Editing Feral Scream Part 2

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=45
|image=Feral Scream 2 title shot.JPG
|caption=Hi! I upgraded your cat.
|title="Feral Scream Part 2"
|production company= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate= [[February 7]], 1999
|written by=[[Jules Dennis]]
|directed by=[[Steve Sacks]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Cheetor is behaving oddly after the accident, and a new Transmetal 2 creature is stalking both camps.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] checks on [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], who is napping after he collapsed in front of the [[Maximal]]s' current base, heavily damaged from the fight with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. After making sure Cheetor's okay, Primal has a discussion with [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], mentioning that Cheetor has refused to use the [[CR chamber]]. Rattrap figures he wants to prove something, but Optimus is suspicious. He decides to discuss it with Cheetor in the morning, while Rattrap decides to take a little rat nap.

[[File:Feral Scream 2 Cheetor mutate.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Oh man, I never should have insulted that fortune teller.]]
Cheetor doesn't sleep soundly, though. From the cat's chest, a strange appendage grows, and Cheetor has a nightmare of the other Maximals (sans Optimus Primal) wanting to see 'what makes him tick', and subsequently transforming him into an ugly, mutated monstrosity, to their disgust. Cheetor awakens, glad his dream was unreal, but finds himself caught in a green light expanding out of his spark.

Rattrap, awakened by the noise, heads to the lower level to see what's wrong. Before he reaches Cheetor's room, a large cat monster bursts out of it and knocks Rattrap over, then rushes away. Optimus Primal comes to help Rattrap, who (incorrectly) assumes that the big ugly monster has gotten Cheetor.

In the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] hears the roar of the roaming beast and checks the radar. He figures out that Cheetor has been upgraded, explaining who his nemesis from the most recent battle was. [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] is sent to capture the cat-bot.

[[File:Feral Scream 2 Optimus mean.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|See this? This is my unhappy face.]]
[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] returns to the Maximals' base, having failed to locate Cheetor (and jealous of [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]'s concern for the feline). Having already surmised what is going on, Optimus Primal confronts [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], and forces an account of the relevant events out of him. Depth Charge explains that Cheetor removed some device from the Predacon machine, but was caught in the overload. Depth Charge also says that he destroyed the [[Transmetal driver]].

[[File:Feral Scream 2 Dinobot Waspinator.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Dinobot II and Waspinator watch a train go by.]]
Awakening in a cave, Cheetor finds himself back in his usual [[Transmetal]] form again, completely repaired, but with fragmented, disturbing memories of what happened the previous night. Later, [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] and Waspinator find the cave, and after shredding Waspinator, Dinobot proceeds to hunt the Maximal. But inside the cave, he finds Cheetor has already left.

Optimus orders the Maximals to search for Cheetor in [[Grid Alpha Two]], but Cheetor shows up outside the Maximal base. He tries to explain that he's taken care of "the monster". Optimus Primal, being less gullible than Cheetor is clever, indicates he wants Cheetor to take him to the creature's remains. Away from the other Maximals, Primal and Cheetor talk, but before Cheetor can admit the truth, Primal's chest is fried by Dinobot.

[[File:Feral Scream 2 Cheetor Waspinator.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Why are teenagers so freaking cocky?]]
The emotional stress of Cheetor's concern tears the cat back into his [[Transmetal 2]] form, and he easily blasts away Waspinator away. Then [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] comes out and blasts the downed Primal again, and the two Transmetals 2 duel with each other, slashing away in their [[beast mode]]s. When Rattrap and Silverbolt arrive, Dinobot is smart enough to retreat.

Optimus reaches out to the feral Cheetor, coaxing him back to his senses. Back at the Maximal base, Cheetor tries to keep his cool while he flirts with Blackarachnia. Cheetor misinterprets her affection as something personal, when really she's more interested in his technology—and how she can [[Crossing the Rubicon|get some of it for herself]].
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (1)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (2)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (3)
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] (7)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (9)
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (10)
|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Dinobot II]] (4)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (5)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (6)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (8)
}}

==Quotes==
"That meddling feline destroyed my machinery and improved himself in the process!"<br />
"Mmm, improved." [''pointedly looks at Dinobot'']
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Waspinator''' discuss Cheetor.


"Any sign of our tabby?"<br />
"Oh, not so much as a whisker. Your...concern does you credit."<br />
"I'm full of surprises." [''winks'']
:—'''Blackarachnia''' and '''Silverbolt''' also discuss Cheetor


"You listen, hardhead. Cheetor's gone, and I think you know something, so you will talk, or I will rip out your core processor and extract the information personally!"
:—'''Optimus Primal''' gets scary-mad at Depth Charge.


"Wait! Need plan! Waspinator in charge!"<br />
"I ''am'' the plan."
:—'''Waspinator''' and '''Dinobot''', shortly before the former is shredded by the latter.


'''Cheetor:''' ''(Noticing Silverbolt and Rattrap looking at his new form)'' You lookin' at somethin'?!<br />
[''Silverbolt and Rattrap look at each other'']<br />
'''Rattrap:''' Oh, joy...cyber-puberty.
:—<s>Rebellious teen</s> Transmetal 2 Cheetor seems to have quite an attitude.

==Notes==
===Script timeline===
* First draft: 21st May 1998
* Second draft: 6th June 1998
* Finalised: 14th June 1998
* As Air: 7th December 1998

===Animation and technical errors===
*When Cheetor starts freaking out in the cavern, the screen momentarily clips into his head just before the shot cuts.
*Rattrap's right hand clips through the lower part of his back [[kibble]] when he maintains that the "freak-bot" has scrapped Cheetor.
*In the next shot, his body suddenly turns low-quality and blocky. Someone evidently forgot to turn on his "smoothness".
*When Blackarachnia inquires about Optimus' theory, her right claw clips through her spider-leg kibble.
*When Cheetor starts mutating before his fight with Dinobot, various claws and spikes start growing out of his arms. In the next shot, they're gone.
*During his fight with Cheetor, Dinobot's large plate that covers his [[beast mode]] crotch seems to be moving and stretching together with his right leg. There's also some crazy clipping going on between them, as they pass through each other several times.
*When Dinobot throws Cheetor off himself, sending him flying at the screen, Cheetor's legs are clipping through his body
*Then, as he jumps onto his feet, Dinobot's dinosaur crotch is all distorted and messed up.

===Continuity errors===
*While the Maximals already seem somewhat thick for not guessing that the mysterious cat-like creature is Cheetor, the scene where Rattrap walks down to Cheetor's quarters is particularly egregious. The "creature" has just emerged from a room with a closed door and no other entry points—a room that Rattrap saw Cheetor alone in previously—and has left behind no evidence that it "got" Cheetor, as Rattrap exclaims.
*Right after Optimus tells the others to get some rest, he then says "We'll resume the search in two cycles." Presumably he meant to say "two ''mega''-cycles" (two hours) since a cycle is on the order of one minute.
*Waspinator was able to find Cheetor, while Silverbolt didn't. So Waspinator is a better tracker than Silverbolt? More likely, Megatron's scan of Cheetor's "moonlight stroll" narrowed the search zone, whereas the Maximals had no information about his trajectory.
*The scratches that Cheetor inflicted on Megatron's chest plate in the previous episode have switched from his right side to his left side.

===Continuity notes===
*The contents of Cheetor's room:
**A photo of himself and Primal from the first season.
**A big trophy with a Predacon insignia on the base.
**A model of a solar system with haphazardly-orbiting planets.
**What could possibly be a model of a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian city]].
**A photo of Blackarachnia.
**A potted plant.
**Three spare tail-clubs.
**A miniature model of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''.
**A clock with a kind of holographic display to indicate the stages of a Solar cycle.
**A model Douglas DC-3.
*Gadgets and powers:
**Cheetor's new beast mode has a jet engine on his back, allowing him to run at super-speeds. 
**Cheetor experiences yet another prophetic dream, rather obviously foreshadowing his transformation into a Transmetal 2.
**Dinobot's eye-blaster can generate a single, destructive pulse of energy instead of a prolonged beam.
**Immediately after transforming, Cheetor uses spark crystal-generated telekinesis to grab his gun out of his back. This is the first hint that Transmetal 2s possess something equivalent to supernatural powers.
**Optimus manages to convince Cheetor to calm down through generating some kind of blue energy field.

===Transformers references===
*Cheetor's animalistic behavior in this episode is probably a reference to the original packaging bios of the Transmetal 2s, which described them as constantly struggling with their violent tendencies. This trait largely disappears in later episodes.

===Real-world references===
*Cheetor's experiences continue the werewolf motif from the previous episode. Most notably, he wakes up in the jungle, unable to remember his midnight rampages as his feral alter-ego. His various mutations into his Transmetal 2 body deliberately evoke the unpredictable and disturbing metamorphoses from different werewolf films. 

===Trivia===
*During Cheetor's nightmare, after Blackarachnia says "it's hideous", Rattrap makes motions as though he's going to puke.
*Megatron observes that Cheetor is moving at Mach 2. Yes, turning Transmetal 2 is portrayed as one heck of an upgrade and Cheetor has a rocket on his back, but a quadruped running at twice the speed of sound is still fairly ridiculous. He's basically as fast as a [[Silverbolt (G1)|Concorde]].
*[[Cybertronix]]
**The text under Rattrap's monitors is mirrored at first, but doesn't say anything particularly notable.
**Unsurprisingly, the text which flashes briefly on Megatron's monitor when he asks for magnification says "MAGNIFY".
*Waspinator has a sling when he tells Dinobot to "stand aside, Waspinator will take kitty-bot to Megatron". Apparently his arm was hurt just a little bit worse than the rest of him when Dinobot turned him into confetti.
*Optimal Optimus acts distinctively ape-like when he transforms to beast mode, scratching his armpit and showing interest in a bunch of [[banana]]s.
*Befitting the first appearance of his shiny new Transmetal 2 body, Cheetor is able to almost completely dominate Dinobot in their fight, despite Dinobot's ability to take down both Depth Charge and Optimus Primal with little effort. 
*With his Transmetal 2 form, Cheetor regains the fully-formed hands he lost with his first Transmetal form, though he now has four fingers as opposed to five.
*A brief snippet of [[Transmutate (BW)|Transmutate]]'s theme plays as Optimus talks Cheetor down.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hurlement 2'''" (Canada, "Scream 2")


'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mille emozioni - Parte 2'''" ("Many Emotions - Part 2")


'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tatsunda! Cheetus'''" (たつんだ! チータス, "Arise! Cheetus")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 2]] [[2000]]


'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Huángbào Xīnshēng '''" (黄豹新生, "Cheetor New Born")


'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Grito Animal Parte 2'''" ("Animal Scream Part 2")


'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''La Llamada de la Naturaleza (Parte 2)'''" ("The Call of Nature (Part 2)")


:*''Title:'' "'''El Llamado de la Naturaleza Segunda Parte'''" (America, "The Call of Nature Second Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Yeah, I'm Back! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.<br>
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 2 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio.<br>
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]])<br>
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]])<br>
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory)<br>
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 2 (Universal)<br>
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]])<br>
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)


[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]