The Secret of the Ruins - Revision history

BerylRoll at 21:22, 14 May 2026

2026-05-14T21:22:32Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:22, 14 May 2026
Line 21:		Line 21:
	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	[[File:Secret of the Ruins Bullettrain in city.jpg\|left\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|I'm telling you the cafe is right around here!]]		[[File:Secret of the Ruins Bullettrain in city.jpg\|left\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|I'm telling you the cafe is right around here!]]
	In daylight, in the middle of [[Metro City]], [[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron]] and his [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacons]] attack, hoping to draw out the [[Autobot]]s. [[T-AI]] contacts the [[Autobot Brothers]], but can only find [[Prowl (RID)\|Prowl]] and [[X-Brawn]], who report they're busy looking for [[Side Burn (RID)\|Side Burn]] and [[Koji Onishi\|Koji]], who've gone to explore some old ruins. T-AI orders [[Team Bullet Train]] into the city instead. The three trainbots transform and walk through the city towards the Predacons, who immediately attack with [[Gas Skunk]]'s acid breath. [[Railspike (RID)\|Railspike]] uses missiles to ignite Gas Skunk's breath, and the incompetent skunk runs around, frying his two teammates. From the base, [[Optimus Prime (RID)\|Optimus Prime]] notes that the Predacons apparently aren't trying to heist some energy supply, and he is suspicious that the attack might be more than meets the eye.		In daylight, in the middle of [[Metro City]], [[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron]] and his [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacons]] attack, hoping to draw out the [[Autobot]]s. [[T-AI]] contacts the [[Autobot Brothers]], but can only find [[Prowl (RID)\|Prowl]] and [[X-Brawn]], who report they're busy looking for [[Side Burn (RID)\|Side Burn]] and [[Koji Onishi\|Koji]], who've gone to explore some old ruins. T-AI orders [[Team Bullet Train]] into the city instead. The three trainbots transform and walk through the city towards the Predacons, who immediately attack with [[Gas Skunk (RID)\|Gas Skunk]]'s acid breath. [[Railspike (RID)\|Railspike]] uses missiles to ignite Gas Skunk's breath, and the incompetent skunk runs around, frying his two teammates. From the base, [[Optimus Prime (RID)\|Optimus Prime]] notes that the Predacons apparently aren't trying to heist some energy supply, and he is suspicious that the attack might be more than meets the eye.

	[[Sky-Byte (RID)\|Sky-Byte]], who wasn't at Megatron's attack on the city, explores a mountain range, looking for [[Payuma ruins\|mysterious ruins]], which the Predacons learned about by using the [[psycho-probe]] to take the information from the mind of [[Kenneth Onishi\|Dr. Onishi]]. Sky-Byte spies Side Burn, who is in the area with Koji to search for the same ruins, which Koji explains were left by the "Piyuma" Native Americans.		[[Sky-Byte (RID)\|Sky-Byte]], who wasn't at Megatron's attack on the city, explores a mountain range, looking for [[Payuma ruins\|mysterious ruins]], which the Predacons learned about by using the [[psycho-probe]] to take the information from the mind of [[Kenneth Onishi\|Dr. Onishi]]. Sky-Byte spies Side Burn, who is in the area with Koji to search for the same ruins, which Koji explains were left by the "Piyuma" Native Americans.
Line 55:		Line 55:
	*[[Dark Scream]] (2)		*[[Dark Scream]] (2)
	*[[Slapper (RID)\|Slapper]] (3)		*[[Slapper (RID)\|Slapper]] (3)
	*[[Gas Skunk]] (4)		*[[Gas Skunk (RID)\|Gas Skunk]] (4)
	*[[Sky-Byte (RID)\|Sky-Byte]] (13)		*[[Sky-Byte (RID)\|Sky-Byte]] (13)

BerylRoll: /* Differences with Car Robots */

2026-01-16T10:43:36Z

Differences with Car Robots

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:43, 16 January 2026
Line 94:		Line 94:
	*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte perches himself on a rocky peak and scans the horizon. ''Robots in Disguise'' added a commercial break just before this, so the panning shot of the skyline is moved to ''before'' Sky-Byte sits down, to serve as an establishing shot for anyone just joining the show after the break, rather than as Sky-Byte's POV.		*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte perches himself on a rocky peak and scans the horizon. ''Robots in Disguise'' added a commercial break just before this, so the panning shot of the skyline is moved to ''before'' Sky-Byte sits down, to serve as an establishing shot for anyone just joining the show after the break, rather than as Sky-Byte's POV.
	[[File:Rid ep6 kappa.jpg\|right\|thumb]]		[[File:Rid ep6 kappa.jpg\|right\|thumb]]
	*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts a short scene of Japanese wordplay when Sky-Byte first sights the entrance to the ruins. In ''Car Robots'', the Payuma ruins are known as the real-life {{w\|Cappadocia}} ruins, and Sky-Byte takes the name at face value, ~~beliving~~ it must have some connection to the mythical Japanese water monster known as the ~~{{w\|Kappa (folklore)\|Kappa}}~~. In two deleted shots, he mistakenly recalls the name as "Kappa's Navel" and "Kappa's Plate", imagining them in his patented comedy thought bubbles. The gag runs on into his flashback, where Megatron believes it's called "Kappa's Bellybutton", causing Sky-Byte to facefault, a brief action also cut from ''Robots in Disguise''.		*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts a short scene of Japanese wordplay when Sky-Byte first sights the entrance to the ruins. In ''Car Robots'', the Payuma ruins are known as the real-life {{w\|Cappadocia}} ruins, and Sky-Byte takes the name at face value, believing it must have some connection to the mythical Japanese water monster known as the [[kappa]]. In two deleted shots, he mistakenly recalls the name as "Kappa's Navel" and "Kappa's Plate", imagining them in his patented comedy thought bubbles. The gag runs on into his flashback, where Megatron believes it's called "Kappa's Bellybutton", causing Sky-Byte to facefault, a brief action also cut from ''Robots in Disguise''.
	*Sky-Byte's flashback to Megatron giving him orders is also quite heavily altered for ''Robots in Disguise''. In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte asks Megatron why he is attempting to conquer an insignificant planet like Earth, prompting Megatron to tell him that there is [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|something important]] hidden somewhere on it (though the implication is that even Megatron doesn't know exactly what it is). In ''Robots in Disguise'', they just talk about prying "secret information" from Doctor Onishi's brain. The flashback is also shortened for ''Robots in Disguise'', as a long downward panning shot of the Megastar is removed.		*Sky-Byte's flashback to Megatron giving him orders is also quite heavily altered for ''Robots in Disguise''. In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte asks Megatron why he is attempting to conquer an insignificant planet like Earth, prompting Megatron to tell him that there is [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|something important]] hidden somewhere on it (though the implication is that even Megatron doesn't know exactly what it is). In ''Robots in Disguise'', they just talk about prying "secret information" from Doctor Onishi's brain. The flashback is also shortened for ''Robots in Disguise'', as a long downward panning shot of the Megastar is removed.
	*Side Burn and Koji's conversation about the ruins is shortened down for ''Robots in Disguise''. The ''Car Robots'' version also carried on the "kappa" gag, as Side Burn mispronounces "Cappadocia" as "{{w\|sushi#Makizushi\|Kappamaki}}", a kind of sushi roll with cucumber (he says he prefers tekkamaki, literally an "iron roll"). For ''Robots in Disguise'', this was changed to him mispronouncing "Payuma" as "pie humor," which he considers his preferred style of comedy.		*Side Burn and Koji's conversation about the ruins is shortened down for ''Robots in Disguise''. The ''Car Robots'' version also carried on the "kappa" gag, as Side Burn mispronounces "Cappadocia" as "{{w\|sushi#Makizushi\|Kappamaki}}", a kind of sushi roll with cucumber (he says he prefers tekkamaki, literally an "iron roll"). For ''Robots in Disguise'', this was changed to him mispronouncing "Payuma" as "pie humor," which he considers his preferred style of comedy.

BerylRoll: /* Notes */

2026-01-07T13:51:40Z

Notes

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:51, 7 January 2026
Line 90:		Line 90:
	*Railspike's intro scene is mirrored in ''Robots in Disguise'', with him driving across the screen from right to left, instead of left to right as we was in ''Car Robots''. The same is true of the scenes of the Predacons gathering on a rooftop, and Dark Scream spotting the Bullet Trains approaching.		*Railspike's intro scene is mirrored in ''Robots in Disguise'', with him driving across the screen from right to left, instead of left to right as we was in ''Car Robots''. The same is true of the scenes of the Predacons gathering on a rooftop, and Dark Scream spotting the Bullet Trains approaching.
	*''Robots in Disguise'' adds one of its CGI POV targeting shots as Gas Skunk prepares to fire on the trains, and another as Railspike fires back.		*''Robots in Disguise'' adds one of its CGI POV targeting shots as Gas Skunk prepares to fire on the trains, and another as Railspike fires back.
	*After Rapid Run and Railspike give each other a thumbs-up, ''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out a short scene in which Midnight Express mistakenly believes they're playing rock-paper-scissors, and gets yelled at by the others. The joke is repeated a little later into the episode, after the trains take down the Predacon trio, and is again cut from ''Robots in Disguise''.		*After Rapid Run and Railspike give each other a thumbs-up, ''Robots in Disguise'' cuts out a short scene in which Midnight Express mistakenly believes they're playing [[rock paper scissors]], and gets yelled at by the others. The joke is repeated a little later into the episode, after the trains take down the Predacon trio, and is again cut from ''Robots in Disguise''.
	*The first rock-paper-scissors gag is followed by a [[scene transition]] that involves an Autobot symbol quickly filling up the scene and receding; it's the first time it has been used in ''Car Robots'', but it will be seen again. ''Robots in Disguise'' mostly excises these and uses its own CGI scene transitions, as it has been doing since the first episode.		*The first rock paper scissors gag is followed by a [[scene transition]] that involves an Autobot symbol quickly filling up the scene and receding; it's the first time it has been used in ''Car Robots'', but it will be seen again. ''Robots in Disguise'' mostly excises these and uses its own CGI scene transitions, as it has been doing since the first episode.
	*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte perches himself on a rocky peak and scans the horizon. ''Robots in Disguise'' added a commercial break just before this, so the panning shot of the skyline is moved to ''before'' Sky-Byte sits down, to serve as an establishing shot for anyone just joining the show after the break, rather than as Sky-Byte's POV.		*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte perches himself on a rocky peak and scans the horizon. ''Robots in Disguise'' added a commercial break just before this, so the panning shot of the skyline is moved to ''before'' Sky-Byte sits down, to serve as an establishing shot for anyone just joining the show after the break, rather than as Sky-Byte's POV.
	[[File:Rid ep6 kappa.jpg\|right\|thumb]]		[[File:Rid ep6 kappa.jpg\|right\|thumb]]
Line 99:		Line 99:
	[[File:Rid ep6 POV.jpg\|right\|thumb\|upright=1.67]]		[[File:Rid ep6 POV.jpg\|right\|thumb\|upright=1.67]]
	*Yet more POV shots! ''Car Robots'' includes some POV shots of its own, one when Sky-Byte watches Side Burn and Koji, and two more as his missiles track them. ''Robots in Disguise'' replaces them with their now-standard CGI efforts.		*Yet more POV shots! ''Car Robots'' includes some POV shots of its own, one when Sky-Byte watches Side Burn and Koji, and two more as his missiles track them. ''Robots in Disguise'' replaces them with their now-standard CGI efforts.
	*Yet ''another'' POV shot is added to ''Robots in Disguise'' a minute later when Midnight Express targets Gas Skunk with his rifle. After he successfully blasts the Predacons, ''Car Robots'' has Midnight Express be very happy with himself, as it's his "first win". Railspike and Rapid Run give him a thumbs-up, and he sags, believing he has lost another round of rock-paper-scissors. The sag is cut from ''Robots in Disguise''.		*Yet ''another'' POV shot is added to ''Robots in Disguise'' a minute later when Midnight Express targets Gas Skunk with his rifle. After he successfully blasts the Predacons, ''Car Robots'' has Midnight Express be very happy with himself, as it's his "first win". Railspike and Rapid Run give him a thumbs-up, and he sags, believing he has lost another round of rock paper scissors. The sag is cut from ''Robots in Disguise''.
	*Immediately after, a shot of Team Bullet Train turning around as Megatron's hand mode shadow approaches them, and a shot of Megatron's hand mode itself flying towards them, are both relocated from their original placement of right before Megatron transforms from hand mode to dragon mode, to instead coming after Megatron (in dragon mode) berates his subordinates for their incompetence and flies towards Team Bullet Train, but before he lands to face the trains. This creates a dub-only continuity error where now Megatron is in dragon mode in one shot, hand mode in the next, and dragon mode again in the next.		*Immediately after, a shot of Team Bullet Train turning around as Megatron's hand mode shadow approaches them, and a shot of Megatron's hand mode itself flying towards them, are both relocated from their original placement of right before Megatron transforms from hand mode to dragon mode, to instead coming after Megatron (in dragon mode) berates his subordinates for their incompetence and flies towards Team Bullet Train, but before he lands to face the trains. This creates a dub-only continuity error where now Megatron is in dragon mode in one shot, hand mode in the next, and dragon mode again in the next.
	*In ''Car Robots'', Optimus thinks that the mayday signal causing his chest to glow is chest pains caused by worrying! Ha!		*In ''Car Robots'', Optimus thinks that the mayday signal causing his chest to glow is chest pains caused by worrying! Ha!

Retrofuturistic Robot: /* Real-world references */

2024-09-09T09:31:01Z

Real-world references

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:31, 9 September 2024
Line 130:		Line 130:
	*During the sequence in which Midnight Express and the others pull into the station, a sign referencing the {{w\|Shinjuku}} ward of Tokyo is plainly but briefly visible, even in the English dub.		*During the sequence in which Midnight Express and the others pull into the station, a sign referencing the {{w\|Shinjuku}} ward of Tokyo is plainly but briefly visible, even in the English dub.
	*Images in Dr. Onishi's mind include the [[Statue of Liberty]], [[Arc de Triomphe]] and London's Tower Bridge.		*Images in Dr. Onishi's mind include the [[Statue of Liberty]], [[Arc de Triomphe]] and London's Tower Bridge.
	*Koji references the real life figure Christopher Columbus when explaining that the native population mysteriously disappeared around the time he arrived in the Americas.		*Koji references the real life figure Christopher Columbus when explaining that the native population of Payuma mysteriously disappeared around the time he arrived in the Americas.

	===Trivia===		===Trivia===

Retrofuturistic Robot: /* Real-world references */

2024-09-09T09:30:07Z

Real-world references

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:30, 9 September 2024
Line 130:		Line 130:
	*During the sequence in which Midnight Express and the others pull into the station, a sign referencing the {{w\|Shinjuku}} ward of Tokyo is plainly but briefly visible, even in the English dub.		*During the sequence in which Midnight Express and the others pull into the station, a sign referencing the {{w\|Shinjuku}} ward of Tokyo is plainly but briefly visible, even in the English dub.
	*Images in Dr. Onishi's mind include the [[Statue of Liberty]], [[Arc de Triomphe]] and London's Tower Bridge.		*Images in Dr. Onishi's mind include the [[Statue of Liberty]], [[Arc de Triomphe]] and London's Tower Bridge.
			*Koji references the real life figure Christopher Columbus when explaining that the native population mysteriously disappeared around the time he arrived in the Americas.

	===Trivia===		===Trivia===

Astrum: /* Foreign localization */

2024-02-22T10:22:59Z

Foreign localization

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:22, 22 February 2024
Line 140:		Line 140:
	'''Italian'''		'''Italian'''
	:*''Title:'' "'''Il mistero delle antiche rovine'''" ("The mystery of the ancient ruins")		:*''Title:'' "'''Il mistero delle antiche rovine'''" ("The mystery of the ancient ruins")
	::*Giving the impossibility on translating the payuma/pie humor pun, the Italian dub changes Side Burn's line: ~~«Pie~~ humour, my favourite! There's nothing funnier than a pie in the face, right?!» to: ~~«Wait~~, did you say "payuma"?! What's that? A brand new off-road vehicle?!».		::*Giving the impossibility on translating the payuma/pie humor pun, the Italian dub changes Side Burn's line: "Pie humour, my favourite! There's nothing funnier than a pie in the face, right?!" to: "Wait, did you say 'payuma'?! What's that? A brand new off-road vehicle?!".

Astrum: /* Foreign localization */

2024-01-22T00:39:15Z

Foreign localization

← Older revision		Revision as of 00:39, 22 January 2024
Line 138:		Line 138:

	===Foreign localization===		===Foreign localization===
			'''Italian'''
			:*''Title:'' "'''Il mistero delle antiche rovine'''" ("The mystery of the ancient ruins")
			::*Giving the impossibility on translating the payuma/pie humor pun, the Italian dub changes Side Burn's line: «Pie humour, my favourite! There's nothing funnier than a pie in the face, right?!» to: «Wait, did you say "payuma"?! What's that? A brand new off-road vehicle?!».


	'''Portuguese'''		'''Portuguese'''
	:*''Title:'' "'''O Segredo das Ruínas'''" ("The Secret of the Ruins")		:*''Title:'' "'''O Segredo das Ruínas'''" ("The Secret of the Ruins")

ZTS is Very Sorry: /* Trivia */

2022-09-17T03:16:23Z

Trivia

← Older revision		Revision as of 03:16, 17 September 2022
Line 134:		Line 134:
	*One of the few factoids known about the original dub of this episode was that it featured Dorie Dutton making a reference to "robo-terrorism of the mid-1980s". Dorie's dialogue had to be re-recorded to remove this line when the episode was redubbed ("terrorism" having become a no-no word), but evidently regular actress [[Tifanie Christun]] wasn't available, as T-AI's voice actress [[Sandy Fox]] performed the role.		*One of the few factoids known about the original dub of this episode was that it featured Dorie Dutton making a reference to "robo-terrorism of the mid-1980s". Dorie's dialogue had to be re-recorded to remove this line when the episode was redubbed ("terrorism" having become a no-no word), but evidently regular actress [[Tifanie Christun]] wasn't available, as T-AI's voice actress [[Sandy Fox]] performed the role.
	*Sky-Byte comments that at 90,000 volts, Dr. Onishi won't survive many attempts to probe him. It's amps that determine how lethal an electric current is (stopping the human heart requires around 1.5 amps, never mind 90,000), and volts determine the pain of the shock, the latter of which doesn't matter much if you're in a coma. It seems Sky-Byte is very considerate about the suffering of creatures...		*Sky-Byte comments that at 90,000 volts, Dr. Onishi won't survive many attempts to probe him. It's amps that determine how lethal an electric current is (stopping the human heart requires around 1.5 amps, never mind 90,000), and volts determine the pain of the shock, the latter of which doesn't matter much if you're in a coma. It seems Sky-Byte is very considerate about the suffering of creatures...
			*Compared to "Bullet Train to the Rescue," considerably more effort has been put in to the coaches the members of Team Bullet Train are shown pulling. While Midnight Express' still stand out for not being bilevel, the liveries exactly match.
	*This episode shows one of the only times a Transformer has switched to robot mode while carrying a human passenger. Rather than being squished to death, Koji is ejected. The same thing happens in "[[The Human Element]]". In ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)\|Transformers: Prime]]'' [[Miko Nakadai\|Miko]] survived inside [[Bulkhead (Prime)\|Bulkhead]] during his transformation in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]," but was not ejected. Several episodes later, [[William Fowler\|Agent Fowler]] similarly remains safely inside of the transforming [[Optimus Prime (WFC)\|Optimus Prime]], but inexplicably winds up in his hand; in the movies this also happens, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)\|Optimus Prime]] in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)\|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' and [[Bumblebee (Movie)\|Bumblebee]] in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)\|Dark of The Moon]]'' both ejects [[Sam Witwicky]] during transformations. ''Rescue Bots'' would later take this to a different level, as the vehicle interiors of the Cybertronians featured orient themselves into cockpit-style compartments in robot mode.		*This episode shows one of the only times a Transformer has switched to robot mode while carrying a human passenger. Rather than being squished to death, Koji is ejected. The same thing happens in "[[The Human Element]]". In ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)\|Transformers: Prime]]'' [[Miko Nakadai\|Miko]] survived inside [[Bulkhead (Prime)\|Bulkhead]] during his transformation in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]," but was not ejected. Several episodes later, [[William Fowler\|Agent Fowler]] similarly remains safely inside of the transforming [[Optimus Prime (WFC)\|Optimus Prime]], but inexplicably winds up in his hand; in the movies this also happens, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)\|Optimus Prime]] in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)\|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' and [[Bumblebee (Movie)\|Bumblebee]] in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)\|Dark of The Moon]]'' both ejects [[Sam Witwicky]] during transformations. ''Rescue Bots'' would later take this to a different level, as the vehicle interiors of the Cybertronians featured orient themselves into cockpit-style compartments in robot mode.

NexusShard17 at 19:42, 14 July 2021

2021-07-14T19:42:57Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:42, 14 July 2021
Line 21:		Line 21:
	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	[[File:Secret of the Ruins Bullettrain in city.jpg\|left\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|I'm telling you the cafe is right around here!]]		[[File:Secret of the Ruins Bullettrain in city.jpg\|left\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|I'm telling you the cafe is right around here!]]
	In daylight, in the middle of [[Metro City]], [[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron]] and his [[Predacon (~~RID~~)\|Predacons]] attack, hoping to draw out the [[Autobot]]s. [[T-AI]] contacts the [[Autobot Brothers]], but can only find [[Prowl (RID)\|Prowl]] and [[X-Brawn]], who report they're busy looking for [[Side Burn (RID)\|Side Burn]] and [[Koji Onishi\|Koji]], who've gone to explore some old ruins. T-AI orders [[Team Bullet Train]] into the city instead. The three trainbots transform and walk through the city towards the Predacons, who immediately attack with [[Gas Skunk]]'s acid breath. [[Railspike (RID)\|Railspike]] uses missiles to ignite Gas Skunk's breath, and the incompetent skunk runs around, frying his two teammates. From the base, [[Optimus Prime (RID)\|Optimus Prime]] notes that the Predacons apparently aren't trying to heist some energy supply, and he is suspicious that the attack might be more than meets the eye.		In daylight, in the middle of [[Metro City]], [[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron]] and his [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacons]] attack, hoping to draw out the [[Autobot]]s. [[T-AI]] contacts the [[Autobot Brothers]], but can only find [[Prowl (RID)\|Prowl]] and [[X-Brawn]], who report they're busy looking for [[Side Burn (RID)\|Side Burn]] and [[Koji Onishi\|Koji]], who've gone to explore some old ruins. T-AI orders [[Team Bullet Train]] into the city instead. The three trainbots transform and walk through the city towards the Predacons, who immediately attack with [[Gas Skunk]]'s acid breath. [[Railspike (RID)\|Railspike]] uses missiles to ignite Gas Skunk's breath, and the incompetent skunk runs around, frying his two teammates. From the base, [[Optimus Prime (RID)\|Optimus Prime]] notes that the Predacons apparently aren't trying to heist some energy supply, and he is suspicious that the attack might be more than meets the eye.

	[[Sky-Byte (RID)\|Sky-Byte]], who wasn't at Megatron's attack on the city, explores a mountain range, looking for [[Payuma ruins\|mysterious ruins]], which the Predacons learned about by using the [[psycho-probe]] to take the information from the mind of [[Kenneth Onishi\|Dr. Onishi]]. Sky-Byte spies Side Burn, who is in the area with Koji to search for the same ruins, which Koji explains were left by the "Piyuma" Native Americans.		[[Sky-Byte (RID)\|Sky-Byte]], who wasn't at Megatron's attack on the city, explores a mountain range, looking for [[Payuma ruins\|mysterious ruins]], which the Predacons learned about by using the [[psycho-probe]] to take the information from the mind of [[Kenneth Onishi\|Dr. Onishi]]. Sky-Byte spies Side Burn, who is in the area with Koji to search for the same ruins, which Koji explains were left by the "Piyuma" Native Americans.
Line 50:		Line 50:
	*[[Rail Racer (RID)\|Rail Racer]] (18)		*[[Rail Racer (RID)\|Rail Racer]] (18)

	\|h2=[[Predacon (~~RID~~)\|Predacons]]		\|h2=[[Predacon (BW)\|Predacons]]
	\|c2=		\|c2=
	*[[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron]] (1)		*[[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron]] (1)

Fritz: /* Trivia */ Foreign localization

2020-11-26T02:38:23Z

Trivia: Foreign localization

← Older revision		Revision as of 02:38, 26 November 2020
Line 135:		Line 135:
	*Sky-Byte comments that at 90,000 volts, Dr. Onishi won't survive many attempts to probe him. It's amps that determine how lethal an electric current is (stopping the human heart requires around 1.5 amps, never mind 90,000), and volts determine the pain of the shock, the latter of which doesn't matter much if you're in a coma. It seems Sky-Byte is very considerate about the suffering of creatures...		*Sky-Byte comments that at 90,000 volts, Dr. Onishi won't survive many attempts to probe him. It's amps that determine how lethal an electric current is (stopping the human heart requires around 1.5 amps, never mind 90,000), and volts determine the pain of the shock, the latter of which doesn't matter much if you're in a coma. It seems Sky-Byte is very considerate about the suffering of creatures...
	*This episode shows one of the only times a Transformer has switched to robot mode while carrying a human passenger. Rather than being squished to death, Koji is ejected. The same thing happens in "[[The Human Element]]". In ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)\|Transformers: Prime]]'' [[Miko Nakadai\|Miko]] survived inside [[Bulkhead (Prime)\|Bulkhead]] during his transformation in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]," but was not ejected. Several episodes later, [[William Fowler\|Agent Fowler]] similarly remains safely inside of the transforming [[Optimus Prime (WFC)\|Optimus Prime]], but inexplicably winds up in his hand; in the movies this also happens, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)\|Optimus Prime]] in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)\|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' and [[Bumblebee (Movie)\|Bumblebee]] in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)\|Dark of The Moon]]'' both ejects [[Sam Witwicky]] during transformations. ''Rescue Bots'' would later take this to a different level, as the vehicle interiors of the Cybertronians featured orient themselves into cockpit-style compartments in robot mode.		*This episode shows one of the only times a Transformer has switched to robot mode while carrying a human passenger. Rather than being squished to death, Koji is ejected. The same thing happens in "[[The Human Element]]". In ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)\|Transformers: Prime]]'' [[Miko Nakadai\|Miko]] survived inside [[Bulkhead (Prime)\|Bulkhead]] during his transformation in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]," but was not ejected. Several episodes later, [[William Fowler\|Agent Fowler]] similarly remains safely inside of the transforming [[Optimus Prime (WFC)\|Optimus Prime]], but inexplicably winds up in his hand; in the movies this also happens, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)\|Optimus Prime]] in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)\|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' and [[Bumblebee (Movie)\|Bumblebee]] in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)\|Dark of The Moon]]'' both ejects [[Sam Witwicky]] during transformations. ''Rescue Bots'' would later take this to a different level, as the vehicle interiors of the Cybertronians featured orient themselves into cockpit-style compartments in robot mode.

			===Foreign localization===
			'''Portuguese'''
			:*''Title:'' "'''O Segredo das Ruínas'''" ("The Secret of the Ruins")

	==Home video releases==		==Home video releases==

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:43, 16 January 2026
Line 94:		Line 94:
	*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte perches himself on a rocky peak and scans the horizon. ''Robots in Disguise'' added a commercial break just before this, so the panning shot of the skyline is moved to ''before'' Sky-Byte sits down, to serve as an establishing shot for anyone just joining the show after the break, rather than as Sky-Byte's POV.		*In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte perches himself on a rocky peak and scans the horizon. ''Robots in Disguise'' added a commercial break just before this, so the panning shot of the skyline is moved to ''before'' Sky-Byte sits down, to serve as an establishing shot for anyone just joining the show after the break, rather than as Sky-Byte's POV.
	[[File:Rid ep6 kappa.jpg\|right\|thumb]]		[[File:Rid ep6 kappa.jpg\|right\|thumb]]
	*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts a short scene of Japanese wordplay when Sky-Byte first sights the entrance to the ruins. In ''Car Robots'', the Payuma ruins are known as the real-life {{w\|Cappadocia}} ruins, and Sky-Byte takes the name at face value, ~~beliving~~ it must have some connection to the mythical Japanese water monster known as the ~~{{w\|Kappa (folklore)\|Kappa}}~~. In two deleted shots, he mistakenly recalls the name as "Kappa's Navel" and "Kappa's Plate", imagining them in his patented comedy thought bubbles. The gag runs on into his flashback, where Megatron believes it's called "Kappa's Bellybutton", causing Sky-Byte to facefault, a brief action also cut from ''Robots in Disguise''.		*''Robots in Disguise'' cuts a short scene of Japanese wordplay when Sky-Byte first sights the entrance to the ruins. In ''Car Robots'', the Payuma ruins are known as the real-life {{w\|Cappadocia}} ruins, and Sky-Byte takes the name at face value, believing it must have some connection to the mythical Japanese water monster known as the [[kappa]]. In two deleted shots, he mistakenly recalls the name as "Kappa's Navel" and "Kappa's Plate", imagining them in his patented comedy thought bubbles. The gag runs on into his flashback, where Megatron believes it's called "Kappa's Bellybutton", causing Sky-Byte to facefault, a brief action also cut from ''Robots in Disguise''.
	*Sky-Byte's flashback to Megatron giving him orders is also quite heavily altered for ''Robots in Disguise''. In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte asks Megatron why he is attempting to conquer an insignificant planet like Earth, prompting Megatron to tell him that there is [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|something important]] hidden somewhere on it (though the implication is that even Megatron doesn't know exactly what it is). In ''Robots in Disguise'', they just talk about prying "secret information" from Doctor Onishi's brain. The flashback is also shortened for ''Robots in Disguise'', as a long downward panning shot of the Megastar is removed.		*Sky-Byte's flashback to Megatron giving him orders is also quite heavily altered for ''Robots in Disguise''. In ''Car Robots'', Sky-Byte asks Megatron why he is attempting to conquer an insignificant planet like Earth, prompting Megatron to tell him that there is [[Fortress Maximus (RID)\|something important]] hidden somewhere on it (though the implication is that even Megatron doesn't know exactly what it is). In ''Robots in Disguise'', they just talk about prying "secret information" from Doctor Onishi's brain. The flashback is also shortened for ''Robots in Disguise'', as a long downward panning shot of the Megastar is removed.
	*Side Burn and Koji's conversation about the ruins is shortened down for ''Robots in Disguise''. The ''Car Robots'' version also carried on the "kappa" gag, as Side Burn mispronounces "Cappadocia" as "{{w\|sushi#Makizushi\|Kappamaki}}", a kind of sushi roll with cucumber (he says he prefers tekkamaki, literally an "iron roll"). For ''Robots in Disguise'', this was changed to him mispronouncing "Payuma" as "pie humor," which he considers his preferred style of comedy.		*Side Burn and Koji's conversation about the ruins is shortened down for ''Robots in Disguise''. The ''Car Robots'' version also carried on the "kappa" gag, as Side Burn mispronounces "Cappadocia" as "{{w\|sushi#Makizushi\|Kappamaki}}", a kind of sushi roll with cucumber (he says he prefers tekkamaki, literally an "iron roll"). For ''Robots in Disguise'', this was changed to him mispronouncing "Payuma" as "pie humor," which he considers his preferred style of comedy.

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:42, 14 July 2021
Line 21:		Line 21:
	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==
	[[File:Secret of the Ruins Bullettrain in city.jpg\|left\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|I'm telling you the cafe is right around here!]]		[[File:Secret of the Ruins Bullettrain in city.jpg\|left\|upright=1.1\|thumb\|I'm telling you the cafe is right around here!]]
	In daylight, in the middle of [[Metro City]], [[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron]] and his [[Predacon (~~RID~~)\|Predacons]] attack, hoping to draw out the [[Autobot]]s. [[T-AI]] contacts the [[Autobot Brothers]], but can only find [[Prowl (RID)\|Prowl]] and [[X-Brawn]], who report they're busy looking for [[Side Burn (RID)\|Side Burn]] and [[Koji Onishi\|Koji]], who've gone to explore some old ruins. T-AI orders [[Team Bullet Train]] into the city instead. The three trainbots transform and walk through the city towards the Predacons, who immediately attack with [[Gas Skunk]]'s acid breath. [[Railspike (RID)\|Railspike]] uses missiles to ignite Gas Skunk's breath, and the incompetent skunk runs around, frying his two teammates. From the base, [[Optimus Prime (RID)\|Optimus Prime]] notes that the Predacons apparently aren't trying to heist some energy supply, and he is suspicious that the attack might be more than meets the eye.		In daylight, in the middle of [[Metro City]], [[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron]] and his [[Predacon (BW)\|Predacons]] attack, hoping to draw out the [[Autobot]]s. [[T-AI]] contacts the [[Autobot Brothers]], but can only find [[Prowl (RID)\|Prowl]] and [[X-Brawn]], who report they're busy looking for [[Side Burn (RID)\|Side Burn]] and [[Koji Onishi\|Koji]], who've gone to explore some old ruins. T-AI orders [[Team Bullet Train]] into the city instead. The three trainbots transform and walk through the city towards the Predacons, who immediately attack with [[Gas Skunk]]'s acid breath. [[Railspike (RID)\|Railspike]] uses missiles to ignite Gas Skunk's breath, and the incompetent skunk runs around, frying his two teammates. From the base, [[Optimus Prime (RID)\|Optimus Prime]] notes that the Predacons apparently aren't trying to heist some energy supply, and he is suspicious that the attack might be more than meets the eye.

	[[Sky-Byte (RID)\|Sky-Byte]], who wasn't at Megatron's attack on the city, explores a mountain range, looking for [[Payuma ruins\|mysterious ruins]], which the Predacons learned about by using the [[psycho-probe]] to take the information from the mind of [[Kenneth Onishi\|Dr. Onishi]]. Sky-Byte spies Side Burn, who is in the area with Koji to search for the same ruins, which Koji explains were left by the "Piyuma" Native Americans.		[[Sky-Byte (RID)\|Sky-Byte]], who wasn't at Megatron's attack on the city, explores a mountain range, looking for [[Payuma ruins\|mysterious ruins]], which the Predacons learned about by using the [[psycho-probe]] to take the information from the mind of [[Kenneth Onishi\|Dr. Onishi]]. Sky-Byte spies Side Burn, who is in the area with Koji to search for the same ruins, which Koji explains were left by the "Piyuma" Native Americans.
Line 50:		Line 50:
	*[[Rail Racer (RID)\|Rail Racer]] (18)		*[[Rail Racer (RID)\|Rail Racer]] (18)

	\|h2=[[Predacon (~~RID~~)\|Predacons]]		\|h2=[[Predacon (BW)\|Predacons]]
	\|c2=		\|c2=
	*[[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron]] (1)		*[[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron]] (1)