Editing This Is Why I Hate Machines

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|series=Anitoon
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|ep=40
|title="This Is Why I Hate Machines"
|airdate=[[May 9]], 2009
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==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (1)
*[[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]] (3)
*[[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] (4)
*[[Powerglide (Animated)|Powerglide]] (5)
*[[Hubcap (Animated)|Hubcap]] (6)
*[[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]] (7)
*[[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]] (8)
*[[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] (9)
<!--*Steeljaw?-->
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*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (10)
*[[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]] (11)
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (12)
*[[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] (13)
*[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] (14)
*[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] (15)
*[[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] (20)
*[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] (21) 
*[[Rattletrap]] (22)
*[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (23)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (24) 
|c2=
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (16)
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (17)
*[[Lugnut]] (18)
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] (19)

|c3=
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (2)
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==Quotes==

==Notes==

===Animation or technical errors===

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===
*[[Steeljaw (Animated)|Steeljaw]] and [[Saur (Animated)|Saur]] are among the terrified crowd of Transformers.

*Ratchet's favorite hangout is [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]].

*[[Rattletrap]] sounds just like [[wikipedia:Lou_Costello|Lou Costello]], which is a reasonable approximation (and probable inspiration) for the voice of ''[[Beast Wars]]'' [[Rattrap]].  Rattletrap's name and design also takes from Rattrap, of course, but specifically his vehicular ''[[Dawn of Future's Past]]'' body.  

*At the end of the episode, Shockwave turns into his "true colors" purple form, represented by a [[Target]] [[exclusive]] [[redeco]] reminiscent of the G1 namesake's color scheme.

*Speaking of Target, when Ratchet and Fanzone are headed to Maccadam's, they stop in front of a building which appears to have Target's trademark "bull's-eye" logo.

*The Autobot Council's headquarters is known as "[[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]]", and the Elite Guard's battle station is "[[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]]".

===Real-world references===
*Sentinel Prime's broadcast was based on [[wikipedia:The Red Scare|The Red Scare]] during the Cold War.  The broadcast concludes with him saying "I'm Sentinel Prime and I approve this message"--in the style of contemporary [[President of the United States|political campaign ads]].
*Sentinel's insistence that he is the one who "makes the tough decisions" and insistence that any questioning of his orders is tantamount to treason is probably some kind of statement about [[Mission Accomplished|some''one'' or some''thing'']], but we'll leave it at that.  Seriously.  We will.
*Shockwave's slow, deadpan delivery of "I'm afraid I can't let you do that" is a reference to the menacing supercomputer HAL from Stanley Kubrick's ''[[wikipedia:2001 (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]''... which also featured an unblinking single red "eye".

*Rattletrap is an underworld informant--you might say, a "rat".

===Trivia===


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