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'''Autobots and Decepticons land on a mysterious planet where there's an evil version of Optimus.'''

=Armada Episode 43=
* [[Canada|Canadian]] air date:  September 19th, 2003
* American air date: November 7, 2003
* Preceded by: [[Miracle]]
* Followed by: [[Uprising]]
* Characters (in order of appearance: [[Megatron (UT)|Megatron]], [[Demolishor]], [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], [[Hot Shot (UT)|Hot Shot]], [[Red Alert (UT)|Red Alert]], [[Starscream (UT)|Starscream]], [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]], [[Optimus Prime (UT)|Prime]], [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]], [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]]

==Synopsis==

On the bridge of [[Hydra Cannon|his ship]], Megatron blogs to himself about how happy he is that Optimus is alive again, which confuses his minions.

On top pf the hull of the [[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]], Optimus gets reintroduced to his crew, and the [[Mini-Cons]] escorting the ship. But the welcoming party is cut short by an electrical space anomaly that suddenly appeared in the ship's path. Hot Shot ad Red Alert are pulled into the hole, which fades away.

On a strange alien landscape, Hot Shot and Red Alert reawaken. Red Alert quickly acts responsibly and sends a beacon to the Autobot ship. Next, the two survey the irregular terrain they arrive in. A dark copy of Optimus Prime assaults and chases the two.

Elsewhere, the [[Decepticons]] begin their hunt on the planet for their enemies. Their attention is brought to the noise of the Autobot's fight. The three Decepticons transform to assist the black scourge who introduces himself as Nemesis Prime. Using an amazing ability to alter his own shape, Nemesis Prime turns on Megatron, holding the Decepticon leader in the air.

The Decepticons and Autobots both fight against Nemesis Prime, but the battle quickly comes down to Megatron resorting to the use of the [[Requiem Blaster]]. The resulting explosion destroys the Prime-doppleganger and damages the Autobots.

In space, the [[Mini-Cons]] guide the Autobot ship to the planet with their two missing friends.

Megatron prepares to finish off both Autobots. Starscream interjects, suggesting using the Autobots as captives. Megatron buys Starscream's disguised compassion. Nemesis Prime re-forms from fragments on the ground and battles the Decepticons again, this time with [[Vorpal Saber|a sword]], but the arrival of [[Mini-Cons]] takes the menace down. Before they leave again, the Mini-cons bathe the gathered bulks in energy, repairing them and giving the large transformers as well as themselves new colors and a boost in power.

The Axalon arrives over the planet, dropping Optimus and Overload onto the surface. A giant Nemesis Prime emerges from the ground for a third attempt at destroying the Transformers. When Optimus and Megatron combine their ordinance, the creature finally dies, revealing a brief transparent image of [[Sideways (UT)|Sideways]] before vanishing. With Nemesis Prime destroyed, the planet begins to disintegrate, and so the Autobots and Decepticons return to their ships and continue on their voyage to [[Cybertron]]

==Quotes==

"Nemesis Prime will... destroy!"
:'''-Nemesis Prime'''

"This fighting must end."
:'''-Leader-1'''

"I look like.... Thundercracker."
:'''-Starscream'''

"As Galvatron, I have even more power!"
:'''-Meg-err, Galvatron'''

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* None known.

===Continuity errors===
*Optimus doesn't wish to use the Space Team Mini-Cons as weapons but has no problem suggesting Megatron to use them?

===Real-world references===
* None known.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* The intro to the episode has a unique narration that mentions the kids, which flows into a recap of [[Miracle|the last episode]].
* Nemesis Prime has a trailer in the animation, the toy does not. 
* Why couldn't Prime have arrived on the planet seconds before the Mini-Con and received his [[Powerlinx]] colors like the rest of the Transformers with Powerlinx colors? Only Stephen Colbert knows, and he's not telling.
* Thrust and Cyclonus also had Powerlinx colorations that were never used in the series.
* Overload's sudden appearance was on the "to-do" list of things to be explained in the [[Linkage]] series, but there was never time for it. So all we can infer is that it's a big weapon set that for whatever reason Prime was unable to bring to battle before.

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