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{{episode|
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Transformers: Cyberverse]]'' ep 62
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Transformers: Cyberverse]]'' ep 62
|image=
|image=Cyberverse TheOtherOne.jpg
|caption=
|caption=Please tell the [[Batman|big man]] I said, "hello".
|prev=Silent Strike
|prev=Silent Strike
|next=
|next=The Immobilizers
|title="The Other One"
|title="The Other One"
|airdate=[[February 26]], [[2020]] (UK)
|airdate=[[February 26]], [[2020]] (UK)<br>[[June 7]], 2020 (USA)
|season=3
|season ep=26
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]]
|writer=
|writer=[[Randolph Heard]]
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|animation studio=[[Boulder Media Studio]]
|director=
|director=[[Jean Texier]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55ImHo2i5JA
|videosite=YouTube
}}
}}


'''The Autobots and Decepticons confront The Other One, a powerful being from another universe... and a Megatron more tyrannical than the primary universe's.'''
'''The Autobots and Decepticons confront The Other One, a more powerful and tyrannical version of Megatron from another universe.'''


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
In Megatron's matrix, Windblade finds pillars with the names of the thirteen primes surrounding her. To her surprise, a manifestation of Optimus Prime emerges from one of the pillars, though with a different backstory than what she remembers. Finding Windblade unable to understand what he is saying, Optimus gives her a clear, direct order to destroy the matrix, leaving the cityspeaker shocked at the prospect of killing Optimus while doing so.
Within [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]]'s [[Matrix of Leadership]], [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] reaches the pillars that bear the names of the [[Thirteen]] [[Prime (rank)|Primes]]. From one of these pillars emerges [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]], explaining her status as a psychic shard. But much to the [[cityspeaker]]'s surprise, he insists that he is not the Optimus that she knows and serves with. Seeing her confusion, Optimus gives her one simple order: destroy the Matrix.


Surrounded by Perfect Decepticons, Optimus notes that Megatron had succeded in creating his ideal soldiers... Only for the warlords to reveal that the troopers surrounding them weren't his creations. References to ''The Other One'' reveal more riddles, including one about sparing Prime's life. Noted by Astrotrain that the troopers are waiting for their master, Dead End notes that they don't want to be around when he arrives. This statement gains Astrotrain's agreement, and the giant Decepticon promptly flees to the multiverse. Both Autobot and Decepticon then try to fight past their shared foes, but only succeed with the help of multiverse energy. Upon succeeding, Prime swears to destroy Megatron's matrix, causing the warlord to disagree until more Perfect Decepticons arrive, which are promptly blasted into unspace with Megatron's new dimensional ray.
Within [[Croaton (Cyberverse)|Croaton]], Optimus recognizes the [[Decepticon supersoldier|soldiers]] surrounding them as the "perfect Decepticons" that Megatron had dreamed of creating. [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] points out that it has been impossible for the tyrant have created them without manipulating the [[AllSpark|Allspark]]. Megatron confirms the scout's skepticism, proclaiming that the soldiers, everything he dreamed of, were created by "the Other One." The soldiers' stillness is revealed to be the result of them waiting for their master, whose impending arrival causes [[Astrotrain (Cyberverse)|Astrotrain]] to flee. This shakes everyone out of their shock with [[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)|Sky-Byte]] and [[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)|Thunderhowl]] leading the charge into battle. Unfortunately, the soldiers are too powerful to be bested by standard weapons, forcing Optimus and Megatron to channel their [[multiverse]] energy and atomize the invaders. Though Optimus reiterates that the alternate Matrix must be destroyed, Megatron insists that both it and its local counterpart must be combined to fell the Other One.


Just after Megatron disposes of the enemy troopers, a titanic version of the warlord manifests behind him, proceeding to disarm and fatally wound his smaller self. This act leaves everyone shocked, and Alphastrike quickly fires at the giant warlord in vengeance. However, he manages to repel the shots, and observes several differences from his home universe. Introducing himself as a successful Megatron, retelling his tale:
Before the debate can continue, a second wave teleports in, Megatron contemptuously blasting them all away to [[unspace]]. Just as Megatron lowers his guard, a teleport flare appears behind him, from which steps forth the Other One, [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|a towering black-armored alternate version of Megatron]]. Swatting away his smaller counterpart's weapon, Megatron X fatally wounds the primary Megatron and sends him flying back towards the assembled Transformers. [[Alpha Strike]] attempts to avenge her master only for her artillery to be deflected and fired back at her by the invader. As Megatron X observes the Autobots and [[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)|Shadow Striker]], [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]] demands to know who he is, prompting the warlord to tell his tale.


When Optimus refused to join the Decepticons, Megatron quickly knew he would forever oppose him, and hit him square in the chest with his fusion cannon before stealing the Matrix, proceeding to rid his universe of all Autobots. Using Vector Sigma and the AllSpark to create his Perfect Decepticon troopers, he fired a laser snare at the invading Quintessons, stealing their multiversal secrets in the process. The surrounding Decepticons then pledge their loyalty to the multiversal Megatron, only to be rebuffed, revealing he eradicated all other Decepticons in his home universe after he created his perfect troopers.
''[[Megatron Is My Hero|When Optimus Prime refused to join the Decepticons]], Megatron realized that his old friend would forever oppose him and fired a point blank round from his [[fusion cannon]], fatally wounding the newly minted Prime, and then stole the Matrix. In this reality, the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]] was quickly won by the Decepticons before Megatron used the Allspark to create his perfect race of Decepticon warriors. Years later, when the [[Quintesson]]s sought to invade [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Megatron destroyed their ship with a [[laser snare]], salvaging their multiversal technology from its wreckage.''


Retaking his Matrix and killing the primary universe Megatron, the multiversal Megatron finds his matrix snagged by Bumblebee, who proceeds to bolt for the Autobot side of Cybertron. Several perfect troopers then attempt to intercept him, only for Ratchet, Whirl and Shadow Striker to take them down. Alas, the scout's luck come to an end as the shields prevent him from escaping, and he is quickly knocked out by the multiversal Megatron, who proceeds to retake his Matrix and prepare to execute Bee. Prime quickly comes to the rescue, and the 2 faction leaders end up in a matrix duel. Megatron soon overpowers Optimus, but Windblade cripples the Matrix from the inside, allowing Prime to seal his fate. Bee proceeds to absorb Windblade's mind fragment, while Astrotrain arrives and takes the remains of his former master, imprisoning him in the multiverse as revenge.
Suitably cowed, the Decepticons bow to Megatron X only for him to laugh them off before he telekinetically reclaims his Matrix, felling his counterpart in the process. Before he can bond with the talisman once again, Bumblebee steals it and races for the border. Dodging several supersoldiers, the scout reaches the border but cannot breach the now hemisphere-encompassing shield. Circling for a gap to fly through, he is downed by Megatron X. Though the tyrant commends Bumblebee's effort, the arrival of Optimus causes him to reassess his priorities. Optimus instantly unleashes the power of the Matrix on the invader. Initially caught off-guard by the attack, Megatron X quickly retaliates with a blast of his own, his beam steadily overcoming Optimus'.
[[File:Cyberverse TheOtherOne Ending.jpg|300px|thumb|right]]


Windblade soon reawakens, and finds all of Cybertron preparing to celebrate her return. She then recieves a hug from Bee as all cheer, with Cybertron's people united once more.
Within Megatron X's Matrix, Windblade, pressed on by the ghost of the alternate Optimus, unleashes her sword on the psychic pillars of the Primes, short-circuiting the talisman in the physical world and allowing Optimus to overcome his foe, immobilizing him. Getting up, Bumblebee collects Windblade's fragment as it rises from the broken tyrant's chest. As Optimus ponders what to do with Megatron X, Astrotrain arrives. Thanking the confused Optimus for his heroics, Astrotrain seizes the prone form of his old master and opens another portal into the multiverse where he intends to keep Megatron X trapped forever as revenge for his cruelty against him.
 
Under the light of the rising sun, [[Ratchet (Cyberverse)|Ratchet]] presents the healed Windblade to the [[Autobot]]s, to everyone's hearty delight.


==Featured characters==
==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.<br>
{{featuredcharacters
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]]
*[[Chromia (Cyberverse)|Chromia]] (9)
*[[Chromia (Cyberverse)|Chromia]]
*[[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)|Thunderhowl]] (10)
*[[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)|Thunderhowl]]
*[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] (11)
*[[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Whirl]]  
*[[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Whirl]] (20)
*[[Ratchet (Cyberverse)|Ratchet]]  
*[[Ratchet (Cyberverse)|Ratchet]] (21)
*[[Rack'n'Ruin (Cyberverse)|Rack'n'Ruin]]
*Autobot soldiers (22)
*[[Perceptor (Cyberverse)|Perceptor]]
*[[Jetfire (Cyberverse)|Jetfire]] (23)
*[[Arcee (Cyberverse)|Arcee]]
*[[Rack'n'Ruin (Cyberverse)|Rack'n'Ruin]] (24)
*[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]]
*[[Arcee (Cyberverse)|Arcee]] (25)
*[[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Perceptor (Cyberverse)|Perceptor]] (26)
*[[Clobber (Cyberverse)|Clobber]]  
*[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]] (27)
*[[Jetfire (Cyberverse)|Jetfire]]
*[[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)|Wheeljack]] (28)
*[[Kup (Cyberverse)|Kup]]
*[[Kup (Cyberverse)|Kup]] (29)
*[[Clobber (Cyberverse)|Clobber]] (30)


|c2=
|c2=
*[[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)|Shadow Striker]]
*[[Astrotrain (Cyberverse)|Astrotrain]] (4)
*[[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]]
*[[Wildwheel (Cyberverse)|Wildwheel]] (5)
*[[Astrotrain (Cyberverse)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)|Sky-Byte]] (6)
*[[Dead End (Cyberverse)|Dead End]]
*[[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)|Sky-Byte]]
*[[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)|Shadow Striker]] (12)
*[[Wild Wheel]]
*[[Dead End (Cyberverse)|Dead End]] (13)
*[[Alphastrike]]
*[[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]] (14)
 
*[[Alpha Strike]] (16)
|h4=Alternate Universe Duplicates|c4=
*[[Perfect Decepticon]]s
*Starscream 
*Optimus Prime
*Bumblebee
*Shadow Striker
*[[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|Megatron X]]


|h4=Megatron X Timeline Inhabitants|c4=
*Optimus Prime (2)
*[[Decepticon supersoldier]]s (3)
*[[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|Megatron X]] (15)
*''[[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]]''  (17)
*''Bumblebee'' (18)
*''Shadow Striker'' (19)
}}
}}


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==Notes==
==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
===Continuity notes===
*The Tarn-esque soldiers are revealed to be Megatron's race of perfect Decepticons that he intended to have [[Vector Sigma]] and the AllSpark create back in "[[Megatron Is My Hero]]."
*The alternate Optimus Prime within Megatron X's Matrix mentions only meeting Windblade once at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's]], which was depicted in the first flashback of "[[Maccadam's]]."
*The alternate Megatron's timeline diverged during the third flashback of "Megatron Is My Hero." This also reveals that those events took place after Megatron killed the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] and Optimus received the [[Matrix of Leadership]] in the [[Matrix of Leadership (episode)|eponymous episode]].
*The [[Tarn (G1)|Tarn]]-esque supersoldiers from the previous episode are revealed to be Megatron's race of perfect Decepticons that he intended to have Vector Sigma and the Allspark create back in "[[Megatron Is My Hero]]."
*Upon seeing Shadow Striker, the alternate Megatron comments that she looks like one of [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]]'s experiments, referencing her reconstruction by ol' one eye in "[[Shadowstriker (episode)|Shadowstriker]]"—evidently, her near-death experience at the hands of Bumblebee was not something that happened in this Megatron's timeline. Well, Optimus wasn't around to get captured, so...
**However, Bumblebee and Megatron are quick to point out that they are not his creations, given how Vector Sigma was destroyed and the Allspark was returned to its rightful place in the [[Well of All Sparks|Well of the Allspark]] in "[[Battle For Cybertron IV]]".
*The alternate Megatron defeated his reality's version of the [[Quintesson]]s with a [[laser snare]], the device that Shockwave used to destroy the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|''Ark'']] back in "[[The Battle For Cybertron II]]."
*"The Other One", first mentioned in "[[Enemy Line]]", is revealed to be none other than a more ruthless alternate Megatron from the same dimension as Astrotrain and the [[Insecticon (Cyberverse)|Insecticon]]s.
*Perceptor ''still'' has no optics.
*Megatron X's timeline diverged during the third flashback of "Megatron Is My Hero". However, see "Continuity errors".
*Upon seeing Shadow Striker, Megatron X comments that she looks like one of [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]]'s experiments, referencing her reconstruction by ol' one eye in "[[Shadowstriker (episode)|Shadowstriker]]".
*Megatron X defeated his reality's version of the [[Quintesson]]s with a [[laser snare]], the device that Shockwave used to destroy the ''[[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]]'' back in "[[Battle For Cybertron I]]."
*Dead End is once again using his battle mask from "Enemy Line".


===Transformers references===
===Transformers references===
*[[Prima]] and [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] are revealed to be among this universe's version of the [[Thirteen]].
*[[Prima]] and [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] are namedropped, being confirmed on-screen to be among this universe's version of the [[Thirteen]].
*Megatron quotes [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s famous line from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'': "One shall stand, one shall fall."
*Megatron dying words quote [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s famous line from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'': "One shall stand, one shall fall."


===Real-world references===
===Real-world references===
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===Other trivia===
===Other trivia===
*In an interesting blink and you'll miss it moment, Soundwave and Shadow Striker can be seen celebrating Windblade's revival alongside the Autobots, suggesting that Megatron's request for the split control of Cybertron was repealed following his death.
*According to [[Mae Catt]], the ''Cyberverse'' crew wanted to invert the [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|longstanding tradition]] of killing Optimus by instead killing off the primary Megatron. However, <choose><option>she</option><option>they</option></choose> kind of enjoyed the ambiguity of his fate in the finished episode, rather than offering a definitive answer, though the subsequent season would make his demise much more clear.<ref>"[https://shikai-the-storyteller.tumblr.com/post/613237429097365504/i-absolutely-didnt-go-back-through-and-edit-this Transformers: Cyberverse – Mae Catt Q&A Session (Unedited Edition)]"</ref>
*In an interesting blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, Soundwave and Shadow Striker can be seen celebrating Windblade's revival alongside the Autobots. According to Catt, their cameos were added in the episode by the animation team, as they were not in the script.<ref>[https://moonbase2.libsyn.com/moonbase-2-interview-mae-catt Moonbase 2 Podcast interview with Mae Catt]</ref> This ended up being an inadvertent sign of things to come, as the burgeoning collaboration between the two sides would be further explored in the next season.
*The season ends with Perceptor ''still'' being blind. Guess he prefers seeing the unconventional way.


===Animation and technical errors===
===Animation and technical errors===
*When Windblade destroys the Megatron matrix, she gains her wings in one shot and they disappear for the rest of the scene.
*Later in the flashback, Megatron X's universe's Shadow Striker is seen in her post-accident model, when it is said Megatron X's acts like she never got into said accident while interacting with the primary Shadow Striker.
*Towards the end, Thunderhowl deploys his battle mask for no apparent reason.
*When the Decepticons kneel before Megatron X, pledging their loyalty, in the next shot Wildwheel is missing his poncho.
*When Windblade begins destroying Megatron's Matrix, she gains her wings in one shot and they disappear for the rest of the scene.
*Just before Astrotrain returns, Megatron X is missing his Decepticon emblem.
 
===Continuity errors===
*During the altered flashback from "Megatron Is My Hero", Bumblebee and Optimus suddenly have Autobot symbols in the newly-animated scenes of Optimus being shot, despite not being shown with them in the reused footage. This also doesn't jive with the timeline, as the Autobots are not formed yet by this point.
*Similarly, Optimus should not possess the Matrix yet in the flashback, as he doesn't inherit it until Megatron kills the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] after the Autobots have already formed, as depicted in "[[Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership]]".


===Foreign localization===
===Foreign localization===
*TBA
'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Outro'''" ("The Other One")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 14]], 2021


==Home video releases==
==Home video releases==
*TBA
*TBA


==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Other One, The}}
[[Category:Cyberverse episodes]]
[[Category:Cyberverse episodes]]

Latest revision as of 00:21, 30 December 2025

Transformers: Cyberverse ep 62

Please tell the big man I said, "hello".
"The Other One"
Season 3
No. in season 26
Production company Allspark Animation
Airdate February 26, 2020 (UK)
June 7, 2020 (USA)
Writer Randolph Heard
Director Jean Texier
Animation studio Boulder Media Studio
 Watch this episode on YouTube

The Autobots and Decepticons confront The Other One, a more powerful and tyrannical version of Megatron from another universe.

Synopsis

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Within Megatron's Matrix of Leadership, Windblade reaches the pillars that bear the names of the Thirteen Primes. From one of these pillars emerges Optimus Prime, explaining her status as a psychic shard. But much to the cityspeaker's surprise, he insists that he is not the Optimus that she knows and serves with. Seeing her confusion, Optimus gives her one simple order: destroy the Matrix.

Within Croaton, Optimus recognizes the soldiers surrounding them as the "perfect Decepticons" that Megatron had dreamed of creating. Bumblebee points out that it has been impossible for the tyrant have created them without manipulating the Allspark. Megatron confirms the scout's skepticism, proclaiming that the soldiers, everything he dreamed of, were created by "the Other One." The soldiers' stillness is revealed to be the result of them waiting for their master, whose impending arrival causes Astrotrain to flee. This shakes everyone out of their shock with Sky-Byte and Thunderhowl leading the charge into battle. Unfortunately, the soldiers are too powerful to be bested by standard weapons, forcing Optimus and Megatron to channel their multiverse energy and atomize the invaders. Though Optimus reiterates that the alternate Matrix must be destroyed, Megatron insists that both it and its local counterpart must be combined to fell the Other One.

Before the debate can continue, a second wave teleports in, Megatron contemptuously blasting them all away to unspace. Just as Megatron lowers his guard, a teleport flare appears behind him, from which steps forth the Other One, a towering black-armored alternate version of Megatron. Swatting away his smaller counterpart's weapon, Megatron X fatally wounds the primary Megatron and sends him flying back towards the assembled Transformers. Alpha Strike attempts to avenge her master only for her artillery to be deflected and fired back at her by the invader. As Megatron X observes the Autobots and Shadow Striker, Soundwave demands to know who he is, prompting the warlord to tell his tale.

When Optimus Prime refused to join the Decepticons, Megatron realized that his old friend would forever oppose him and fired a point blank round from his fusion cannon, fatally wounding the newly minted Prime, and then stole the Matrix. In this reality, the Great War was quickly won by the Decepticons before Megatron used the Allspark to create his perfect race of Decepticon warriors. Years later, when the Quintessons sought to invade Cybertron, Megatron destroyed their ship with a laser snare, salvaging their multiversal technology from its wreckage.

Suitably cowed, the Decepticons bow to Megatron X only for him to laugh them off before he telekinetically reclaims his Matrix, felling his counterpart in the process. Before he can bond with the talisman once again, Bumblebee steals it and races for the border. Dodging several supersoldiers, the scout reaches the border but cannot breach the now hemisphere-encompassing shield. Circling for a gap to fly through, he is downed by Megatron X. Though the tyrant commends Bumblebee's effort, the arrival of Optimus causes him to reassess his priorities. Optimus instantly unleashes the power of the Matrix on the invader. Initially caught off-guard by the attack, Megatron X quickly retaliates with a blast of his own, his beam steadily overcoming Optimus'.

Within Megatron X's Matrix, Windblade, pressed on by the ghost of the alternate Optimus, unleashes her sword on the psychic pillars of the Primes, short-circuiting the talisman in the physical world and allowing Optimus to overcome his foe, immobilizing him. Getting up, Bumblebee collects Windblade's fragment as it rises from the broken tyrant's chest. As Optimus ponders what to do with Megatron X, Astrotrain arrives. Thanking the confused Optimus for his heroics, Astrotrain seizes the prone form of his old master and opens another portal into the multiverse where he intends to keep Megatron X trapped forever as revenge for his cruelty against him.

Under the light of the rising sun, Ratchet presents the healed Windblade to the Autobots, to everyone's hearty delight.

[edit]

Characters in italic text appear only in flashbacks.
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Megatron X Timeline Inhabitants

Quotes

[edit]

Notes

[edit]

Continuity notes

[edit]
  • The alternate Optimus Prime within Megatron X's Matrix mentions only meeting Windblade once at Maccadam's, which was depicted in the first flashback of "Maccadam's."
  • The Tarn-esque supersoldiers from the previous episode are revealed to be Megatron's race of perfect Decepticons that he intended to have Vector Sigma and the Allspark create back in "Megatron Is My Hero."
    • However, Bumblebee and Megatron are quick to point out that they are not his creations, given how Vector Sigma was destroyed and the Allspark was returned to its rightful place in the Well of the Allspark in "Battle For Cybertron IV".
  • "The Other One", first mentioned in "Enemy Line", is revealed to be none other than a more ruthless alternate Megatron from the same dimension as Astrotrain and the Insecticons.
  • Megatron X's timeline diverged during the third flashback of "Megatron Is My Hero". However, see "Continuity errors".
  • Upon seeing Shadow Striker, Megatron X comments that she looks like one of Shockwave's experiments, referencing her reconstruction by ol' one eye in "Shadowstriker".
  • Megatron X defeated his reality's version of the Quintessons with a laser snare, the device that Shockwave used to destroy the Ark back in "Battle For Cybertron I."
  • Dead End is once again using his battle mask from "Enemy Line".

Transformers references

[edit]

Real-world references

[edit]
  • TBA

Other trivia

[edit]
  • According to Mae Catt, the Cyberverse crew wanted to invert the longstanding tradition of killing Optimus by instead killing off the primary Megatron. However, they kind of enjoyed the ambiguity of his fate in the finished episode, rather than offering a definitive answer, though the subsequent season would make his demise much more clear.[1]
  • In an interesting blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, Soundwave and Shadow Striker can be seen celebrating Windblade's revival alongside the Autobots. According to Catt, their cameos were added in the episode by the animation team, as they were not in the script.[2] This ended up being an inadvertent sign of things to come, as the burgeoning collaboration between the two sides would be further explored in the next season.
  • The season ends with Perceptor still being blind. Guess he prefers seeing the unconventional way.

Animation and technical errors

[edit]
  • Later in the flashback, Megatron X's universe's Shadow Striker is seen in her post-accident model, when it is said Megatron X's acts like she never got into said accident while interacting with the primary Shadow Striker.
  • When the Decepticons kneel before Megatron X, pledging their loyalty, in the next shot Wildwheel is missing his poncho.
  • When Windblade begins destroying Megatron's Matrix, she gains her wings in one shot and they disappear for the rest of the scene.
  • Just before Astrotrain returns, Megatron X is missing his Decepticon emblem.

Continuity errors

[edit]
  • During the altered flashback from "Megatron Is My Hero", Bumblebee and Optimus suddenly have Autobot symbols in the newly-animated scenes of Optimus being shot, despite not being shown with them in the reused footage. This also doesn't jive with the timeline, as the Autobots are not formed yet by this point.
  • Similarly, Optimus should not possess the Matrix yet in the flashback, as he doesn't inherit it until Megatron kills the High Council after the Autobots have already formed, as depicted in "Matrix of Leadership".

Foreign localization

[edit]

Portuguese

  • Title: "O Outro" ("The Other One")
  • Original airdate: October 14, 2021

Home video releases

[edit]
  • TBA

References

[edit]