, Thunderblast, Ransack and Crumplezone went to each world, trying to find a place to fit in and failing. Thunderblast in particular threw herself at about every strong male bot around, but it seemed no one was even remotely interested. When the Autobots were ready to begin their [[space bridge]] initiative, the trio built a rickety rocket, shanghaied the reluctant Thundercracker (who was really enjoying being an Autobot), and took off for parts unknown as the [[New Decepticon Army]].

They made it as far as [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] before the rocket crashed. {{storylink|Beginning}}

{{-}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
Thunderblast interviews minicons [[Beta Maxx]] and [[Caliburn]] for readers of [[Venus (magazine)|Venus]], a trans-dimensional magazine for [[female Transformers|Decepti-femmes]]. {{storylink|The AllSpark Almanac}}

==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cyb Thunderblast toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Oh, I think I broke a nail carrying this gun!" *pout*]]
* '''Thunderblast''' (Deluxe class, 2005)
** ''Japanese ID number'': '''GD-11'''
** ''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 2 missiles , Earth Cyber Planet Key

: Thunderblast transforms into a speedboat of undetermined model via [[Shellformer|shellforming]]. She has a small, rotating (non-firing) machine gun and a large missile rack on a rotating and elevating base in this mode. Inserting a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into the back of the missile rack opens it up to reveal a spring-loaded missile launcher, which uses the torpedoes mounted under her hydrofoils as ammunition. The rack becomes a hand-held weapon for her robot mode. She comes with a silver-bordered Earth-style Key; the Hasbro version has the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key code]] '''dh62''' stamped on its back.

: The original [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release of the toy has a molding defect, giving her lopsided [[wikipedia:Shannen Doherty|Shannen Doherty]] eyes. The [[Hasbro]] release fixes this, as well as changes a few minor [[Paint operation|paint application]]s.

: This mold was also used for [[BotCon 2009]] [[Elita One|Elita-1]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/Thunderblast/thunderblast.htm More information on Thunderblast at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|Multipack}}
* '''Sideways, Brimstone, Thunderblast''' ("Value Pack", 2005)
** ''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 2 missiles , Earth Cyber Planet Key

: Thunderblast was also available in a Toys "R" Us [[exclusive]] "Value Pack" alongside [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]]; all three normally-carded toys were put in a large cardboard "sleeve" that let the bubbles stick out. This set retailed for $29.99... and since Deluxes were $9.99... not much of a "value" there.

{{-}}{{anchor|Minerva}}
[[Image:Chromia Minerva toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hello, nurse-boat!]]
* '''Chromia Minerva-Type''' (DVD pack-in, 2005)
** ''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 2 missiles , Earth Cyber Planet Key

: Packaged with the ninth disc in the ''Galaxy Force'' DVD series, Thunderblast's only toy was [[Redeco|redecoed]] into a white and red color scheme, an [[homage]] to the ''[[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' [[Autobot]] [[Minerva]]. This release uses the Hasbro version of the mold, with the corrected face sculpt.

{{-}}

==Notes==
[[Image:ThunderblastBoobsAndNipples01.jpg|right|200px|thumb|We were gonna circle the part in question, but we figured you guys were already staring at them.]]

* While Thunderblast isn't the first female Transformer to have a [[Blackarachnia (BW)|rack]] (or ''male'' Transformer, [[Bluestreak|for]] [[Jazz (G1)|that]] [[Red Alert (Armada)|matter]]), she '''is''' the first one to have what appear to be "nipples", as seen in the episode "[[Memory]]". This would seem to imply that the "nipples" were a part of Thunderblast's CG character model, only they'd always been covered up by her "bra" so that we couldn't see them. The animators at [[GONZO]] obviously weren't taking enough cold showers.

* Thunderblast has the same colour scheme as fellow aquatics [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] and [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]]

[[Category:Cybertron characters]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Sea specialists]]

Tidal Wave (Armada)

2010-07-22T23:29:49Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Armada */

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{{disambig2|the colossal Decepticon warship from Armada|the teeny jetski/jetpack from Classics|Tidal Wave (Classics)}}
{{disambig3|Mirage}}
:''Tidal Wave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]]. He took the name '''Mirage''' after he took a new body.''

[[Image:Tidal wave looms ps2.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Like a vast predatory <s>bird</s> fish...]]
'''Tidal Wave''' is a powerhouse, one of the largest Decepticons under [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron's]] command. His power is backed up by a brain that doesn't exactly run at optimal speeds; he's not so much stupid as he is single-minded and easily frustrated, although [[Pokeformers|his tendency to shout his own name repeatedly as a sort of battle cry]] doesn't do much to refute his reputation as a knucklehead. In battle he is merciless, an unyielding engine of destruction.

He is unquestionably loyal to Megatron and his ideals, and will quickly sign up with anyone that promises power to the Decepticon cause. He may or may not have a [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|soft spot for children]]<ref>One of the ''Super Link'' [[Commercial bumper|commercial bumpers]] features Mirage introducing himself, then telling the good little children out there that it's nice to meet them.</ref>.

Tidal Wave's [[Mini-Con]] partner is [[Ramjet (Armada)|Ramjet]].

{{quote|Tidal Wave...Tidal Wave...|Tidal Wave, too many times to properly source}}

:''Japanese name:'' '''Shockwave''' (Tidal Wave), '''Shock Fleet''' (Mirage)
:Hungarian name'': '''Szökőár''' ('''Árhullám''' on the ''Ultimate Battle DVD'')''
:Hungarian name as Mirage'': '''Délibáb'''''
:Polish ''Armada'' name'': '''Falotron''' (Wavetron)''
:Polish ''Energon'' name'': '''Falomiot''' (Waveblaster)''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor'' [[Doug Parker]] (English), [[Jin Yamanoi]] (Japanese)

[[Image:ArmTVTidalWave.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Crumbs, chief.]]
Tidal Wave was originally brought to [[Earth]] by the [[Decepticon]] strategist [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] in an attempt to bolster the Decepticon forces so that they could obtain the [[Requiem Blaster]]. Thrust claimed Tidal Wave was a general that led Decepticon forces to a victory on the planet [[Dabola]], an unsubstantiated claim that seems rather out of place considering Tidal Wave's... lack of grace. This was exemplified when [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] capsized the huge warship and sent it to the bottom of the deep. However, Tidal Wave quickly recovered and transformed into his massively powerful robot mode, quickly sending the Autobots scrambling for cover. {{storylink|Awakening}}

Pounding the Autobots with firepower, Thrust called out to Tidal Wave to initiate his party piece. Tidal Wave transformed and split into three component vehicle sections (which also somehow shrank in size), headed for Megatron and Powerlinked with him, forming a combination known as ''Burning Megatron''. Megatron declared that "The Power is Mine!" before setting off in pursuit of Jet Optimus. Tidal Wave gave Megatron flight capability and an overwhelming amount of firepower, which kept Jet Optimus at bay long enough for Megatron to slice the connection point between Optimus Prime and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] with the Star Saber. {{storylink|Desperate}}
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{{charstubfiction}}

After Starscream cracked and attacked Megatron, Tidal Wave was sent after him to Earth when the rogue Decepticon jet escaped their moon base with the Star Saber in his possession. The Autobots initially assumed both Decepticons were part of a combined attack, but eventually came to Starscream's assistance against Tidal Wave when the Decepticon shot him down. [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] nailed Tidal Wave in the eye with his axle cannon, but the powerful Tidal Wave recovered quickly and caused problems for Jet Optimus, whom couldn't so much as scratch him. This prompted Starscream to toss the Star Saber to the Autobot leader, which he used to slice off one of Tidal Wave's chest guns and forced the Decepticon to retreat. {{storylink|Regeneration|Regeneration}}

Tidal Wave was present at the meeting between the Autobots and Decepticons during the [[Unicron Battles]] in which the two sides formed a temporary truce, notably shaking hands with Jetfire. {{storylink|Alliance (episode)|Alliance}}
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====''Energon'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor'' [[Doug Parker]] (English), [[Jin Yamanoi]] (Japanese), [[Anders Öjebo]] (Swedish)

{{cleanup|October 2008|Lacks storylinks}}

After the end of the Unicron Battles, Tidal Wave loyally followed [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]'s last request—that the Decepticons remain at peace with the Autobots. During the ten year period that followed, Tidal Wave somewhere along the line changed not only his color palette but his occupation—instead of being a warrior, he was now a guardian of the [[Energon (Energon)|energon]] mines in the Sol system's asteroid belt.

Tidal Wave's post was one of the first targets of the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] hordes. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}} After being attacked and abducted, he was brought to [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] and [[Alpha Quintesson]]'s base of operations, where they convinced him to side with them by promising to revive Megatron, a deal which Tidal Wave eagerly agreed to. {{storylink|Scorpinok}} Although he clearly disliked Scorponok, he carried out orders in attacking other energon reserves run by the Autobots until Megatron returned. Following this, he continued raiding Autobot bases, only under Megatron's orders.

Tidal Wave would later show disdain for the madman [[Decepticon]] recruit [[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]]. During a battle on Cybertron, an [[Energon Tower (building)|Energon Tower]] collapsed on top of Tidal Wave due to a shot from Shockblast. Megatron called for a retreat and hauled Tidal Wave's damaged body back into space, where the giant Decepticon was reformatted into "'''Mirage'''". With this new body also came an apparent upgrade in intelligence, although he also started to buddy up with [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] and [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]] to form a comedy relief trio. He continued to serve Megatron throughout the war for [[Energon (Energon)|energon]].

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When Galvatron flung himself into the energon sun to destroy [[Unicron]]'s spark, Mirage loyally followed after him and seemingly ended his life. {{storylink|The Sun|The Sun}}

{{note|In Japan, after becoming Mirage, Tidal Wave became straight-up Gay For Galvatron. The dub dodged the issue as best it could (although honestly, that was probably more due to the fact that the English writers didn't seem to know what was going on in the show at the best of times), with Mirage's love-struck remarks being replaced with simple cheering for his leader or something else entirely—but it couldn't do anything about his repeated coquetteish gestures, doe-eyed expressions, or that one time he pirouetted and struck a pose while surrounded by a glowing pink heart. Maybe Tidal Wave couldn't properly articulate his love in his Armada form?}}
<div class="center">[[Image:Gayforgalvatron.jpg|none|750px|thumb|center|<div class="center">Pretty Soldier Sailor Tidalwave!</div>]]</div>
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Armada'' comic====
Tidal Wave was among the Decepticon troops allied with the Autobots and Mini-Cons during the battle against Unicron. He clutched his head in agony when the Chaos Bringer appeared and declared that this reality would be consumed. {{storylink|The End}}

====''Energon'' comic====
Millions of years ago, Tidal Wave captured [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] and coerced him into building [[Seismic-shock warhead|Seismic-shock warheads]] for the Decepticons, which Megatron would use as a last resort to destroy the planet should he lose the war. Whenever Ironhide refused, an Autobot prisoner of war was executed. {{storylink|Aftershock (issue)|Aftershock}}

In the present, Tidal Wave was recruited by [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]], joining the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]]. {{storylink|This Evil Reborn}} While he went on several raids and missions with the Terrorcons, it became clear to him that he wasn't the most respected of the team. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Four}}

Tidal Wave attacked Ironhide and [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]] while they were overseeing the contruction of a new base on Cybertron. Using Cliffjumper's life as leverage, he forced Ironhide to reactivate the seismic-shock warheads for Scorponok's scheme to use on Earth. Ironhide foiled Tidal Wave when he armed the doomsday weapon, with the cold threat of destroying Cybertron rather than allowing the Decepticons destroy Earth. Tidal Wave panicked and left through a space bridge. {{storylink|Aftershock (issue)|Aftershock}}

While the other Decepticons and Terrorcons thought little of Tidal Wave, [[Alpha Quintesson]], however, saw something in him, and reformatted him into Mirage, noting as he did so that Scorponok had fallen out of [[Unicron]]'s favor. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}}

{{note|Due to the bankruptcy of [[Dreamwave Productions]], this storyline was left unresolved.}}

==Games==
===Melbourne House ''Transformers'' video game===
[[Image:Tidalwave pushup.gif|left|180px|thumb|Megatron might be a jerk, but he cares for his troops' physical fitness.]]
Tidal Wave, in his combined battleship mode, was stationed as a relay and refuel point off a small chain of islands in the Mid-Atlantic. The [[Autobot|Autobots]] made their way inside him to take out the [[Decepticlone]] platoons inside and destroy him, but discovered that Tidal Wave wasn't merely a transport. They escaped just in time to avoid being crushed as Tidal Wave transformed into his titanic robot mode.

Tidal Wave walked around the island chain in the deep waters, unloading volleys of missiles, lasers, and the occasional [[Jet Laser]] on the tiny-by-comparison Autobots. Despite his impressive size, firepower, and nigh-impenetrable armor, the Autobots managed to do enough damage to Tidal Wave's one weak point—his face—to cause a chain reaction that caused multiple explosions inside him, sending him falling face-first to the ocean floor.

The Autobots were able to extract information from Tidal Wave's computer that the Decepticons' main base was located in Northern Alaska, but the information was planted there by Megatron to lead the Autobots into a trap.

Tidal Wave was later seen still on Earth and has survived from his battle with the Autobots, but is now taking exercises with the survived [[Decepticlone]] army. {{storylink|Transformers (Melbourne House)|Transformers}}
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==Toys==
===Armada===
[[Image:Armada Tidal Wave toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"TCS Tiger's Claw, Transform!"]]
*'''Tidal Wave with Ramjet''' (Giga-Con, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-06'''
**''Accessories:'' Ramjet Mini-Con partner, 2 missiles

: Tidal Wave is a robot that is made up of three different aquatic vehicles; an aircraft carrier, a double-bowed battleship, and a troop-landing craft. All three can combine to form a single gigantic warship, which from there can transform to robot mode ''without'' having to separate. Each smaller craft has its own gimmick; the carrier has a working storage elevator for Tidal Wave's [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Ramjet (Armada)|Ramjet]], the battleship has Mini-Con [[Powerlinx]]-activated swiveling cannons (also usable in robot mode), and the landing craft opens up to reveal seats for Mini-Cons to sit on.

[[Image:Micron Shockwave toy.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Alleged Decepticon Military Genius.]]
: Tidal Wave can also combine with Megatron (and the Galvatron redeco), with Tidal Wave's aircraft carrier and battleship clipping onto Megatron's arms and his troop transport clipping onto Megatron's back (after the turret has been positioned in Full Blast Mode configuration) as a jetpack. His arms, as their plugs are identical to Leobreaker's, can also be attached to the later ''Cybertron'' Megatron toy, using the same ports that allow for Dark Claw Mode. These arms can also be attached to the Leader class Optimus Prime toy. Conversely, one may connect any character or characters using the Leobreaker mold to Tidal Wave in lieu of one or both of his arms.

: The [[Takara]] and [[Hasbro]] versions are considerably different. Takara's "Shockwave" replaces all the green plastic with purple, darker grays, and several of the paint colors are altered. These changes were made to align the toy more closely to the cartoon's appearance, though they're not completely accurate.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/TidalWave/tidalwave.htm More information on Tidal Wave at TFU.info]''
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===Energon===
[[Image:Energon Tidal Wave toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Tidal Wave...Tidal Wave...Tidal Wave...]]
*'''Tidal Wave with Ramjet''' (Ultra, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''SD-04'''
**''Accessories:'' Ramjet Mini-Con partner, 2 missiles

:Tidal Wave's ''Armada'' toy was [[Redeco|redecoed]] for the early part of ''Energon'', with "energy" patterns resembling stylized lightning bolts painted across it. Several portions of his body were also cast in transparent green plastic. This was the result of his body being infused with Decepticon-energy [[Energon (Energon)|energon]], as in the series, he did not have his lightning "scars" until after he touched (and was injured) by raw energon.

:The toy has also been very slightly retooled—the notches on the inside of his body that were originally designed to prevent the missiles from firing by giving the triggers a place to rest have been made larger so they now actually fulfill their original purpose.

:Tidal Wave retains his ability to combine with ''Armada'' Megatron/Galvatron, as well as ''Universe'' [[Megazarak]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/TidalWave/tidalwave.htm More information on ''Energon'' Tidal Wave at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:Energon Mirage toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He went from a boat to a ferry.]]
*'''Mirage''' (Mega, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''SD-15'''
**''Accessories:'' 4 missiles
{{note|Mirage was [[repurposing|repurposed]] from a separate character named [[Mirage (Energon)|Mirage]].}}
: Mirage is an upgraded body for Tidal Wave, transforming into a sleek assault speedboat with multiple spring-loaded missile launchers, as well as fold-out wings for his "Hyper Mode". Something of a shellformer, Mirage's transformation sequence is one of the most complex for the ''Energon'' toy line, and as a side effect, he ends up with some obnoxiously large vehicle mode shell [[kibble]]. Some bad design and excessively tight knee joints means his lower legs will often detach from the upper thighs whenever one tries to bend his knees.

:The initial releases of Mirage were one-per-case, and part of a wave that saw limited distribution due to a glut of early product on the shelves. However, Mirage was later put into "Mega-Buy" multi-packs at a buy-one-get-one-free price at numerous chains, including Toys 'R' Us and Wal-Mart, relieving much of the demand for the item.

: This mold was also [[redeco]]ed into ''Energon'' [[Dreadwing (Energon)|Dreadwing]] and [[BotCon 2009]] [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/Mirage/mirage.htm More information on Mirage at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* Tidal Wave's use of his own name as a battle cry is not exclusive to the English stories; he likewise chants "Shock, Shock, Shock waaaaaaave" as he fights in ''Super Link''. When he upgrades to Mirage ("Shockfleet" in Japan), his battle cry becomes "ShockShockShock!"
* In the English dub of the ''Armada'' cartoon, Tidal Wave is called by his Japanese name, Shockwave, several times. Of course, the English dub was notorious for [[Sparkplug (Armada)|not]] [[High Wire (Armada)|keeping]] [[Sureshock (Armada)|names]] [[Grindor (Armada)|straight]].
* An easter egg on the Playstation 2 game of Transformers is that, when he's in vehicle mode, you can enter a cavity where his robot mode head is stored. You can walk all over it and a glitch enables you to walk inside his head. He doesn't seem to mind.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8hcHAW3YiY Gameplay video showing the Tidal Wave's head Easter egg.]</ref>
* Mirage may have been originally intended as a separate character. [[Hasbro]] appears to have implied this is the case, saying that designing the toys before the show was completed led to "some characters not aligning together in the animation and toy expressions". <ref>[[Hasbro Q&A/August 2009: Answers]]</ref>

==Footnotes==
<references />

[[Category:Armada characters]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Energon characters]]
[[Category:Energon Terrorcons]]
[[Category:Repurposed toys]]
[[Category:Sea specialists]]
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]

File:Starscreamg1.jpg

2010-07-22T23:17:48Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman:

[[IDW Publishing]]'s [[Infiltration issue 2|''Infiltration'' #2]]; Retailer Incentive Cover A, depicting a toy-accurate G1 [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], (specifically, accurate to the "Anime Starscream" redeco). Art by [[Guido Guidi]].

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{{C}} [[Hasbro]], IDW Publishing 2006.
[[category:Images by Guido Guidi]]

Talk:Starscream (G1)/toys

2010-07-22T23:05:19Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Alternate caption idea */ new section

==Secret Starscream==
Nakas of Autobase Aichi has put forth the idea that "Secret Starscream", like Super Collection Figure Skywarp, was never actually sent out due to the bankruptcy of Keibunsha, the publisher. I *think* either the Binaltech And TF Collection book or one of the Generations 2009 books shows Secret Starscream, but I'd have to check to be sure, and I'm not sure what exactly is said about the piece either way. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 20:31, 10 December 2009 (EST)
:Ah-ha. It was in Generations 2009 volume 2.

:[http://obscuretf.com/tfscans/SecretStarscream.jpg Secret Starscream]

:Anyone want to take a crack at what that says? (At least we can get rid of the red speculation 'til then.) --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 23:33, 12 December 2009 (EST)

== Transmetal Waspinator ==

I think it should also be considered a Starscream toy due to its portrayal in fiction. Trust me in this one.[[User:ACIDSTORM92|ACIDSTORM92]] 20:47, 28 February 2010 (EST)
: Which fiction? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:42, 28 February 2010 (EST)
::Probably the Sourcebook... --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 21:47, 28 February 2010 (EST)
:::*facepalm* --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:12, 28 February 2010 (EST)

== Alternate caption idea ==

I think perhaps a funnier caption for his first Masterpiece toy would be "[[Puppet|I look like.... Thundercracker.]]" [[User:ZeldaTheSwordsman|ZeldaTheSwordsman]] 19:05, 22 July 2010 (EDT)

Metroplex (Cybertron)

2010-07-16T23:38:56Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Cybertron */

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{{disambig3|Metroplex}}
:''Metroplex is a [[Gigantion]] [[Autobot]] from the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Metroplex dvd2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|She canna take much more of this!]]
'''Metroplex''' is the head foreman of the Transformers on Gigantion. While he is a calm, quiet and intelligent being, like all Gigantions he is immense in size and strength. He is tasked with forever building cities on his homeworld, and then immediately abandoning them as a way to forever look to their peaceful future and avoid the past, which was wartorn and violent. His [[Mini-Con]] partner is [[Drill Bit (Cybertron)|Drill Bit]].

:''Japanese name:'' '''Megalo Convoy'''

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Ron Halder]] (English), [[Masafumi Kimura]] (Japanese)

When the Autobots first appeared on Gigantion, Metroplex was at first wary of them, believing the group to be from the mysterious Planet X. As this was clearly not the case, he and his subordinate [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] agreed to hear out the newcomers. Optimus Prime and Vector Prime explained that they needed to find the Gigantion Cyber Planet Key in order to save their own [[Cybertron (planet)|homeworld]], and that they believe the clues may be hidden in the older cities on Gigantion. At first Metroplex and Quickmix refused to let them into the cities, as it was one of their sacred laws to never enter a city they had previously built.

Metroplex would soon encounter [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and beat him into submission, destroying [[Nemesis Breaker]] in the process, and eventually triggering his upgrade into Galvatron. Galvatron would encounter him again, quickly defeating the lumbering giant.

Metroplex continued to aid the Autobots, including being a crew member on the new space bridge project.

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==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cyb Metroplex toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is what happens when the design team spends too much time on designing a "cool" robot mode, apparently.]]
*'''Metroplex''' (Leader-Class, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GC-23'''
**''Acessories:'' "Sparkdrinker", gold Giant Planet Cyber Planet Key

: Metroplex transforms into a Cybertronic bucket-wheel excavator. In this mode, his bucket-wheel/shovel assembly is on a rotator and contains numerous ratchet-joints, plus the wheel can spin, though it does not do so freely. This assembly becomes Metroplex's colossal axe "[[Sparkdrinker]]" in robot mode, plus has a spot on the shovel to attach Drill Bit in his vehicle mode. Plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into the Key jack on Sparkdrinker opens up the wheel to form the axe-head, plus activates an electronic light.

[[Image:CybMetro-WorkMode.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Yeah, but I've been drinking milk!]]
: Like his fellow Gigantions [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] and [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]], Metroplex has two different robot modes: a full-sized standard mode and a shorter, sturdier "work" mode.

: He comes with his Mini-Con partner Drill Bit and a gold-bordered, Gigantion-style Cyber Planet Key. The [[Hasbro]] version has the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]] "'''lm74'''" on the back of the Cyber Planet Key.

: Metroplex has a grand total of 14 Mini-Con hardpoints.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/Metroplex/metroplex.htm More info on Metroplex at TFU.info]''

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*'''Megalo Convoy gold edition'''

: A solid-gold-chromed version of Metroplex was given away as a contest prize in Japan. Limited to 15 pieces, it was available from ''[[TV Magazine]]'' and came with a gold-chromed version of [[Legends Class|Legends]]-scale ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime.

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==Trivia==
* Metroplex's "work" robot mode is not shown in the Japanese release's instructions. It is only briefly glimpsed in the cartoon, as part of his stock-footage "vehicle to robot" transformation sequence. Also, several times in the show where Metroplex was depicted in a smaller environment, he was in his "work" mode without explanation or transformation shown.
* Metroplex bears a striking similarity to [[Metroplex (G1)|Generation 1 Metroplex]] in robot mode, even sharing the original's antennaed helmet (with the difference that this Metroplex's antennae are blue rather than red).

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File:Powerfulrobot ffod.jpg

2010-07-16T03:16:59Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman:

{{G1cap|The "[[Powerful Robot]][", who would retroactively be identified as [[Prima]]|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4|6}}

Sludge (G1)

2010-07-12T22:52:14Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Generation 1 */

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Dinobot brontosaurus|the Wal*Mart-exclusive Dinobots series dimetrodon|Sludge (Dinobots)}}
:''Sludge is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sludgeg1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Me transform into non-existent dino!"]]
"'''Sludge''' dumb," is how [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] commander himself, describes the plodding Autobot. The Dinobots have a perhaps undeserved reputation for being dimwitted, but Sludge is the genuine article. He makes the other four look like scholars in comparison.

As Sludge can't make much of an impression in the mental department, he likes to make his presence known physically. He'll stomp his hefty hide around just so you know he's there.
None of the Dinobots really like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but he and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] share an especially intense dislike for him. Sludge believes that the strongest should lead, and in his mind, Grimlock is the strongest Autobot. But Sludge genuinely believes in the Autobot cause, so he tolerates Prime. Beyond that, Sludge is actually what you might call nice... Maybe not to [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]'s level, but nicer than [[Grimlock (G1)|the]] [[Slag (G1)|other]] [[Snarl (G1)|guys]].

{{bigquote|Sludge no like [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. Let's stomp!|Sludge's solution to every problem|"[[Call of the Primitives]]"}}

:''Preliminary names'': '''Brontobot''', '''Piledrive''',<ref>The [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''Generation 1'' cartoon]] [[production bible|series bible]] features a descriptions of him typed with the name "Piledrive", then crossed out by hand and relabeled "Sludge".</ref> '''Bronton'''<ref>"Bronton" is from the [[Sunbow Productions]] cast list page for "[[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]]", and was evidently coined by writer [[Donald F. Glut]].[http://web.archive.org/web/20070217131842/http://members.aol.com/tfencyc/interview_glut.html]</ref>
:''Italian name'': '''Bronto'''
:''Portuguese name (Brazil comic):'' '''Chafurda'''
:''Hungarian name'': '''Iszap'''
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Terro'''
:''French name'' : '''Slug'''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]], [[Minoru Inaba]] ([[The Transformers: The Movie|The Movie]] only) (Japanese), [[Georges Atlas]] (French)

[[Image:SludgeUltimateDoom.jpg|left|175px|thumb|"Hello, pretty trees. Me Sludge stomp you now."]]
Sludge was developed, along with his fellow [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], after the Autobots discovered dinosaur bones in their volcanic headquarters. Inspired by the power of the prehistoric beasts, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] built a trio of Dinobots to add firepower to the Autobot forces. The Dinobots proved too dangerous at first, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ordered Wheeljack to abandon the Dinobot project. Wheeljack continued improving the trio of titans in secret, crafting memory components that made them smarter and easier to control. When the rest of the Autobots were captured by the Decepticons at the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant, Wheeljack dispatched the Dinobots to free their comrades and destroy the Decepticons. The Dinobots succeeded in forcing a Decepticon retreat and were welcomed as members of the Autobot team. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

Sludge's greatest weakness was his sheer stupidity. Megatron exploited the Dinobots' weaknesses to turn them against Optimus Prime, Sludge merely choosing to follow whichever leader was "strongest". When Optimus Prime risked his life to boldly save Grimlock, the Dinobots rejoined him. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

{{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}} {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}} {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}} {{storylink|Day of the Machines}} {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}} {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

[[Image:Purple sludge.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Dissertation of the Dinobot.]]
During the [[Battle of Autobot City]], Sludge and the Dinobots attacked [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. During the attack, Devastator struck Sludge so hard his [[Sensors|optic sensors]] bulged out of his head. Later, the Dinobots escaped with [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], only to be shot down over [[Quintessa]]. The Dinobots later located the two Autobots with the help of [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and Sludge and Slag dispatched a [[Quintesson]] prosecutor—by standing on top of a door under which he'd been caught. Later, Sludge was able to tail-whip the butt of [[Unicron|a god]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM}}

Sludge and Snarl were later left to guard [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when a seemingly resurrected Optimus Prime returned, saying that Hot Rod, Kup, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] had been killed by the Quintessons. When the aforementioned Autobots turned up on Cybertron alive, Arcee said that she was happy to see them, but Sludge was not happy, as he thought that meant he and Snarl were dead. {{storylink|Dark Awakening}}

{{storylink|Thief in the Night}} {{storylink|Webworld}} {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

Later, he was among the [[Primitive|Primitives]] who were summoned by [[Primacron]]'s [[Oracle (G1)|assistant]] to fight [[Tornedron]], along with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]]. When [[Headstrong]] insulted Grimlock, Sludge, who didn't like the Predacons, suggested that they stomp them. When Tornedron arrived on the Oracle's planet, Sludge and the Autobots were defeated during an attempted ambush on the creature. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

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===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
When the Decepticons invaded Cybertron to conquer [[Vector Sigma]], Sludge defended the planet alongside his fellow Dinobots. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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While the Autobots remained dormant inside [[Mount St. Hilary]], the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' detected Cybertronian life. Dispatching a probe, the ''Ark'' learned that [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had come to Earth and was wandering the [[Savage Land]]. The ''Ark'' used data gathered from the Savage Land to convert five of the dormant Autobots into the Dinobots. They traveled to fight Shockwave, but all combatants became trapped in a tar pit. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} The Dinobots were later freed by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and helped him fight and defeat Megatron.'' {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}}''

''Sludge, like the other Dinobots, went a-wandering after this but reverted to his base instincts after his primary [[Cybo-dendron|cybo-dendrons]] burnt out, probably because the insulation that protected them had been eroded by [[Repeat Performance!|4 million years submerged in a tar-pit]]. Sludge ended up in the waterways of Littlewood, California, where he was befriended by [[Joy Meadows]]. Unfortunately, the Decepticons attacked, took him away from his newfound love, and made him fight [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]].'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

[[Image:Dinobots fight commentary.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"My mon Bats don't shiv." "Leader billy berserk. Leader peg Batman, you see."]]
''While Sludge was recovering from brain surgery, he dreamed of Joy'' {{storylink|Victory!}}'', and when he'd recovered, he saw her on TV and decided to search her out. It was lucky he did, because the [[Intelligence and Information Institute]] had marked her for death to protect their [[Robot-Master]] story. Sludge saved her life, and she hooked up with the Dinobots, though both she and they viewed Sludge's open crush as quite weird. However, even the power of unrequited love couldn't stop the Decepticons from defeating the Dinobots and forcing Joy to stop her investigation. {{storylink|In the National Interest}}.'' ''Later on, he ended up fighting [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], {{storylink|Fallen Angel (issue)|Fallen Angel}}'' being destroyed by an [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] before being revived with [[Nucleon]] by Grimlock, and fighting [[Unicron]] before being killed and then resurrected by the [[Last Autobot]] as the Autobots finally won...

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
''In 2008, Sludge and the Dinobots were one of several special units unleashed on the Decepticon attack force when [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] led the 'Cons on a siege of the Autobots' main base on Cybertron. Autobot High Command soon learned this assault was only a distraction, however, engineered by [[Unicron]] himself who was reconstructing himself on the planet of [[Junk]]. When [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] returned from Junk with this news, [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] gathered [[Scattershot]], Grimlock, and the rest of the Dinobots with him to make an assault on Junk. Much to Rodimus's dismay, Sludge and the Dinobots didn't hold back at all when attacking the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] Unicron had mind-controlled into doing his bidding, and tore through them as if they were any other enemy. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}''

=====Earthforce=====
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''After Grimlock revived the Dinobots under mysterious circumstances, Shockwave and his Decepticons attempted to beat the information out of the Dinobots. Didn't work too well. Sludge engaged in some serious swordplay with [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], pitting [[energo-sword]] against [[ionizer sword]]. The Decepticons were quickly driven off. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}} Naturally, when Optimus Prime put Grimlock in charge of Autobot activity on Earth, Sludge and the Dinobots joined his new Earthforce. {{storylink|Break-Away!}}''

''Early on, the Dinobots tried to teach Grimlock the value of a good joke; he pelted them with the world's largest snowball. {{storylink|Snow Fun!}} Later, they tried to teach Slag the value of not killing everyone in sight and chewing on their circuitry; he got a little [[Fire-breath|hot and bothered]] and left them a little... run down. {{storylink|The 4,000,000 Year Itch!}}''

''Later, Snarl began to suffer from the rusting disease called [[Corrodia Gravis]], leaving Earthforce in the uncomfortable position of getting help from the only Transformer who could give Snarl a compatible systems boost: [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Fortunately, they found the perfect opportunity for quid pro quo when they came upon the Decepticons' Louisiana headquarters and found Starscream under attack by Megatron, Shockwave and a group of assassins. Grimlock stuttered a bit on the order, but he sent Sludge and Swoop to keep Starscream alive. They fought off the Mayhems and kept Starscream around long enough for him to give Snarl the boost. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil}}''

=====''Another Time and Place''=====
Several months after the golden age of Cybertron was reintroduced, Sludge and most of his fellow Dinobots had succumbed to the transfiguring effects of Nucleon and lost their ability to transform. When Grimlock received information that the Hydrus Four facilities had reopened, and discovered a means of reversing Nucleonic changes, the Dinobots jumped at the idea. Despite Prime's half-hearted warnings, Sludge and his teammates followed Grimlock back to Hydrus Four in the hopes of becoming Transformers once again. They were followed by the "exiled" Decepticons, however, and a battle with a huge native creature delayed the Dinobots long enough for Bludgeon's crew to get ahead of them and take over the Nucleon facility. The Dinobots were laid low by a [[Holocaust Trigger]], overloading their sensory circuits so that they were helpless before the Decepticons. Cruelly tortured, the Dinobots were still left alive so that they could witness the rebirth of Megatron, thanks to the Nucleon infusions Bludgeon was feeding him. Luckily, the Autobots had long since learned to become worried whenever the Dinobots were out of sight for too long, and had followed them to Hydrus Four. [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]], [[Tote]] and several [[Micromaster|Micromasters]] managed to free the injured Dinobots, and an Autobot strike force brought down their Decepticon captors. The Nucleon reversion process was a success, and Sludge and his comrades were restored to fully operational Transformers. {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}

====Generation 2====
[[Image:Eating contest.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Doesn't he know he's supposed to be a vegetarian?]]
Sludge and the Dinobots were fighting alongside Grimlock and a small group of Autobot firestormers when they uncovered the [[Cybertronian Empire]] and their terraforming measures. After calling in Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots, they became part of a major offensive against not only [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and his ilk, but everything they represented. {{storylink|War Without End!}} Despite Prime serving as overall commander, however, Sludge and his buddies were still Dinobots first and foremost. So when Grimlock wanted to take first strike action against Prime's orders, there was no question who they'd follow. Sludge and the others were captured almost immediately, though, and only escaped thanks to the timely intervention of Optimus Prime and his more loyal group of soldiers. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

Sludge continued to fight alongside the Autobots with his Dinobot comrades, on both Earth and Ethos. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} {{storylink|Escalation!}} Later, after the Autobots forged an alliance with the first-generation Decepticons against the Cybertronians, the Dinobots got into the spirit of things -- they teamed up with [[Headstrong]] and [[Weirdwolf]] in a metal-munching contest, to see who could chow down on the most Cybertronians.

Man, too bad [[Hun-Gurrr|Hun-Grrr]] and [[Skullcruncher]] weren't there to make it a real contest. {{storylink|Total War!}}

====''Classics''====

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{{storylink|Cheap Shots}} {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Sludge was originally part of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s Lightning Strike Coalition. They were a small squad that basically ran amok disrupting the Decepticons (which typically involved stealing [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] and taking names). He didn't have much of a speaking role (like at all) and basically plodded along and smashed whatever Grimlock told him to. Later he and his fellow Dynobots (minus Grimlock who was busy executing other people for treason) aided [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s group with [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] before joining forces with [[Shockwave (G1)|good ol' one eye]] to help against [[The Fallen]]. Later, he went to Earth along with the other Dynobots to go crush some [[Insecticon (G1)|bugs]] and eventually wound up under [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s control. They were used to blackmail Grimlock to serve the Decepticons once again; however, Meg's defeat allowed them to be freed by their mighty leader and taken to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] (in a stolen Decepticon vessel no less) where they did what they did best, causing massive destruction against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s regime. However this was cut short as old one eye let loose the [[Guardian Robot|Guardian Robots]] after them, leading to some 'rest time'. They were last seen being briefed by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] as well as standing around being huge.

===Devil's Due ''G.I.Joe vs Transformers'' comics===
When [[Teletran 3]] malfunctioned and sent a random number of Transformers into different points in Earth's timeline, Sludge and his comrades ended up in the planet's distant past, where they were reformatted into dinosaurs and took on the "Dinobot" moniker. They were eventually brought back to present day Cybertron by a group of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] and a [[Cobra]] [[Cobra Viper|Viper]], where their powerful dinosaur modes easily overwhelmed [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his troops. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4}}

===Transformers Legends anthology===
Sludge agreed with Grimlock's plan to deal with a helpless Starscream by slagging the Decepticon and scattering the pieces. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===IDW Generation 1 comics===
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Sludge and the other Dynobots followed Grimlock to revenge themselves against Shockwave, who blew up a cache of [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] they had stolen. When Shockwave traveled to [[Earth]], the Dynobots pursued him and reformatted themselves to transform into robotic dinosaurs with a synthetic skin as a defense against energon overload. Sadly, it did not protect the Dynobots from Shockwave's energy blasts, which melted the artificial skin and caused the Dynobots to go into [[stasis lock]] due to excessive [[energon radiation]]. Due to a deadman's switch, the Dynobots' ship (the ''[[Skyfire (ship)|Skyfire]]'') blasted a volcano that buried everyone in molten lava. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

[[Image:GrimlockSludgeSwoopMaxDino02.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Sludge must be getting tired of being used as a giant club.]]
Thousands of years later, the Dynobots were eventually excavated by [[Skywatch]], and though Grimlock was the first to be brought back online, he was freed from Skywatch's control through a virus implanted by a [[Machination]] spy (under orders from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]). Scorponok wanted Grimlock to join him, but Grimlock refused, fought Scorponok and escaped, vowing to find and rescue Sludge and the other Dynobots. Scorponok, however, plans to take control of the Dynobots himself and use them to assassinate Grimlock. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}

Skywatch activated Sludge, and in a test run, had him attack a bi-plane. When Grimlock showed up in [[Fallon]], he and the other Dynobots were sent to intercept him. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}}

He smashed through buildings, rammed Grimlock and got chucked around by his neck before his reprogramming was toned down, allowing him to find out Grimlock had set up a dead man's switch without telling the team and then hear Grimlock's defense. Sludge's face went ":(" during this. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}}

[[Image:Sludge MaximumDinos4.jpg|right|250px|thumb|''Apatosaurus'' was not aerodynamic. We have proved this with extensive testing.]]
Along with the other Dinobots, Sludge walked away after Swoop read Grimlock the riot act. When Grimlock was attacked and almost destroyed by the Sunstreaker clones, however, the team reunited once again for battle. Although fighting valiantly, they might have been destroyed, if not for the intervention of the Monsterbots, who were earlier contacted by Grimlock. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3|Maximum Dinobots #3}}

Aboard the Monsterbots' ship, Sludge and the others wonder why Grimlock would side with the outcasts. They gave Grimlock a stern look when he exited the cockpit. The Dynobots didn't see the point of fighting Scorponok, but Grimlock said that Scorponok made it their fight when he turned the Dynobots against him. Snarl disagreed, saying that it has always been Grimlock's fight, that he and the other Dynobots went along with him, and that it was now Grimlock's wounded pride at stake. After the Monsterbots blasted away the defenses, Grimlock exited the ship, saying that there was no way he could let this go, and that with or without the Dynobots, there would be a reckoning for Scorponok. The Dynobots decided that arguing is pointless and followed Grimlock. When Hunter O'Nion pulled the cords from Sunstreaker's head, shutting him down, the clones ceased to function. Sludge cried out in victory, but the moment is short-lived as Scorponok blasted Sludge into stasis. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}}

[[Image:Sludge gets blasted MD4.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"And I have the power too!"]]
Grimlock stared down at Sludge's dead body, brooding about how it was his fault Sludge was dead... while a battle between Scorponok and Shockwave (for rights of revenge upon Grimlock) raged on around him. Eventually Snarl, Slag, and Swoop decide to get to the Monsterbots' ship while the getting was good, but Grimlock stayed behind with Sludge. Grimlock tried infusing some of his spark energy into Sludge to revive him, but it seemed to have no effect. Shockwave got the upper hand and let Scorponok escape, and in frustration, Grimlock attacked Shockwave. Grimlock and Shockwave were too busy fighting to notice the return of Slag, Snarl, and Swoop, who reasoned that, while helping Grimlock might not be much of a cause, it still beat being no better than the Monsterbots. They were noticed by Sludge, however, who seemed to have recovered due to Grimlock's treatment after all. The four of them dove into the fray proper, but Grimlock ordered them to go after Scorponok instead. When Hot Rod was about to get squished by Scorponok, the remaining Dynobots showed up in just the nick of time. At Hot Rod's urgings, Swoop severed the connections keeping Scorponok's head conscious. But before the Dynobots could kill the rest of Scorponok, Ultra Magnus showed up and told them that Scorponok would be revived and made to answer to a tribunal instead. He then said they should purge the entire Machination facility, gather up all related Machination technology, and get as far away from Earth as possible as soon as possible—a plan that the Dynobots, Hot Rod, and Hunter were all perfectly OK with. Ultra Magnus later told Grimlock that having Scorponok and Shockwave in custody could help offset Grimlock's own sentence, and that the other Dynobots' warrants had been canceled, and Grimlock was content with that and the fact that Sludge was alive again thanks to him. Sludge and the others meanwhile happily repaired the ''[[Skyfire (ship)|Skyfire]]''. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Sludge toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Me Sludge crush Littlefoot's mama.]]
*'''Sludge''' (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''27'''
**''Accessories'': "Energo-Sword", "Electron Cannon", "Rocket Pod", 3 rockets

: Sludge was released as part of the second series of Transformers in 1985, transforming into a robotic "[[wikipedia:brontosaurus|brontosaurus]]". He has a trio of silver rockets, a rocket launcher, a black gun, and a red sword. Like most ''[[Diaclone]]''-era molds, Sludge also has a conspicuous driver compartment located in his chest.

: Sludge was re-released in the European "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" line in 1991. In Japan, he and the other Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during [[Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]; Sludge cost 2300 yen (his original retail price) and two [[robot points]].

: In stark contrast to most Transformers toys of his era, Sludge is fairly well articulated in robot mode. He has a waist swivel, his legs move in and out at the hips as well as back and forth, and he has articulated knees. He also has articulated elbows and wrists, although they can only bend inward. Still, impressive for his time. He can totally facepalm.
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==Trivia==
* Sludge was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Dinosaur Robo Brontosaurus". The only differences between this incarnation and the ''Transformers'' release is that the ''Diaclone'' version has a gold-chromed sword, plus came with a red-and-black Diaclone pilot figure.

[[Image:G2SludgeBoxart.jpg|right|200px|thumb|WANT.]]

* Sludge turns into a Brontosaurus (a sauropod dinosaur), a dinosaur that, due to skeletal misidentification at its discovery, does [[wikipedia:Brontosaurus|not actually exist]]. However, in the IDW continuity, he was depicted as an Apatosaurus.

* Sludge is the only one of the original Dinobots not to share his alt mode with another character in another series (although considering that it doesn't exist, that ain't too difficult).

* Swoop and Sludge's absence from the [[Generation 2 (toyline)|''Generation 2'' toyline]] has never been fully explained, though rumors of what might have been persist. Recently, packaging art of both in new colors was put up for auction on [[eBay]] {{m-}} seemingly from the collection of a former Hasbro employee {{m-}} indicating what he ''might'' have looked like in the line. This art surfaced alongside a [[:Image:G2GrimlockArtwork.jpg|screaming yellow-orange and turquoise Grimlock]], so it is possible that the three were at one time planned for a second wave of Dinobots.

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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Sludge/sludge.htm Sludge at TFU.info]
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Sludge Sludge's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Long Haul (G1)

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:''Long Haul is a [[Decepticon]] [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:LongHaulG1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Knows the importance of not complaining about his job, but is known entirely for complaining about his job.]]
The problem, as '''Long Haul''' sees it, is that he gets all the work and very little of the excitement and the glory that goes with being a Decepticon. He knows his job is important; he'd just much rather be on the front lines fighting shoulder to shoulder with fellow warriors than moving supplies and building installations to make sure those warriors continue fighting. Long Haul keeps these secret desires to himself though, as he's smart enough to know [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is not likely to be sympathetic and has no patience for grunts who question their orders.

He also serves as [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'s crotch. Tough break.

{{bigquote|REMOVE! REMOVE! ALWAYS REMOVE! I didn't join this outfit to be a dump truck!|Long Haul's unfortunate fate|"[[City of Steel]]"}}

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Costo'''
:''Portuguese name (Portugal comic):'' '''Doloroso'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Hosszú Pofa'''
:''Italian name'': '''Macigno''' ("Boulder")
:''Portuguese name (Brazil comic):'' '''Puxador'''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Gregg Berger]] (English), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese), [[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German)

Some time in the past, Long Haul and the other Constructicons were responsible for creating Megatron. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} Roughly nine million years ago, Long Haul and the Constructicons were friends of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] in [[Crystal City]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Their engineering skills were permanently turned to evil, however, once [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and the [[Robo-Smasher]] reprogrammed them into Decepticons. They were also given the combined form of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], making them the physical equal of Omega Supreme in combat. After they destroyed Crystal City at Megatron's command, the Constructicons earned the everlasting ire of their former friend. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}

[[Image:CityofSteel DisassemblingPrime.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The crankiest operating table in existence.]]
Long Haul was eventually summoned to Earth ([[Constructicon (G1)|built on Earth?]]) by Megatron and the Decepticons, and joined them in trying to destroy [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots. Their first scheme was to supercharge Megatron with the [[Power chip rectifier|power chip rectifiers]] of his fellow 'Cons, so that he could defeat Prime in personal combat. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}} Though they failed, the Constructicons would be involved in many of Megatron's schemes from then on, such as constructing of "New Cybertron" in [[New York City|Manhattan]], where Long Haul got to carry around debris and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|paralyzed Autobot leaders]]. {{storylink|City of Steel}}

Long Haul was the most long-suffering members of the Constructicons, possibly even more so than [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]. He was constantly complaining about wanting a greater role in the group, either as a warrior or an engineer, but was inevitably relegated to "go fetch" work for [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] or [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]. It didn't help his mood any. At one point the Constructicons later built the [[Transfixatron]] to paralyze the Autobots in their vehicle modes, along with a metal-munching machine to devour them. Long Haul complained loudly about his job, but was cheered up when he got to feed [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] to the machine. He didn't even mind when the Autobots got loose, since it meant finally getting some action. {{storylink|The Autobot Run}}

Megatron later had the Constructicons build a giant drill, planning to collect energy from the Earth's core. When an accident was caused by Scavenger's faulty sensors, Long Haul was tasked with loading [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]'s mixing drum full of chemicals so that the crazed chemist could do a quick repair job. He didn't enjoy it one bit. A group of Autobots soon discovered the Decepticons, only to be chased off by Devastator. However, they soon returned with a plan—using [[dominator disc]]s to take control of Devastator for their own needs. The Autobot [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] shot a pair of discs at Long Haul and Mixmaster when they weren't looking, and as soon as the Constructicons formed Devastator shortly afterwards, the Autobots took control of him. Megatron's attempts at regaining his troops eventually led to Devastator going crazy and wrecking the controls to the drill, so Long Haul had to help stop it from breaching the Earth's core and shattering the planet. {{storylink|The Core}}

[[Image:GoldenLagoon LongHaul Dirge.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Death comes to he who stands behind a dump truck emptying its load.]]
When the other Decepticons were suffering from Cybertonium depletion, Long Haul and the other Constructicons unloaded a shipment of Cybertonium sent by Shockwave. They failed to stop the Dinobots from using the space bridge to go to Cybertron. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} When the Constructicons deceived [[Grapple]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] into building a [[solar tower]] for them to take over, Long Haul thought he was finally going to get to build something. Hook sent him to carry solar panels around. {{storylink|The Master Builders}} Long Haul's greatest claim to fame was abandoning his job of guarding the recently discovered pool of [[electrum]], forcing [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] to do it by himself. Dirge was then promptly beaten up by [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]], and the Autobots gained control of the electrum. Oops. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon}}

Long Haul later went into space with the other Constructions in order to mine energy from an asteroid. When the Autobots found out, the Constructicons found themselves facing their old pal, Omega Supreme, who broke the entire asteroid in half in his attempts to exterminate Long Haul and the others. Ignoring the [[Asteroid bird alien|strange alien]] that "hatched" from the asteroid, the Constructicons merged into Devastator and kept fighting Omega Supreme on Earth, but were eventually defeated. Before Omega Supreme could finish them off, however, he had to leave and deal with the alien. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}

{{storylink|Triple Takeover}}
{{storylink|Masquerade}}

[[Image:TFTM LongHaulwithKickback.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Remove, remove... always remove!"]]
In 2005, Long Haul and the Constructicons joined in the assault on [[Autobot City]], and their power as Devastator was key to breaching the city's defenses. After the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] arrived, however, Devastator was effectively nullified as the two groups kept each other too busy and out of the rest of the fighting. They joined the other Decepticons in beating a hasty retreat after Megatron fell in battle, and Long Haul was seen carrying the damaged [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] with him. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}
{{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}}
{{storylink|Fight or Flee}}
{{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

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====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga====
On an island paradise, Long Haul and the Constructicons were performing excavation work for Megatron's new fortress, at the cost of the natural resources and precious animals. The Autobots arrived to stop the Decepticons. Despite their vast power, [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and the combined Devastator failed to defeat the Autobots due to their lack of teammwork, and the Constructicons were knocked back into their component parts. The Autobots forced Long Haul and his comrades to undo the damage they had done to the island. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6}}

====''Scramble City''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)

When the Decepticons learned of the Scramble City project being secretly assembled by the Autobots, Megatron sent his henchmen to interfere with their work. The Constructicons joined Starscream and his flying partners in an attack on the Autobots. Optimus Prime and a task force of Autobots held their position until Long Haul and the Constructicons inevitably joined forces into Devastator. The Aerialbots gave Devastator a good whippin', though, and the Decepticons retreated. {{storylink|Scramble City}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Ryōichi Tanaka]] (Japanese)

Long Haul and the Constructicons were stationed on Earth in 2011, under the command of [[Sixshot]]. They attempted to prevent Ultra Magnus from sending reinforcements to Cybertron to help the Autobots fend off Galvatron's siege on [[Vector Sigma]]. Long Haul and his squad were ganging up on the [[Trainbot]]s until [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] arrived and shooed them off with his superior firepower. Having failed to stop the Autobot reinforcements from departing, the Constructicons followed them to Cybertron. As Devastator, they tried to shoot [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] in the back, but Optimus Prime foiled their aim, making them hit [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] instead. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Devastator was involved in a combiner shootout on Cybertron until the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] arrived and annihilated the Decepticon combiners. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

Long Haul and the Constructicons were guarding the Decepticon [[Space Bridge]] on Earth, but failed miserably when [[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]] single-handedly fought them off and stole a ride on the bridge. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

====''Zone'' OVA, manga and story pages====

Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violen Jiger]] gathered together the Nine Great Demon Generals, upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Long Haul was among those summoned, but only in the form of Devastator. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[Image:Constructiconsbornmarvel.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Long Haul is the green and purple one.]]
Long Haul was created on Earth by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], combining the engineering material of [[G.B. Blackrock]]'s hostilely-occupied aerospace plant with the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] that had been pilfered from Optimus Prime's head. The Constructicons were not only given individual life, but also the power to merge into Devastator. Their first mission was to construct and operate a intergalactic transceiver which, combined with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s broadcasting abilities, would enable the Decepticons to make contact with Cybertron for the first time in millions of years. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} Despite some Autobot intervention, the transceiver was successful enough to open communications between [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] of [[Darkmount]] and the Decepticons of Earth. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

Long Haul found himself serving many masters over the following months. ''After Shockwave was deposed by Optimus Prime, the remaining Decepticons briefly came under Soundwave's command, and interfered with Autobot operations during the Dinobot Hunt. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}'' Shockwave and Megatron both attempted to regain power, and ended up having to share control and, after Omega Supreme wiped out a good portion of their forces, the Constructicons and Soundwave made up virtually their entire army. {{storylink|Command Performances!}} ''When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] arrived from the future and removed Megatron from command, the Constructicons began serving the future Decepticon without much question, and built a massive space cannon for him. For some reason, Megatron didn't consider this enough of a treachery to annihilate Long Haul and his partners as traitors after regaining control. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}'' Megatron would later be deposed entirely by Shockwave, who was then replaced in turn by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], but the Constructicons remained operational with the Decepticon army. Long Haul and the others were instrumental in one of Ratbat's schemes, where the Decepticons engaged the Autobots away from the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' long enough for the Constructicons to sneak on board and recover the deactivated remains of their comrades who had been captured by Omega Supreme. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

{{note|For unknown reasons, the Constructicons stopped making appearances after the [[Underbase Saga]]. It's possible they were deactivated behind the scenes in the Decepticon Civil War or [[Dark Star (issue)|battling]] the super-powerful [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]].}}

=====Earthforce=====
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''When the Decepticon forces of Earth split, Long Haul and most of the Constructicons chose to work with Megatron instead of Shockwave. While patrolling the site of Megatron's ozone rocket, Long Haul and [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] came across a pair of snooping Autobots. Despite being initially caught off guard, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] quickly disposed of the two Constructicons. {{storylink|Starting Over!}} Later, at the [[Enclave]], Long Haul was seen talking to [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] before the "festivities" broke up the quiet little party. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} When Soundwave led the Decepticon in an attack on Autobot Earthbase, Long Haul took some heat from [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]'s bombing run. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}''

====Generation 2====
Long Haul made a brief appearance at the climax of the battle with the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]], helping the united Autobots and Decepticons construct trenches filled with thermal mines. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

====Classics====
{{note|The ''Classics'' continuity-branch ignores both the Marvel UK material and ''[[Generation 2]]''.}}
[[Image:Dreadwindgod.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"I told you I didn't drink your so-called-expensive drink!"]]

Long Haul was among Megatron's soldiers when the Decepticon leader resurfaced on Earth. Like most of Megatron's inner circle, Long Haul and the Constructicons were presumably destroyed by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] during the Underbase Saga, and restored by Megatron using the cache of back-up personality engrams collected by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. This has not been expressly confirmed, however.

Long Haul was present on the Ark when Megatron questioned the mysterious traveller named [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]]. The Decepticons then flew off to the Southern Hemisphere to explore an energy spike somehow related to Landquake. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 2}} When confronted by the Autobots, the five remaining Constructicons formed their modified Devastator configuration, until the ground collapsed beneath their feet. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3}} Falling to pieces, Long Haul and the Constructicons tried to overpower [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] with sheer numbers instead of strength. It didn't work, so they ran screaming from the battlefield. That ''also'' didn't work, as Grimlock caught up with them and continued to beat them senseless. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 5}}

Later on, Long Haul got caught in a struggle between Megatron's faction and a detachment from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s army led by [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]]. He and the other Constructicons were assaulted by [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]]. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
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[[Image:Enemytww.jpg|left|150px|thumb|]]
The Constructicons' origin in this timeline is unknown, but they were already active as evil Decepticons under Megatron's control when [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] was killed in battle, and Optimus Prime rose in his place. Long Haul was first seen working with his fellow Constructicons in readying Cybertron to function as an interstellar "warworld" for Megatron, propelled out of orbit and through space using massive planetary engines they had uncovered. Their efforts were foiled by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and his commando unit. {{storylink|The War Within}}

Sometime later, the Constructicons created the first set of gestalt programming directives, and tested the directives on themselves to create Devastator. The inevitable spread of [[combiner]] technology, however, proved to be more than Cybertron could handle, as the massive super-robots ran the risk of damaging the planet's very infrastructure if left to battle unchecked. As a result, by the time of the Dark Ages these "[[Special Teams]]" were banned from operating as a unit in any one faction by the universally agreed upon [[Crisis Intervention Accord]]. Long Haul and the Constructicons were the first to break these accords, and become active again as Devastator as part of the [[Ultracon|Ultracons]]. It is unknown if other teams later broke the accords as well. {{storylink|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

In the modern era, the Constructicons somehow joined Megatron on Earth after the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' left Cybertron millions of years ago. Long Haul and the others were operating as Devastator in [[California]] battling the Autobots when they suffered serious damage and were believed destroyed. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6}}

''The Constructicons were later revived by Starscream, and used as the groundwork for his new power base after Megatron vanished during a battle in [[Tokyo]] with the Autobots. Long Haul and the other Decepticons who chose to serve Starscream invaded the city of [[Las Vegas]], making deals with the populace to make them voluntarily annex themselves as part of a new Decepticon government. Although most problems from within were dealt with by bribery or the occasional murderous beating, the Decepticons still faced plenty of problems from without. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] had made a secret deal with the President to acquire a "rogue" military force and retake [[Las Vegas]], alongside his fellow Autobots [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]. The Constructicons were the first to face these invaders as they entered the city, attacking them in waves. Long Haul was in the process of easily overpowering Bumblebee when his comrades were all taken down fighting Grimlock and Prowl. This made Long Haul the center of attention, and he definitely suffered for it. While attempting to blast the 'Bee with a heat-seeking missile, Long Haul was skewered through the shoulder by a makeshift spear Prowl had forged out of a giant neon cowboy. Only in Vegas. With three Autobots and several Apache helicopters on his rear axle, Long Haul beat a hasty retreat deeper into the city, looking for back-up. {{storylink|Hardwired}}''

''Megatron eventually returned to Earth, but Long Haul and the Constructicons owed Starscream for reconstructing them, and so remained loyal to him when the Decepticons split into two factions. Of course, this only meant they were among the first to be captured by the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] when those aliens took over Las Vegas and turned Starscream into their puppet. Trapped behind an impenetrable force dome, Long Haul and the Constructicons attempted to batter their way out as Devastator using sheer brute force, until [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] offered a better idea. Reconverting into their separate modes, the Constructicons dug a tunnel out beneath the force field, enabling Starscream's faction to join the final battle against the Keepers. Acting as Devastator, they were too far away from [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his [[Matrix]]-induced force shield when the American nuclear assault was dropped on the Keepers, and were blasted into pieces. {{storylink|Annihilation}}''

''The nuclear blast left Devastator fused into his singular robot mode, leaving him unable to split back into Long Haul and his other components. Eventually, Devastator fell into the Void along with [[Omega Sentinel (G1)|Omega Sentinel]] in the final conflict with the Keepers, and was left in stasis lock, drifting in the vacuum of space, after the Sentinel destroyed the Keepers' power source and shattered the Void back into real space-time. The starship ''[[Bounty]]'', on a secret space mission from Earth, came across Devastator's remains and planned to tow him back to Earth. {{storylink|Fusion (novel)|Fusion}}''

The pieces of Long Haul and the Constructicons fell under the control of [[Earth Defense Command]], and were held in their Roswell facility for study. {{storylink|Generation One issue 0}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' comics===
The ruthless terrorist organization known as [[Cobra]] dug dozens of Autobots and Decepticons out of their four-million-year resting place and began rebuilding them into a Cobra-controlled army. However, with [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s help, the mind-controlled Transformers were awakened, and the very cheesed-off Constructicons, including Long Haul, descended upon their previous captor, [[Dr. Mindbender]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3}}

Soundwave stopped them from killing the doctor, however, as he was needed for other purposes. Instead, the Constructicons were ordered to protect the [[SPS Satellite]] controls from the attacking Autobot and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] troops. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4}} To do so, Long Haul combined with the others to form Devastator, but the giant was soon defeated by the attackers. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5}}

===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:MegsOrigin2 Constructicons.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"After more than 20 years, I finally get to build something!"]]
Roughly nine million years ago, after losing their engineering jobs during the automation of manual labor on Cybertron, Long Haul and the Constructicons began associating with the [[Gladiatorial combat|deathsport tournaments]] in [[Kaon]]. Instead of directly participating, Long Haul and his partners put their construction skills to work by building a new arena from scratch before each match. This enabled the gladiators to remain one step ahead of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s security services, as they never operated in the same spot twice. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2}} The Constructicons also worked with repairing Megatron and other injured pit fighters. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}}

As the war began in earnest between the Autobots and Decepticons, Long Haul and the Constructicons remained loyal followers of Megatron. Four million years ago, Long Haul was part of a convoy along with [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Octane]] and his fellow Constructicons bringing energon to the war effort. They were intercepted and captured by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

[[Image:AHM1 Longhaul.jpg|left|200px|thumb|A dozen cogs in the Decepticon empire descend upon you. Our soldiers will blot out the sun!]]
In the modern era, Long Haul and the other Constructicons were given the ability to combine, and ended up as part of Megatron's forces on Earth. As Devastator, they easily took out the local Autobots, allowing for Decepticon conquest of the planet. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7}} During said conquest, Long Haul almost ran over pedestrians in [[New York City|New York]], prompting angry responses from the natives, until he and the other Constructicons transformed. The humans thought this was really cool, until the alien construction robot killing machines blew them up. Wishy-washy flesh creatures. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1}} Long Haul then merged with his fellows to form Devastator, who started destroying the tunnels leading out of the city. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2}}

For reasons only known to themselves, the Constructicons joined [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] when he rebelled against Megatron, and attacked their former leader in the form of Devastator. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10}} However, Devastator soon found himself forced to battle human jets from [[Europe]] instead, which was then followed by the return of the Autobots to Earth. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11}} The Constructicons were taken out of the battle when Devastator was blasted straight through the midsection by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], but it's unknown how much damage this caused to Long Haul. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Long Haul toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I'm the crotch...]]
* '''Long Haul''' (Constructicon, 1985)
**''Team ID number:'' '''5'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''31'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Laser pistol]], "Missile Mount"/Devastator waist, "Wing"/Devastator waist plate

: Long Haul was originally from [[Takara]]'s[[ Pre-Transformer]]s ''[[Diaclone]]'' toyline, as Construction Vehicle Robot No. 5 Dump Truck. He transforms into a bright green Hitachi DH321 mining dump truck. The dumping tray is articulated, but due to design, the forward lip of the tray (which hangs over the cab of the truck) is not actually connected to the tray itself. In contrast to the majority of truck-mode Transformers toys, he has dual rear wheels, which allows him to roll more easily. The "Missile Mount" and "Wing" can be attached to vehicle mode to create the '''Attack Truck'''.

: In robot mode, Long Haul is one bright green robot with purple arms and black fists, making him quite monochromatic. As with several of his teammates, due to his transformation sequence, Long Haul has a better-than-usual range of articulation for a ''Generation 1'' toy.

:Long Haul becomes the lower torso of Devastator.

: There are two variations of Long Haul. One with a slotted chest, and one without.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/LongHaul/longhaul.htm More information on Long Haul at TFU.info]''

*'''Devastator''' (Giftset, 1985)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''37'''

:Long Haul was also available as part of the Devastator giftset that was available in several markets, including the United States, Japan and parts of Europe.

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[[Image:G1 euro Long Haul.jpg|right|300px|thumb|...and the butt.]]
* '''Constructicon''' (Constructicon, 1992)
**''Accessories:'' Laser Pistol

: This European exclusive version of Long Haul was yellow, but with the darker purple from the original toy instead of the lighter Generation 2 shade, and came with no Devastator parts. This toy was also not officially named, as he came on a card shared by the other Constructicons.
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===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2Long Haul toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|...I hate my job.]]
* '''Long Haul''' (Constructicon, 1994)
**''Team ID number:'' '''5'''
**''Accessories:'' Laser Pistol, "Missile Mount"/Devastator waist, "Wing"/Devastator waist plate

:''Generation 2'' Long Haul is very similar to the European-exclusive release from 1992, being mostly yellow, but the shade of purple is paler, and he has a ''Generation 2'' Decepticon faction sigil and the words 'Decepticon' tampographed onto him. Another version was available where the yellow was replaced with orange. Unlike the 1992 release, he comes with all the parts included with the original 1984 release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/LongHaul/longhaul.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Long Haul at TFU.info]''
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===Classics===
[[Image:Classics2006 LongHaul toy.JPG|right|300px|thumb|At least I'm not the butt anymore, but a crane? What's the significance of my name now?]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Multi-pack, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Energon claw, Decepticon-type Energon star

:''Classics'' Long Haul is a green [[redeco]] of ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Duststorm]] and [[Wideload (Energon)|Wideload]], and his teammate ''Classics'' [[Hightower (Classics)|Hightower]], only available as part of the ''Classics'' Constructicon Devastator [[giftset]]. Now a crane, Long Haul's crane arm extends out and can be fitted with a purple claw accessory. In robot mode the crane forms his left arm, and thus his otherwise-normal robot mode is rather awkward.

: He can also form a leg or arm to any ''Energon''-series "[[Powerlinx]] [[Combiner]]" super robot, though his nominal placement is as the left arm of Devastator.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/ClassicsLongHaul/longhaul.htm More information on ''Classics'' Long Haul at TFU.info]''
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===Merchandise===
*'''Destron Hero Collection 22''' (Decoy multi-pack, 1985)

: This small purple rubber figurine of Long Haul was released in Japan as part of a large multi-pack of similar figures, which were used as playing pieces for ''Transformers'' board games. The figure features a number etched into its back which is the sum total of Long Haul's [[Tech Spec]] ratings, which served some function in the gameplay the figures were used for.

*'''Long Haul''' (1987)
**''Decoy number:'' '''45'''

: The Long Haul figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number. Like all Decepticon Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], and was, very early on in the promotion, available in an alternate red coloration that was only packed in with the Throttlebots. Naturally, this red figurine is much rarer.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/LongHaul/longhaul.htm More information on Decoy Long Haul at TFU.info]''

==Trivia==
[[Image:Battle-for-earth longhaul.jpg|right|150px|thumb|]]
* In what can only be called "unfortunate hilarity", Long Haul's original vehicle mode [[character model]] seems to have been drawn with his toy's robot mode head still flipped up. Thus, in any fictional appearance using this model, Long Haul is a dump truck with a robot head sitting next to the driver's cab. This was especially awkward in the cartoon, when his "vehicle mode head" would disappear when he transformed, and his "robot mode head" would come from... somewhere else.

* Animation company [[AKOM]] seems to have gotten Long Haul's color layout mixed up with that of the similarly-named "[[U-Haul Robot]]" from "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]", as Long Haul appeared with that robot's orange-and-blue color scheme in both "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]" and "[[Fight or Flee]]".

*In the cartoon, when Long Haul is carrying a load in his dump truck and transforms, the load disappears. It reappears when he transforms back into a dump truck. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}} Could it have been stored in [[subspace]]?
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==External links==
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Long_Haul Long Haul's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Override (Cybertron)

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:''Override is a [[Velocitron]] [[Autobot]] from the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Map-Override.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Those thighs could crush [[Hot Shot (Armada)|a man]]!]]

'''Override''' is the best racer on Velocitron, and as such is the leader of the planet. She seemingly embodies the culture itself; she is quick-witted, decisive, self-sure and always looking for a challenge. This has its upsides and downsides: while she's brave and determined with a never-give-up attitude, she can also be cocky to the point of arrogant, if not selfish and shortsighted. She entered the great race for leadership by lying about her gender and posing as a male, and has been defending her title and proving herself more than a match for anyone since.

After contact with the Autobots from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], particularly [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], she has matured into a more careful, more compassionate robot, less focused on being the best racer and more focused on being the best ''leader'' for her people... though she still maintains her never-lose attitude and love of high-speed challenges.

She has developed a close bond with the human girl [[Lori]], referring to her as "Little Sister", which Lori reciprocates by calling Override "Big Sister".

:''Hungarian name'': '''Gázoló''' ("Wader")
:''Japanese name'': '''Nitro Convoy'''

==Fiction==
===Cybertron cartoon===
:''Voice actor'': [[Lisa Ann Beley]] (English), [[Nicole Oliver]] (English), [[Jin Domon]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Cyb_override_race.jpg|left|thumb|175px|It's like the Crying Game all over again.]]

During a regular race on Velocitron, Override was making everyone else eat her dust when suddenly, [[Megatron (Armada)|someone]] was blocking her way. She drove right at him but he wouldn't move so she had to transform. Megatron introduced himslef to her asking where he could find Override, the leader of the planet. He had found her. He asked where he could find the [[Cyber Planet Key]] so she challenged him to a race to get that info. He accepted and even though it was a photo finish, she still won. She told him she didn't really know about the key and just wanted to race so he told her he'd tell her all about it next time they race. {{storylink|Space}}
[[Image:Cyb ep6 neck and neck.jpg|right|thumb|175px|]]
Later on top of a mountain with a flat top that had a race track she always goes to, Megatron was questioning her about the Cyber Planet Key again but she told him she didn't know anything about it. He promised to give her a great reward if she helped him find it but she didn't think he could do that since the most valuable thing on Velocitron is the Planet Cup which she had already won. Megatron believed this may be the key they were looking for. It was settled that if Megatron could beat her in a race she would give him the cup. As soon as the race started [[Hot Shot (Armada)|another racer]] joined in and he was also looking for the key. Megatron warned her that he was part of an [[Autobot|evil organisation]] while the other racer tried to convince her that Megatron was part of [[Decepticon|the real evil organisation]]. However she didn't care and just wanted to see if they could beat her in a race or not. Override managed to stay in the lead as whenever Megatron tried to boost faster he hit the edge of the track. Hot Shot almost won but [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] shot two missiles at him which, although they missed, slowed him down so Override won. She was so angry at him and [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] for ruining her race that she almost ran them over, so they ran away. Override complimented Hot Shot on how fast he was and said they could talk about the key next time they race and warned him he wouldn't win that one either. {{storylink|Rush}}

Their next race started soon after. As [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] started the race by saying "Go!" Hot Shot jumped into the race but Override waited, much to the annoyance of Clocker, said that a [[Female Transformer|lady]] never rushes and started while Hot Shot was already into the race. She was much faster than him and believed he needed a head start and was still winning regardless. Hot Shot suddenly managed to summon a [[Cyber Key]] and was beating her, but crashed quickly and fell off the race track. Override looked forward to racing him again. {{storylink|Speed}}

Later, she found Ransack and Crumplezone with [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|a velocitronian]] who they had knocked down. They told her he had fallen down and they were helping him up but she didn't believe them and was going to help him up, but he told her he didn't want her help so she drove away. {{storylink|Search}}

[[Image:Cyb ep13 override ignores.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
With Optimus Prime believing the fate of the Cyber Planet Key shouldn’t be wagered on a road race, he went to talk to Override personally. She was more occupied with thoughts of Hot Shot and Megatron than with training at the time. When Optimus Prime asked if he could just ''borrow'' the key since he needs it to “Save the Universe” Override informed him that she’d already heard the same story from Hot Shot and Megatron and the only way to win the key was with a race.
The next day, the long awaited race tournament has almost begun. Override, Dirt Boss, Crumplezone, Ransack, Optimus Prime, Hot Shot, [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], [[Brakedown (Cybertron) |Brakedown]] and Clocker lined up to compete. The race begins with Override and Dirt Boss off to an early lead, Hot Shot however is too far behind however with a little help from his friends he is able to accelerate and is soon catching up to the two lead racers. {{storylink|Hero}}

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Override led the crew of the [[Star Arrow]], which was carrying an experimental [[Force Chip]]. The Star Arrow was attacked above [[Sandokan]] and crashed on the surface. The crew encountered [[Synthos]], a scrap-monster powered by the [[Dark Heart of Sandokan|Dark Heart]]. Override and the other Autobots fled from the monster and hid until [[Astrotrain (Timelines)|Astrotrain]] attacked. When Astrotrain captured the Force Chip and headed towards Synthos, Override followed. She sought to prevent Synthos' Dark Heart from falling into Decpticon hands, but also desired to save the sentient scrap monster. The Autobots captured the Decepticon shuttle that carried [[Cannonball]] into battle and used it to capture him, Astrotrain, and the other Decepticons. After depositing them on the other side of the continent, the Autobots fled to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with the recaptured Force Chip. {{storylink|The Dark Heart of Sandokan}}

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==Toys==
===Cybertron===
*'''Override''' (Deluxe class, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''GC-10'''[[Image:Cyb_Override_toy.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Dude looks like a lady.]]
**''Accessories'': Engine-blaster, Speed Planet Cyber Planet Key

: Part of the Speed Planet theme, Override transforms into a sleek futuristic race car. Plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into the rear portion of her car mode causes two non-firing blasters to flip out into attack position; this assembly becomes a hand-weapon for robot mode, and can also store on her back. Override's transformation is partially spring-loaded; pressing her black "front bumper" automatically flips her torso and arms into position, requiring only her lower body and backpack to be manually configured. She came with a gold-bordered Velocitron-style Cyber Planet Key.

: There are a few small deco changes between the [[Hasbro]] and [[Takara]] versions of the toy; Takara's has a gold face, black paint on the chest intakes and blue stripes on the thighs while Hasbro's has an orange face, an Autobot faction sigil on the left side of her chest, a less prominent stripe pattern on the inside shins and gives her Key the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key code]] "'''dy7p'''".

: This version of Override also was available in two different store-[[exclusive]] multi-packs. The first was a Wal-Mart set, including the ''Cybertron''-series [[Tiny Tin]] version of the [[Race Mini-Con Team]] member [[Mirage (Armada)|Mirage]]. The second was a Target-exclusive "'''Drag Race'''" (...yeah, there's a joke there) set with [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]].

: This mold was used to make the evil clone [[Dark Nitro Convoy]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/Override/override.htm More information on Override at TFU.info]
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[[Image:Cyb_OverrideGTS_toy.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Lady looks like a dude.]]
*'''Override GTS''' (Deluxe class, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Engine-blaster, Speed Planet Cyber Planet Key

: Override's first toy was [[redeco]]ed into a non-show coloration, replacing her white for a light gray, and gaining more black in her scheme. She still came with a gold -bordered Velocitron Cyber Planet Key, though this one has the Key code "'''dj9n'''".

: Early solicitations for this toy used the name "'''Double Clutch'''", suggesting that at one time, it might have been under consideration as being a new character. However, the first ''true'' Hasbro announcement of the toy at [[BotCon 2005]] was that it was Override again.

: This toy was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] into "[[Shattered Glass]]" [[Elita-One (SG)|Elita-One]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/OverrideGTS/overridegts.htm More information on Override GTS at TFU.info]
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==Notes==
*In Japan, Override is the ''male'' Nitro Convoy. It was originally intended that she would be male in the [[Hasbro]] version of ''Cybertron'', but [[Cartoon Network]], the channel with the airing rights to the show, felt it needed more female presence in the main cast, and Override was chosen to change genders.<ref>[http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/tidbits/botcon2005.txt Steve-o Stonebraker's BotCon 2005 Notes, Version 2 at his Transformers site]</ref>

* Although actress [[Lisa Ann Beley]] is the only one to receive credit as the English voice of Override in the credits of the show itself, the character's voice actually continuously changes back and forth between Beley and the uncredited [[Nicole Oliver]].<ref>[http://www.nicoleoliver.com/resume/NicoleOliver-resume-animation.pdf Nicole Oliver's resumé]</ref> Beley's performance has a little bit of a harder edge to it, but overall, it takes a ''very'' experienced ear to pick out the differences, to the point that it took four years after the show had aired for anyone to realize!

* Override's robot-mode CGI model appears in the viewscreen of the [[Hasbro]] version of the [[Real Gear Robots]] toy [[Zoom Out 25X]].

* Override's alternate mode of a futuristic race car, as well as its red and white color scheme, evokes the Mach 5 from the ''Speed Racer'' series.

* In ''Cybertron'', Lori and Override refer to each other affectionately as "big sister"/"little sister". Being male, ''Galaxy Force'' Nitro Convoy's relationship with Lori is slightly different; he refers to Lori as what essentially translates to "little miss".

* In the Hungarian dub, Override is ''both'' male ''and'' female. Don't think about that too hard.

* For whatever reason, all of Override's tech spec stats except Courage are half a point or more less than Nitro Convoy's. Her strength, for instance, is 6.5 compared to Nitro's 9. What the hell, Hasbro? ''<big>WHAT THE FRICKING HELL?!</big>''

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Autobot leaders]]
[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Cybertron characters]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Gender-switch characters]]
[[Category:Velocitron]]

Unfinished

2010-07-11T17:15:23Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=50
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=51
|title="Unfinished"
|japanese=ギャラクシーコンボイVSマスターガルバトロン最終決戦!
|romaji=Galaxy Convoy tai Master Galvatron—Saishū Kessen!
|translation=Galaxy Convoy VS Master Galvatron—The Final Battle!
|image=Cyb_ep50_map_save.jpg
|caption="Unfinished?" What, did Candlejack show u
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[we've|We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Gyō Yamatoya]]
|director=[[Manabu Ono]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[December 24]], 2005 (Japanese) [[September 28]], 2006 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''As the Autobots race to save Jungle Planet, Optimus Prime and Galvatron have their final battle.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_i_dream_of_starscream.jpg|left|thumb|220px|In Soviet Cybertron, Starscream rules Megatron!]]
With the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] destroyed and peace returned to the universe, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Lori]] relax on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. While Coby is working on his [[Cobybot]], Bud sneaks up behind him and jumps on him, leading the two brothers to run around chasing each other in good spirits. Lori shrugs at their childishness, before noticing that [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] appears distracted. After all, [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] is still out there...

Galvatron is, in fact, much closer than the [[Autobot]] leader realizes, staring down at Cybertron from his vantage point on an asteroid floating above the planet. Wondering aloud if this is truly to be the end of his ambition, Galvatron's attention is suddenly drawn to a sparkle of light above his head. As he looks up, the light flares around him, and he suddenly finds himself on a burning landscape, standing before the towering form of [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], who sits upon a throne flanked by [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. Starscream mocks Megatron for giving up, inciting the [[Decepticon]] commander's rage, at which point the burning world fades away, and Megatron finds himself on the asteroid once more. The sparkle of light floats nearer, and is revealed to be Starscream's [[crown]], which Galvatron takes in his hands. Reflecting on Starscream's words, he crushes the crown, and swears to finish things once and for all.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_scourge_shake.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Scourge: "Am I doing it right?" Optimus: "When you shake someone's hand, Scourge, you're not supposed to hear cracking noises!"]]

Down on Cybertron, the Autobots are dealing with the last lingering remnant of the chaos wreaked upon the universe by the black hole: the [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]] has been pulled out of its normal place in the cosmos, and must be restored. Working together as a massive construction crew, the Autobots disassemble and rebuild the engines of the colossal starship, the [[Ark (Cybertron)|Ark]], on Jungle Planet's surface, intending to use their thrust to push the planet through a [[space bridge]], back to its rightful place in the universe. [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] thanks Optimus Prime for all that he has done for him, and all the non-Jungle-Planet-native Transformers return to Cybertron so that the planet can depart. The engines are fired up and all is going well, until Galvatron comes streaking down out of the sky and blasts his way through one of the four boosters, throwing off the planet's trajectory and causing it to careen towards Cybertron itself. No sooner are the Autobots aware of this crisis than Galvatron warps into their command centre on Cybertron, intent on finishing their war one way or another. Despite [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s protestations, Optimus Prime instructs the other Autobots to go and deal with the booster problem, leaving him to handle Galvatron one-on-one.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_transformers_together.jpg|left|thumb|220px|The premiere of the new ''Transformers'' movie was met with a little too much enthusiasm.]]

The Autobots rush to Jungle Planet, where they quickly and effectively manage to extinguish the fires blazing around the rocket. Just as this task is accomplished, however, the struts supporting the damaged booster give way, and the rocket begins to topple over. Scourge rashly leaps into action, attempting to push the monolithic engine back into place using nothing but his own strength, and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] soon joins him. All the Autobots follow their lead, and with the addition of the towering warriors of [[Gigantion]], the rocket's collapse is halted. However, it still needs to be righted back to its original placement to stop the collision with Cybertron, and the Autobots do not have the strength to do so. To make matters worse, [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]], [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] all turn up, apparently poised to take down the Autobots when they are busy supporting the booster and unable to fight back. In truth, however, the four former ne'er-do-wells are here to help save the planets as well, and all start pushing the rocket alongside the Autobots! More and more allies arrive through the [[space bridge]], as the Transformers of Earth, along with the natives of Jungle Planet, come to lend their strength to the effort. Together as one, the Transformers all glow with the power of Primus, and the rocket is thrust back into its correct position, propelling the Jungle Planet safely past Cybertron, through the space bridge, and home again.

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_lightning_storm.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Today's forecast calls for a high chance of deadly purple lightning storms...in space?]]

As this triumphant battle against gravity is waged, Galvatron and Optimus Prime's own battle was been growing ever fiercer. Prime looks to be on the ropes until Galvatron vows to kill all his followers once he is done with Prime, a threat that galvanized Prime into action. Seizing his perennial foe, Prime takes flight, and carries them both to one of Cybertron's moons, where they watch as the Jungle Planet is saved. As their fight continues, the other Autobots soon come flying in to support their leader, and Galvatron exploits their presence to strike Prime where it will hurt the most. Unleashing a storm of purple lightning, Galvatron brings all the Autobots to their knees, then manifests a sword of dark energy which he uses to cleave one of Optimus's wings off. As he stands poised to deliver the killing blow...

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_rhisling.jpg|left|thumb|220px|Speak softly and carry a HUGE FREAKING SWORD.]]

...the glowing [[Planet Map]] suddenly flies from Bud's pocket, and blocks his blade! The light from the map floods the lunar battlefield, and Optimus Prime sees at its heart the spectral form of [[Vector Prime]], who reminds his old friend that he is watching over him from beyond the veil of time, and will always be there for him when his need is greatest. And this time, Vector Prime tells Optimus, he has brought a gift...

[[Image:Cyb_ep50_final_blow.jpg|right|thumb|220px|We would have waited an eternity for this-the end of the Unicron Trilogy!]]

As the light of the map fades and the moon comes back into view, the luminescent globe of the Planet Map hangs between Prime and Galvatron, as the Decepticon leader demands to know what is happening. Optimus answers by reaching into the sphere before him, and from it, drawing Vector Prime's gift: his mighty sword, [[Rhisling]]! Galvatron is hurled aside by a strike from this blade of blades, and the two leaders power up for what can only be their final attack. Glowing with the golden energy of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Optimus charges at Galvatron and impales his eternal enemy on Vector Prime's sword. A huge explosion results, and the Autobots wait nervously as the dust clears to see the outcome. As their visibility returns, Optimus Prime is standing over the collapsed Galvatron, who-even with a sword run through him-still reaches his hand outward towards Prime, claiming it will never be over. Unflinching, Optimus Prime bids Galvatron farewell...and the Decepticon's body disintegrates into ashes that blow away on the lunar winds. Moments later, an exhausted Prime collapses to his knees, as the other Autobots rush to their victorious commander's aid.
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==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (9)
* [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] (11)
* [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (12)
* [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] (13)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (14)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (15)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (16)
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (17)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (18)
* [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (19)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (20)
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (21)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (22)
* [[Wing Saber]] (23)
* [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (24)
* [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]] (27)
* [[Six-Speed]] (29)
* [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (35)
* [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (36)
* [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (37)
* [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] (39)
* [[Vector Prime]] (41)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (5)
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (6)
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (10)
* [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]] (25)
* [[Undermine]] (26)
* [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]] (30)
* [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (31)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (32)
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (33)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (34)
* [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (38)

|c3=
* [[Coby Hansen]] (1)
* [[Bud Hansen]] (2)
* [[Lori]] (3)

|c4=
* [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] (7)*
* [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] (8)
* Jungle Planet Transformers (28)
* [[Ancient Decepticon]]s (40)
}}

==Quotes==
"So, you're giving up. Heh, you're certainly no Unicron!" 
"How can this be?" 
"You defeated me, and this is all you have to show for it? How dare you give up before the job is done!?" 
"You... Starscream!" 
"So you haven't forgotten me like you forgot your ambitions, or was it just too much for you?" 
"You dare talk to me of ambition, you backstabbing fiend! If not for them, those accursed Autobots, I would have destroyed the universe!" 
"Hehehe... well, whatever you have to tell yourself." 
"Starscream! Come back here!" 
:—'''Starscream''' mocks '''Galvatron''' from the fire dimension.

"Hmmm, his crown... As pathetic as it sounds, he's right!"
:—'''Galvatron''' reflects on Starscream's taunts.

"Why throw away your life so recklessly, Prime? It's a pity at has to end like this." 
"That's a question you should ask yourself, Galvatron! ''I will finish you!''"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Galvatron''', <s>fanwank</s> [[The Transformers: The Movie|homage]] #1

"You will always lose, Galvatron. You think about nothing but destruction. None of your victories last! You care about nothing but yourself! ''No one'' cares about you!"
:—'''Optimus Prime'''

"Only ''one'' shall stand, Galvatron! It ends here!" 
"NEVER!!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Galvatron''', homage #2

"I still function. You haven't... won. Not while my spark... still burns..."
:-'''Galvatron'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s last words, homage #3

==Notes==

===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_animation_comparison.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
*As in the previous episode, the landscape of the reborn Cybertron differs between the two versions of the show. ''Galaxy Force'' shows the planet with organic trees and fields of grass that are part of the background painting, whereas ''Cybertron'' replaces the trees with apparently-[[technorganic]] counterparts, and the fields with swathes of green circuit boards, both CGI-animated,
*In ''Cybertron'', Scourge thanks Lori for all that she has done; in ''Galaxy Force'', he tells her that he will come and visit her on Earth.
* In ''Cybertron'', Red Alert attempts to shut down the rockets in order to halt the planet's movement, only to have a short circuit increase their power and speed, hastening the danger. Conversely in ''Galaxy Force'', getting the power back up was his ''intention''.
*In its final great moment of [[Burning Justice]], this episode sees the entire Transformer race glow with a magic golden aura that suddenly makes them strong enough to push the rocket back into place. Steadfast to the last, ''Galaxy Force'' does not remark upon this, treating it as perfectly normal, while ''Cybertron'' slips in the explanation that they are glowing with the power of Primus that exists in all of them.
*The tone of Prime and Galvatron's final battle following Vector Prime's appearance is much more "victorious" and "exciting" in ''Cybertron'', as heroic music swells up, and after the final blow is struck, Prime assures his troops that he is okay. In ''Galaxy Force'', by comparison, the music for the fight is somber and dramatic, and the final seconds of the episode are silent.
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===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* As he reports that the fires are extinguished, [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] speaks with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s voice.

===Transformers references===
* The opening moments of this episode, as Coby works on his [[Cobybot]] and Bud scares him by sneaking up from behind, exactly mirror the original animation added to ''Galaxy Force''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Ice#Miscellaneous trivia|third opening sequence]] of Coby working on his motorbike, down to the movements of the characters' hands. About the only difference is the clothes they're wearing.
* Starscream, Sideways and Soundwave were blasted into another dimension in "[[Showdown (episode)|Showdown]]". Their appearance in this episode is fairly confusing, as they appear to be reaching out across the dimensions somehow.
* Galvatron and Optimus deliver several lines of paraphrased dialogue from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', all quoted above. ''Cybertron'' is no stranger to pilfering movie dialogue, but while "I still function" has been heard in the show before, used by Starscream back in "[[Showdown (episode)|Showdown]]", and "Why throw away your life so recklessly?" has been heard before in "[[Fury]]", "Only one shall stand" has never been used in the show before.

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Cybprime exkaiser.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Mine's bigger.]]
* The battle between Optimus Prime and Galvatron contains several visual references to the final showdown between Great Exkaizer and Dinogeist from the anime series ''[[Brave|Brave Exkaiser]]''. Both clashes take place on a moon, and the heroes both wield massive swords that are drawn in an identically dynamic fashion, glow golden as they deliver the final blow to the villain, and have their helmets shattered during the fight.
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===Trivia===
[[Image:Cyb_ep50_death_cannon.jpg|right|thumb|Really Galvatron? ''DEATH CANNON?'' Is THAT the best you could come up with?]]
* This is the only episode in ''Galaxy Force'' to not have [[commercial bumper]]s featuring a character/characters from the series. The only indication of [[:Image:Galaxy Force bumpers ep51.jpg|leading to commercial and returning]] is the ''Galaxy Force'' logo appearing on screen in the upper-right and lower-right corners, respectively.
*In the grand Japanese ''Transformers'' tradition of modes like [[Sixshot]]'s "Wingwolf", [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]'s "space jet" and [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]'s "dakatsu", the weapon configuration Galvatron adopts in this episode (named his "Death Cannon" in ''Galaxy Force'', pictured at right) is not part of the toy's instructions, but was created by the cartoon's production staff after fiddling with the figure. As such, it's entirely possible to configure the toy into this form.
* Also, in ''Galaxy Force'', Megatron/Galvatron begins the name of each of his special weapons with "Death". The arm-mounted claw is the "Death Claw", his energy gatling gun is the "Death Machine Gun", and this is the "Death Cannon".
* During the fire-fighting scenes of this episode, there is a brief moment where Vector Prime's map falls to the ground and catches Bud's attention. This will be a familiar staple to you if you've watched a lot of anime, since in Japan, for something to fall over or break without anyone touching it or any form of outside interference—a teacup cracking, a shoelace breaking, or the family shrine falling—has usually been considered as a bad omen, or at least a warning. ''Transformers'' has even had a prior example, in the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' episode "[[Cramp]]", when [[Alexis]]'s [[Good Luck Necklace|necklace]] cracked at the moment of Starscream's death.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 13 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

End

2010-07-11T16:48:43Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: /* Quotes */

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=49
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=50
|title="End"
|japanese=終末の時、希望の光を
|romaji=Shūmatsu no Toki, Kibō no Hikari wo
|translation=The Final Moments, Light of Hope
|image=Cyb_ep49_giant_galvatron.jpg
|caption="Fools! Galvatron can be any size Galvatron wants!"
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Kenji Sugihara]]
|director=[[Atsushi Takeyama]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[December 17]], 2005 (Japanese) [[September 27]], 2006
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''In the dark heart of the black hole, the five planet leaders battle Galvatron for the fate of the universe.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:Cyb ep49 supersized cons.jpg|left|thumb|220px|[[Size class|Supreme Class]] Syndrome on crack]]

The assembled [[Autobot]]s stand on the bow of the great ship, the [[Ark (Cybertron)|Ark]], and confront [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] and his small band of [[Decepticon]]s. Although massively outnumbered, Galvatron is unfazed, as he still wields the power of the [[Omega Lock]] and the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, and he lectures [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] on the nature of power. Prime rejects Galvatron's speech, so Galvatron provides a visual aid, using the power of the Lock to transform his followers into giants. As his now-towering minions launch their attack on the Autobots, Galvatron himself makes a break for the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]], but finds his way barred by [[Primus]]. Unfortunately for the deity, his power is so diminished from his attempts to slow the expansion of the black hole that the Omega Lock-powered Galvatron is able to blast him into unconsciousness.

[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] shrugs off attacks from [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]] and [[Undermine]] before coming under fire from the [[Earth]] Transformers, including her old friend [[Lugnutz]]. At the same time, [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] finds that his new size doesn't make him a better racer when he is confronted by his old foes from [[Velocitron]], while [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] literally gets the short end of things when he comes under attack by the [[Gigantion]]s, who are the same size as him even after his height increase! Finally, [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] is given the honor of holding back Optimus Prime, but before long, the [[Cybertron Defense Team]] come to their leader's aid, taking over the fight so Prime can combine with [[Wing Saber]] to pursue Galvatron. Just before he heads off, Optimus is approached by [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] and [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]], who wish to join him on his mission. They have also brought [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Lori]] along in the [[Mini-Con]]s, at the children's insistence, and Optimus agrees to allow them to join the group, vowing that the five leaders together will protect them.

[[Image:Cyb_ep49_over_nine_thousand.jpg|right|thumb|220px|I AM A CHAMPION! LOVELY PUNCH!]]

On Earth, [[Colonel Franklin]] and [[Lucy Suzuki]] survey the destruction that the black hole is wreaking upon the planet from the relative safety of the Autobot base. As many people as possible have been evacuated to shelters, and now, all they can do is watch, wait...and hope...

Heading for the black hole, the five planet leaders come upon the unconscious body of Primus, who awakens just long enough to tell them that Galvatron is within the black hole and is using the Omega Lock to destabilize it. The Autobots pursue him, flying into the singularity and past the tortured [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]], which was recently caught in its inexorable pull. Just as they begin to wonder why Galvatron wishes to expand the black hole, the Decepticon leader himself appears before them, now a giant himself, and gives them their answer: It is his intention to use the black hole to bring the universe to end, after which he will use the power of the Lock and Keys to create a new universe, moulded in his image! Disgusted by Galvatron's willingness to destroy even his own Decepticons in his pursuit of power, the five leaders dive into battle, countering Galvatron's blast with their combined strength and eventually combining their [[Cyber Key]] powers into one five-pronged attack that manages to take him down. In one final act of spite, Galvatron hurls the Omega Lock and the Cyber Planet Keys at the core of the black hole, resolving to see the universe destroyed if he cannot have it himself.

[[Image:Cyb_ep49_vector_ghost.jpg|left|thumb|220px|]]

With the black hole destabilizing all around them thanks to its prior exposure to Galvatron's power, the five Autobots dive for the core, hot on the Omega Lock's trail, but when they spot it, they discover that the Cyber Planet Keys have come loose and are floating all around them. With the aid of the kids and Mini-Cons, the leaders of the four colony worlds successfully retrieve their planets' Keys, leaving the tumbling Omega Lock for Optimus to grab. With Coby acting as his eyes, Prime navigates the debris and pushes himself to the limit, trying to catch up to the Lock. Just when it seems that he will not make it, the [[Planet Map]] in Bud possession begins to glow...and before Optimus's eyes, the ethereal form of [[Vector Prime]] appears. Vector lays his ghostly hand alongside Optimus's, and together, the two Primes reach out and seize the Omega Lock. As the sound of the [[Omega Frequency]] rings out, the Omega Lock and Keys fly from the Autobots' hands in a coalescing wave of golden energy, soaring out of the black hole and recombining with Primus. His power restored fully at last, the rejuvenated god springs to life and seizes the Ark, through which he channels all his energy in one titanic blast. This beam of holy energy stabs directly into the heart of the black hole, which shudders...glows like a dying star...and at last, is no more!

[[Image:Cyb_ep49_primus_smiles.jpg|right|thumb|220px|When you do things right, people won't be sure you’ve done anything at all.]]

His purpose complete, Primus smiles and transforms back into Cybertron, but not Cybertron as the Transformers once knew their planet. Restored by the power of the four Cyber Planet Keys, their homeworld now encompasses the greatest aspects of all four colony worlds. With the black hole finally destroyed, its effects upon the universe are no more, and peace returns to Earth.

Out in space, learning that Galvatron was intending to abandon them in pursuit of his goals, the four remaining Decepticons turn the tables on their leader and abandon him instead, leaving Galvatron alone in the void.

And down on Earth, the Autobots bring the kids back to their homes, where they are reunited with their parents.

At last, the universe has been saved!
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (7)
* [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (8)
* [[Wing Saber]] (9)
* [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] (10)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (11)
* [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (12)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (14)
* [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattershot]] (15)
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (16)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreacker]] (17)
* [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (22)
* [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] (23)
* [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (24)
* [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] (25)
* [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]] (26)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (27)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (28)
* [[Vector Prime]] (38)

'''[[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]'''
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (29)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (30)
* [[Six-Speed]] (31)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (1)
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (2)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (3)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (4)
* [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (5)
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (10)
* [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (13)
* [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]] (18)
* [[Undermine]] (20)
* [[Lugnutz]] (21)

|c3=
* [[Lori]] (32)
* [[Bud Hansen]] (33)
* [[Coby Hansen]] (34)
* [[Tim Hansen]] (35)
* [[Robert Hansen]] (36)
* Mrs. Hansen (37)
* [[Ernesto]] (39)

|c4=
* [[Primus]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==

'''Brimstone:''' It's rodeo time! 
'''Thunderblast:''' Did you just compare me to a ''cow''?! 
'''Undermine:''' Actually, a bull, but... 
'''Thunderblast:''' A BOY cow?! I'm a BOY COW to you?! 
'''Undermine:''' If the udder fits... 
'''Thunderblast:''' You're asking for it! A girl gets a little bigger and they call her a cow...
:—Thunderblast discovers the drawbacks of size increasing.

''[Thundercracker fires off ream after ream of missiles]'' 
"Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot..." 
''[notices a stream of Autobot fire heading right for him, and that he's out of missiles]' 
"AW, SHOOT!"
:—'''Thundercracker''' just can't win.

"You kids are going to ruin my bad reputation!"
:—'''Scourge'''

"Uh-oh".
:—'''Galvatron''' has an "oh, crap" moment right as all five leaders shoot him.

"This is your destiny. Reach out...and save the future."
:—'''Vector Prime'''

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
[[Image:Cyb ep49 different animation.jpg|right|thumb|Either way, this is [[Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|too familiar]].]]
In addition to ''Cybertron'''s customary expansion and modification of dialogue, differences include:
*In ''Galaxy Force'', just before the leaders take off after the Lock and Keys, Optimus Prime tells the Mini-Cons to keep the children safe. In ''Cybertron'', he requests that they help them track the keys.
*The conversation Prime has with Coby soon after this is flip-flopped across the two versions. In ''Galaxy Force'', he asks Coby to help him follow the Lock, Coby doesn't believe he can do it, and Prime assures him he can. Conversely, in ''Cybertron'', Prime tells Coby to get away to safety and leave him, and Coby insists that he be allowed to help him.
*As ever, the sound of the Omega Frequency is added when the Omega Lock powers up.
*In a startling rarity that has never happened before now, some ''animation'' is different between the two versions of the show! After Cybertron is recreated, ''Galaxy Force'' shows the planet with ordinary organic plants and trees that are part of the background painting. In their place, ''Cybertron'' features CGI-animated, apparently [[technorganic]] trees, as well as replacing a featureless purple metal plain with a textured blue one, decorated with the symbol of the Omega Lock.

===Animation or technical errors===
*As he is super-sized, and then again during part of his fight with the Gigantions, Ransack is once ''again'' missing the black "mask" around his eyes.
*When Coby says "Work together, guys!" his voice is mistakenly given the metallic amplification reserved for Transformers.

===Transformers references===
*Galvatron's final words to Prime are "It's over, Prime," the final words said by [[Megatron (G1)|Generation 1 Megatron]] to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his Optimus Prime]] in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Episodes flashed back to in the final moments of this adventure include "[[Fallen (episode)|Fallen]]", "[[Haven]]", "[[Primal]]", "[[Ship]]" and "[[Champion]]".
*The addition of technorganic plants in ''Cybertron'' could be a nod to ''[[Beast Machines]]''.

===Real-world references===
* Optimus instructs the planet leaders to "Come together right now, over me," a reference to [[Wikipedia:The Beatles|The Beatles]]' song "[[Wikipedia:Come Together|Come Together]]".

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 13 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

End

2010-07-11T16:28:47Z

ZeldaTheSwordsman: The joke was begging to be made.

{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=49
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=50
|title="End"
|japanese=終末の時、希望の光を
|romaji=Shūmatsu no Toki, Kibō no Hikari wo
|translation=The Final Moments, Light of Hope
|image=Cyb_ep49_giant_galvatron.jpg
|caption="Fools! Galvatron can be any size Galvatron wants!"
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Kenji Sugihara]]
|director=[[Atsushi Takeyama]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[December 17]], 2005 (Japanese) [[September 27]], 2006
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''In the dark heart of the black hole, the five planet leaders battle Galvatron for the fate of the universe.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:Cyb ep49 supersized cons.jpg|left|thumb|220px|[[Size class|Supreme Class]] Syndrome on crack]]

The assembled [[Autobot]]s stand on the bow of the great ship, the [[Ark (Cybertron)|Ark]], and confront [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] and his small band of [[Decepticon]]s. Although massively outnumbered, Galvatron is unfazed, as he still wields the power of the [[Omega Lock]] and the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, and he lectures [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] on the nature of power. Prime rejects Galvatron's speech, so Galvatron provides a visual aid, using the power of the Lock to transform his followers into giants. As his now-towering minions launch their attack on the Autobots, Galvatron himself makes a break for the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]], but finds his way barred by [[Primus]]. Unfortunately for the deity, his power is so diminished from his attempts to slow the expansion of the black hole that the Omega Lock-powered Galvatron is able to blast him into unconsciousness.

[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] shrugs off attacks from [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]] and [[Undermine]] before coming under fire from the [[Earth]] Transformers, including her old friend [[Lugnutz]]. At the same time, [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] finds that his new size doesn't make him a better racer when he is confronted by his old foes from [[Velocitron]], while [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] literally gets the short end of things when he comes under attack by the [[Gigantion]]s, who are the same size as him even after his height increase! Finally, [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] is given the honor of holding back Optimus Prime, but before long, the [[Cybertron Defense Team]] come to their leader's aid, taking over the fight so Prime can combine with [[Wing Saber]] to pursue Galvatron. Just before he heads off, Optimus is approached by [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] and [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]], who wish to join him on his mission. They have also brought [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Lori]] along in the [[Mini-Con]]s, at the children's insistence, and Optimus agrees to allow them to join the group, vowing that the five leaders together will protect them.

[[Image:Cyb_ep49_over_nine_thousand.jpg|right|thumb|220px|I AM A CHAMPION! LOVELY PUNCH!]]

On Earth, [[Colonel Franklin]] and [[Lucy Suzuki]] survey the destruction that the black hole is wreaking upon the planet from the relative safety of the Autobot base. As many people as possible have been evacuated to shelters, and now, all they can do is watch, wait...and hope...

Heading for the black hole, the five planet leaders come upon the unconscious body of Primus, who awakens just long enough to tell them that Galvatron is within the black hole and is using the Omega Lock to destabilize it. The Autobots pursue him, flying into the singularity and past the tortured [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]], which was recently caught in its inexorable pull. Just as they begin to wonder why Galvatron wishes to expand the black hole, the Decepticon leader himself appears before them, now a giant himself, and gives them their answer: It is his intention to use the black hole to bring the universe to end, after which he will use the power of the Lock and Keys to create a new universe, moulded in his image! Disgusted by Galvatron's willingness to destroy even his own Decepticons in his pursuit of power, the five leaders dive into battle, countering Galvatron's blast with their combined strength and eventually combining their [[Cyber Key]] powers into one five-pronged attack that manages to take him down. In one final act of spite, Galvatron hurls the Omega Lock and the Cyber Planet Keys at the core of the black hole, resolving to see the universe destroyed if he cannot have it himself.

[[Image:Cyb_ep49_vector_ghost.jpg|left|thumb|220px|]]

With the black hole destabilizing all around them thanks to its prior exposure to Galvatron's power, the five Autobots dive for the core, hot on the Omega Lock's trail, but when they spot it, they discover that the Cyber Planet Keys have come loose and are floating all around them. With the aid of the kids and Mini-Cons, the leaders of the four colony worlds successfully retrieve their planets' Keys, leaving the tumbling Omega Lock for Optimus to grab. With Coby acting as his eyes, Prime navigates the debris and pushes himself to the limit, trying to catch up to the Lock. Just when it seems that he will not make it, the [[Planet Map]] in Bud possession begins to glow...and before Optimus's eyes, the ethereal form of [[Vector Prime]] appears. Vector lays his ghostly hand alongside Optimus's, and together, the two Primes reach out and seize the Omega Lock. As the sound of the [[Omega Frequency]] rings out, the Omega Lock and Keys fly from the Autobots' hands in a coalescing wave of golden energy, soaring out of the black hole and recombining with Primus. His power restored fully at last, the rejuvenated god springs to life and seizes the Ark, through which he channels all his energy in one titanic blast. This beam of holy energy stabs directly into the heart of the black hole, which shudders...glows like a dying star...and at last, is no more!

[[Image:Cyb_ep49_primus_smiles.jpg|right|thumb|220px|When you do things right, people won't be sure you’ve done anything at all.]]

His purpose complete, Primus smiles and transforms back into Cybertron, but not Cybertron as the Transformers once knew their planet. Restored by the power of the four Cyber Planet Keys, their homeworld now encompasses the greatest aspects of all four colony worlds. With the black hole finally destroyed, its effects upon the universe are no more, and peace returns to Earth.

Out in space, learning that Galvatron was intending to abandon them in pursuit of his goals, the four remaining Decepticons turn the tables on their leader and abandon him instead, leaving Galvatron alone in the void.

And down on Earth, the Autobots bring the kids back to their homes, where they are reunited with their parents.

At last, the universe has been saved!
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (7)
* [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (8)
* [[Wing Saber]] (9)
* [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] (10)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (11)
* [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (12)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (14)
* [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattershot]] (15)
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (16)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreacker]] (17)
* [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (22)
* [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] (23)
* [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (24)
* [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] (25)
* [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]] (26)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (27)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (28)
* [[Vector Prime]] (38)

'''[[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]'''
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (29)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (30)
* [[Six-Speed]] (31)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (1)
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (2)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (3)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (4)
* [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (5)
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (10)
* [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (13)
* [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]] (18)
* [[Undermine]] (20)
* [[Lugnutz]] (21)

|c3=
* [[Lori]] (32)
* [[Bud Hansen]] (33)
* [[Coby Hansen]] (34)
* [[Tim Hansen]] (35)
* [[Robert Hansen]] (36)
* Mrs. Hansen (37)
* [[Ernesto]] (39)

|c4=
* [[Primus]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==

'''Brimstone:''' It's rodeo time! 
'''Thunderblast:''' Did you just compare me to a ''cow''?! 
'''Undermine:''' Actually, a bull, but... 
'''Thunderblast:''' A BOY cow?! I'm a BOY COW to you?! 
'''Undermine:''' If the udder fits... 
'''Thunderblast:''' You're asking for it! A girl gets a little bigger and they call her a cow...
:—Thunderblast discovers the drawbacks of size increasing.

''[Thundercracker fires off ream after ream of missiles]'' 
"Shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot..." 
''[notices a stream of Autobot fire heading right for him]' 
"AW, SHOOT!"
:—'''Thundercracker''' just can't win.

"You kids are going to ruin my bad reputation!"
:—'''Scourge'''

"Uh-oh".
:—'''Galvatron''' has an "oh, crap" moment right as all five leaders shoot him.

"This is your destiny. Reach out...and save the future."
:—'''Vector Prime'''

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
[[Image:Cyb ep49 different animation.jpg|right|thumb|Either way, this is [[Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|too familiar]].]]
In addition to ''Cybertron'''s customary expansion and modification of dialogue, differences include:
*In ''Galaxy Force'', just before the leaders take off after the Lock and Keys, Optimus Prime tells the Mini-Cons to keep the children safe. In ''Cybertron'', he requests that they help them track the keys.
*The conversation Prime has with Coby soon after this is flip-flopped across the two versions. In ''Galaxy Force'', he asks Coby to help him follow the Lock, Coby doesn't believe he can do it, and Prime assures him he can. Conversely, in ''Cybertron'', Prime tells Coby to get away to safety and leave him, and Coby insists that he be allowed to help him.
*As ever, the sound of the Omega Frequency is added when the Omega Lock powers up.
*In a startling rarity that has never happened before now, some ''animation'' is different between the two versions of the show! After Cybertron is recreated, ''Galaxy Force'' shows the planet with ordinary organic plants and trees that are part of the background painting. In their place, ''Cybertron'' features CGI-animated, apparently [[technorganic]] trees, as well as replacing a featureless purple metal plain with a textured blue one, decorated with the symbol of the Omega Lock.

===Animation or technical errors===
*As he is super-sized, and then again during part of his fight with the Gigantions, Ransack is once ''again'' missing the black "mask" around his eyes.
*When Coby says "Work together, guys!" his voice is mistakenly given the metallic amplification reserved for Transformers.

===Transformers references===
*Galvatron's final words to Prime are "It's over, Prime," the final words said by [[Megatron (G1)|Generation 1 Megatron]] to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his Optimus Prime]] in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Episodes flashed back to in the final moments of this adventure include "[[Fallen (episode)|Fallen]]", "[[Haven]]", "[[Primal]]", "[[Ship]]" and "[[Champion]]".
*The addition of technorganic plants in ''Cybertron'' could be a nod to ''[[Beast Machines]]''.

===Real-world references===
* Optimus instructs the planet leaders to "Come together right now, over me," a reference to [[Wikipedia:The Beatles|The Beatles]]' song "[[Wikipedia:Come Together|Come Together]]".

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 13 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]