Talk:Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2

Cleanup?

This is presently looking pretty good to me. Does it need anything else, or can it be taken off the list?--Rosicrucian 21:56, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

I cleaned it up a few weeks agao (trust me, it was bad) but I left the tag on in case I missed something. If you haven't seen anything, I say go ahead. -- SFH 22:02, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

It looks like it's only a couple screeencaps from being complete! (I wonder if there ought to be a 'episode pics' template distinct from the general Need Pics template...) -Derik 22:12, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Pics?

Looks like we do have some pics on tap already-

• Image:Berger DecepticonDay.jpg
• Image:Berger Sad Enslaved.jpg
• Image:BergerInc SpaceshipLabel.jpg
• Image:Decepticon-day-boy.jpg

Easy enough to insert those tastefully, no?--Rosicrucian 22:21, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Go for it! -Derik 22:25, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Done. Matched them up as closely as I could recall to the story.--Rosicrucian 22:33, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

RBFATE

Were Cosmos and Trailbreaker in the big fight in the end? It'd be a nice bit of continuity if they were absent, since they both should have been pretty exhausted by the time the 'bots got back to Earth. -- Repowers 20:11, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I would assume not, as many episode summaries describe the ending like this: "The Autobots return to Earth low on energy, but still manage to defeat the Decepticons.". -- Tricob (05/01/2010) 09:40 P.M. Central Time.

I see Trailbreaker during the final battle. Also you're answering a question which is over a year old. --abates 22:48, 1 May 2010 (EDT)

Easter Egg

In the bonus material of the Rhino release, a voice actor claims to have submitted an "Easter Egg" somewhere in one of the episodes, where he substitutes one or two lines of Meagtron's dialog with his voice. This appears to be when Megatron says, "Thrust! Bring him back." Listen closely - his voice not only sounds different, but it isn't modulated, either. This feature seems to be fully intact in the Shout! factory release as well. You'll also find a similar "Easter Egg" in the "Fire On The Mountain" episode, when he says that the power of absolute destruction is his. A third instance of the "Easter Egg" seems to appear in "The Key To Vector Sigma Part 1", where he says the lines, "Alpha Trion, eh? Heh heh! Let's go pay the old fool a visit."

- Tricob (05/01/2010) 09:40 P.M. Central Time.

That actor is Neil Kaplan, and he's not referring to the G1 cartoon, he's talking about a time he once filled in as RiD Megatron during the recording of that show (not that anyone's ever identified where that happened either). He didn't figure he was being interviewed for a G1 boxset, because, really, why the hell would he be? Eh, Rhino? - Chris McFeely 11:03, 2 May 2010 (EDT)

Martial Law

Re. this:

"Is anyone brave, or stupid enough, to oppose us? This city is under martial law ... and I am the marshal!"

—Megatron spells doom for the people of Central City ... and makes a funny.

Not sure that this is an intentional joke on Megatron's part. I read it more as: he mainly experiences English by hearing it, not reading it, so he won't know that "martial" and "marshal" are two different words with two different meanings. Thoughts? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Repersonne (talk • contribs){{#if:| {{{2}}}|}}.

Unless we want to go into the whole matter of how 'Formers either "learned" or "translated" English after their dormancy - not to mention the absurd abuse of exclusively American catchphrases and idioms, even at Cybertron - my guess is the scriptwriter meant for Megatron to "funny", yes. Seems reinforced by Welker's self-satisfied reading of it, as well. But exactly how, though? Amazingly, I don't see a script for this yet, so I dunno if this was meant to be homophone wordplay, or if the writer goofed on the spelling. EDIT: I found the script elsewhere; there was a spelling screwup, because "martial" is not a noun. Quote: "This city is under Martial Law, and I am the martial!" JoseBxR (talk) 15:59, 15 May 2023 (EDT)

It's not a mistake, it's wordplay. Lou Reed had a song with basically those lyrics, and Patrick Stewart said it in a movie. --Thylacine 2000 (talk) 18:07, 15 May 2023 (EDT)

Wordplay, and a mistake: "martial" is still not a noun, but I guess everyone understood the ref, even if Glut slipped. The reason I thought to look up the script is because I had a feeling it wasn't going to be correct. Incidentally, the first search result for lyrics to Reed's "Martial Law" misspells "marshal". JoseBxR (talk) 19:05, 15 May 2023 (EDT)