Lio Convoy Storms In (episode)

This article is about the cartoon episode. For the comic issue, see Lio Convoy Storms In (issue).

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The answer is "foe"
"Lio Convoy Storms In" 疾風のライオコンボイ登場 () (Shippū no Lio Convoy Tōjō)
Airdate	March 24, 2005
Animation studio	Actas Inc., Studio A-CAT (3D)
Packaged with	Lio Convoy + DVD

The Autobots struggle to save a city from an all-out Decepticon attack. They receive aid from the mysterious Reverse Convoy, but is he friend...or foe?

Synopsis

It is the year 2004. With the help of the United Nations, the Autobots have begun work on their Scramble City operation. Their plan is interrupted by the sudden arrival of the time-displaced Beast Megatron who has seized command of the Decepticons in the absence of the original Megatron. Along with a group of time-displaced Autobots, Optimus Prime battles to thwart Beast Megatron and his plot to steal Earth's new super energy source, solitarium.

Currently, Tokyo is a disaster area as the Decepticons have discovered a deposit of solitarium buried beneath the city. Optimus Prime and Victory Leo arrive on the scene as the city burns to the ground. Victory Leo flies off to deal with Starscream and Wingstun while Optimus Prime takes on Beast Megatron. Prime knocks Megatron down, but before the Predacon can recover, he is hit with a volley of missiles from a mysterious foe. Prime wonders if the shadowy lion-shaped warrior was Victory Leo.

Meanwhile, Starscream and Wingstun lay waste to the city. They are quickly shot out of the sky by Optimus Primal, who fires at them from atop Tokyo Tower. They recover, only to be blasted out of the sky for good by a new arrival, the Autobot known as Reverse Convoy. Optimus Primal meets up with Reverse Convoy, who explains that he has tracked Beast Megatron's activities to Earth and wishes to help stop his threat.

Beast Megatron orders Gigant Bomb and Smokesniper to destroy Optimus Prime and the pair gang up on him. Luckily for Prime, Star Saber appears from the sky and hurls him an extra gun. As Optimus fires, he is joined by the mysterious lion warrior: Lio Convoy. As Beast Megatron rides in atop Gigant Bomb, Lio Convoy knocks him to the ground and the pair do battle.

Star Saber and Victory Leo then take on Gigant Bomb and Smokesniper, but are shot out of the sky by Reverse Convoy, much to Optimus Primal's shock and awe. Laughing, Reverse Convoy reveals his true identity: Rebirth Megatron, the original Megatron who was believed missing!

Rebirth Megatron immediately attacks his arch-nemesis, Optimus Prime, but is deflected by Lio Convoy. Rebirth Megatron then takes his place by Beast Megatron's side and the two decide to work with one another, though they aren't very fond of each other. Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal attempt their old trick, the "Double Convoy Tornado", but discover that the two Megatrons are capable of creating a similar attack, the "Double Megatron Tornado", and prove their equal.

The energy put out by the two attacks reacts with the solitarium beneath the city, causing it to overflow into the streets. The Megatrons are overjoyed at this, as it makes their collection of the solitarium even easier. As the two tornadoes prove perfect matches, Lio Convoy decides to tilt the scales with his "Lio Typhoon Arrow" attack. The two Megatrons are overwhelmed and sent flying. The Decepticons retreat, swearing vengeance. Lio Convoy wishes to pursue and destroy their adversaries, but Optimus Prime stops him, saying he detects other Decepticon energy signatures. The Autobots decide to split up and track down the various Decepticons.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons
Optimus Prime (2) Victory Leo (3) Lio Convoy (4) Optimus Primal (7) Star Saber (11)	Beast Megatron (1) Starscream (5) Wingstun (6) Reverse Convoy/Rebirth Megatron (8) Gigant Bomb (9) Smokesniper (10)

Notes

• Optimus Primal's entrance from atop Tokyo Tower is, of course, a reference to King Kong.

External links

• "Lio Convoy Storms In" at the TFRaw YouTube channel (English translated)