Editing Sideburn's Obsession

{{episode|
|series=RiD
|ep=7
|title="Sideburn's Obsession"
|japanese=スピードブレイカーの危機!
|romaji=Speedbreaker no Kiki!
|translation=Speedbreaker's Crisis!
|image=Sideburnsobsession titlecard.jpg
|caption=[''[[Template:Sic|sic]]'']
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Yukiyoshi Ōhashi]] (Japanese)<br>[[Richard Epcar]] (English)
|director=[[Akira Katō]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[May 17|17 May]] 2000 (Japanese)<br>[[September 15]], 2001 (English)
|continuity=
}}

'''Side Burn likes sports cars'''<br>
'''Megatron is in disguise'''<br>
'''Fatal attraction'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Sideburn's Obsession Megatronsideburn.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Megatron's milkshake brings Side Burn to the junk yard]]
It all starts with [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] chasing down a weird looking red car. [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] tries to stop them but loses them. Side Burn follows the car into a junkyard and is shocked and upset to discover that the red car is actually [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]. (Which brings up an interesting point, does Side Burn care about the car's gender?) The [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] apparently know about his taste in cars and used it to trick him. Side Burn is then captured by the Predacons and is now part of their evil plan.

The next day [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus]] and Side Burn's brothers are all worried that he hasn't checked in and go out to search for him. They are stopped by the Predacons who leave a message that if they want to see Side Burn again, Optimus has to go get him alone. Optimus decides to go, against the wishes of his soldiers who know it's a trap.

[[Image:Sideburn's Obsession Sideburngasskunkdarkscream.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Cue "Dueling Banjos"]]
Meanwhile [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] is with his friend [[Karl]] and Karl's father at a car crushing facility. The Predacons attack and order them to leave. As they run, Koji spots Side Burn as their prisoner and stays to see if he can help. Inside the Predacons tell Side Burn their plot. They're going to use Side Burn to lure Optimus into a trap and then hand him over to [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]].

Back at the base Prowl and [[X-Brawn]] convince [[T-AI]] to send the [[Spy Changer|Spychangers]] to help Optimus. The two brothers decide to help out by going in disguise. Sadly it doesn't seem that Prowl has any imagination (he's wearing a NO ENTRY bib and holding a NO ENTRY sign while asking his brother to guess who he is) and X-Brawn tells him that it's the dumbest disguise he has ever seen. Thankfully X-Brawn has imagination...but no taste; he and Prowl wind up in vehicle mode but covered in goofy looking paint jobs.

[[Image:Sideburn's Obsession Sideburntricycle.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I want to ride my tricycle. I want to ride my trike.]]
Meanwhile the Predacons are curious as to why Side Burn is into red sport cars. Side Burn then tells a woeful tale of when he was a classic blue sports car and how he met a classic red sports car, but after a tragic accident Side Burn was left all alone. Now the Predacons are all feeling sorry for him, particularly after hearing how, when Side Burn was just a young tricycle, a red tricycle was his first love. Of course, as an irritated [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] reminds them, Side Burn is from Cybertron and was never a classic blue sports car or a tricycle.

Optimus finally arrives and, even though Side Burn tries to warn him, is captured in Energon ropes. Outside, Prowl and X-Brawn arrive and witness Megatron arriving. Fortunately he doesn't notice them and goes inside the building. Inside, Sky-Byte hands over Optimus, and Megatron uses this moment to use the helpless Autobot leader as a punching bag. (Low, Megatron, even for you.)

Outside, Prowl and X-Brawn need a plan to help their brother and leader. They spot Koji and contact him through his phone. Prowl asks him to switch on the magnetic machine so he can get into the building unnoticed. As the machine lifts him into the air the Predacons all agree that Prowl is one ugly car. As Prowl lands on the conveyor belt he transforms and blasts the machine which powered the Energon ropes, freeing Optimus and Side Burn. The Spychangers suddenly show up and Optimus and Side Burn decide that it's time for payback.  After a rousing fight, the Predacons flee back to base, where Sky-Byte neatly shifts the blame onto Gas Skunk and Dark Scream.

Side Burn apologises and says he'll never chase a red sports car again. Sadly (and very predictably), the moment he promises this a red sports car whizzes by and he tails it screaming that he thinks he's in love.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (2)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[T-AI]] (9)
*[[X-Brawn]] (10)
*[[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]] (15)
*[[R.E.V.]] (16)
*[[Crosswise (RID)|Crosswise]] (17)
*[[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]] (18)
*[[W.A.R.S.]] (19)
*[[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]] (20)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (4)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (5)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (6)
*[[Dark Scream]] (7)

|c3=
*[[Kelly]] (11)
*[[Koji Onishi]] (12)
*[[Karl]] (13)
*Karl's father (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"Oh baby, you're looking fine, you know I can't resist a red sportscar!" 
:—'''Side Burn''', admiring Megatron's ass.


"Oh man, what a downer."
:—'''Side Burn''', realizing the sportscar he's been admiring is actually Megatron in disguise.


"Sometimes you're as stubborn as a Packbot!"
:—'''X-Brawn''', on Side Burn


"I know it's not right to seek revenge. Think we should just turn the other fender, maybe cut 'em a break?"<br>
"Let's teach these creeps a lesson they won't forget!"<br>
"Works for me!"
:—'''Side Burn''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===
* During the chase of Side Burn at the beginning, Prowl's line when stopping at the red light isn't what he says below in Car Robot - he's ''obeying traffic laws''.

===Animation or technical errors===
* Side Burn's name is incorrectly spelled as one word in the episode title.

===Continuity errors===
* T-AI says the Spychangers are "on assignment", but when she contacts them, they're not actually doing anything.

===Transformers references===
* Slapper mentions [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones]] in this episode.

===Trivia===
* The red car Side Burn chases at the end of the episode has a license plate 97-99.
* Prowl's "Jet Boosters!" attack involves... throwing his gun at his opponent (Megatron bats it aside). Unsurprisingly that's the sum total of Prowl's contribution to the fight. Way to go, genius.
* While chasing Side Burn (and Megatron), and despite the fact he's running both lights and sirens, as well as having taken over control and responsibility for a high-speed pursuit originally requiring four police cars, Prowl ''stops'' at a red light of an empty intersection. He later claims that "they lost me". Presumably he also doesn't arrest criminals who state that they "didn't do it, man".

==External links==
* [http://www.ridforever.info/transformers-transcripts/rid-episode-07-sideburns-obsession.php "Sideburn's Obsession" transcript on RiDForever.info]


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