Editing The Fall

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|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Combiner Wars (cartoon)|Transformers: Combiner Wars]]'' ep 1
|prev=Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Windblade
|next=The Council
|image= CombinerWarsTheFallScreen.JPG
|caption=The title refers to the level of your expectations for this series.
|title="The Fall"
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]], [[Machinima]]
|written by=[[Eric S. Calderon]], [[George Krstic]], and [[F.J. DeSanto]]
|executive producer=
|director=[[Kenji Nakamura]]
|airdate=[[August 2]], 2016
|animation studio=[[Tatsunoko Production]]}}

'''Two Warriors Come Out of the Sky'''

==Synopsis==
In orbit above [[Caminus]], the space bridge disgorges the [[Combiner]]s [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], already gripped in battle. The two trade blows as they fall towards the planet's surface, and the [[Decepticon]] takes the upper hand, tearing off [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] and [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterbreaker]] as they approach the spires below. Crashing to the ground, Computron insists on the illogicality of their fight, but is silenced by a foot to the face from a triumphant Menasor.

The Decepticon combiner quickly comes under fire, however, from a pair of Camiens—former [[cityspeaker]] [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and her companion [[Maxima]]. Menasor gives chase, but comes to a halt after Windblade cuts off his left leg, [[Wildrider (G1)|Brake-Neck]]. The Combiner retaliates with a blow that knocks Maxima's arm clean off, and grabs hold of Windblade. In a self-sacrificial play, Maxima burns her jets in Menasor's face, freeing Windblade but earning herself a fatal blow from the Combiner in the process.

In a rage, Windblade cleaves [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] from Menasor's shoulder and then slices the entire combiner in half at the waist. With his dying words, the Decepticon combiner insists that Windblade is not fighting for her planet or friends, but is just a "killer" like him, and warns that the council on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] has plans to use the [[Enigma of Combination]] to raise an army of Combiners. With Menasor dead, Windblade sheds tears for Maxima, before taking her fallen comrade's blaster and heading through the space bridge to Cybertron, not noticing that Computron clings to life.

On Cybertron, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] awaits...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Computron (G1)|Computron]] (1)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (5)

|c2=
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (2)

|h4=[[Caminus|Camiens]]
|c4=
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (3)
*[[Maxima]] (4)

}}

==Quotes==
"It is illogical for Menasor and Computron to fight. Conclusion: Combiners should cease fighting and-" ''[Menasor punches Computron through a building]'' "...Probability of my survival is-"<br>
''[Menasor stomps on Computron's head]''<br>
"ZERO!"
:—'''Computron''' pleading with '''Menasor''', who isn't too interested.


"What a ''nerd''."
:—'''Menasor''' is unimpressed with '''Computron'''.


"Oh look, it's the high and mighty [[Cityspeaker]]. You here to talk at me?"<br>
"I don't do that any more."<br>
"Works for me, never was much of a talker."
:—'''Menasor''' says that he doesn't talk much to '''Windblade''', yet he has the most speaking lines in this episode.


"You said 'For Caminus and Maxima', we both know that's not true. Hah... hah... you're just a killer, like me."
:— '''Menasor''' doing his best [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmoLd_YiQ-U Liquid Snake impression].

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Unsurprisingly, Menasor appears in his ''[[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]]'' toy design, featuring Wildrider/Brake-Neck rather than [[Offroad]] for his left leg.
*Computron, meanwhile, has the torso of his Generation 1 toy with the head and limbs of his [[Computron (G1)#Generations|''Combiner Wars'' figure]] (minus the pauldron formed by [[Scrounge_(G1)#Generations|Scrounge]] and [[Boltax_(G1)#Generations|Cybaxx]], naturally),  the result of design revisions mid-way through production.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/1064652-combiner-wars-computron-official-images-50.html#post13832933 Guido Guidi posting on TFW2005]</ref>
*While ''we'' are acknowledging Menasor's left leg to be Brake-Neck and arm as Dead End, the show itself ''does not'', simply treating them as... Menasor's limbs, not individuals in any way.  No names are mentioned or robot modes seen aside from Menasor.
*Likewise, while we acknowledge Computron's limbs as Afterbreaker and Nosecone, the show itself treats them solely as an arm and leg with no autonomous identities.
*Windblade's face mask appears to sort of... ''fall off'' in sections, rather than retracting in any kind of sensible manner.
*Maxima's facial markings imply that she is a [[cityspeaker]] like Windblade.

===Animation and technical errors===
* Both Maxima and Windblade are effectively flying backwards in jet mode when Menasor charges through an elevated floor to attack them. It's apparently possible for some vertical take-off and landing aircraft to fly backwards, [https://www.quora.com/Can-a-fighter-jet-fly-backward-while-on-a-straight-flight-path] but if that is the case here then their jet engines shouldn't still be producing thrust as shown.

==References==
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==Home video releases==
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[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2017 — ''Transformers: The Last Knight Target Exclusive'' ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])<br>

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpK_tO6RQaM "The Fall" on YouTube]
*[https://transformersprimewars.tumblr.com/post/175650736538/transformers-prime-wars-trilogy-s1e1-the-fall "The Fall" on Tumblr]

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