Editing Megatron Rising - Part 1

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'''Prime begins to doubt his leadership abilities as the Decepticons mobilize for a big invasion of Earth.'''

==Summary==

==Stats==	

*'''Written by:''' [[Marsha Griffin]]
*'''Directed by:'''  [[Irineo Maramba]], [[Ciro Nieli]], & [[Kentaro Mizuno]]
*'''Original airdate:''' March 29, 2008

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
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! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s
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* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (7)
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (11)
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (9)
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (10)
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (8)
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (13)
* [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (15)
* [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (14)
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* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (2)
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (6) 
* [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (4)
* [[Lugnut|Lugnut]] (5)
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (12)
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* [[Isaac Sumdac]] (1)
* [[Sari Sumdac]] (3)

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==Quotes==
'''Lugnut''': "And the universe will rejoice! All hail your grand and glorious return!"<br>
'''Starscream''': "Okaaay, what's ''his'' malfunction?"<br>
'''Calm Blitzwing''': "Technical glitch. It happens."<br>
'''Crazy Blitzwing''': "A lot, actually! Ahahahaha!"<br>
'''Lugnut''': "It is ''not'' a glitch! It is Megatron, and he commands us to deliver him the key!"<br>
'''Starscream''': "Megatron?! Did you just say Megatron? Did he just say ''MEGATRON''?! ''THERE IS NO MEGATRON!!'' MEGATRON IS OFFLINE! TERMINATED! I DID IT MYSEL{{m-}}''saw'' it myself."
:{{m-}}'''Starscream''', master of deception.


'''Starscream''': Lugnut!  Blitzwing!  Do as our mystery caller commands!  Track the energy signal and find that key!  Meanwhile, I will locate the source of the transmission.<br>
'''Lugnut''': And locate our grand and glorious leader!<br>
'''Starscream''': Uh, fine, yes, whatever.
:—Master of deception, we say!


'''Megatron''': "Look what the capacitor dragged in."<br>
'''Starscream''': "Megatron?! Alive? And looking...magnificent, as always."<br>
'''Megatron''': "Starscream. How good it is to be reunited with such a ''devoted'' and ''faithful'' subject in my time of need."<br>
'''Starscream''': "I would have come sooner, o grand and illustrious leader, but naturally we all assumed you perished at the hands of the Autobot scum. What...great...joy to discover you did not."<br>
'''Megatron''': "Yes. Delight is written all over your face."
:{{m-}}'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' exchange warm and heartfelt pleasantries.


"YOU INTERRUPTED MY SPEECH!!!"<br>
:{{m-}}'''Starscream''' seriously freaks out when Bumblebee shoots him.


'''Lugnut''': "We have come for our glorious leader, Megatron!"<br>
'''Megatron''': "I am here, Lugnut."<br>
'''Lugnut''': "Oh, Master, I am not worthy! I am not worthy{{m-}}...what happened to your body?"<br>
'''Megatron''': "...long story."<br>
'''Calm Blitzwing''': So, you didn't have voices in your head..."<br>
'''Crazy Blitzwing''': ...you had a ''head'' in your head!"<br>
:{{m-}}Decepticon reunion.


"''Decepticons?'' But, you told me you were an Autobot."<br>
"And I hated every moment of that humiliating charade."
:{{m-}}'''Isaac Sumdac''' finally learns the truth, and from '''Megatron''' himself.

==Other notes==
* This is the first episode in which we see an extended transformation sequence for Starscream.

===Continuity errors=== 
* Despite her initial sarcasm, Sari has apparently forgotten (or is willing to forget) how Blackarachnia's use of the All Spark key nearly killed Sari herself and all organic life for miles around.  She also doesn't seem to mind being kidnapped onto a rooftop again.  Lesson: Never betray a kid's trust; it makes them act REALLY stupid.

* Not so much an error as just an oddity: When Starscream stands over a dangling Bumblebee on the Sumdac Tower rooftop, Megatron sends a power surge through a roof fixture and zaps Starscream.  When the scene cuts back to the roof a few minutes later, Bumblebee's back on the roof, which he likely managed while Starscream was stunned, and Screamer's confronting him again.  However, with no time given for them to talk or react about the transition, the previous roof scene may as well not have happened.

* While it may be explained in part two, when Megatron's energized body sends out cables to its detached hand, in which Prof. Sumdac is sitting, the hand grips around Sumdac, then is yanked under the flooring and over to the body, where it opens back up—with no Sumdac visible.

===Transformers references===

* The scene in which Bumblebee spots Starscream through a hole in Sumdac Tower is strongly reminiscent (and likely a purposeful homage) to the scene in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the '86 movie]] in which Hot Rod sees Starscream and the Decepticons through a hole in the Autobot shuttle on the way to Autobot City.

* Prime finally refers to [[Dinobot Island]] by that name.

===Real-world references===
* Ratchet's remark to Blitzwing about prying the key from his cold, dead servos is a reference to an NRA slogan originated by Charlton Heston.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Trivia

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