Editing Metal Meltdown

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|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 29
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|prev=Overloaded, Part 2
|next=Suspended
|title="Metal Meltdown"
|airdate=[[March 5]], [[2016]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Guy Toubes]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]
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'''While trying to apprehend Saberhorn, Strongarm and Grimlock struggle to recreate the teamwork Strongarm had with Sideswipe.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] finds [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]] scavenging junk and attempts to [[Lockout|apologize for using the other Decepticon as bait]] during their last meeting and offers him build a different team. Kickback declines, claiming to be on a new, more appreciative team now and, after giving Steeljaw the boot, heads off.

In the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]], [[Russell Clay|Russell]] is placing items in a new display case, which he proudly tells [[Denny Clay|Denny]] is his collection of souvenirs from their adventures with the Autobots. Meanwhile [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] is attempting to get some teamwork going with [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]], however he literally storms through the course she's constructed, demolishing the [[Billy the Breakfast Beaver]] figures representing bystanders and a representation of a bridge. Strongarm is unhappy that she's unable to get the same level of teamwork that she had with [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]], and Denny is horrified at the destruction. Affairs are interrupted by [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] announcing a Decepticon has been detected. As Team Bee heads out to the quarry, Russell asks Grimlock to bring him a trophy.

The Decepticon in the quarry, [[Saberhorn]], is collecting ore. Bumblebee sends video of the Deecpticon to Fixit, but Fixit is unable to locate Saberhorn in the ''[[Alchemor]]'' database and the three Autobots have to go in blind. Strongarm's attempt to coordinate an attack with Grimlock is cut short when the Dinobot simply charges in and ends up demolishing Bumblebee by accident. Strongarm finds herself at the mercy of Saberhorn's sword until Bumblebee recovers and takes over sword-fighting the Con. Strongarm tries again to coordinate an attack with Grimlock, but ends up being knocked off a cliff, and is only saved by Grimlock grabbing her hand. Saberhorn finally manages to relieve Bumblebee of his [[Decepticon Hunter]] and prepares to finish him off, however Strongarm is able to retrieve the weapon, and when she and Grimlock rejoin their leader, Saberhorn takes some of the ore and flees. Fixit is able to identify the ore as [[thermotanium]], a mineral used in starship construction. Russell smells the opportunity for a souvenir, and when Fixit tracks Saberhorn's signal to the steel mill, the Autobots have to bring Russell and Denny to run interference with the humans that will be there.

Denny and Russell disguise themselves as guards and relieve the two guards on duty at the steel mill. The Autobots find Saberhorn using the furnace to melt down the thermotanium. Bumblebee moves in first, however when Strongarm attempts to use a hoist to work with Grimlock, the Dinobot disregards her and charges in. This goes badly and results in Strongarm and Grimlock dangling from a hook, leaving Bumblebee alone again to combat Saberhorn. Watching on the security cameras, Russell spots some dripping thermotanium and goes to grab it as a souvenir. Unfortunately this takes him right under the feet of the combatants, allowing Saberhorn the opportunity to use Russel as a hostage. With Bumblebee now unable to strike Saberhorn, the Decepticon forces him into a viaduct and starts filling it with molten metal. Strongarm and Grimlock are finally able to work together to release themselves and land on Saberhorn, causing him to drop Russell. While Grimlock holds the Decepticon, Strongarm rescues Bumblebee from the viaduct, however Grimlock  inadvertently allows the Decepticon to escape after throwing him through a wall.

Elsewhere, Steeljaw tracks Kickback to a swamp and discovers the other Decepticon is using the crashed back end of the ''Alchemor'' as a base.

Back at the scrapyard, Russell adds his torn jacket to his trophy case. Fixit announces he's used a computer in one of [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s caches to access a Cybertronian database, and is able to identify Saberhorn, but is disturbed to find the Decepticon was indeed a prisoner on the ''Alchemor''.

Passing Saberhorn on his way in, Kickback reports to his bosses [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]] and [[Glowstrike]], who grumble that their minions are all incompetent. Steeljaw introduces himself, having followed Kickback in.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (5)
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (6)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (7)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (8)

|c2=
*[[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]] (1)
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (2)
*[[Saberhorn]] (9)
*Random Decepticons (11-18)
*[[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]] (19)
*[[Glowstrike]] (20)

|c3=
*[[Russell Clay]] (3)
*[[Denny Clay]] (4)
*Security guards (10)

}}

==Quotes==
"Hands where we can see them, perp. And, uh, thoraxes and mandibles too."
:—'''Strongarm'''


"What were you doing Grimlock? I said distract and attack!"<br />
"I know, but who was supposed to do which?"
:—'''Strongarm''' and '''Grimlock'''

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
===Continuity errors===
*Despite Saberhorn specifically not appearing in the ''Alchemor'' database in this episode, his silhouette appeared when Fixit was looking up [[Polarclaw]] in "[[Overloaded, Part 2]]".
===Continuity notes===
*Denny purchased the Billy the Breakfast Beaver way back in "[[Pilot (Part 2)]]".
*[[Terrashock]]'s museum capture occurred in "[[W.W.O.D.?]]" and, though it's unclear when the piece of metal fell off [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]], we're wagering it was during "[[Lockout]]".
*Though the half submerged ship is unnamed, it looks uncannily like the back end of the ''Alchemor'', previously seen in the longer version of the title sequence which has only been seen on foreign language dubs of the show.

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]], [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]], [[Terrashock]], [[Filch]], [[Minitron]], [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], [[Ped (RID)|Ped]], [[Quillfire]], "that one with all the eyes", [[Malodor]] and the [[Skunkticon]]s, [[Nightstrike]], [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]], [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]], [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]], [[Headlock (RID)|Headlock]], [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], [[Razorpaw]], [[Zizza]], [[Pseudo]], [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]], [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]], [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]], [[Thunderhoof]], [[Underbite (RID)|Underbite]], [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Overload (RID)|Overload]], [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]], [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]], [[Polarclaw]]
* ''Known at large'': [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]], [[Saberhorn]], [[Glowstrike]], [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]], Glowstrike's crew
* ''Released'': Grimlock
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''

===Transformers references===
===Real-world references===
*During their first duel, Bumblebee calls Saberhorn [[w:Pinocchio|Pinocchio]].
===Trivia===
* Glowstrike and Scorponok's crew includes a host of generics recolored from ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' models, namely a dark teal [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]], a gray [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]], a yellow [[Vehicon (Prime)|Air Vehicon]], and an orange [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (sans spider legs). Also present are a red and a yellow [[Chompazoid]], and the [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]]/[[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]] design in black and in purple.

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
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