Editing Battle For Cybertron II

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|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Transformers: Cyberverse]]'' ep 38
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|prev=The Battle For Cybertron I
|next=The Battle For Cybertron III
|title="The Battle For Cybertron II"
|airdate=[[February 17]], [[2020]] (UK)<br>[[March 6]], 2020 (CN app/website)<br>[[March 15]], 2020 (USA)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=[[Randolph Heard]]
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=[[Jean Texier]]
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'''The full forces of the Autobots and the Decepticons engage in a battle for control of Cybertron.'''

==Synopsis==
In the [[Threshold of the Allspark]], [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] jubilantly watches as [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]]'s laser snare obliterates the ''[[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]]'', praising the scientist for succeeding at something. The Decepticon leader monologues about how things are going: the Autobots are dead, [[Vector Sigma]] is back inside the Threshold, and soon he will use the [[AllSpark]] to create an army of Decepticons, all loyal to him. He then commands [[Skywarp (Cyberverse)|Skywarp]] to take the Seekers to comb through the ship's wreckage, find the artifact, and kill any Autobot survivors they find. However, the moment is interrupted by someone cutting through the Threshold's doors. It's [[Teletraan-X]], who is incensed over the destruction of its ship, and vows revenge. Megatron effortlessly swats the little drone away, only to find it did not come alone: the Autobots are still alive. Megatron is confused, so [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] explains...

''Before the ''Ark'' got to Cybertron, Optimus ordered all hands to abandon the ship, suspecting the Decepticons of laying a trap, and has Teletraan-X pilot the ship on its own despite [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]]'s objections.''

Optimus calls Megatron on how easy his actions were to predict. Megatron snarls back that he may have a few surprises left. Regardless, the full force of the Decepticons stands between Optimus and getting the AllSpark back where it belongs. The two armies charge at one another.

Nearby, [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]], [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]] and [[Cheetor (Cyberverse)|Cheetor]] watch. Though both Bumblebee and Cheetor want to get involved, Hot Rod reminds them of Optimus's orders to stay out of the fight until he clears the way for them, much to Bumblebee's disappointment. The two armies fight, but despite casualties on both sides, neither has a clear advantage. As Bumblebee sees [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]] incapacitate [[Ratchet (Cyberverse)|Ratchet]], he hurries off to get involved, but Hot Rod blocks his path. Fortunately for both, [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]] intervenes to save the Autobot's medic.

As the battle rages, Optimus and Megatron clash, unaware [[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)|Shadow Striker]] is drawing her gun on Optimus. At the last moment, [[Prowl (Cyberverse)|Prowl]] leaps in front of her shot, saving Optimus at the cost of his own life. An enraged Optimus vows that now, he and Megatron will end their battle once and for all. Meanwhile, by the Threshold's door, Shockwave observes, and turns away from the fight. Inside the building, he signals to Megatron that they are ready, as he descends into the planet.

[[The Battle For Cybertron III|To be continued]]...

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
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*[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Autobot]] soldiers
*[[Prowl (Cyberverse)|Prowl]]
*[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]]
*[[Arcee (Cyberverse)|Arcee]]
*[[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Rack'n'Ruin (Cyberverse)|Rack'n'Ruin]] 
*"[[Red Five]]"
*[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]]
*[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Cheetor (Cyberverse)|Cheetor]]
*[[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]]
*[[Jetfire (Cyberverse)|Jetfire]]
*[[Kup (Cyberverse)|Kup]]
*[[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Whirl]]
*[[Ratchet (Cyberverse)|Ratchet]]

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*[[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]]
*[[Decepticon]] soldiers
*[[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]]s
*[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]]
*[[Skywarp (Cyberverse)|Skywarp]]
*[[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)|Shadow Striker]]
*[[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]]
*[[Alphastrike]]
*[[Clobber (Cyberverse)|Clobber]] 
*[[Lockdown (Cyberverse)|Lockdown]]
*[[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)|Sky-Byte]]
*[[Laserbeak (Cyberverse)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Dead End (Cyberverse)|Dead End]]

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*[[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-X]]}}

==Quotes==

"Shockwave, your laser snare, for once you did something right."<br>
"My success rate is 99.8%."
:— '''Megatron''' doles out praise to '''Shockwave'''.

"Megatron, after all these cycles of unending treachery, you are ''easy'' to predict."
:— '''Optimus Prime''' burns Megatron.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Sky-Byte was last seen drifting off into space in "[[Escape From Earth]]." While it was unclear if he was ever recovered at the time, this episode shows him to still be among the Decepticons.
*Similarly, the same episode was also unclear if Vector Sigma had been left on Earth. This episode confirms it to have been brought home by the Decepticons.

===Transformers references===
*There is an assortment of new faces in this episode. On the Autobots' side, there are new versions of the one-eyed [[Wrecker]] [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] and the elderly veteran [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. Meanwhile, the Decepticons are now joined by a gender-bent version of [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], a new version of [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] resembling his ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Dead End (G1)#Combiner Wars|toy]] but in the colors of his live-action movie universe [[Dead End (ROTF)|namesake]], and a new character named Alphastrike, whose design is a little more from left field: ''Beast Machines'' [[Strika (BM)|Strika]]!
*Prowl dies by taking a blast through the right side of his upper torso, the same way [[Prowl (G1)|his G1 Counterpart]] died in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the original movie]].
*Ratchet is seen using a force field, a tool used often by other Ratchets.

===Real-world references===
*Kup says that he's getting too old for this scrud, referencing the famous line from ''{{w|Lethal Weapon}}''.

===Other trivia===
*The Threshold building is surrounded by multiple statues of [[Alpha Trion (Cyberverse)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Maccadam]]. Whether this is an intentional hint at their status as members of the [[Thirteen]] like past media or simple reuses of their animation models is unclear.
*While the episode's animation doesn't make it ''look'' like Prowl's injury is that bad and Optimus's dialogue suggests he could live, the fact that the light in his eyes fades and that he is not seen again after what goes down between "[[The Battle For Cybertron IV]]" and "[[The Loop]]" implicitly confirms that he indeed perished.

===Animation and technical errors===
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===Foreign localization===
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==Home video releases==
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