Realize the Forbidden Love!

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Misunderstandings ahoy as Bighorn competes with an uninterested Scuba for Scylla's love.

Synopsis

Bighorn busies himself making a flower bouquet atop a seaside cliff, regretting the lack of love in his life. He thrusts the bouquet into the air, calling for the love of his life to appear before him... and absolutely nothing happens. Just as he's about to give up and go back to base, a photon sailer lands at the cliffside. The furious Maximal is ready to throw down with whoever's interrupted his romantic gesture, until a hatch opens and someone emerges from the hull: the Seacon squid-bot Scylla. She explains that their ship is lost and low on energy, and asks the bison for help... but Bighorn is lost in love and struck dumb by the sudden granting of his wish. He turns and flees, leaving a very miffed Scylla...

Back at the Maximal Gaia base, Scuba is enjoying some quiet time reading comics when Bighorn barrels in, howling the Maximal squid's name. Scuba is instantly on the defensive, believing the hothead is still holding a grudge over a prior argument over the superior snack with beer: beef jerky or squid jerky. Scuba attempts to smooth things out by telling his comrade "you're not beef jerky, you're a fine cow!", and is floored when instead it turns out Bighorn wants the well-read squid to write a love letter for him. Scuba quickly pens a note, and is nearly blown away as Bighorn snatches it up and rushes off to deliver it... only to instantly come rushing back, insisting that Scuba deliver the letter, as Bighorn is much too shy to do so himself.

Reluctantly, Scuba travels to the spot Scylla was last seen on the Tako Tank's motorcycle, calling out for the squid-bot... who emerges from the sea directly behind him, and none too pleased. Nervous, Scuba delivers the love letter, and after a few moments' reading, Scylla's mood changes dramatically. She is now head over heels in love... with Scuba, believing he is "Bighorn". She insists on an immediate marriage, and an even more shaken Scuba stammers out that he'll return with an answer, not realizing that she was asking him to marry her. Peeling away at top speed and leaving the lovestruck Seacon believing he's just shy, Scuba returns to base to give Bighorn the news. Bighorn is naturally delighted and rushes off, while Scuba sighs and returns to his quiet reading.

Back at the Seacons' ship, Scylla is lost in her dreams of marriage, so much so that she doesn't even hear Sea Phantom mutter about how apparently some men in the world love monsters, a sentiment Terrormander nods along with. Captain Halfshell, however, is ready to help Scylla "experience a woman's true happiness like any normal woman", remarking that she's missed her chance at marriage by a good thousand years. (Also, it's his chance to foist that pain in the aft on someone else.) Thus, he's ready to hold a grand wedding ceremony for his subordinate.

The Maximals are delighted to hear about Bighorn's pending nuptials, with Tasmania Kid already picking out a nice suit for the ceremony. Scuba quietly congratulates himself on a job well done. The news of the wedding has also reached the Predacons, with Thrust and Dirge delivering their spy report like a TV broadcast. Megastorm thinks this is stupid, not interested in a "cow's" wedding, but Galvatron believes this might be their chance to destroy those meddling Maximals...

The ceremony is on, officiated by Coelagon. Scylla, dressed as "Orihime", waits under the Milky Way as her groom-to-be descends in a boat labeled "love"... and when the real Bighorn steps out, she is absolutely baffled. When Bighorn leans in for the kiss, bafflement turns to brutality as she blasts the bison, demanding to know where her true love is. Spotting Scuba in the crowd, she reaches out, ensnaring him in her tentacles and dragging him onstage. Furious, Bighorn transforms to robot mode, yelling at Scuba for stealing his love. Halfshell steps up, believing he knows the problem... both Maximals are in love with Scylla, and must fight for her honor! Scuba naturally wants nothing to do with this and professes his innocence, but his hand -err, tentacle- is forced when an enraged Bighorn rams into him and sends him flying.

Bighorn charges again, but this time Scuba flings a Surumerang, which Bighorn effortlessly blocks with a forearm swipe, only for the blade to explode in a cloud of ink, blinding him. Scuba uses the moment to hit Bighorn with a volley of Scuba Missiles. Staggering, Bighorn moves into the surf to wash the ink from his face... only to realize too late he's stepped right into where Scuba works best. The squid-bot pops up from the surf over and over, seemingly surrounding the bison with ninja-like tricks, nailing him with Dynamite Surumerangs from multiple angles. As Bighorn stumbles, Scuba chides him, saying he'd lost as soon as he'd entered the water... but the bison has his own water-based tricks, as he electrified his horns and slams his skull into the surf, sending the voltage surging through the seawater and flash-frying his teammate. Bighorn apologizes for what he's about to do, but he can't lose this fight, and rushes in for the final blow...

...only to be stopped dead in his tracks as Scylla jumps between them, screaming her hatred of the bison, which sends Bighorn falling to his knees, heartbroken. Halfshell is confused at the interruption, but the scene is interrupted further as Megastorm leads the Predacons in a surprise attack! Apache laments that Lio Convoy isn't around to help, as he's away training and re-focusing following his last battle with Galvatron. The Seacons leap into action, forming God Neptune, but the Predacons focus their fire on the giant, sending him stumbling. But Bighorn has jumped in the way, using his bulk to block any of the shots that otherwise might've hit Scylla. As the rest of the combiner topples to the ground, Scylla is stunned by Bighorn's selfless act. Bighorn nods to Scuba, and declares the power of his love, neck extending in his devastating Buffalo Missile attack. Scylla pulls on his tail, adding fuel to his fire, and Scuba augments the blast with a flurry of Dynamite Surumerangs, resulting in an explosion that sends the entire Predacon attack force running for the hills.

After the battle, Scylla confronts Scuba, confirming that he feels nothing for her. She says how she joined the pirate life looking for romance among the stars, and that it was foolish of her to go gaga over a single love letter... and wonders why Scuba did it. He tells her he wasn't really enthused about the idea, but he did it to help his friend Bighorn. Finding the dejected Bighorn in the surf, Scylla timidly approaches, remarking that the differences between them are too great for there to be anything between them... but that she wishes he had been born a squid, and she heads off with her teammates.

Later, back at the Maximal Gaia base, Tasmania Kid is confused as to why Bighorn is furiously attempting to scan a package of squid jerky.

Featured characters

{{#if:*Bighorn (1)

Scuba (3)
Tasmania Kid (7)
Diver (8)
Apache (9)
Lio Convoy (18)|

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Scuba (3)
Tasmania Kid (7)
Diver (8)
Apache (9)
Lio Convoy (18)|| style="background:#ffdddd;" valign="top" |
Bighorn (1)
Scuba (3)
Tasmania Kid (7)
Diver (8)
Apache (9)
Lio Convoy (18) }}{{#if:*Dirge (10)
Thrust (11)
Starscream (12)
BB (13)
Megastorm (14)
Galvatron (15)
Autojetter (17)|

Maximals }}{{#if:*Dirge (10) Thrust (11) Starscream (12) BB (13) Megastorm (14) Galvatron (15) Autojetter (17)\|	Predacons }}{{#if:*Scylla (2) Terrormander (4) Sea Phantom (5) Halfshell (6) Coelagon (16) God Neptune (19)\|	Seacons }}{{#if:\|	Others }}{{#if:\|	Misc }}{{#if:\|	Misc }}
Dirge (10) Thrust (11) Starscream (12) BB (13) Megastorm (14) Galvatron (15) Autojetter (17) }}{{#if:*Scylla (2) Terrormander (4) Sea Phantom (5) Halfshell (6) Coelagon (16) God Neptune (19)\|	Scylla (2) Terrormander (4) Sea Phantom (5) Halfshell (6) Coelagon (16) God Neptune (19) }}{{#if:\|	}}{{#if:\|	}}{{#if:\|	}}

Notes

Continuity notes

Lio Convoy is (conveniently) absent, as he is off on a solo training/refocusing mission following the events of the previous installment, where he grew to humongous size and went just a little bit crazy trying to stop a similarly gigantic Galvatron.
Bighorn's request for Scuba to write a love letter on his behalf recalls Scuba's toy bio, in which it is said that he excels at penmanship and sometimes gets asked to write a love letter for the others.
Bighorn tries to scan a package of squid jerky to obtain a squid beast mode. It was established in the Beast Wars episode "Beast Wars (Part 1)" that dead organic matter is just as effective for obtaining a beast mode as a living specimen.

Gadgets and powers:
- Scuba unleashes a wide range of Surumerang-based attacks. Most of these are against Bighorn and one is against the Predacons.
- With Scylla's assistance, Bighorn uses Buffalo Missile against the Predacons.

Transformers references

The two panels of Scuba sitting in his chair under a parasol and of him looking up from his comic are adapted from two shots in the "Artemis & Moon II Report" of "Who Is the Leader!?". Funnily enough, the panel with the comic in "Who Is the Leader!?" is a promotion of the comic and depicts Scuba as specifically reading "Demolish the Superdreadnought Tank!". That is here too the comic that he reads.

Real-world references

When Scuba sees Scylla for the first time, he is dismayed that Bighorn described her as a "beautiful red flower". He takes the description, and deems the poisonous and stinking [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Rafflesia|{{#if:||Rafflesia}}]] a fitting match for Scylla. Rafflesia is one of the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}carrion flower|{{#if:||carrion flower}}]]s and native to Indonesia. These flowers often show up in Japanese media as symbols of the jungle and the absence of civilization.
Scylla initially thinks that the love letter she's handed is a bill. She argues that she doesn't watch [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}NHK|{{#if:||NHK}}]].
Halfshell says that the Seacons have been sailing the Seven Universes, a play on the phrase of sailing the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Seven Seas|{{#if:||Seven Seas}}]].
Bighorn and Scylla's wedding ceremony and attire are based on the [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Tanabata|{{#if:||Tanabata}}]], also known as the "Star Festival", itself inspired by the Chinese folklore story, "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" (cow, huh?).
The boat Bighorn enters the ceremony on has 愛という名の船 (Ai to Iu Na no Fune) written on it. This is a reference to 欲望という名の電車 (Yokubō to Iu Na no Densha), the Japanese name for [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}A Streetcar Named Desire|{{#if:||A Streetcar Named Desire}}]]. As such, the text translates to "A Boat Named Love".

Trivia

Scuba asks Bighorn if he remembers him saying that dried squid is a better beer snack than beef jerky, which means this is all food Transformers consume.
Scuba's poem for Scylla on behalf of Bighorn goes 姿 (スがた)やさしきイカ乙女 (おとめ) / 君 (キみ)の赤 (あか)きくちびるは / 優雅 (ユうが)な深紅 (しんく)のバラのよう / 内 (ウち)に秘 (ひ)めてはなお燃 (も)える / 烈火 (レっか)のごとき我 (わ)が心 (こころ) (Sugata yasashiki ika otome / Kimi no akaki kuchibiru wa / Yūgana shinku no bara no yō / Uchi ni himete wa nao moeru / Rekka nogotoki waga kokoro)
- A translation is "Squid maiden of gentle form" / "Those red lips of yours" / "Look like an elegant and deep crimson rose" / "While hidden inside, it still burns bright " / "My heart is like a raging fire"
- The furigana draws attention to [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Acrostic|{{#if:each line's first syllable|each line's first syllable|Acrostic}}]] by presenting these in katakana as opposed to hiragana. The five first syllables combined form スキュウレ, which is the way Scylla's name is spelled in Japanese.
Dirge and Thrust professionally record their report. This love of theirs for making TV also occurs in the episode "The End of Starscream".
Data File-004-005 is dedicated to both Scuba and Bighorn.

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