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|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep | |otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'' ep 61 | ||
|image= | |image=LittlePlot Medix luvs his plant.jpg | ||
|caption= | |caption=''A mean green motor from outer space...'' | ||
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|title="Little Plot of Horrors" | |title="Little Plot of Horrors" | ||
|season=2 | |||
|season ep=9 | |||
|production code=209 | |||
|airdate=[[May 9]], [[2020]] | |airdate=[[May 9]], [[2020]] | ||
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]] | |production company=[[Allspark Animation]] | ||
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|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]] | |animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]] | ||
|director=[[Ray Quigley]] | |director=[[Ray Quigley]] | ||
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zmCBlMJLx0 | |||
|videosite=YouTube | |||
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==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
The ''[[Sigma]]'' arrives back at the academy and the recruits disembark, having returned from a mission to retrieve soil samples from dwarf planets [[Pluto]], [[Eris]] and [[Sedna]]. They excitedly compare the samples and retire to the lab, where [[Boulder]] reminds them not to open the samples as they need to be quarantined. He has them take the samples through decontamination to the quarantine area, where [[Medix (RB)|Medix]] is horrified by the careless manner in which his fellow recruits are attempting to store the samples. As the other leave, Medix stays behind to sort the catalog alphabetically and stumbles on the [[Galax]], which has spent the last year stuck in the one room. After checking for any harmful bacteria, Medix decides to take the plant and plant it in the garden. He quickly finds it doesn't like being watered but otherwise seems happy with its new location. | The ''[[Sigma]]'' arrives back at the academy and the recruits disembark, having returned from a mission to retrieve soil samples from dwarf planets [[Pluto]], [[Eris]] and [[Sedna]]. They excitedly compare the samples and retire to the lab, where [[Boulder (RB)|Boulder]] reminds them not to open the samples as they need to be quarantined. He has them take the samples through decontamination to the quarantine area, where [[Medix (RB)|Medix]] is horrified by the careless manner in which his fellow recruits are attempting to store the samples. As the other leave, Medix stays behind to sort the catalog alphabetically and stumbles on the [[Galax]], which has spent the last year stuck in the one room. After checking for any harmful bacteria, Medix decides to take the plant and plant it in the garden. He quickly finds it doesn't like being watered but otherwise seems happy with its new location. | ||
The next morning, Medix finds that the Galax is now massive and has tendrils spreading all over the garden. Meanwhile [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]] and Boulder are testing soil samples to see any of the dwarf planets could support life when their work is interrupted by the alarm. They find [[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]], [[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] and [[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] already assembled—the academy's sensors have detected an earthquake located under the garden. As they haven't felt anything, Boulder sets about recalibrating the sensors while the other recruits investigate the garden. They soon find Medix and the newly-overgrown Galax, and are forced to convince Medix that the garden isn't a suitable place for the plant to grow. When Hot Shot "saves" Medix from one of the Galax's vines, the plant becomes hostile and starts spitting goo at the recruits. | The next morning, Medix finds that the Galax is now massive and has tendrils spreading all over the garden. Meanwhile [[Hoist (RB)|Hoist]] and Boulder are testing soil samples to see any of the dwarf planets could support life when their work is interrupted by the alarm. They find [[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]], [[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] and [[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] already assembled—the academy's sensors have detected an earthquake located under the garden. As they haven't felt anything, Boulder sets about recalibrating the sensors while the other recruits investigate the garden. They soon find Medix and the newly-overgrown Galax, and are forced to convince Medix that the garden isn't a suitable place for the plant to grow. When Hot Shot "saves" Medix from one of the Galax's vines, the plant becomes hostile and starts spitting goo at the recruits. | ||
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*[[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] (4) | *[[Wedge (RBA)|Wedge]] (4) | ||
*[[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] (5) | *[[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]] (5) | ||
*[[Boulder]] (6) | *[[Boulder (RB)|Boulder]] (6) | ||
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*[[Galax]] (7) | *[[Galax]] (7) | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
===Continuity notes=== | ===Continuity notes=== | ||
*The Galax was retrieved from [[Parvus]] in "[[ | *The Galax was retrieved from [[Parvus]] in "[[Big Small Rescue]]". At the conclusion of that episode, the Galax had produced an offshoot which is notably missing. | ||
===Transformers references=== | ===Transformers references=== | ||
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===Animation and technical errors=== | ===Animation and technical errors=== | ||
* | * When the Galax is first seen, it has a mouth that disappears until it spits goo and reappears in the first of the final lab scenes. | ||
===Astronomical errors=== | |||
* Pluto, Eris and Sedna are incorrectly specified as being part of the {{w|Oort Cloud}}, a theoretical very very very ''very'' distant sphere of icy objects at the very edge of the Solar System's gravitational influence (the ''Voyager I'' probe still has about 300 years of travel before it reaches that region!). Pluto is within the {{w|Kuiper Belt}}, a region of space starting just past Neptune's orbit, reaching from 4.5 to 7.5 billion km from the Sun. Eris and Sedna are within the "scattered disc", a very wide and off-kilter disc just past the Kuiper Belt, extending roughly 150 billion km from the Sun. The Oort Cloud is way, way further out, starting (theoretically) ''300 billion km'' from the Sun and extending potentially as much as a ''light year'' from ol' Sol (10 trillion km!). However, it's ''possible'' Sedna had once been part of the Oort Cloud and gotten pushed inward by a close-passing star long ago, there's still a ''lot'' about this region of space that's uncertain. | |||
* Being so far from the sun, the surface of Sedna should not be as brightly lit as seen here. | |||
===Trivia=== | ===Trivia=== | ||
* | *A code 762 means a "garden in need of watering". It's unclear what code lexicon this is meant to be from. | ||
===Foreign localization=== | ===Foreign localization=== | ||
Latest revision as of 00:27, 26 March 2025
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 A mean green motor from outer space... | ||||||
| "Little Plot of Horrors" | ||||||
| Production code | 209 | |||||
| Season | 2 | |||||
| No. in season | 9 | |||||
| Production company | Allspark Animation | |||||
| Airdate | May 9, 2020 | |||||
| Writer | Fionn Boland | |||||
| Director | Ray Quigley | |||||
| Animation studio | Boulder Media Studio | |||||
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Upon discovering the Galax plant from planet Parvus is still being housed in the academy's quarantine, Medix sets about finding the plant a new home.
Synopsis
[edit]The Sigma arrives back at the academy and the recruits disembark, having returned from a mission to retrieve soil samples from dwarf planets Pluto, Eris and Sedna. They excitedly compare the samples and retire to the lab, where Boulder reminds them not to open the samples as they need to be quarantined. He has them take the samples through decontamination to the quarantine area, where Medix is horrified by the careless manner in which his fellow recruits are attempting to store the samples. As the other leave, Medix stays behind to sort the catalog alphabetically and stumbles on the Galax, which has spent the last year stuck in the one room. After checking for any harmful bacteria, Medix decides to take the plant and plant it in the garden. He quickly finds it doesn't like being watered but otherwise seems happy with its new location.
The next morning, Medix finds that the Galax is now massive and has tendrils spreading all over the garden. Meanwhile Hoist and Boulder are testing soil samples to see any of the dwarf planets could support life when their work is interrupted by the alarm. They find Wedge, Hot Shot and Whirl already assembled—the academy's sensors have detected an earthquake located under the garden. As they haven't felt anything, Boulder sets about recalibrating the sensors while the other recruits investigate the garden. They soon find Medix and the newly-overgrown Galax, and are forced to convince Medix that the garden isn't a suitable place for the plant to grow. When Hot Shot "saves" Medix from one of the Galax's vines, the plant becomes hostile and starts spitting goo at the recruits.
Once Medix shares that the Galax doesn't like water, they turn the sprinklers on and start soaking the plant. This successfully shrinks the Galax back to its original size, and Medix is able to pluck it out of the ground. Though Boulder tells Medix it was not a good idea to try to introduce the Galax to Earth, he reveals their tests have found that Sedna would be an appropriate location for the Galax to grow, and Medix uses the space bridge to take it to its new home.
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
Quotes
[edit]"These are samples from other worlds. We can't just open them."
[quickly closing his sample] "How could you, Hot Shot?!"
- —Boulder and Wedge
"I deduce something suspicious is going on in the garden."
"Really? What gave it away? The phantom earthquake or the offended vine that just slapped Wedge?"
- —Whirl and Hot Shot
Notes
[edit]Continuity notes
[edit]- The Galax was retrieved from Parvus in "Big Small Rescue". At the conclusion of that episode, the Galax had produced an offshoot which is notably missing.
Transformers references
[edit]- TBA
Real-world references
[edit]- The title of this episode references Little Shop of Horrors, a musical which also features a plant growing to enormous size.
Animation and technical errors
[edit]- When the Galax is first seen, it has a mouth that disappears until it spits goo and reappears in the first of the final lab scenes.
Astronomical errors
[edit]- Pluto, Eris and Sedna are incorrectly specified as being part of the Oort Cloud, a theoretical very very very very distant sphere of icy objects at the very edge of the Solar System's gravitational influence (the Voyager I probe still has about 300 years of travel before it reaches that region!). Pluto is within the Kuiper Belt, a region of space starting just past Neptune's orbit, reaching from 4.5 to 7.5 billion km from the Sun. Eris and Sedna are within the "scattered disc", a very wide and off-kilter disc just past the Kuiper Belt, extending roughly 150 billion km from the Sun. The Oort Cloud is way, way further out, starting (theoretically) 300 billion km from the Sun and extending potentially as much as a light year from ol' Sol (10 trillion km!). However, it's possible Sedna had once been part of the Oort Cloud and gotten pushed inward by a close-passing star long ago, there's still a lot about this region of space that's uncertain.
- Being so far from the sun, the surface of Sedna should not be as brightly lit as seen here.
Trivia
[edit]- A code 762 means a "garden in need of watering". It's unclear what code lexicon this is meant to be from.
Foreign localization
[edit]- TBA
