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AzimuthAcolyte: Transformation cog -> Transformation cog (biology) update

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Transformation cog -> Transformation cog (biology) update

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	===''The Transformers'' cartoon===		===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
	[[File:FFOD4 Autobots lightpoles.JPG\|left\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|"I'm [[Batman]]." "No, I'm Batman." "I'm Batman!" "No! I'm Batman!"]]		[[File:FFOD4 Autobots lightpoles.JPG\|left\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|"I'm [[Batman]]." "No, I'm Batman." "I'm Batman!" "No! I'm Batman!"]]
	[[Blurr (G1)\|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] crashed on Io while bringing [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] to [[Earth]]. As they awaited rescue, two glowing, acid-dripping lightpoles emerged from a crater with wings furled. One picked up a piece of metal and devoured it for a light snack. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}		[[Blurr (G1)\|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] crashed on Io while bringing [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]]'s [[Transformation cog (biology)\|transformation cog]] to [[Earth]]. As they awaited rescue, two glowing, acid-dripping lightpoles emerged from a crater with wings furled. One picked up a piece of metal and devoured it for a light snack. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

	[[File:Lightpole missiles from Five Faces of Darkness.jpg\|right\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|It's not silly! Really! Bees do this in real life!]]		[[File:Lightpole missiles from Five Faces of Darkness.jpg\|right\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|It's not silly! Really! Bees do this in real life!]]

Saix at 22:09, 22 March 2022

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	[[File:Lightpole close up.jpg\|right\|upright=1.5\|thumb\|And I go, "Yeah, baby, 'cause I'm the evil Io bomb-bat what bombs on Io!"]]		[[File:Lightpole close up.jpg\|right\|upright=1.5\|thumb\|And I go, "Yeah, baby, 'cause I'm the evil Io bomb-bat what bombs on Io!"]]

	'''Lightpoles''' are flying, bat-like creatures, though they can furl their wings and walk. They live in smoldering craters on [[Jupiter]]'s moon of [[Io]]. Their saliva is acidic and they eat metal. When threatened, they can [[Transformation\|transform]] into explosive missiles and fling themselves at predators.		'''Lightpoles''' (aka '''lipoles''') are flying, bat-like creatures, though they can furl their wings and walk. They live in smoldering craters on [[Jupiter]]'s moon of [[Io]]. Their saliva is acidic and they eat metal. When threatened, they can [[Transformation\|transform]] into explosive missiles and fling themselves at predators.

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==

Saix at 22:08, 22 March 2022

2022-03-22T22:08:47Z

Chris McFeely: /* Notes */

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	[[File:FFoD3 Lightpoles and wheelie.jpg\|right\|upright=1.8\|thumb\|Composite panning shot]]		[[File:FFoD3 Lightpoles and wheelie.jpg\|right\|upright=1.8\|thumb\|Composite panning shot]]
	* These creatures are only named on-screen once, by narrator [[Victor Caroli]] during the recap that plays at the start of "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5". Fans interpreted Caroli's reading of the name as the nonsense word '''"lipole"''', and that is how they were known for most of fandom history until the original script for "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5" surfaced, and revealed that the beasts are actually called "lightpoles". It's not immediately obvious from their appearance, but according to writer [[Flint Dille]]'s original script for Part 3, which eventually came to light in 2022, they are so named because they are meant to resemble "multi-armed glowing tadpoles, apparently composed of volcanic lava."		* These creatures are only named on-screen once, by narrator [[Victor Caroli]] during the recap that plays at the start of "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5". Fans interpreted Caroli's reading of the name as the nonsense word '''"lipole"''', and that is how they were known for most of fandom history until the original script for "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5" surfaced, and revealed that the beasts are actually called "lightpoles". It's not immediately obvious from their appearance, but according to writer [[Flint Dille]]'s original script for Part 3, which eventually came to light in 2022, they are so named because they are meant to resemble "multi-armed glowing tadpoles, apparently composed of volcanic lava."
	* When they appear in Part 3, the lightpoles are shown to be land-based creatures ~~and spit acid and feed on metal~~, but in Part 4, they have suddenly become flying creatures with bat wings. This confusion is the result of a scene that was cut from the episode, in which the lightpoles are shown to be able to reshape their fluid, lava bodies, sprouting wings to pursue the two fleeing Autobots. The script further describes how this control over their molecules is what allows them to perform their explosive kamikaze "dive bomb" attacks, detailing how they were meant to change colour from yellow to orange to reflect their now-explosive properties. This was completely changed for the finished episode, which instead depicts the lightpoles as orange throughout their on-screen appearances, and shows them actually transforming from bats into bombs, complete with the transformation sound effect. This makes them seem mechanical, rather than organic, which makes Marissa calling them "bags of protoplasm" feel off.		* When they appear in Part 3, the lightpoles are shown to be land-based creatures, but in Part 4, they have suddenly become flying creatures with bat wings. This confusion is the result of a scene that was cut from the episode, in which the lightpoles are shown to be able to reshape their fluid, lava bodies, sprouting wings to pursue the two fleeing Autobots. The script further describes how this control over their molecules is what allows them to perform their explosive kamikaze "dive bomb" attacks, detailing how they were meant to change colour from yellow to orange to reflect their now-explosive properties. This was completely changed for the finished episode, which instead depicts the lightpoles as orange throughout their on-screen appearances, and shows them actually transforming from bats into bombs, complete with the transformation sound effect. This makes them seem mechanical, rather than organic, which makes Marissa calling them "bags of protoplasm" feel off.

	[[Category:Alien species]]		[[Category:Alien species]]

Chris McFeely: /* Notes */

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	[[File:FFoD3 Lightpoles and wheelie.jpg\|right\|upright=1.8\|thumb\|Composite panning shot]]		[[File:FFoD3 Lightpoles and wheelie.jpg\|right\|upright=1.8\|thumb\|Composite panning shot]]
	* These creatures are only named on-screen once, by narrator [[Victor Caroli]] during the recap that plays at the start of "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5". Fans interpreted Caroli's reading of the name as the nonsense word '''"lipole"''', and that is how they were known for most of fandom history until the original script for "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5" surfaced, and revealed that the beasts are actually called "lightpoles". ''~~That'' name doesn't make any more sense than~~ "~~lipole" does~~, ~~but see the next note~~.		* These creatures are only named on-screen once, by narrator [[Victor Caroli]] during the recap that plays at the start of "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5". Fans interpreted Caroli's reading of the name as the nonsense word '''"lipole"''', and that is how they were known for most of fandom history until the original script for "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5" surfaced, and revealed that the beasts are actually called "lightpoles". It's not immediately obvious from their appearance, but according to writer [[Flint Dille]]'s original script for Part 3, which eventually came to light in 2022, they are so named because they are meant to resemble "multi-armed glowing tadpoles, apparently composed of volcanic lava."
	* ~~Given that their name has nothing to do with what~~ they ''are'', ~~it seems like there may~~ have ~~been some misunderstanding between writer and animator about what~~ the lightpoles ~~were supposed~~ to be~~. In fact~~, the script ~~for~~ "~~Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5~~" ~~contains absolutely no information about the creatures' appearance or physicality; perhaps the scripts for part 3 or part 4 would be more enlightening~~, ~~but until those surface, we're stuck guessing~~. ~~But even just looking at~~ the finished ~~episodes alone~~, the lightpoles ~~are depicted~~ as ~~huge, glowing land~~-~~based menaces that eat scrap metal which they dissolve with acid saliva when they make their first brief appearance in part 3~~, ~~but are then rendered as tiny~~, ~~swarming creatures~~ with ~~none of those attributes in~~ the ~~following episodes~~.		* When they appear in Part 3, the lightpoles are shown to be land-based creatures and spit acid and feed on metal, but in Part 4, they have suddenly become flying creatures with bat wings. This confusion is the result of a scene that was cut from the episode, in which the lightpoles are shown to be able to reshape their fluid, lava bodies, sprouting wings to pursue the two fleeing Autobots. The script further describes how this control over their molecules is what allows them to perform their explosive kamikaze "dive bomb" attacks, detailing how they were meant to change colour from yellow to orange to reflect their now-explosive properties. This was completely changed for the finished episode, which instead depicts the lightpoles as orange throughout their on-screen appearances, and shows them actually transforming from bats into bombs, complete with the transformation sound effect. This makes them seem mechanical, rather than organic, which makes Marissa calling them "bags of protoplasm" feel off.
	* Similarly, ~~although the lightpoles ''appear'' mechanical—their transition to missile mode is even accompanied by the "Transformation" sound—Marissa Faireborn refers to~~ them as "bags of protoplasm."


	[[Category:Alien species]]		[[Category:Alien species]]

Abates: /* Notes */

2016-01-26T07:22:07Z

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	[[File:FFoD3 Lightpoles and wheelie.jpg\|right\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|Composite panning shot]]		[[File:FFoD3 Lightpoles and wheelie.jpg\|right\|upright=1.8\|thumb\|Composite panning shot]]
	* These creatures are only named on-screen once, by narrator [[Victor Caroli]] during the recap that plays at the start of "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5". Fans interpreted Caroli's reading of the name as the nonsense word '''"lipole"''', and that is how they were known for most of fandom history until the original script for "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5" surfaced, and revealed that the beasts are actually called "lightpoles". ''That'' name doesn't make any more sense than "lipole" does, but see the next note.		* These creatures are only named on-screen once, by narrator [[Victor Caroli]] during the recap that plays at the start of "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5". Fans interpreted Caroli's reading of the name as the nonsense word '''"lipole"''', and that is how they were known for most of fandom history until the original script for "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5" surfaced, and revealed that the beasts are actually called "lightpoles". ''That'' name doesn't make any more sense than "lipole" does, but see the next note.
	* Given that their name has nothing to do with what they ''are'', it seems like there may have been some misunderstanding between writer and animator about what the lightpoles were supposed to be. In fact, the script for "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5" contains absolutely no information about the creatures' appearance or physicality; perhaps the scripts for part 3 or part 4 would be more enlightening, but until those surface, we're stuck guessing. But even just looking at the finished episodes alone, the lightpoles are depicted as huge, glowing land-based menaces that eat scrap metal which they dissolve with acid saliva when they make their first brief appearance in part 3, but are then rendered as tiny, swarming creatures with none of those attributes in the following episodes.		* Given that their name has nothing to do with what they ''are'', it seems like there may have been some misunderstanding between writer and animator about what the lightpoles were supposed to be. In fact, the script for "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5" contains absolutely no information about the creatures' appearance or physicality; perhaps the scripts for part 3 or part 4 would be more enlightening, but until those surface, we're stuck guessing. But even just looking at the finished episodes alone, the lightpoles are depicted as huge, glowing land-based menaces that eat scrap metal which they dissolve with acid saliva when they make their first brief appearance in part 3, but are then rendered as tiny, swarming creatures with none of those attributes in the following episodes.

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	[[File:~~Lipoles~~ and wheelie.jpg\|right\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|Composite panning shot]]		[[File:FFoD3 Lightpoles and wheelie.jpg\|right\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|Composite panning shot]]
	* These creatures are only named on-screen once, by narrator [[Victor Caroli]] during the recap that plays at the start of "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5". Fans interpreted Caroli's reading of the name as the nonsense word '''"lipole"''', and that is how they were known for most of fandom history until the original script for "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5" surfaced, and revealed that the beasts are actually called "lightpoles". ''That'' name doesn't make any more sense than "lipole" does, but see the next note.		* These creatures are only named on-screen once, by narrator [[Victor Caroli]] during the recap that plays at the start of "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5". Fans interpreted Caroli's reading of the name as the nonsense word '''"lipole"''', and that is how they were known for most of fandom history until the original script for "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5" surfaced, and revealed that the beasts are actually called "lightpoles". ''That'' name doesn't make any more sense than "lipole" does, but see the next note.
	* Given that their name has nothing to do with what they ''are'', it seems like there may have been some misunderstanding between writer and animator about what the lightpoles were supposed to be. In fact, the script for "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5" contains absolutely no information about the creatures' appearance or physicality; perhaps the scripts for part 3 or part 4 would be more enlightening, but until those surface, we're stuck guessing. But even just looking at the finished episodes alone, the lightpoles are depicted as huge, glowing land-based menaces that eat scrap metal which they dissolve with acid saliva when they make their first brief appearance in part 3, but are then rendered as tiny, swarming creatures with none of those attributes in the following episodes.		* Given that their name has nothing to do with what they ''are'', it seems like there may have been some misunderstanding between writer and animator about what the lightpoles were supposed to be. In fact, the script for "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5" contains absolutely no information about the creatures' appearance or physicality; perhaps the scripts for part 3 or part 4 would be more enlightening, but until those surface, we're stuck guessing. But even just looking at the finished episodes alone, the lightpoles are depicted as huge, glowing land-based menaces that eat scrap metal which they dissolve with acid saliva when they make their first brief appearance in part 3, but are then rendered as tiny, swarming creatures with none of those attributes in the following episodes.

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2016-01-19T23:54:19Z

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	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===''The Transformers'' cartoon===		===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
	[[File:FFOD4 Autobots ~~lipoles~~.JPG\|left\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|"I'm [[Batman]]." "No, I'm Batman." "I'm Batman!" "No! I'm Batman!"]]		[[File:FFOD4 Autobots lightpoles.JPG\|left\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|"I'm [[Batman]]." "No, I'm Batman." "I'm Batman!" "No! I'm Batman!"]]
	[[Blurr (G1)\|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] crashed on Io while bringing [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] to [[Earth]]. As they awaited rescue, two glowing, acid-dripping lightpoles emerged from a crater with wings furled. One picked up a piece of metal and devoured it for a light snack. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}		[[Blurr (G1)\|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] crashed on Io while bringing [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] to [[Earth]]. As they awaited rescue, two glowing, acid-dripping lightpoles emerged from a crater with wings furled. One picked up a piece of metal and devoured it for a light snack. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

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	[[File:~~Lipole~~ close up.jpg\|right\|upright=1.5\|thumb\|And I go, "Yeah, baby, 'cause I'm the evil Io bomb-bat what bombs on Io!"]]		[[File:Lightpole close up.jpg\|right\|upright=1.5\|thumb\|And I go, "Yeah, baby, 'cause I'm the evil Io bomb-bat what bombs on Io!"]]

	'''Lightpoles''' are flying, bat-like creatures, though they can furl their wings and walk. They live in smoldering craters on [[Jupiter]]'s moon of [[Io]]. Their saliva is acidic and they eat metal. When threatened, they can [[Transformation\|transform]] into explosive missiles and fling themselves at predators.		'''Lightpoles''' are flying, bat-like creatures, though they can furl their wings and walk. They live in smoldering craters on [[Jupiter]]'s moon of [[Io]]. Their saliva is acidic and they eat metal. When threatened, they can [[Transformation\|transform]] into explosive missiles and fling themselves at predators.

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	[[Blurr (G1)\|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] crashed on Io while bringing [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] to [[Earth]]. As they awaited rescue, two glowing, acid-dripping lightpoles emerged from a crater with wings furled. One picked up a piece of metal and devoured it for a light snack. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}		[[Blurr (G1)\|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] crashed on Io while bringing [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] to [[Earth]]. As they awaited rescue, two glowing, acid-dripping lightpoles emerged from a crater with wings furled. One picked up a piece of metal and devoured it for a light snack. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

	[[File:~~Lipoloe~~ missiles from Five Faces of Darkness.jpg\|right\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|It's not silly! Really! Bees do this in real life!]]		[[File:Lightpole missiles from Five Faces of Darkness.jpg\|right\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|It's not silly! Really! Bees do this in real life!]]
	Shortly thereafter, a swarm of lightpoles attacked them. Without weapons, Blurr and Wheelie attempted to flee, though Wheelie wasn't fast enough to keep out of their talons. [[Marissa Faireborn]] arrived to rescue the pair. She landed and began to attack the swarm with a handgun. Once faced with energy weapons, some of the swarm transformed into suicidal missile mode and destroyed her ship, leaving the Autobots and human stranded. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}		Shortly thereafter, a swarm of lightpoles attacked them. Without weapons, Blurr and Wheelie attempted to flee, though Wheelie wasn't fast enough to keep out of their talons. [[Marissa Faireborn]] arrived to rescue the pair. She landed and began to attack the swarm with a handgun. Once faced with energy weapons, some of the swarm transformed into suicidal missile mode and destroyed her ship, leaving the Autobots and human stranded. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

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	[[Blurr (G1)\|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] crashed on Io while bringing [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] to [[Earth]]. As they awaited rescue, two glowing, acid-dripping lightpoles emerged from a crater with wings furled. One picked up a piece of metal and devoured it for a light snack. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}		[[Blurr (G1)\|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] crashed on Io while bringing [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] to [[Earth]]. As they awaited rescue, two glowing, acid-dripping lightpoles emerged from a crater with wings furled. One picked up a piece of metal and devoured it for a light snack. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

	[[File:~~Lipoloe~~ missiles from Five Faces of Darkness.jpg\|right\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|It's not silly! Really! Bees do this in real life!]]		[[File:Lightpole missiles from Five Faces of Darkness.jpg\|right\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|It's not silly! Really! Bees do this in real life!]]
	Shortly thereafter, a swarm of lightpoles attacked them. Without weapons, Blurr and Wheelie attempted to flee, though Wheelie wasn't fast enough to keep out of their talons. [[Marissa Faireborn]] arrived to rescue the pair. She landed and began to attack the swarm with a handgun. Once faced with energy weapons, some of the swarm transformed into suicidal missile mode and destroyed her ship, leaving the Autobots and human stranded. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}		Shortly thereafter, a swarm of lightpoles attacked them. Without weapons, Blurr and Wheelie attempted to flee, though Wheelie wasn't fast enough to keep out of their talons. [[Marissa Faireborn]] arrived to rescue the pair. She landed and began to attack the swarm with a handgun. Once faced with energy weapons, some of the swarm transformed into suicidal missile mode and destroyed her ship, leaving the Autobots and human stranded. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

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	[[File:Lightpole close up.jpg\|right\|upright=1.5\|thumb\|And I go, "Yeah, baby, 'cause I'm the evil Io bomb-bat what bombs on Io!"]]		[[File:Lightpole close up.jpg\|right\|upright=1.5\|thumb\|And I go, "Yeah, baby, 'cause I'm the evil Io bomb-bat what bombs on Io!"]]

	'''Lightpoles''' are flying, bat-like creatures, though they can furl their wings and walk. They live in smoldering craters on [[Jupiter]]'s moon of [[Io]]. Their saliva is acidic and they eat metal. When threatened, they can [[Transformation\|transform]] into explosive missiles and fling themselves at predators.		'''Lightpoles''' are flying, bat-like creatures, though they can furl their wings and walk. They live in smoldering craters on [[Jupiter]]'s moon of [[Io]]. Their saliva is acidic and they eat metal. When threatened, they can [[Transformation\|transform]] into explosive missiles and fling themselves at predators.

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===''The Transformers'' cartoon===		===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
	[[File:FFOD4 Autobots lightpoles.JPG\|left\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|"I'm [[Batman]]." "No, I'm Batman." "I'm Batman!" "No! I'm Batman!"]]		[[File:FFOD4 Autobots lightpoles.JPG\|left\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|"I'm [[Batman]]." "No, I'm Batman." "I'm Batman!" "No! I'm Batman!"]]
	[[Blurr (G1)\|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] crashed on Io while bringing [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] to [[Earth]]. As they awaited rescue, two glowing, acid-dripping lightpoles emerged from a crater with wings furled. One picked up a piece of metal and devoured it for a light snack. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}		[[Blurr (G1)\|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie (G1)\|Wheelie]] crashed on Io while bringing [[Metroplex (G1)\|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] to [[Earth]]. As they awaited rescue, two glowing, acid-dripping lightpoles emerged from a crater with wings furled. One picked up a piece of metal and devoured it for a light snack. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

	[[File:Lightpole missiles from Five Faces of Darkness.jpg\|right\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|It's not silly! Really! Bees do this in real life!]]		[[File:Lightpole missiles from Five Faces of Darkness.jpg\|right\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|It's not silly! Really! Bees do this in real life!]]
	Shortly thereafter, a swarm of lightpoles attacked them. Without weapons, Blurr and Wheelie attempted to flee, though Wheelie wasn't fast enough to keep out of their talons. [[Marissa Faireborn]] arrived to rescue the pair. She landed and began to attack the swarm with a handgun. Once faced with energy weapons, some of the swarm transformed into suicidal missile mode and destroyed her ship, leaving the Autobots and human stranded. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}		Shortly thereafter, a swarm of lightpoles attacked them. Without weapons, Blurr and Wheelie attempted to flee, though Wheelie wasn't fast enough to keep out of their talons. [[Marissa Faireborn]] arrived to rescue the pair. She landed and began to attack the swarm with a handgun. Once faced with energy weapons, some of the swarm transformed into suicidal missile mode and destroyed her ship, leaving the Autobots and human stranded. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

	After a brief respite, additional lightpoles continued to assault Blurr, Wheelie, and Marissa. Finally, [[Sky Lynx (G1)\|Sky Lynx]] effortlessly rescued the trio from the creatures' ravenous clutches. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}		After a brief respite, additional lightpoles continued to assault Blurr, Wheelie, and Marissa. Finally, [[Sky Lynx (G1)\|Sky Lynx]] effortlessly rescued the trio from the creatures' ravenous clutches. {{storylink\|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}
	~~{{--~~}}

	===''Animated'' cartoon===		===''Animated'' cartoon===
	[[Starscream (Animated)\|Starscream]] noted that [[Megatron (Animated)\|Megatron]] was "a few lipoles short of a nest". {{storylink\|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac\|The AllSpark Almanac}}		[[Starscream (Animated)\|Starscream]] noted that [[Megatron (Animated)\|Megatron]] was "a few lipoles short of a nest". {{storylink\|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac\|The AllSpark Almanac}}
			{{--}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	[[File:FFoD3 Lightpoles and wheelie.jpg\|right\|upright=1.8\|thumb\|Composite panning shot]]		[[File:FFoD3 Lightpoles and wheelie.jpg\|right\|upright=1.8\|thumb\|Composite panning shot]]
	* These creatures are only named on-screen once, by narrator [[Victor Caroli]] during the recap that plays at the start of "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5". Fans interpreted Caroli's reading of the name as the nonsense word '''"lipole"''', and that is how they were known for most of fandom history until the original script for "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5" surfaced, and revealed that the beasts are actually called "lightpoles". It's not immediately obvious from their appearance, but according to writer [[Flint Dille]]'s original script for Part 3, which eventually came to light in 2022, they are so named because they are meant to resemble "multi-armed glowing tadpoles, apparently composed of volcanic lava."		* These creatures are only named on-screen once, by narrator [[Victor Caroli]] during the recap that plays at the start of "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5". Fans interpreted Caroli's reading of the name as the nonsense word "'''lipole'''", and that is how they were known for most of fandom history until the original script for "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5" surfaced, and revealed that the beasts are actually called "lightpoles". It's not immediately obvious from their appearance, but according to writer [[Flint Dille]]'s original script for Part 3, which eventually came to light in 2022, they are so named because they are meant to resemble "multi-armed glowing tadpoles, apparently composed of volcanic lava."
	* When they appear in Part 3, the lightpoles are shown to be land-based creatures, but in Part 4, they have suddenly become flying creatures with bat wings. This confusion is the result of a scene that was cut from the episode, in which the lightpoles are shown to be able to reshape their fluid, lava bodies, sprouting wings to pursue the two fleeing Autobots. The script further describes how this control over their molecules is what allows them to perform their explosive kamikaze "dive bomb" attacks, detailing how they were meant to change colour from yellow to orange to reflect their now-explosive properties. This was completely changed for the finished episode, which instead depicts the lightpoles as orange throughout their on-screen appearances, and shows them actually transforming from bats into bombs, complete with the transformation sound effect. This makes them seem mechanical, rather than organic, which makes Marissa calling them "bags of protoplasm" feel off.		* When they appear in Part 3, the lightpoles are shown to be land-based creatures, but in Part 4, they have suddenly become flying creatures with bat wings. This confusion is the result of a scene that was cut from the episode, in which the lightpoles are shown to be able to reshape their fluid, lava bodies, sprouting wings to pursue the two fleeing Autobots. The script further describes how this control over their molecules is what allows them to perform their explosive kamikaze "dive bomb" attacks, detailing how they were meant to change colour from yellow to orange to reflect their now-explosive properties. This was completely changed for the finished episode, which instead depicts the lightpoles as orange throughout their on-screen appearances, and shows them actually transforming from bats into bombs, complete with the transformation sound effect. This makes them seem mechanical, rather than organic, which makes Marissa calling them "bags of protoplasm" feel off.