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	* The Autobot resistance operates out of [[Delgado Mine]], located in the desert that lies beyond Hill Valley. The mine itself appeared in the opening act of ''[[w:Back to the Future Part III\|Back to the Future Part III]]'' as the location where Doc Brown stored the DeLorean in 1885, so that his younger self could find and retrieve it in 1955.		* The Autobot resistance operates out of [[Delgado Mine]], located in the desert that lies beyond Hill Valley. The mine itself appeared in the opening act of ''[[w:Back to the Future Part III\|Back to the Future Part III]]'' as the location where Doc Brown stored the DeLorean in 1885, so that his younger self could find and retrieve it in 1955.
	* Following on from both [[Transformers/Back to the Future issue 1\|issue #1]] and the ending of [[w:Back to the Future (film)\|the original film]], Doc travels to the year 2015 and uses future technology from that era to upgrade the DeLorean with a Mr. Fusion generator and its iconic flight circuits. In this timeline, however, he apparently didn't get around to installing the orange [~~https~~:~~//static.wikia.nocookie.net/~~bttf~~/images/1/16/~~Barcodeplate.jpg~~/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/340?cb=20080109093847~~ barcode-styled license plate] that appeared at the end of the first film and in both sequels, as it doesn't appear on either the real DeLorean or Gigawatt's alternate mode.		* Following on from both [[Transformers/Back to the Future issue 1\|issue #1]] and the ending of [[w:Back to the Future (film)\|the original film]], Doc travels to the year 2015 and uses future technology from that era to upgrade the DeLorean with a Mr. Fusion generator and its iconic flight circuits. In this timeline, however, he apparently didn't get around to installing the orange [[fandom:bttf:File:Barcodeplate.jpg\|barcode-styled license plate]] that appeared at the end of the first film and in both sequels, as it doesn't appear on either the real DeLorean or Gigawatt's alternate mode.

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	*The first flashback shows Doc Brown arriving in the original version of 2015, which features several of the iconic [[wikia:BTTF:Flying car\|flying cars]] that appeared in the opening act of ''Part II''. In a departure from the original film, however, this vision of 2015 depicts a more urbanized future for Hill Valley, featuring skyscrapers and other tall buildings rather than the [~~https~~:~~//static.wikia.nocookie.net/~~bttf~~/images/5/5a/~~Scnet_bttf2_0446.jpg~~/revision/latest?cb=20190618020216~~ green, park-like space] from the film.		*The first flashback shows Doc Brown arriving in the original version of 2015, which features several of the iconic [[wikia:BTTF:Flying car\|flying cars]] that appeared in the opening act of ''Part II''. In a departure from the original film, however, this vision of 2015 depicts a more urbanized future for Hill Valley, featuring skyscrapers and other tall buildings rather than the [[wikia:bttf:File:Scnet_bttf2_0446.jpg\|green, park-like space]] from the film.
	*When Rumble travels back to the year 1974, the Biff Tannen he encounters sports sideburns and a slicked-back mullet, the same hairstyle he possessed in ''Part II'' as the Trumpian ruler of an alternate Hill Valley.		*When Rumble travels back to the year 1974, the Biff Tannen he encounters sports sideburns and a slicked-back mullet, the same hairstyle he possessed in ''Part II'' as the Trumpian ruler of an alternate Hill Valley.
	* Doc returns sporting a pair of thick, visor-like sunglasses and a yellow duster, a modified version of the outfit he wore in ''Part II'' to blend in with the citizens of Hill Valley in 2015.		* Doc returns sporting a pair of thick, visor-like sunglasses and a yellow duster, a modified version of the outfit he wore in ''Part II'' to blend in with the citizens of Hill Valley in 2015.

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	* In his flashback, Gigawatt's shown working alongside [[Flamewar (G1)\|Flamewar]]—originally created for the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], this feisty bike-bot became the breakout character of [[Transformers (2019 comic)\|IDW's rebooted ''Transformers'' comic]] over the previous year, and her appearance in this story reuses [[Anna Malkova]]'s [[:File:Malkova control art - flamewar.jpg\|distinctive design]] from that series.		* In his flashback, Gigawatt's shown working alongside [[Flamewar (G1)\|Flamewar]]—originally created for the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], this feisty bike-bot became the breakout character of [[Transformers (2019 comic)\|IDW's rebooted ''Transformers'' comic]] over the previous year, and her appearance in this story reuses [[Anna Malkova]]'s [[:File:Malkova control art - flamewar.jpg\|distinctive design]] from that series.
	* A readout on Gigawatt's HUD is written using [[Jim Sorenson]]'s "[[Cybertronian language\|Ancient Autobot]]" font, a substitution cypher based off the hieroglyphs from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust]]". When translated, it reads "DELOEAN"—it's anyone's guess as to whether this is an unintentional flub or a deliberate misspelling.		* A readout on Gigawatt's HUD is written using [[Jim Sorenson]]'s "[[Cybertronian language\|Ancient Autobot]]" font, a substitution cypher based off the hieroglyphs from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust]]". When translated, it reads "DELOEAN"—it's anyone's guess as to whether this is an unintentional flub or a deliberate misspelling.
	* Gigawatt is specifically noted to have "trans-scanned" the car; although the idea of [[scanning]] for potential alternate modes is an old one, this particular word originated in ancillary [[~~Movie~~ (franchise)\|2007 ''Transformers'' film media]], which used it to describe the process by which Transformers could instantaneously analyze and reconfigure their bodies into vehicles and other machines—in the years since, this kind of "on-board" depiction of the technology has generally become the standard depiction for how Cybertronians receive new [[alternate mode]]s.		* Gigawatt is specifically noted to have "trans-scanned" the car; although the idea of [[scanning]] for potential alternate modes is an old one, this particular word originated in ancillary [[Transformers (2007 franchise)\|2007 ''Transformers'' film media]], which used it to describe the process by which Transformers could instantaneously analyze and reconfigure their bodies into vehicles and other machines—in the years since, this kind of "on-board" depiction of the technology has generally become the standard depiction for how Cybertronians receive new [[alternate mode]]s.
	* After blasting Gigawatt, Megatron sardonically notes that his former underling "still functions" in reference to his famous final exchange with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Starscream]] in [[The Transformers: The Movie\|the 1986 film]].		* After blasting Gigawatt, Megatron sardonically notes that his former underling "still functions" in reference to his famous final exchange with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Starscream]] in [[The Transformers: The Movie\|the 1986 film]].

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	* Doc returns sporting a pair of thick, visor-like sunglasses and a yellow duster, a modified version of the outfit he wore in ''Part II'' to blend in with the citizens of Hill Valley in 2015.		* Doc returns sporting a pair of thick, visor-like sunglasses and a yellow duster, a modified version of the outfit he wore in ''Part II'' to blend in with the citizens of Hill Valley in 2015.
	* Doc says it is "a red-letter day"; he had used that term in the original film when describing Nov. 5th, 1955, the date he first visualized the flux capacitor.		* Doc says it is "a red-letter day"; he had used that term in the original film when describing Nov. 5th, 1955, the date he first visualized the flux capacitor.
	* Marty sarcastically asks Starscream "Are you deaf ''and'' stupid?" - which he also said to Griff Tannen in ''Part II''.		* Marty sarcastically asks Starscream "Are you deaf ''and'' stupid?" — which he also said to Griff Tannen in ''Part II''.

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	* In his flashback, Gigawatt's shown working alongside [[Flamewar (G1)\|Flamewar]]—originally created for the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], this feisty bike-bot ~~has become~~ the breakout character of [[Transformers (2019 comic)\|IDW's rebooted ''Transformers'' comic]] over the ~~last~~ year, and her appearance in this story reuses [[Anna Malkova]]'s [[:File:Malkova control art - flamewar.jpg\|distinctive design]] from that series.		* In his flashback, Gigawatt's shown working alongside [[Flamewar (G1)\|Flamewar]]—originally created for the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], this feisty bike-bot became the breakout character of [[Transformers (2019 comic)\|IDW's rebooted ''Transformers'' comic]] over the previous year, and her appearance in this story reuses [[Anna Malkova]]'s [[:File:Malkova control art - flamewar.jpg\|distinctive design]] from that series.
	* A readout on Gigawatt's HUD is written using [[Jim Sorenson]]'s "[[Cybertronian language\|Ancient Autobot]]" font, a substitution cypher based off the hieroglyphs from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust]]". When translated, it reads "DELOEAN"—it's anyone's guess as to whether this is an unintentional flub or a deliberate misspelling.		* A readout on Gigawatt's HUD is written using [[Jim Sorenson]]'s "[[Cybertronian language\|Ancient Autobot]]" font, a substitution cypher based off the hieroglyphs from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust]]". When translated, it reads "DELOEAN"—it's anyone's guess as to whether this is an unintentional flub or a deliberate misspelling.
	* Gigawatt is specifically noted to have "trans-scanned" the car; although the idea of [[scanning]] for potential alternate modes is an old one, this particular word originated in ancillary [[Movie (franchise)\|2007 ''Transformers'' film media]], which used it to describe the process by which Transformers could instantaneously analyze and reconfigure their bodies into vehicles and other machines—in the years since, this kind of "on-board" depiction of the technology has generally become the standard depiction for how Cybertronians receive new [[alternate mode]]s.		* Gigawatt is specifically noted to have "trans-scanned" the car; although the idea of [[scanning]] for potential alternate modes is an old one, this particular word originated in ancillary [[Movie (franchise)\|2007 ''Transformers'' film media]], which used it to describe the process by which Transformers could instantaneously analyze and reconfigure their bodies into vehicles and other machines—in the years since, this kind of "on-board" depiction of the technology has generally become the standard depiction for how Cybertronians receive new [[alternate mode]]s.

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	\|letters by=[[Neil Uyetake]]		\|letters by=[[Neil Uyetake]]
	\|editor=[[David ~~Marriotte~~]] and [[Chase Marotz]]		\|editor=[[David Mariotte]] and [[Chase Marotz]]
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	* '''Cover A:''' Doc, Marty, and Gigawatt do the time warp again, by [[Juan Samu]] and [[David García Cruz]]		* '''Cover A:''' Doc, Marty, and Gigawatt do the time warp again, by [[Juan Samu]] and [[David García Cruz]]
	* '''Cover B:''' Marty and Skilz get in trouble with the Decepticons, by [[Philip Murphy]]		* '''Cover B:''' Marty and Skilz get in trouble with the Decepticons, by [[Philip Murphy]]
	* '''Retailer incentive cover:''' Marty, Skilz, and Gigawatt outside [[Lyon Estate]], by [[Dan Schoening]] and [[Luis Antonio ~~Delgato~~]]		* '''Retailer incentive cover:''' Marty, Skilz, and Gigawatt outside [[Lyon Estate]], by [[Dan Schoening]] and [[Luis Antonio Delgado]]
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	* A readout on Gigawatt's HUD is written using [[Jim Sorenson]]'s "[[Cybertronian language\|Ancient Autobot]]" font, a substitution cypher based off the hieroglyphs from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust]]". When translated, it reads "DELOEAN"—it's anyone's guess as to whether this is an unintentional flub or a deliberate misspelling.		* A readout on Gigawatt's HUD is written using [[Jim Sorenson]]'s "[[Cybertronian language\|Ancient Autobot]]" font, a substitution cypher based off the hieroglyphs from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust]]". When translated, it reads "DELOEAN"—it's anyone's guess as to whether this is an unintentional flub or a deliberate misspelling.
	* Gigawatt is specifically noted to have "trans-scanned" the car; although the idea of [[scanning]] for potential alternate modes is an old one, this particular word originated in ancillary [[Movie (franchise)\|2007 ''Transformers'' film media]], which used it to describe the process by which Transformers could instantaneously analyze and reconfigure their bodies into vehicles and other machines—in the years since, this kind of "on-board" depiction of the technology has generally become the standard depiction for how Cybertronians receive new [[alternate mode]]s.		* Gigawatt is specifically noted to have "trans-scanned" the car; although the idea of [[scanning]] for potential alternate modes is an old one, this particular word originated in ancillary [[Movie (franchise)\|2007 ''Transformers'' film media]], which used it to describe the process by which Transformers could instantaneously analyze and reconfigure their bodies into vehicles and other machines—in the years since, this kind of "on-board" depiction of the technology has generally become the standard depiction for how Cybertronians receive new [[alternate mode]]s.
	* After blasting Gigawatt, Megatron sardonically notes that his former underling "still functions" in reference to his famous final exchange with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|~~Starcream~~]] in [[The Transformers: The Movie\|the 1986 film]].		* After blasting Gigawatt, Megatron sardonically notes that his former underling "still functions" in reference to his famous final exchange with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Starscream]] in [[The Transformers: The Movie\|the 1986 film]].

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	* In his flashback, Gigawatt's shown working alongside [[Flamewar (G1)\|Flamewar]]—originally created for the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], this feisty bike-bot has become the breakout character of [[Transformers (2019 comic)\|IDW's rebooted ''Transformers'' comic]] over the last year, and her appearance in this story reuses [[Anna Malkova]]'s [[:File:Malkova control art - flamewar ~~and shadow striker~~.jpg\|distinctive design]] from that series.		* In his flashback, Gigawatt's shown working alongside [[Flamewar (G1)\|Flamewar]]—originally created for the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], this feisty bike-bot has become the breakout character of [[Transformers (2019 comic)\|IDW's rebooted ''Transformers'' comic]] over the last year, and her appearance in this story reuses [[Anna Malkova]]'s [[:File:Malkova control art - flamewar.jpg\|distinctive design]] from that series.
	* A readout on Gigawatt's HUD is written using [[Jim Sorenson]]'s "[[Cybertronian language\|Ancient Autobot]]" font, a substitution cypher based off the hieroglyphs from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust]]". When translated, it reads "DELOEAN"—it's anyone's guess as to whether this is an unintentional flub or a deliberate misspelling.		* A readout on Gigawatt's HUD is written using [[Jim Sorenson]]'s "[[Cybertronian language\|Ancient Autobot]]" font, a substitution cypher based off the hieroglyphs from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust]]". When translated, it reads "DELOEAN"—it's anyone's guess as to whether this is an unintentional flub or a deliberate misspelling.
	* Gigawatt is specifically noted to have "trans-scanned" the car; although the idea of [[scanning]] for potential alternate modes is an old one, this particular word originated in ancillary [[Movie (franchise)\|2007 ''Transformers'' film media]], which used it to describe the process by which Transformers could instantaneously analyze and reconfigure their bodies into vehicles and other machines—in the years since, this kind of "on-board" depiction of the technology has generally become the standard depiction for how Cybertronians receive new [[alternate mode]]s.		* Gigawatt is specifically noted to have "trans-scanned" the car; although the idea of [[scanning]] for potential alternate modes is an old one, this particular word originated in ancillary [[Movie (franchise)\|2007 ''Transformers'' film media]], which used it to describe the process by which Transformers could instantaneously analyze and reconfigure their bodies into vehicles and other machines—in the years since, this kind of "on-board" depiction of the technology has generally become the standard depiction for how Cybertronians receive new [[alternate mode]]s.

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	In the ruins of [[Hill Valley]], [[Marty McFly]] can't believe his eyes: his mysterious rescuer is a [[Transformer\|Cybertronian]] who's taken the form of [[Doc Brown]]'s [[DeLorean time machine\|time-travelling DeLorean]]! Even though the robot introduces himself as [[Gigawatt]], an Autobot from the future, Marty uses his skateboard as an improvised weapon to swat his hand away, and this distraction gives [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]] the chance to pick himself up and shoot Gigawatt in the back. Covered in manure, Starscream's eager to even the score... but when he sees his enemy's face, he can't help but wonder if he's met Gigawatt before. His hesitation gives the Autobot the opening he needs to transform and ram the [[Seeker (body-type)\|Seeker]] in the chest, but Starscream's too canny a fighter to fall for the same trick twice and promptly takes him out of the fight. Marty makes a stand and hurls his skateboard at the flying Decepticon. Starscream mocks the futility of this pitiful attack... but what happens next takes ''everyone'' by surprise: the skateboard grows and transforms into the Autobot [[Skilz]], who promptly kicks Starscream in the face! As Gigawatt recovers and prepares to take off, the pair scramble inside, and an irate Starscream can only watch from the ground as the flying car disappears in a flash of light.		In the ruins of [[Hill Valley]], [[Marty McFly]] can't believe his eyes: his mysterious rescuer is a [[Transformer\|Cybertronian]] who's taken the form of [[Doc Brown]]'s [[DeLorean time machine\|time-travelling DeLorean]]! Even though the robot introduces himself as [[Gigawatt]], an Autobot from the future, Marty uses his skateboard as an improvised weapon to swat his hand away, and this distraction gives [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]] the chance to pick himself up and shoot Gigawatt in the back. Covered in manure, Starscream's eager to even the score... but when he sees his enemy's face, he can't help but wonder if he's met Gigawatt before. His hesitation gives the Autobot the opening he needs to transform and ram the [[Seeker (body-type)\|Seeker]] in the chest, but Starscream's too canny a fighter to fall for the same trick twice and promptly takes him out of the fight. Marty makes a stand and hurls his skateboard at the flying Decepticon. Starscream mocks the futility of this pitiful attack... but what happens next takes ''everyone'' by surprise: the skateboard grows and transforms into the Autobot [[Skilz]], who promptly kicks Starscream in the face! As Gigawatt recovers and prepares to take off, the pair scramble inside, and an irate Starscream can only watch from the ground as the flying car disappears in a flash of light.

	The trio ~~arrives~~ in the year [[2015]], and discover that another thirty years of Decepticon occupation have reduced Hill Valley to a burnt-out wasteland. As they swoop over the town and toward [[Delgado Mine]], Skilz can't believe that the Autobots haven't defeated the Decepticons, but the truth is far worse: the Autobots have been routed, pushed to the brink, and now only survive as a ragtag resistance led by [[Hot Rod (G1)\|Rodimus Prime]]. Inside the refitted mineshaft, Gigawatt touches down and delivers his final report to the Autobot commander: although his malfunctioning [[flux capacitor]] preemptively foiled his mission through time, his discovery of Marty in the year [[1985]] might yet provide the edge they need. Gigawatt hopes that Marty might know the whereabouts of his friend... because, he continues, Doc Brown's responsible for ''everything'' that's happened.		The trio arrive in the year [[2015]], and discover that another thirty years of Decepticon occupation have reduced Hill Valley to a burnt-out wasteland. As they swoop over the town and toward [[Delgado Mine]], Skilz can't believe that the Autobots haven't defeated the Decepticons, but the truth is far worse: the Autobots have been routed, pushed to the brink, and now only survive as a ragtag resistance led by [[Hot Rod (G1)\|Rodimus Prime]]. Inside the refitted mineshaft, Gigawatt touches down and delivers his final report to the Autobot commander: although his malfunctioning [[flux capacitor]] preemptively foiled his mission through time, his discovery of Marty in the year [[1985]] might yet provide the edge they need. Gigawatt hopes that Marty might know the whereabouts of his friend... because, he continues, Doc Brown's responsible for ''everything'' that's happened.

	When Doc Brown made his trip through time, Gigawatt explains, he failed to notice that [[Rumble (G1)\|Rumble]] had stowed away inside the DeLorean. Doc arrived in the year 2015 without incident, and when Rumble—still badly damaged from his run-in with [[Bumblebee (G1)\|Bumblebee]]—revealed himself, the ever-compassionate Doc brought him back to his workshop to fix him. In return, Rumble pretended to befriend the [[human]], and even helped upgrade his DeLorean with future technology... and once they'd finished, Rumble promptly betrayed his "friend" and summoned Megatron to steal the time machine. But Rumble discovered that the Megatron of ''this'' era had fought a losing war against the Autobots for thirty years, reduced to a broken-down wreck unable to even blast a single human with his malfunctioning [[fusion cannon]]; a disgusted Rumble hatched a new plan on the spot, stole the time machine, and traveled all the way back to the year [[1974]], where he procured the unwilling services of [[Biff Tannen]]. Armed with a ten-year head start, Rumble and his human slave stockpiled [[energon cube]]s until [[1984]], when the pair traveled to [[Mount St. Hilary]], broke into the ''[[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]'', and reactivated Megatron and the other Decepticons ahead of schedule. But once Megatron had killed the still-dormant Optimus Prime, he decided that he had no need for ''two'' Rumbles, and promptly killed the version who had masterminded the entire scheme. Only a few Autobots survived the massacre, and those that remain are far too few to fight back against Megatron's conquest of Earth. When Marty wonders how they even know ''any'' of this, Gigawatt explains that Megatron kept Rumble's head intact so that they could extract all knowledge of the future from his memory banks. But it's Skilz who puts two and two together and comes to the correct conclusion: Gigawatt is a Decepticon!		When Doc Brown made his trip through time, Gigawatt explains, he failed to notice that [[Rumble (G1)\|Rumble]] had stowed away inside the DeLorean. Doc arrived in the year 2015 without incident, and when Rumble—still badly damaged from his run-in with [[Bumblebee (G1)\|Bumblebee]]—revealed himself, the ever-compassionate Doc brought him back to his workshop to fix him. In return, Rumble pretended to befriend the [[human]], and even helped upgrade his DeLorean with future technology... and once they'd finished, Rumble promptly betrayed his "friend" and summoned Megatron to steal the time machine. But Rumble discovered that the Megatron of ''this'' era had fought a losing war against the Autobots for thirty years, reduced to a broken-down wreck unable to even blast a single human with his malfunctioning [[fusion cannon]]; a disgusted Rumble hatched a new plan on the spot, stole the time machine, and traveled all the way back to the year [[1974]], where he procured the unwilling services of [[Biff Tannen]]. Armed with a ten-year head start, Rumble and his human slave stockpiled [[energon cube]]s until [[1984]], when the pair traveled to [[Mount St. Hilary]], broke into the ''[[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]'', and reactivated Megatron and the other Decepticons ahead of schedule. But once Megatron had killed the still-dormant Optimus Prime, he decided that he had no need for ''two'' Rumbles, and promptly killed the version who had masterminded the entire scheme. Only a few Autobots survived the massacre, and those that remain are far too few to fight back against Megatron's conquest of Earth. When Marty wonders how they even know ''any'' of this, Gigawatt explains that Megatron kept Rumble's head intact so that they could extract all knowledge of the future from his memory banks. But it's Skilz who puts two and two together and comes to the correct conclusion: Gigawatt is a Decepticon!

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	* In his flashback, Gigawatt's shown working alongside [[Flamewar (G1)\|Flamewar]]—originally created for the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], this feisty bike-bot became the breakout character of [[Transformers (2019 comic)\|IDW's rebooted ''Transformers'' comic]] over the previous year, and her appearance in this story reuses [[Anna Malkova]]'s [[:File:Malkova control art - flamewar.jpg\|distinctive design]] from that series.		* In his flashback, Gigawatt's shown working alongside [[Flamewar (G1)\|Flamewar]]—originally created for the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], this feisty bike-bot became the breakout character of [[Transformers (2019 comic)\|IDW's rebooted ''Transformers'' comic]] over the previous year, and her appearance in this story reuses [[Anna Malkova]]'s [[:File:Malkova control art - flamewar.jpg\|distinctive design]] from that series.
	* A readout on Gigawatt's HUD is written using [[Jim Sorenson]]'s "[[Cybertronian language\|Ancient Autobot]]" font, a substitution cypher based off the hieroglyphs from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust]]". When translated, it reads "DELOEAN"—it's anyone's guess as to whether this is an unintentional flub or a deliberate misspelling.		* A readout on Gigawatt's HUD is written using [[Jim Sorenson]]'s "[[Cybertronian language\|Ancient Autobot]]" font, a substitution cypher based off the hieroglyphs from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)\|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)\|Cosmic Rust]]". When translated, it reads "DELOEAN"—it's anyone's guess as to whether this is an unintentional flub or a deliberate misspelling.
	* Gigawatt is specifically noted to have "trans-scanned" the car; although the idea of [[scanning]] for potential alternate modes is an old one, this particular word originated in ancillary [[~~Movie~~ (franchise)\|2007 ''Transformers'' film media]], which used it to describe the process by which Transformers could instantaneously analyze and reconfigure their bodies into vehicles and other machines—in the years since, this kind of "on-board" depiction of the technology has generally become the standard depiction for how Cybertronians receive new [[alternate mode]]s.		* Gigawatt is specifically noted to have "trans-scanned" the car; although the idea of [[scanning]] for potential alternate modes is an old one, this particular word originated in ancillary [[Transformers (2007 franchise)\|2007 ''Transformers'' film media]], which used it to describe the process by which Transformers could instantaneously analyze and reconfigure their bodies into vehicles and other machines—in the years since, this kind of "on-board" depiction of the technology has generally become the standard depiction for how Cybertronians receive new [[alternate mode]]s.
	* After blasting Gigawatt, Megatron sardonically notes that his former underling "still functions" in reference to his famous final exchange with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Starscream]] in [[The Transformers: The Movie\|the 1986 film]].		* After blasting Gigawatt, Megatron sardonically notes that his former underling "still functions" in reference to his famous final exchange with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity\|Starscream]] in [[The Transformers: The Movie\|the 1986 film]].

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	In the ruins of [[Hill Valley]], [[Marty McFly]] can't believe his eyes: his mysterious rescuer is a [[Transformer\|Cybertronian]] who's taken the form of [[Doc Brown]]'s [[DeLorean time machine\|time-travelling DeLorean]]! Even though the robot introduces himself as [[Gigawatt]], an Autobot from the future, Marty uses his skateboard as an improvised weapon to swat his hand away, and this distraction gives [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]] the chance to pick himself up and shoot Gigawatt in the back. Covered in manure, Starscream's eager to even the score... but when he sees his enemy's face, he can't help but wonder if he's met Gigawatt before. His hesitation gives the Autobot the opening he needs to transform and ram the [[Seeker (body-type)\|Seeker]] in the chest, but Starscream's too canny a fighter to fall for the same trick twice and promptly takes him out of the fight. Marty makes a stand and hurls his skateboard at the flying Decepticon. Starscream mocks the futility of this pitiful attack... but what happens next takes ''everyone'' by surprise: the skateboard grows and transforms into the Autobot [[Skilz]], who promptly kicks Starscream in the face! As Gigawatt recovers and prepares to take off, the pair scramble inside, and an irate Starscream can only watch from the ground as the flying car disappears in a flash of light.		In the ruins of [[Hill Valley]], [[Marty McFly]] can't believe his eyes: his mysterious rescuer is a [[Transformer\|Cybertronian]] who's taken the form of [[Doc Brown]]'s [[DeLorean time machine\|time-travelling DeLorean]]! Even though the robot introduces himself as [[Gigawatt]], an Autobot from the future, Marty uses his skateboard as an improvised weapon to swat his hand away, and this distraction gives [[Starscream (G1)\|Starscream]] the chance to pick himself up and shoot Gigawatt in the back. Covered in manure, Starscream's eager to even the score... but when he sees his enemy's face, he can't help but wonder if he's met Gigawatt before. His hesitation gives the Autobot the opening he needs to transform and ram the [[Seeker (body-type)\|Seeker]] in the chest, but Starscream's too canny a fighter to fall for the same trick twice and promptly takes him out of the fight. Marty makes a stand and hurls his skateboard at the flying Decepticon. Starscream mocks the futility of this pitiful attack... but what happens next takes ''everyone'' by surprise: the skateboard grows and transforms into the Autobot [[Skilz]], who promptly kicks Starscream in the face! As Gigawatt recovers and prepares to take off, the pair scramble inside, and an irate Starscream can only watch from the ground as the flying car disappears in a flash of light.

	The trio ~~arrives~~ in the year [[2015]], and discover that another thirty years of Decepticon occupation have reduced Hill Valley to a burnt-out wasteland. As they swoop over the town and toward [[Delgado Mine]], Skilz can't believe that the Autobots haven't defeated the Decepticons, but the truth is far worse: the Autobots have been routed, pushed to the brink, and now only survive as a ragtag resistance led by [[Hot Rod (G1)\|Rodimus Prime]]. Inside the refitted mineshaft, Gigawatt touches down and delivers his final report to the Autobot commander: although his malfunctioning [[flux capacitor]] preemptively foiled his mission through time, his discovery of Marty in the year [[1985]] might yet provide the edge they need. Gigawatt hopes that Marty might know the whereabouts of his friend... because, he continues, Doc Brown's responsible for ''everything'' that's happened.		The trio arrive in the year [[2015]], and discover that another thirty years of Decepticon occupation have reduced Hill Valley to a burnt-out wasteland. As they swoop over the town and toward [[Delgado Mine]], Skilz can't believe that the Autobots haven't defeated the Decepticons, but the truth is far worse: the Autobots have been routed, pushed to the brink, and now only survive as a ragtag resistance led by [[Hot Rod (G1)\|Rodimus Prime]]. Inside the refitted mineshaft, Gigawatt touches down and delivers his final report to the Autobot commander: although his malfunctioning [[flux capacitor]] preemptively foiled his mission through time, his discovery of Marty in the year [[1985]] might yet provide the edge they need. Gigawatt hopes that Marty might know the whereabouts of his friend... because, he continues, Doc Brown's responsible for ''everything'' that's happened.

	When Doc Brown made his trip through time, Gigawatt explains, he failed to notice that [[Rumble (G1)\|Rumble]] had stowed away inside the DeLorean. Doc arrived in the year 2015 without incident, and when Rumble—still badly damaged from his run-in with [[Bumblebee (G1)\|Bumblebee]]—revealed himself, the ever-compassionate Doc brought him back to his workshop to fix him. In return, Rumble pretended to befriend the [[human]], and even helped upgrade his DeLorean with future technology... and once they'd finished, Rumble promptly betrayed his "friend" and summoned Megatron to steal the time machine. But Rumble discovered that the Megatron of ''this'' era had fought a losing war against the Autobots for thirty years, reduced to a broken-down wreck unable to even blast a single human with his malfunctioning [[fusion cannon]]; a disgusted Rumble hatched a new plan on the spot, stole the time machine, and traveled all the way back to the year [[1974]], where he procured the unwilling services of [[Biff Tannen]]. Armed with a ten-year head start, Rumble and his human slave stockpiled [[energon cube]]s until [[1984]], when the pair traveled to [[Mount St. Hilary]], broke into the ''[[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]'', and reactivated Megatron and the other Decepticons ahead of schedule. But once Megatron had killed the still-dormant Optimus Prime, he decided that he had no need for ''two'' Rumbles, and promptly killed the version who had masterminded the entire scheme. Only a few Autobots survived the massacre, and those that remain are far too few to fight back against Megatron's conquest of Earth. When Marty wonders how they even know ''any'' of this, Gigawatt explains that Megatron kept Rumble's head intact so that they could extract all knowledge of the future from his memory banks. But it's Skilz who puts two and two together and comes to the correct conclusion: Gigawatt is a Decepticon!		When Doc Brown made his trip through time, Gigawatt explains, he failed to notice that [[Rumble (G1)\|Rumble]] had stowed away inside the DeLorean. Doc arrived in the year 2015 without incident, and when Rumble—still badly damaged from his run-in with [[Bumblebee (G1)\|Bumblebee]]—revealed himself, the ever-compassionate Doc brought him back to his workshop to fix him. In return, Rumble pretended to befriend the [[human]], and even helped upgrade his DeLorean with future technology... and once they'd finished, Rumble promptly betrayed his "friend" and summoned Megatron to steal the time machine. But Rumble discovered that the Megatron of ''this'' era had fought a losing war against the Autobots for thirty years, reduced to a broken-down wreck unable to even blast a single human with his malfunctioning [[fusion cannon]]; a disgusted Rumble hatched a new plan on the spot, stole the time machine, and traveled all the way back to the year [[1974]], where he procured the unwilling services of [[Biff Tannen]]. Armed with a ten-year head start, Rumble and his human slave stockpiled [[energon cube]]s until [[1984]], when the pair traveled to [[Mount St. Hilary]], broke into the ''[[Ark (G1)\|Ark]]'', and reactivated Megatron and the other Decepticons ahead of schedule. But once Megatron had killed the still-dormant Optimus Prime, he decided that he had no need for ''two'' Rumbles, and promptly killed the version who had masterminded the entire scheme. Only a few Autobots survived the massacre, and those that remain are far too few to fight back against Megatron's conquest of Earth. When Marty wonders how they even know ''any'' of this, Gigawatt explains that Megatron kept Rumble's head intact so that they could extract all knowledge of the future from his memory banks. But it's Skilz who puts two and two together and comes to the correct conclusion: Gigawatt is a Decepticon!