Cosmic Rust (episode) - Revision history

Turbobluestreak: /* External links */

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External links

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	*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Iq4-iKB2MP6IbKErEvNC86tRnlwLkoAy/view?usp=drive_link Episode model sheets]		*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Iq4-iKB2MP6IbKErEvNC86tRnlwLkoAy/view?usp=drive_link Episode model sheets]
	*[https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/p/the-transformers-mp-700-60-cosmic-rust.html Gallery of full episode storyboards]		*[https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/p/the-transformers-mp-700-60-cosmic-rust.html Gallery of full episode storyboards]
			*[https://youtu.be/UrjXXqg4eXM?feature=shared 8 Deleted Cosmic Rust scenes, published on 26th December 2025]
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AzimuthAcolyte: /* Trivia */

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Trivia

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	*This episode was originally going to be the Generation 1 cartoon's first attempt to introduce the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] into its continuity, '''before''' ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''! In the finished episode, Starscream merely laments that none of the Decepticons can read "[[Cybertronian language\|Ancient Autobot]]". In the script, however, Megatron ''can'' read the language, and translates it, discovering that the Thirteenth Legion came to Antilla during "the first millennium after the creation of the Autobot Matrix". Starscream dates this to five hundred thousand years before they left for Earth (which is to say, 4.5 million years ago). This, of course, would conflict greatly with what we would go on to learn of the Matrix when it was properly introduced, and, indeed, is not even internally consistent with the rest of the script itself, which claims (pretty stupidly) that the legion has been on Antilla since the "dawn of time".		*This episode was originally going to be the Generation 1 cartoon's first attempt to introduce the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] into its continuity, '''before''' ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''! In the finished episode, Starscream merely laments that none of the Decepticons can read "[[Cybertronian language\|Ancient Autobot]]". In the script, however, Megatron ''can'' read the language, and translates it, discovering that the Thirteenth Legion came to Antilla during "the first millennium after the creation of the Autobot Matrix". Starscream dates this to five hundred thousand years before they left for Earth (which is to say, 4.5 million years ago). This, of course, would conflict greatly with what we would go on to learn of the Matrix when it was properly introduced, and, indeed, is not even internally consistent with the rest of the script itself, which claims (pretty stupidly) that the legion has been on Antilla since the "dawn of time".
	*The "Ancient Autobot" symbols seen in this episode would inspire not one but ''two'' different ciphers used whenever "Cybertronian script" was called for throughout ''Transformers'' media in the twenty-first century: One affectionately referred to as "Cybertronica Sorensona" after its creator [[Jim Sorenson]] used extensively through [[IDW Publishing]]'s comics and the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)\|Generations]]'' mega-franchise, and another bluntly referred to as the "[[High Moon Studios~~\|High Moon~~]] ~~font" used throughout~~ a multitude of ~~properties~~ in the 2010s "[[Aligned continuity family\|Aligned continuity]]" ~~project~~.		*The "Ancient Autobot" symbols seen in this episode would inspire not one but ''two'' different ciphers used whenever "Cybertronian script" was called for throughout ''Transformers'' media in the twenty-first century: One affectionately referred to as "Cybertronica Sorensona" after its creator [[Jim Sorenson]] used extensively through [[IDW Publishing]]'s comics and the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)\|Generations]]'' mega-franchise, and another bluntly referred to as the "High Moon font" developed by video game developer [[High Moon Studios]] for use across a multitude of projects in the 2010s "[[Aligned continuity family\|Aligned continuity]]" initiative.

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

AzimuthAcolyte: /* Trivia */ "Inspired multiple languages" feels significant enough to warrant a mention

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Trivia: "Inspired multiple languages" feels significant enough to warrant a mention

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	===Trivia===		===Trivia===
	*This episode was originally going to be the Generation 1 cartoon's first attempt to introduce the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] into its continuity, '''before''' ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''! In the finished episode, Starscream merely laments that none of the Decepticons can read "[[Cybertronian language\|Ancient Autobot]]". In the script, however, Megatron ''can'' read the language, and translates it, discovering that the Thirteenth Legion came to Antilla during "the first millennium after the creation of the Autobot Matrix". Starscream dates this to five hundred thousand years before they left for Earth (which is to say, 4.5 million years ago). This, of course, would conflict greatly with what we would go on to learn of the Matrix when it was properly introduced, and, indeed, is not even internally consistent with the rest of the script itself, which claims (pretty stupidly) that the legion has been on Antilla since the "dawn of time".		*This episode was originally going to be the Generation 1 cartoon's first attempt to introduce the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] into its continuity, '''before''' ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''! In the finished episode, Starscream merely laments that none of the Decepticons can read "[[Cybertronian language\|Ancient Autobot]]". In the script, however, Megatron ''can'' read the language, and translates it, discovering that the Thirteenth Legion came to Antilla during "the first millennium after the creation of the Autobot Matrix". Starscream dates this to five hundred thousand years before they left for Earth (which is to say, 4.5 million years ago). This, of course, would conflict greatly with what we would go on to learn of the Matrix when it was properly introduced, and, indeed, is not even internally consistent with the rest of the script itself, which claims (pretty stupidly) that the legion has been on Antilla since the "dawn of time".
			*The "Ancient Autobot" symbols seen in this episode would inspire not one but ''two'' different ciphers used whenever "Cybertronian script" was called for throughout ''Transformers'' media in the twenty-first century: One affectionately referred to as "Cybertronica Sorensona" after its creator [[Jim Sorenson]] used extensively through [[IDW Publishing]]'s comics and the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)\|Generations]]'' mega-franchise, and another bluntly referred to as the "[[High Moon Studios\|High Moon]] font" used throughout a multitude of properties in the 2010s "[[Aligned continuity family\|Aligned continuity]]" project.

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

AzimuthAcolyte: /* Toys inspired by this episode */

2025-07-07T21:59:56Z

Toys inspired by this episode

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	===Toys inspired by this episode===		===Toys inspired by this episode===
	*'''''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)\|Combiner Wars]]~~'''~~'' [[Victorion#Combiner Wars\|Victorion]] gift set (Hasbro, [[2016]])		*'''''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)\|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Victorion#Combiner Wars\|Victorion]] gift set (Hasbro, [[2016]])'''
	:This box set of the "[[Torchbearer\|Rust Renegade]]" [[Combiner\|combiner team]] of rust-themed archeologist types perhaps unsurprisingly takes very direct cues from this episode, featuring the Ancient Autobot warning from the beginning of the episode [[tampograph]]ed across the team in a [[Cybertronian language\|cipher reverse-engineered from the visible symbols]], along with a buildable sword based on the Lightning Bug.		:This box set of the "[[Torchbearer\|Rust Renegade]]" [[Combiner\|combiner team]] of rust-themed archeologist types perhaps unsurprisingly takes very direct cues from this episode, featuring the Ancient Autobot warning from the beginning of the episode [[tampograph]]ed across the team in a [[Cybertronian language\|cipher reverse-engineered from the visible symbols]], along with a buildable sword based on the Lightning Bug.

	*'''''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece\|Masterpiece]]'' [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#MP45\|Bumble Ver. 2.0]] (TakaraTomy, [[2019]])		*'''''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece\|Masterpiece]]'' [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#MP45\|Bumble Ver. 2.0]] (TakaraTomy, [[2019]])''
	:This newer incarnation of Bumblebee includes a sticker sheet to include various kinds of details on the figure, including some Cosmic Rust spots.		:This newer incarnation of Bumblebee includes a sticker sheet to include various kinds of details on the figure, including some Cosmic Rust spots.

	*'''''Masterpiece'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys#MP52\|Starscream Ver. 2.0]] (TakaraTomy, [[2021]])		*'''''Masterpiece'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys#MP52\|Starscream Ver. 2.0]] (TakaraTomy, [[2021]])''
	:Among various accessories, this iteration of Starscream includes the pincer he uses in this episode, along with the asteroid piece he pulls out from Megatron's shoulder.		:Among various accessories, this iteration of Starscream includes the pincer he uses in this episode, along with the asteroid piece he pulls out from Megatron's shoulder.

AzimuthAcolyte: /* Toys inspired by this episode */ Adding Victorion who was not here somehow

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Toys inspired by this episode: Adding Victorion who was not here somehow

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	===Toys inspired by this episode===		===Toys inspired by this episode===
			*'''''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)\|Combiner Wars]]''''' [[Victorion#Combiner Wars\|Victorion]] gift set (Hasbro, [[2016]])
			:This box set of the "[[Torchbearer\|Rust Renegade]]" [[Combiner\|combiner team]] of rust-themed archeologist types perhaps unsurprisingly takes very direct cues from this episode, featuring the Ancient Autobot warning from the beginning of the episode [[tampograph]]ed across the team in a [[Cybertronian language\|cipher reverse-engineered from the visible symbols]], along with a buildable sword based on the Lightning Bug.

	*'''''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece\|Masterpiece]]'' [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#MP45\|Bumble Ver. 2.0]] (TakaraTomy, [[2019]])		*'''''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece\|Masterpiece]]'' [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#MP45\|Bumble Ver. 2.0]] (TakaraTomy, [[2019]])
	:This newer incarnation of Bumblebee includes a sticker sheet to include various kinds of details on the figure, including some Cosmic Rust spots.		:This newer incarnation of Bumblebee includes a sticker sheet to include various kinds of details on the figure, including some Cosmic Rust spots.

Greebtron: /* External links */

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External links

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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-5Kxze4JCWNMN5POOclnK32LiF_cnsrU First draft script, submitted on 10th September 1985]		*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-5Kxze4JCWNMN5POOclnK32LiF_cnsrU First draft script, submitted on 10th September 1985]
			*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Iq4-iKB2MP6IbKErEvNC86tRnlwLkoAy/view?usp=drive_link Episode model sheets]
	*[https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/p/the-transformers-mp-700-60-cosmic-rust.html Gallery of full episode storyboards]		*[https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/p/the-transformers-mp-700-60-cosmic-rust.html Gallery of full episode storyboards]

Cyberlink420 at 22:13, 1 July 2024

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	*Perceptor compares Cosmic Rust to the Black Plague.		*Perceptor compares Cosmic Rust to the Black Plague.
	*Teletraan I calls the fallen Autobot civilization the "13th Legion—the Lost Legion". This could be a reference to the {{w\|Legio IX Hispana\|Ninth Legion}}, also known as "The Lost Legion".		*Teletraan I calls the fallen Autobot civilization the "13th Legion—the Lost Legion". This could be a reference to the {{w\|Legio IX Hispana\|Ninth Legion}}, also known as "The Lost Legion".
	*Writer Paul Davids mentioned that the idea of a plague spreading amongst the Transformers was inspired in part by the AIDS crisis of the 1980s.<ref>http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/60-astrominutes/paul-davids/paul-davids-2.html</ref>		*Writer Paul Davids mentioned that the idea of a plague spreading amongst the Transformers was inspired in part by the AIDS crisis of the 1980s.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160205031200/http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/60-astrominutes/paul-davids/paul-davids-2.html</ref>
	*Behind Perceptor at the National Scientific Achievement award can be seen posters of [[Tokyo Tower]], the [[Washington Monument]], [[CJ Seoul Tower]], the British houses of parliament and [[Elizabeth Tower]], and the [[Eiffel Tower]], but oddly enough not the Statue of Liberty.		*Behind Perceptor at the National Scientific Achievement award can be seen posters of [[Tokyo Tower]], the [[Washington Monument]], [[CJ Seoul Tower]], the British houses of parliament and [[Elizabeth Tower]], and the [[Eiffel Tower]], but oddly enough not the Statue of Liberty.
	*The real-world Statue of Liberty was {{w\|Conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty\|under renovation}} at the time of this episode's production.		*The real-world Statue of Liberty was {{w\|Conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty\|under renovation}} at the time of this episode's production.

Astrum: /* Foreign localization */

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Foreign localization

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	::*When Astrotrain sees the Autobot symbol, he says that it is the "Aerialbot symbol".		::*When Astrotrain sees the Autobot symbol, he says that it is the "Aerialbot symbol".
	::*Strangely, "lightning bug" is translated as the Italian word for "scarab", while "dragonfly" is translated as the Italian word for "lizard", so, pretty much, Astrotrain says: «If that's a scarab, I sure hate to meet up with a lizard».		::*Strangely, "lightning bug" is translated as the Italian word for "scarab", while "dragonfly" is translated as the Italian word for "lizard", so, pretty much, Astrotrain says: «If that's a scarab, I sure hate to meet up with a lizard».
	::*When ~~Starstcream~~ checks Megatron's wound, he says that he has a tear in his back, instead of his shoulder.		::*When Starscream checks Megatron's wound, he says that he has a tear in his back, instead of his shoulder.
	::*Menasor is called by his English name instead of the Italian one.		::*Menasor is called by his English name instead of the Italian one.
	:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Ruggine cosmica'''" ("Cosmic Rust")		:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Ruggine cosmica'''" ("Cosmic Rust")

SoundSky: /* Foreign localization */

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 '''French'''
 :*''Title:'' "'''La rouille cosmique'''" ("The Cosmic Rust")
 :*''Original airdate:'' ?
 '''Italian'''

Astrum: /* Foreign localization */

2024-01-21T00:36:48Z

Foreign localization

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	:*''Original airdate:'' ?		:*''Original airdate:'' ?
	::*When Astrotrain sees the Autobot symbol, he says that it is the "Aerialbot symbol".		::*When Astrotrain sees the Autobot symbol, he says that it is the "Aerialbot symbol".
	::*Strangely, "~~dragon fly~~" is translated as the Italian word for "scarab", while "dragonfly" is translated as the Italian word for "lizard", so, pretty much, Astrotrain says: «If that's a scarab, I sure hate to meet up with a lizard».		::*Strangely, "lightning bug" is translated as the Italian word for "scarab", while "dragonfly" is translated as the Italian word for "lizard", so, pretty much, Astrotrain says: «If that's a scarab, I sure hate to meet up with a lizard».
	::*When Starstcream checks Megatron's wound, he says that he has a tear in his back, instead of his shoulder.		::*When Starstcream checks Megatron's wound, he says that he has a tear in his back, instead of his shoulder.
	::*Menasor is called by his English name instead of the Italian one.		::*Menasor is called by his English name instead of the Italian one.