A Prime Problem - Revision history

BerylRoll at 13:56, 16 February 2026

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	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	[[File:PrimeProblem Decepticons at crevasse.jpg\|left\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|All right, who wants to dive first?]]		[[File:PrimeProblem Decepticons at crevasse.jpg\|left\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|All right, who wants to dive first?]]
	The Decepticons discover a crevasse in the [[Earth]] from which is emanating strange energy readings. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Megatron]] stops [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Starscream]] from diving straight in, and orders [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Soundwave]] to send in an [[autoscout]]. They quickly determine that the crevasse is full of dangerous [[korlonium crystal]]s, which destroy anything with electronic [[~~circuits~~\|circuitry]] on contact, and decide to try to trick the [[Autobot]]s into entering the crevasse. To that end they retire to their nearby [[Incredibly tall rocket\|temporary operations base]].		The Decepticons discover a crevasse in the [[Earth]] from which is emanating strange energy readings. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Megatron]] stops [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Starscream]] from diving straight in, and orders [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Soundwave]] to send in an [[autoscout]]. They quickly determine that the crevasse is full of dangerous [[korlonium crystal]]s, which destroy anything with electronic [[Circuit (circuit)\|circuitry]] on contact, and decide to try to trick the [[Autobot]]s into entering the crevasse. To that end they retire to their nearby [[Incredibly tall rocket\|temporary operations base]].

	[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots show up at the scene shortly, but before they can learn more about the lights, they are attacked by a Decepticon squad led by Starscream. Megatron dispatches [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Laserbeak]], who knocks Prime over a cliff with a few well-aimed shots and puts him out of commission. The Decepticon then beams holographic pictures of the Autobot leader back to Megatron, who uses them to create a [[Optimus Prime clone\|remote-controlled clone]] out of a [[clone synthesizer]].		[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots show up at the scene shortly, but before they can learn more about the lights, they are attacked by a Decepticon squad led by Starscream. Megatron dispatches [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Laserbeak]], who knocks Prime over a cliff with a few well-aimed shots and puts him out of commission. The Decepticon then beams holographic pictures of the Autobot leader back to Megatron, who uses them to create a [[Optimus Prime clone\|remote-controlled clone]] out of a [[clone synthesizer]].

Saix: Pruning

2024-08-07T23:57:15Z

Pruning

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	===Trivia===		===Trivia===
	[[File:Autoscout2.jpg\|thumb\|right~~\|upright=1.1~~\|Totally toy-makable. Hasbro, we're waiting!]]		[[File:Autoscout2.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Totally toy-makable. Hasbro, we're waiting!]]
	*The episode goes an unusually long time before featuring its first [[scene transition]], which finally comes around the six minute mark.
	*Man, Starscream sure is eager to throw away the life of one of his fellow Decepticons, huh? He suggests it be "a trusted officer", which pretty much narrows the selection down to Soundwave (or mayyyybe Reflector). Make of that what you will!
	*Laserbeak is pretty hardcore. Optimus is easily able to overpower Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp with his bare hands, yet a few blasts from Laserbeak take him down. Laserbeak also manages to open a pretty nice can of whoop-ass on Starscream when Starscream tries to run away; then he captures Spike and causes Windcharger to fall to his near-death.
	*Based on the absurdity of this episode, "WE MUST HAVE A RACE" has become a popular fandom meme any time two things might be remotely confused with one another.		*Based on the absurdity of this episode, "WE MUST HAVE A RACE" has become a popular fandom meme any time two things might be remotely confused with one another.
	*~~If one wanted to {{w\|Marvel No-Prize\|no-prize}} the events of~~ this episode~~, it might be possible that~~ the ~~Autobots' (and Spike's) stupidity could be chalked up to being around~~ the ~~radiation given off by the korlonium crystals too long, in which case let's hope no one had any long-term health problems.~~		*Originally, this episode had the intro for the first season due to being part of the first batch of season 2 episodes to air.
	*Originally this episode had a season ~~1 intro~~ due to being part of the ~~1st~~ batch of season 2 episodes to air.

	===Foreign localization===		===Foreign localization===

Freakertron: /* Trivia */

2024-08-07T22:00:55Z

Trivia

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	*Laserbeak is pretty hardcore. Optimus is easily able to overpower Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp with his bare hands, yet a few blasts from Laserbeak take him down. Laserbeak also manages to open a pretty nice can of whoop-ass on Starscream when Starscream tries to run away; then he captures Spike and causes Windcharger to fall to his near-death.		*Laserbeak is pretty hardcore. Optimus is easily able to overpower Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp with his bare hands, yet a few blasts from Laserbeak take him down. Laserbeak also manages to open a pretty nice can of whoop-ass on Starscream when Starscream tries to run away; then he captures Spike and causes Windcharger to fall to his near-death.
	*Based on the absurdity of this episode, "WE MUST HAVE A RACE" has become a popular fandom meme any time two things might be remotely confused with one another.		*Based on the absurdity of this episode, "WE MUST HAVE A RACE" has become a popular fandom meme any time two things might be remotely confused with one another.
	*If one wanted to {{w\|Marvel No-Prize\|no-prize}} ~~everyone's stupidity in~~ this episode, it might be possible that the Autobots' (and Spike's) stupidity could chalked up to being around the radiation given off by the korlonium crystals.		*If one wanted to {{w\|Marvel No-Prize\|no-prize}} the events of this episode, it might be possible that the Autobots' (and Spike's) stupidity could be chalked up to being around the radiation given off by the korlonium crystals too long, in which case let's hope no one had any long-term health problems.
	*Originally this episode had a season 1 intro due to being part of the 1st batch of season 2 episodes to air.		*Originally this episode had a season 1 intro due to being part of the 1st batch of season 2 episodes to air.

Freakertron: /* Trivia */

2024-08-07T21:57:16Z

Trivia

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	*Laserbeak is pretty hardcore. Optimus is easily able to overpower Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp with his bare hands, yet a few blasts from Laserbeak take him down. Laserbeak also manages to open a pretty nice can of whoop-ass on Starscream when Starscream tries to run away; then he captures Spike and causes Windcharger to fall to his near-death.		*Laserbeak is pretty hardcore. Optimus is easily able to overpower Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp with his bare hands, yet a few blasts from Laserbeak take him down. Laserbeak also manages to open a pretty nice can of whoop-ass on Starscream when Starscream tries to run away; then he captures Spike and causes Windcharger to fall to his near-death.
	*Based on the absurdity of this episode, "WE MUST HAVE A RACE" has become a popular fandom meme any time two things might be remotely confused with one another.		*Based on the absurdity of this episode, "WE MUST HAVE A RACE" has become a popular fandom meme any time two things might be remotely confused with one another.
			*If one wanted to {{w\|Marvel No-Prize\|no-prize}} everyone's stupidity in this episode, it might be possible that the Autobots' (and Spike's) stupidity could chalked up to being around the radiation given off by the korlonium crystals.
	*Originally this episode had a season 1 intro due to being part of the 1st batch of season 2 episodes to air.		*Originally this episode had a season 1 intro due to being part of the 1st batch of season 2 episodes to air.

Greebtron: /* External links */

2024-08-03T14:25:44Z

External links

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	*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lrjCH276TIv_vOZat1xAAr-nQQX39O00/view?usp=drive_link Partial episode script, revised by Ron Friedman]		*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lrjCH276TIv_vOZat1xAAr-nQQX39O00/view?usp=drive_link Partial episode script, revised by Ron Friedman]
	*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v3LaSxBXh872bjX2WCY3Aihvk4ErDw51/view?usp=drive_link Episode dialogue script]		*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v3LaSxBXh872bjX2WCY3Aihvk4ErDw51/view?usp=drive_link Episode dialogue script]
			*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FSWnoXwp9rruo3BzwRMxgdK0IZJpLO-i/view?usp=drive_link Model sheets and background layouts]
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Doglunchuk: /* Trivia */

2024-07-13T12:44:04Z

Trivia

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	*Laserbeak is pretty hardcore. Optimus is easily able to overpower Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp with his bare hands, yet a few blasts from Laserbeak take him down. Laserbeak also manages to open a pretty nice can of whoop-ass on Starscream when Starscream tries to run away; then he captures Spike and causes Windcharger to fall to his near-death.		*Laserbeak is pretty hardcore. Optimus is easily able to overpower Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp with his bare hands, yet a few blasts from Laserbeak take him down. Laserbeak also manages to open a pretty nice can of whoop-ass on Starscream when Starscream tries to run away; then he captures Spike and causes Windcharger to fall to his near-death.
	*Based on the absurdity of this episode, "WE MUST HAVE A RACE" has become a popular fandom meme any time two things might be remotely confused with one another.		*Based on the absurdity of this episode, "WE MUST HAVE A RACE" has become a popular fandom meme any time two things might be remotely confused with one another.
	*Originally this episode had season 1 intro due to being part of the 1st batch of season 2 episodes to air.		*Originally this episode had a season 1 intro due to being part of the 1st batch of season 2 episodes to air.

	===Foreign localization===		===Foreign localization===

Doglunchuk: /* Continuity errors */

2024-07-13T12:42:09Z

Continuity errors

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	*The basic premise of the episode—that nobody can tell which Optimus Prime is real—requires all the Autobots (and Spike) to be ''incredibly'' stupid. Nobody thought to take the two Primes into separate rooms and grill them about things only the real Prime would know? Not even ''Prime himself'' thinks to suggest this? Even after Windcharger and Spike observe that something's very wrong with Prime, nobody puts two and two together when the real Prime shows up? The fake Prime's bloodthirsty response doesn't make it flagrantly obvious who's the fake? Nobody thinks to mark one of the Primes to tell them apart? Races and sharpshooting contests are supposed to prove who's who? Nobody gets suspicious at how easily Starscream is utterly annihilated?		*The basic premise of the episode—that nobody can tell which Optimus Prime is real—requires all the Autobots (and Spike) to be ''incredibly'' stupid. Nobody thought to take the two Primes into separate rooms and grill them about things only the real Prime would know? Not even ''Prime himself'' thinks to suggest this? Even after Windcharger and Spike observe that something's very wrong with Prime, nobody puts two and two together when the real Prime shows up? The fake Prime's bloodthirsty response doesn't make it flagrantly obvious who's the fake? Nobody thinks to mark one of the Primes to tell them apart? Races and sharpshooting contests are supposed to prove who's who? Nobody gets suspicious at how easily Starscream is utterly annihilated?
	**On the other hand, the ''real'' Optimus Prime calls Trailbreaker "Trailblazer" and Spike "Splick", so maybe we should cut the Autobots a little slack.		**On the other hand, the ''real'' Optimus Prime calls Trailbreaker "Trailblazer" and Spike "Splick", so maybe we should cut the Autobots a little slack.
	*Megatron makes it even easier for the Autobots; he calls Ironhide "Bumblebee", despite being able to identify Ironhide by name in "[[The Autobot Run]]" and Bumblebee in "[[The Immobilizer]]", and flagrantly sets himself for discovery by mucking around with Teletraan I, asking ridiculously leading questions of the Autobots, and responding to the real Prime's appearance with an uncharacteristic "KILL IT NOW" reaction.		*Megatron makes it even easier for the Autobots; he calls Ironhide "Bumblebee", despite being able to identify Ironhide by name in "[[The Autobot Run]]" and Bumblebee in "[[The Immobilizer]]", and flagrantly sets himself up for discovery by mucking around with Teletraan I, asking ridiculously leading questions of the Autobots, and responding to the real Prime's appearance with an uncharacteristic "KILL IT NOW" reaction.
	*Furthermore, why didn't Megatron just have Laserbeak kill, capture or disable Optimus Prime while he was down, thus avoiding all the "two Optimus Primes" trouble in the first place??		*Furthermore, why didn't Megatron just have Laserbeak kill, capture or disable Optimus Prime while he was down, thus avoiding all the "two Optimus Primes" trouble in the first place??
	*Heck, if it's so easy to make perfect reproductions of the strongest Autobot, why not just make a ton of them and overwhelm the Autobots? Why not just make a ton of [[Megatron Corps\|''Megatron'' clones]] and overwhelm the Autobots?		*Heck, if it's so easy to make perfect reproductions of the strongest Autobot, why not just make a ton of them and overwhelm the Autobots? Why not just make a ton of [[Megatron Corps\|''Megatron'' clones]] and overwhelm the Autobots?

Astrum: /* Foreign localization */

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Foreign localization

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	::*Starscream refers to himself as the "commander of the Hundred Years' War on Cybertron" instead of the "pride of the Cybertron War Academy".		::*Starscream refers to himself as the "commander of the Hundred Years' War on Cybertron" instead of the "pride of the Cybertron War Academy".
	::*When Megatron says that Windcharger "no longer exists", he misnames him as Huffer.		::*When Megatron says that Windcharger "no longer exists", he misnames him as Huffer.
	::*Jazz's line: «Hey, man, the real Optimus Prime wouldn't chicken on a little recon operation!» is weirdly ~~cahnged~~ to: «Hey... the real Optimus Prime wouldn't appreciate this kind of gratitude.».		::*Jazz's line: «Hey, man, the real Optimus Prime wouldn't chicken on a little recon operation!» is weirdly changed to: «Hey... the real Optimus Prime wouldn't appreciate this kind of gratitude.».

	:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Un problema per Optimus Prime'''" ("A Problem for Optimus Prime")		:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Un problema per Optimus Prime'''" ("A Problem for Optimus Prime")

Astrum: /* Foreign localization */

2023-10-31T17:06:35Z

Foreign localization

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	'''Italian'''		'''Italian'''
	:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Un problema per Commander'''" ("A Problem for Optimus Prime")		:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Un problema per Commander'''" ("A Problem for Optimus Prime")
			:*''Original airdate:'' ?
			::*Instead of "olografic views" of Optimus Prime, Megatron asks Laserbeak for a "spectrographic analysis".
			::*Huffer's line: «Did someone mention traps?», is heard too soon, so, at the end of it, you can see him still moving his mouth without saying anything.
			::*Starscream refers to himself as the "commander of the Hundred Years' War on Cybertron" instead of the "pride of the Cybertron War Academy".
			::*When Megatron says that Windcharger "no longer exists", he misnames him as Huffer.
			::*Jazz's line: «Hey, man, the real Optimus Prime wouldn't chicken on a little recon operation!» is weirdly cahnged to: «Hey... the real Optimus Prime wouldn't appreciate this kind of gratitude.».

	:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Un problema per Optimus Prime'''" ("A Problem for Optimus Prime")		:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Un problema per Optimus Prime'''" ("A Problem for Optimus Prime")
	:*''Original airdate:'' ?		:*''Original airdate:'' ?

SoundSky: /* Foreign localization */

2023-10-29T17:00:17Z

Foreign localization

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	:**As usual, Laserbeak's name is skipped. Optimus Prime's line "Laserbeak! You tin-foil turkey!" is absent from the dub.		:**As usual, Laserbeak's name is skipped. Optimus Prime's line "Laserbeak! You tin-foil turkey!" is absent from the dub.
	:**When Ironhide explains that they have to stop the reaction before the whole area explodes, [[Francis Lax]] makes a grammar error and corrects it immediately, still in Ironhide voice. ("il faut arrêter cette réaction avant que le secteur explose... ou ''n'''explose !")		:**When Ironhide explains that they have to stop the reaction before the whole area explodes, [[Francis Lax]] makes a grammar error and corrects it immediately, still in Ironhide voice. ("il faut arrêter cette réaction avant que le secteur explose... ou ''n'''explose !")
			::*In the DVD version of this episode by [[Déclic Images]], the sound of the episode gradually shifts as it plays, leading to several seconds of lag in the final scenes, which does not help the already messed up soundtrack. The [[UFG Junior]] DVD release does not have the lag problem.

	'''Italian'''		'''Italian'''