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Doomdorm64: /* Trivia */

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Trivia

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	*Before it aired, online sources listed the title of this episode as simply "A Clip Show".		*Before it aired, online sources listed the title of this episode as simply "A Clip Show".
	*It has nothing to do with [[Dion (G1)\|Dion]].		*It has nothing to do with [[Dion (G1)\|Dion]].
	*The moral of this: flashbacks [[Ruined FOREVER\|ruined ~~transformers~~]].		*The moral of this: flashbacks [[Ruined FOREVER\|ruined ''Transformers'']].

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

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	*The past events observed by the Predacons and Decepticons are from "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)\|Ultra Magnus]]", "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]", and "[[The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus]]".		*The past events observed by the Predacons and Decepticons are from "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)\|Ultra Magnus]]", "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]", and "[[The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus]]".
	*Megatron reminds Sky-Byte that they learned "a long time ago" that Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime are brothers, which they likely overheard Magnus and Prime mention during their confrontation with Megatron and the Decepticons in "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"		*Megatron reminds Sky-Byte that they learned "a long time ago" that Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime are brothers, which they likely overheard Magnus and Prime mention during their confrontation with Megatron and the Decepticons in "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"
	*By the episode's end, Megatron develops a new interest in obtaining the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] from Optimus. While he never does this in any other episode, "[[Power to Burn!]]" is the only episode in which the Matrix does come under threat by the Decepticons. Combined with the fact that "Power to Burn!" is the last episode in which Megatron is still interested in Ultra Magnus ''at all'' (before his attention is fully redirected at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] for the rest of the series, starting with [[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Maximus's titular debut episode]]), this would strongly suggest that the episode is set chronologically between "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus" and "Power to Burn!" ~~- as the most logical episode 28.~~		*By the episode's end, Megatron develops a new interest in obtaining the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] from Optimus. While he never does this in any other episode, "[[Power to Burn!]]" is the only episode in which the Matrix does come under threat by the Decepticons. Combined with the fact that "Power to Burn!" is the last episode in which Megatron is still interested in Ultra Magnus ''at all'' (before his attention is fully redirected at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] for the rest of the series, starting with [[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Maximus's titular debut episode]]), this would strongly suggest that the episode is set chronologically between "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus" and "Power to Burn!"

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Quirky-artist-charlie: /* Continuity notes */ Specificity!

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Continuity notes: Specificity!

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	*The past events observed by the Predacons and Decepticons are from "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)\|Ultra Magnus]]", "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]", and "[[The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus]]".		*The past events observed by the Predacons and Decepticons are from "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)\|Ultra Magnus]]", "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]", and "[[The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus]]".
	*Megatron reminds Sky-Byte that they learned "a long time ago" that Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime are brothers, which they likely overheard Magnus and Prime mention during their confrontation with Megatron and the Decepticons in "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"		*Megatron reminds Sky-Byte that they learned "a long time ago" that Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime are brothers, which they likely overheard Magnus and Prime mention during their confrontation with Megatron and the Decepticons in "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"
	*By the episode's end, Megatron develops a new interest in obtaining the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] from Optimus. While he never does this in any other episode, "[[Power to Burn!]]" is the only episode in which the Matrix does come under threat by the Decepticons. Combined with the fact that "Power to Burn!" is the last episode in which Megatron is still interested in Ultra Magnus ''at all'' (before his attention is fully redirected at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] for the rest of the series, starting with [[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Maximus's titular debut episode]]), this would strongly suggest that the episode is set chronologically between "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus" and "Power to Burn!"		*By the episode's end, Megatron develops a new interest in obtaining the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] from Optimus. While he never does this in any other episode, "[[Power to Burn!]]" is the only episode in which the Matrix does come under threat by the Decepticons. Combined with the fact that "Power to Burn!" is the last episode in which Megatron is still interested in Ultra Magnus ''at all'' (before his attention is fully redirected at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] for the rest of the series, starting with [[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Maximus's titular debut episode]]), this would strongly suggest that the episode is set chronologically between "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus" and "Power to Burn!" - as the most logical episode 28.

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Continuity notes

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	*The fact that Megatron is still Megatron and not yet Galvatron in this episode places it at least somewhere before "[[Peril from the Past]]".		*The fact that Megatron is still Megatron and not yet Galvatron in this episode places it at least somewhere before "[[Peril from the Past]]".
	*The past events observed by Predacons and Decepticons are from "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)\|Ultra Magnus]]", "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]", and "[[The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus]]".		*The past events observed by the Predacons and Decepticons are from "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)\|Ultra Magnus]]", "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]", and "[[The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus]]".
	*Megatron reminds Sky-Byte that they learned "a long time ago" that Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime are brothers, which they likely overheard Magnus and Prime mention during their confrontation with Megatron and the Decepticons in "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"		*Megatron reminds Sky-Byte that they learned "a long time ago" that Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime are brothers, which they likely overheard Magnus and Prime mention during their confrontation with Megatron and the Decepticons in "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"
	*By the episode's end, Megatron develops a new interest in obtaining the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] from Optimus. While he never does this in any other episode, "[[Power to Burn!]]" is the only episode in which the Matrix does come under threat by the Decepticons. Combined with the fact that "Power to Burn!" is the last episode in which Megatron is still interested in Ultra Magnus ''at all'' (before his attention is fully redirected at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] for the rest of the series, starting with [[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Maximus's titular debut episode]]), this would strongly suggest that the episode is set chronologically between "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus" and "Power to Burn!"		*By the episode's end, Megatron develops a new interest in obtaining the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] from Optimus. While he never does this in any other episode, "[[Power to Burn!]]" is the only episode in which the Matrix does come under threat by the Decepticons. Combined with the fact that "Power to Burn!" is the last episode in which Megatron is still interested in Ultra Magnus ''at all'' (before his attention is fully redirected at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] for the rest of the series, starting with [[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Maximus's titular debut episode]]), this would strongly suggest that the episode is set chronologically between "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus" and "Power to Burn!"

Sabrblade: /* Continuity notes */

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Continuity notes

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	*The fact that Megatron is still Megatron and not yet Galvatron in this episode places it at least somewhere before "[[Peril from the Past]]".		*The fact that Megatron is still Megatron and not yet Galvatron in this episode places it at least somewhere before "[[Peril from the Past]]".
	*The past events observed by Predacons and Decepticons are from "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)\|Ultra Magnus]]", "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]", and "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus".		*The past events observed by Predacons and Decepticons are from "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)\|Ultra Magnus]]", "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]", and "[[The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus]]".
	*Megatron reminds Sky-Byte that they learned "a long time ago" that Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime are brothers, which they likely overheard Magnus and Prime mention during their confrontation with Megatron and the Decepticons in "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"		*Megatron reminds Sky-Byte that they learned "a long time ago" that Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime are brothers, which they likely overheard Magnus and Prime mention during their confrontation with Megatron and the Decepticons in "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"
	*By the episode's end, Megatron develops a new interest in obtaining the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] from Optimus. While he never does this in any other episode, "[[Power to Burn!]]" is the only episode in which the Matrix does come under threat by the Decepticons. Combined with the fact that "Power to Burn!" is the last episode in which Megatron is still interested in Ultra Magnus ''at all'' (before his attention is fully redirected at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] for the rest of the series, starting with [[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Maximus's titular debut episode]]), this would strongly suggest that the episode is set chronologically between "[[The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus]]" and "Power to Burn!"		*By the episode's end, Megatron develops a new interest in obtaining the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] from Optimus. While he never does this in any other episode, "[[Power to Burn!]]" is the only episode in which the Matrix does come under threat by the Decepticons. Combined with the fact that "Power to Burn!" is the last episode in which Megatron is still interested in Ultra Magnus ''at all'' (before his attention is fully redirected at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] for the rest of the series, starting with [[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Maximus's titular debut episode]]), this would strongly suggest that the episode is set chronologically between "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus" and "Power to Burn!"

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Astrum: /* Foreign localization */

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Foreign localization

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	===Foreign localization===		===Foreign localization===
			'''Italian'''
			:*''Title:'' "'''Il mistero di Ultra Magnus'''" ("The mystery of Ultra Magnus")
			::*In the scenes taken from "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!", Optimus still misnames Alpha Trion as "Alpha Tyron" and refers to him as a female.


	'''Portuguese'''		'''Portuguese'''
	:*''Title:'' "'''O Mistério de Ultra Magnus'''" ("The Mystery of Ultra Magnus")		:*''Title:'' "'''O Mistério de Ultra Magnus'''" ("The Mystery of Ultra Magnus")

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	{{episode		{{episode
	\|~~series~~=~~RiD~~		\|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)\|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' ep 35
	\|ep=35		\|prev=The Human Element
			\|next=Mistaken Identity
			\|otherseries2=Chronological order
			\|prev2=The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus
			\|next2=Power to Burn!
	\|image=Mystery of Ultra Magnus Titlecard.JPG		\|image=Mystery of Ultra Magnus Titlecard.JPG
	\|caption=See, without "the" in the title, this could have been about ''any'' Ultra Magnus.		\|caption=See, without "the" in the title, this could have been about ''any'' Ultra Magnus.

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	===Production notes===		===Production notes===
	*This is the final of three [[clip show\|recap episodes]] created solely by [[Saban Entertainment]] for the English dub, replacing the [[Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!~~\|three~~]] [[Assemble! New Troops~~\|recap~~]] [[Gelshark's Blues~~\|episodes~~]] ~~of the original Japanese version~~. As such, every single bit of animation in this episode is recycled from preexisting footage.		*This is the final of three [[clip show\|recap episodes]] created solely by [[Saban Entertainment]] for the English dub, replacing the three recap episodes of the original Japanese version ("[[Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!]]", "[[Assemble! New Troops]]", and "[[Gelshark's Blues]]"). As such, every single bit of animation in this episode is recycled from preexisting footage.
	*Originally, the English dub wasn't going to have any recap episodes at all, with the initial episode count slated to be 36, three less than the original count of 39.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Unlike the Japanese series, this show will feature 36 episodes, removing the three "clip shows" that only featured cuts of old footage with the voices of characters discussing the various scenes in the off screen. \|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20010716204134/http://www.bwtf.com/rid/intro/\|title=''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (Introduction)\|name=[[Ben Yee]]\|site=Ben's World of Transformers\|year=2001}}</ref> However, when ~~three~~ [[Attack from Outer Space~~\|other~~]] [[Landfill (episode)\|~~non-recap~~]] [[Sky-Byte Saves the Day~~\|episodes~~]] were banned from U.S. broadcast due to censorship following the [[September 11]], [[2001]] terrorist attacks, that further reduced the episode total down to 33. To make up for the loss of the banned episodes, three brand-new recap episodes were created by Saban to restore the total back to 36 episodes. But then the three banned episodes ended up eventually airing in markets outside the U.S. anyway, bumping the total count back up to the original 39.		*Originally, the English dub wasn't going to have any recap episodes at all, with the initial episode count slated to be 36, three less than the original count of 39.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Unlike the Japanese series, this show will feature 36 episodes, removing the three "clip shows" that only featured cuts of old footage with the voices of characters discussing the various scenes in the off screen. \|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20010716204134/http://www.bwtf.com/rid/intro/\|title=''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (Introduction)\|name=[[Ben Yee]]\|site=Ben's World of Transformers\|year=2001}}</ref> However, when "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", "[[Landfill (episode)\|Landfill]]", and "[[Sky-Byte Saves the Day]]" were banned from U.S. broadcast due to censorship following the [[September 11]], [[2001]] terrorist attacks, that further reduced the episode total down to 33. To make up for the loss of the banned episodes, three brand-new recap episodes were created by Saban to restore the total back to 36 episodes. But then the three banned episodes ended up eventually airing in markets outside the U.S. anyway, bumping the total count back up to the original 39.
	*This episode originally aired as the very last episode of the series to premiere on [[Fox Kids]]. When released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]], it was placed as the 35th episode of the series, the same numerical placement as the third ''Car Robots'' recap episode, "[[Gelshark's Blues]]". Like the previous two clip-shows in the series ("[[Hope for the Future]]" and "[[Lessons of the Past]]"), it is totally different from its ''Car Robots'' counterpart. But while those two episodes had a basic similarity of subject matter to the ''Car Robots'' episodes, this one has anything but. Where "Gelshark's Blues" featured [[Sky-Byte (RID)\|Sky-Byte]] sadly ruminating on the [[Super Mode\|Power Up]] of the [[Autobot Brothers]], the emergence of [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron's]] transformation into Galvatron, "Mystery of the Ultra Magnus" does away with this wholesale, and is largely a retelling of the early adventures of Ultra Magnus.		*This episode originally aired as the very last episode of the series to premiere on [[Fox Kids]]. When released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]], it was placed as the 35th episode of the series, the same numerical placement as the third ''Car Robots'' recap episode, "[[Gelshark's Blues]]". Like the previous two clip-shows in the series ("[[Hope for the Future]]" and "[[Lessons of the Past]]"), it is totally different from its ''Car Robots'' counterpart. But while those two episodes had a basic similarity of subject matter to the ''Car Robots'' episodes, this one has anything but. Where "Gelshark's Blues" featured [[Sky-Byte (RID)\|Sky-Byte]] sadly ruminating on the [[Super Mode\|Power Up]] of the [[Autobot Brothers]], the emergence of [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron's]] transformation into Galvatron, "Mystery of the Ultra Magnus" does away with this wholesale, and is largely a retelling of the early adventures of Ultra Magnus.
	**However, in either its original broadcast or official DVD placements, this episode is seriously out of chronological order~~. Logically, it ought to fall somewhere between "[[The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus]]" and "[[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Fortress Maximus]]"~~ (see ~~"Continuity notes"~~ below for more).		**However, in either its original broadcast or official DVD placements, this episode is seriously out of chronological order (see the next section below for more).

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	*The past events observed by Predacons and Decepticons are from "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)\|Ultra Magnus]]", "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]", and "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus".		*The past events observed by Predacons and Decepticons are from "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)\|Ultra Magnus]]", "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]", and "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus".
	*Megatron reminds Sky-Byte that they learned "a long time ago" that Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime are brothers, which they likely overheard Magnus and Prime mention during their confrontation with Megatron and the Decepticons in "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"		*Megatron reminds Sky-Byte that they learned "a long time ago" that Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime are brothers, which they likely overheard Magnus and Prime mention during their confrontation with Megatron and the Decepticons in "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"
	*By the episode's end, Megatron develops a new interest in obtaining the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] from Optimus. While he never does this in any other episode, "[[Power to Burn!]]" is the only episode in which the Matrix does come under threat by the Decepticons. Combined with the fact that "Power to Burn!" is the last episode in which Megatron is still interested in Ultra Magnus at all (before his attention is fully redirected at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] for the rest of the series, starting with [[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Maximus's titular debut episode]]), this would strongly suggest that the episode is set chronologically between "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus" and "Power to Burn!"		*By the episode's end, Megatron develops a new interest in obtaining the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] from Optimus. While he never does this in any other episode, "[[Power to Burn!]]" is the only episode in which the Matrix does come under threat by the Decepticons. Combined with the fact that "Power to Burn!" is the last episode in which Megatron is still interested in Ultra Magnus ''at all'' (before his attention is fully redirected at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] for the rest of the series, starting with [[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Maximus's titular debut episode]]), this would strongly suggest that the episode is set chronologically between "[[The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus]]" and "Power to Burn!"

	===Animation or technical errors===		===Animation or technical errors===

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
			===Production notes===
			*This is the final of three [[clip show\|recap episodes]] created solely by [[Saban Entertainment]] for the English dub, replacing the [[Gigatron's Ambitions Revealed!\|three]] [[Assemble! New Troops\|recap]] [[Gelshark's Blues\|episodes]] of the original Japanese version. As such, every single bit of animation in this episode is recycled from preexisting footage.
			*Originally, the English dub wasn't going to have any recap episodes at all, with the initial episode count slated to be 36, three less than the original count of 39.<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Unlike the Japanese series, this show will feature 36 episodes, removing the three "clip shows" that only featured cuts of old footage with the voices of characters discussing the various scenes in the off screen. \|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20010716204134/http://www.bwtf.com/rid/intro/\|title=''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (Introduction)\|name=[[Ben Yee]]\|site=Ben's World of Transformers\|year=2001}}</ref> However, when three [[Attack from Outer Space\|other]] [[Landfill (episode)\|non-recap]] [[Sky-Byte Saves the Day\|episodes]] were banned from U.S. broadcast due to censorship following the [[September 11]], [[2001]] terrorist attacks, that further reduced the episode total down to 33. To make up for the loss of the banned episodes, three brand-new recap episodes were created by Saban to restore the total back to 36 episodes. But then the three banned episodes ended up eventually airing in markets outside the U.S. anyway, bumping the total count back up to the original 39.
			*This episode originally aired as the very last episode of the series to premiere on [[Fox Kids]]. When released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]], it was placed as the 35th episode of the series, the same numerical placement as the third ''Car Robots'' recap episode, "[[Gelshark's Blues]]". Like the previous two clip-shows in the series ("[[Hope for the Future]]" and "[[Lessons of the Past]]"), it is totally different from its ''Car Robots'' counterpart. But while those two episodes had a basic similarity of subject matter to the ''Car Robots'' episodes, this one has anything but. Where "Gelshark's Blues" featured [[Sky-Byte (RID)\|Sky-Byte]] sadly ruminating on the [[Super Mode\|Power Up]] of the [[Autobot Brothers]], the emergence of [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron's]] transformation into Galvatron, "Mystery of the Ultra Magnus" does away with this wholesale, and is largely a retelling of the early adventures of Ultra Magnus.
			**However, in either its original broadcast or official DVD placements, this episode is seriously out of chronological order. Logically, it ought to fall somewhere between "[[The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus]]" and "[[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Fortress Maximus]]" (see "Continuity notes" below for more).

	===Continuity notes===		===Continuity notes===
	*This episode originally aired as the very last episode of the series to premiere on [[Fox Kids]], likely created to simply meet the full 36-episode count originally intended for the series<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Unlike the Japanese series, this show will feature 36 episodes, removing the three "clip shows" that only featured cuts of old footage with the voices of characters discussing the various scenes in the off screen. \|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20010716204134/http://www.bwtf.com/rid/intro/\|title=''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (Introduction)\|name=[[Ben Yee]]\|site=Ben's World of Transformers\|year=2001}}</ref> before 9/11 saw [[Attack from Outer Space\|three]] [[Landfill (episode)\|other]] [[Sky-Byte Saves the Day\|episodes]] banned from U.S. broadcast. When released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]], it was placed as the 35th episode of the series, the same numerical placement as the third ''Car Robots'' [[clip show]] that this one replaces (see "Trivia" below). However, in either placement, this episode is ~~seriously out of chronological order:~~ Megatron ~~has become~~ Galvatron by this ~~stage, and would have very little reason to be interested in Ultra Magnus when [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] is stomping around. Logically,~~ it ~~ought to fall~~ somewhere ~~between~~ "[[~~The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus]]" and "[[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Fortress Maximus~~]]".		*The fact that Megatron is still Megatron and not yet Galvatron in this episode places it at least somewhere before "[[Peril from the Past]]".
	*The past events observed by Predacons and Decepticons are from "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)\|Ultra Magnus]]", "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]", and "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus".		*The past events observed by Predacons and Decepticons are from "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)\|Ultra Magnus]]", "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]", and "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus".
	*Megatron reminds Sky-Byte that they learned "a long time ago" that Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime are brothers, which they likely overheard Magnus and Prime mention during their confrontation with Megatron and the Decepticons in "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"		*Megatron reminds Sky-Byte that they learned "a long time ago" that Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime are brothers, which they likely overheard Magnus and Prime mention during their confrontation with Megatron and the Decepticons in "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"
	*By the episode's end, Megatron develops a new interest in obtaining the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] from Optimus. While he never does this in any other episode, "[[Power to Burn!]]" is the only episode in which the Matrix does come under threat by the Decepticons. Combined with the fact that "Power to Burn!" is the last episode in which Megatron is still interested in Ultra Magnus at all (before his attention is fully redirected at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] for the rest of the series, starting with [[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Maximus's titular debut episode]]), this would suggest that the episode is set chronologically between "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus" and "Power to Burn!".		*By the episode's end, Megatron develops a new interest in obtaining the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] from Optimus. While he never does this in any other episode, "[[Power to Burn!]]" is the only episode in which the Matrix does come under threat by the Decepticons. Combined with the fact that "Power to Burn!" is the last episode in which Megatron is still interested in Ultra Magnus at all (before his attention is fully redirected at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] for the rest of the series, starting with [[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Maximus's titular debut episode]]), this would strongly suggest that the episode is set chronologically between "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus" and "Power to Burn!"

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	===Transformers references===		===Transformers references===
	*Megatron makes reference to working for a [[Predacon Council\|~~council~~]].		*Megatron makes reference to working for a council. Per the episode's original airing order, Megatron (as Galvatron) had previously stated in "[[Surprise Attack!]]" that he is in service of the [[Predacon Council]], a dub invention not found in the original ''Car Robots'' version and likely inspired by the [[Tripredacus Council]] from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|Beast Wars]]''. Per either this episode's DVD placement or its proper chronological placement, this is the first mention of the council before it is later elaborated on in "Surprise Attack!"

	===Trivia===		===Trivia===
	*This episode replaces the original ''Car Robots'' [[clip show]], "[[Gelshark's Blues]]", in the ''Robots in Disguise'' line-up. Like the previous two clip-shows in the series, "[[Hope for the Future]]" and "[[Lessons of the Past]]", it is totally different from its ''Car Robots'' counterpart. But while those two episodes had a basic similarity of subject matter to the ''Car Robots'' episodes, this one has anything but. Whereas "Gelshark's Blues" featured [[Sky-Byte (RID)\|Sky-Byte]] sadly ruminating on the super-charging of the Autobot Brothers, the emergence of Fortress Maximus and Megatron's transformation into Galvatron, "Mystery of the Ultra Magnus" does away with this wholesale, and is largely a retelling of "Ultra Magnus" and "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!", creating an entirely new story that sees Megatron study the early adventures of Ultra Magnus.
	*Before it aired, online sources listed the title of this episode as simply "A Clip Show".		*Before it aired, online sources listed the title of this episode as simply "A Clip Show".
	*It has nothing to do with [[Dion (G1)\|Dion]].		*It has nothing to do with [[Dion (G1)\|Dion]].

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	*This episode originally aired as the very last episode of the series to premiere on [[Fox Kids]], likely created to simply meet the full 36-episode count originally intended for the series<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20010716204134/http://www.bwtf.com/rid/intro/ ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (Introduction) at Ben's World of Transformers~~] (archived)~~</ref> before 9/11 saw [[Attack from Outer Space\|three]] [[Landfill (episode)\|other]] [[Sky-Byte Saves the Day\|episodes]] banned from U.S. broadcast. When released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]], it was placed as the 35th episode of the series, the same numerical placement as the third ''Car Robots'' [[clip show]] that this one replaces (see "Trivia" below). However, in either placement, this episode is seriously out of chronological order: Megatron has become Galvatron by this stage, and would have very little reason to be interested in Ultra Magnus when [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] is stomping around. Logically, it ought to fall somewhere between "[[The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus]]" and "[[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Fortress Maximus]]".		*This episode originally aired as the very last episode of the series to premiere on [[Fox Kids]], likely created to simply meet the full 36-episode count originally intended for the series<ref>{{citesocial\|quote=Unlike the Japanese series, this show will feature 36 episodes, removing the three "clip shows" that only featured cuts of old footage with the voices of characters discussing the various scenes in the off screen. \|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20010716204134/http://www.bwtf.com/rid/intro/\|title=''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (Introduction)\|name=[[Ben Yee]]\|site=Ben's World of Transformers\|year=2001}}</ref> before 9/11 saw [[Attack from Outer Space\|three]] [[Landfill (episode)\|other]] [[Sky-Byte Saves the Day\|episodes]] banned from U.S. broadcast. When released on DVD in the [[United Kingdom]], it was placed as the 35th episode of the series, the same numerical placement as the third ''Car Robots'' [[clip show]] that this one replaces (see "Trivia" below). However, in either placement, this episode is seriously out of chronological order: Megatron has become Galvatron by this stage, and would have very little reason to be interested in Ultra Magnus when [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] is stomping around. Logically, it ought to fall somewhere between "[[The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus]]" and "[[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Fortress Maximus]]".
	*The past events observed by Predacons and Decepticons are from "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)\|Ultra Magnus]]", "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]", and "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus".		*The past events observed by Predacons and Decepticons are from "[[Ultra Magnus (episode)\|Ultra Magnus]]", "[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]", and "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus".
	*Megatron reminds Sky-Byte that they learned "a long time ago" that Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime are brothers, which they likely overheard Magnus and Prime mention during ~~the brothers'~~ confrontation with Megatron and the Decepticons in "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"		*Megatron reminds Sky-Byte that they learned "a long time ago" that Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime are brothers, which they likely overheard Magnus and Prime mention during their confrontation with Megatron and the Decepticons in "Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!"
	*By the episode's end, Megatron develops a new interest in obtaining the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] from Optimus. While he never does this in any other episode, "[[Power to Burn!]]" is the only episode in which the Matrix does come under threat by the Decepticons. Combined with the fact that "Power to Burn!" is the last episode in which Megatron is still interested in Ultra Magnus at all (before his attention is fully redirected at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] for the rest of the series, starting with [[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Maximus's titular debut episode]]), this would suggest that the episode is set chronologically between "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus" and "Power to Burn!".		*By the episode's end, Megatron develops a new interest in obtaining the [[Matrix of Leadership\|Matrix]] from Optimus. While he never does this in any other episode, "[[Power to Burn!]]" is the only episode in which the Matrix does come under threat by the Decepticons. Combined with the fact that "Power to Burn!" is the last episode in which Megatron is still interested in Ultra Magnus at all (before his attention is fully redirected at [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|Fortress Maximus]] for the rest of the series, starting with [[Fortress Maximus (episode)\|Maximus's titular debut episode]]), this would suggest that the episode is set chronologically between "The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus" and "Power to Burn!".