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|series=beast wars ii
|series=beast wars ii
|ep=37
|ep=37
|image=
|image=BWII 37 Gaea Moon.jpg
|caption=
|caption=Dawn of the Final Day<br>–24 Hours Remain–
|title="The Crisis of Planet Gaea"
|title="The Crisis of Planet Gaia"
|japanese=惑星ガイアの危機
|japanese=惑星ガイアの危機
|romaji=Wakusei Gaia no Kiki
|romaji=Wakusei Gaia no Kiki
|production code=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Ashi Productions]]
|airdate=[[December 9|9 December]] [[1998]]
|airdate=[[December 9|9 December]] [[1998]]
|writer=[[Junki Takegami]]
|writer=[[Junki Takegami]]
|director=[[Yūnosuke Yanase]]
|director=[[Yūnosuke Yanase]]
|animation studio=[[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|animation studio= [[Ashi Productions]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
}}
'''Can the Transformers on Gaia stop the Moon from impacting the planet?'''


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
{{epstub}}
[[File:BW_II_ep37_Computer_Defences.jpg|left|upright=1|thumb|]]
With the [[Martian emissary|control unit]] within, the [[Mother Computer]] simmers with energy as it continues pulling the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] towards [[Gaia]] to destroy the [[Angolmois Energy]] within before it can threaten the universe. Not quite willing to die, [[Lio Convoy (BW)|Lio Convoy]] and [[Apache (BW)|Apache]] try to attack the computer, only to be met with an endless array of self-regenerating mechanical tentacles. [[Moon (BW)|Moon]] is quite worried about the situation and [[Magnaboss (BWII)|Magnaboss]] tells [[NAVI (Yukikaze)|NAVI]] to alert the other [[Maximal]]s for assistance. Within the rapidly approaching Moon, [[Artemis]] yells out to her partner to stop the disaster.
 
At the ''[[Yukikaze (BW)|Yukikaze]]'' [[Tasmania Kid (BW)|Tasmania Kid]], [[Diver (BW)|Diver]], [[Scuba (BW)|Scuba]], and [[Bighorn (BW)|Bighorn]] realize the implications of the Moon crashing onto the planet they're on and worry about their mortality. NAVI approaches and alerts them to the situation with the Mother Computer, telling them that Lio Convoy needs their immediate help. Before they can reach the underground city where the Mother Computer is, their passage through the [[Valley of Lions]] is blocked by the [[Cyborg Beast]]s, and the two forces battle.
 
[[File:Bw2ep37 computercore.jpg|right|upright=1|thumb|Who knew the Mother Computer was in Boulder Hill?]]
At the Mother Computer, Lio Convoy and Apache are fully tangled in the computer's tentacles, and Magnaboss's attempts to cut through them prove unsuccessful. His Angolmois Ball frees his comrades, but the tentacles still remain and envelop the computer, shielding it against the Cybertronian threat.
 
In the Valley of Lions, the Maximals continue to fight against the Predacons, with [[Megastorm (BW)|Gigastorm]] joyfully thinking that they will finally end the Maximals then. [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]] arrives on the scene, and berates his brother for not noticing the greater threat of the coming Moon, ordering him and his Predacons to withdraw and prepare for evacuation at the ''[[Galvaburg II]]''. Galvatron remains behind, swearing to not let his plot of absorbing the Angolmois Energy with the [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]] be hindered by the current crisis, and privately cheers on the Maximals to stop the Moon. At the Moon itself, Artemis continues her panicking.
 
[[File:BW_II_ep37_Face_Off.jpg|left|upright=1|thumb|Showdown at High Moon.]]
The Maximals are all finally gathered at the underground city, and Magnaboss asks Moon if the computer can be stopped. Moon answers that the computer could be reprogrammed to stop the process, but cannot do it himself. NAVI offers, being able to understand the Gaian machines' language. The Maximals try to create a temporary opening, but the regeneration of the computer's defense system proves too resilient. Fortunately for all, Galvatron secretly uses his [[Galva-Matrix]] to blast an enduring hole in the defenses  and NAVI passes through. NAVI travels through the computer's interior before she comes across the control unit, and begins to reprogram it, but it proves much resistance. As Artemis, Galvatron, and the Maximals deal with the impeding crash in their own ways, NAVI manages to complete the reprogram with less than a second to spare, and the Moon is returned to its regular orbit.
 
Outside the city, Lio Convoy confronts Galvatron, recognizing his assistance in defusing the situation and thanks him for saving the planet. Galvatron plainly explains that he did it to preserve his goal of bringing peace through force via the power of Angolmois Energy. Lio Convoy tries to explain that true peace is achieved through the connection and understanding between people and offers a handshake in light of recent events. Galvatron seemingly obliges... only to shoot at Lio Convoy, berating his naïvete. The ''Galvaburg II'' soon arrives and beams Galvatron on board. On the ship, Gigastorm explains that he didn't want to leave the planet till he had personally crushed the Maximals. Galvatron tells him to do whatever, and Gigastorm orders a bombardment of the valley, causing the underground city to collapse. Lio Convoy, saddened by Galvatron's reaction, retreats with the other Maximals.
 
[[File:BW_II_ep37_Artemis_Moon_Reunion.jpg|right|upright=1|thumb|]]
Once in safety, [[Lio Junior (BW)|Lio Junior]] thanks Moon for his help, and the android returns to the Moon, promising to be ever watching. Out in space, Nemesis continues to approach, triggering more violent Angolmois Energy activity on Gaia...
 
===Artemis & Moon II Report===
Artemis welcomes Moon back to the Moon, relieved that doomsday has been averted, but notes that Nemesis is still a threat. The Maximals already tried to stop it and failed, but it seems like Lio Convoy has another plan in store to deal with the artificial planet. Further, just what does Galvatron plan to do with the Angolmois Energy that's to be absorbed by Nemesis?
{{--}}


==Featured characters==
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Magnaboss (BWII)|Magnaboss]] (1)
*[[Lio Convoy (BW)|Lio Convoy]] (2)
*[[Apache (BW)|Apache]] (3)
*[[NAVI (Yukikaze)|NAVI]] (5)
*[[Bighorn (BW)|Bighorn]] (7)
*[[Tasmania Kid (BW)|Tasmania Kid]] (8)
*[[Diver (BW)|Diver]] (9)
*[[Scuba (BW)|Scuba]] (10)
*[[Lio Junior (BW)|Lio Junior]] (18)
*[[Skywarp (BW)|Skywarp]] (19)
*[[Santon]] (20)


|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[BB (BW)|Max-B]] (11)
*[[Thrust (BW)|Thrustor]] (12)
*[[Dirge (BW)|Dirgegun]] (13)
*[[Starscream (BW)|Hellscream]] (14)
*[[Megastorm (BW)|Gigastorm]] (15)
*[[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]] (16)


|c4=
|c4=
*[[Moon (BW)|Moon]] (4)
*[[Artemis]] (6)
*[[Martian emissary]] (17)
*[[Assistant Ball]] (21)
}}
}}


==Notes==
==Notes==
===Transformers references===
===Animation and technical errors===
*When the other half of the Lio Convoy Unit joins Convoy's party, Lio Convoy is rather tiny and Apache is rather large. In Apache's case, it might be because his cells were supposed to be placed closer to the camera.
*When the other half of the Lio Convoy Unit joins Convoy's party, Lio Convoy's lion nose is white.
 
===Real world references===
===Real world references===
*Scuba, Diver, and Bighorn wield [[Maximal Buster]]s, which is a piece of ''Beast Wars'' merchandise.
===Continuity errors===
*Lio Junior (as part of Magnaboss), NAVI, and Moon have a conversation that doesn't keep straight who can hear whom. It should be that everyone can hear everyone with the exception that only Lio Junior can hear Moon. However, NAVI talks as if she can hear Moon too after Moon explains his plan to get NAVI inside. Lio Junior asks NAVI if "she can do it", without relaying what "it" is, and she confirms she can. Arguably, this could still be about her earlier affirmation that she can reprogram the Mother Computer, but that would make the flow of the conversation peculiar. Furthermore, Tasmania Kid is under the impression that they both ("anta-tachi") are talking to someone unseen. Once the three have finalized their plan, Lio Junior turns to Lio Convoy and says that they need to get NAVI inside the Mother Computer and Lio Convoy acts as this is news to him. Logically, he should have heard Lio Junior's and NAVI's part of the conversation about reprogramming the Mother Computer and need no further clarification.
===Trivia===
===Trivia===
*The [[white lion]] is absent despite much of the action taking place in his territory. Maybe he truly did die?


==Home video releases==
==Home video releases==
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;VHS
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 13 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 13 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — DVD-BOX ([[Video Maker]])




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Latest revision as of 22:05, 11 May 2026

« Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers ep 37 »

Dawn of the Final Day
–24 Hours Remain–
"The Crisis of Planet Gaia"
惑星ガイアの危機 ()
(Wakusei Gaia no Kiki)
Production company TV Tokyo, NAS, Ashi Productions
Airdate 9 December 1998
Writer Junki Takegami
Director Yūnosuke Yanase
Animation studio Ashi Productions
Continuity Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Can the Transformers on Gaia stop the Moon from impacting the planet?

Synopsis

[edit]

With the control unit within, the Mother Computer simmers with energy as it continues pulling the Moon towards Gaia to destroy the Angolmois Energy within before it can threaten the universe. Not quite willing to die, Lio Convoy and Apache try to attack the computer, only to be met with an endless array of self-regenerating mechanical tentacles. Moon is quite worried about the situation and Magnaboss tells NAVI to alert the other Maximals for assistance. Within the rapidly approaching Moon, Artemis yells out to her partner to stop the disaster.

At the Yukikaze Tasmania Kid, Diver, Scuba, and Bighorn realize the implications of the Moon crashing onto the planet they're on and worry about their mortality. NAVI approaches and alerts them to the situation with the Mother Computer, telling them that Lio Convoy needs their immediate help. Before they can reach the underground city where the Mother Computer is, their passage through the Valley of Lions is blocked by the Cyborg Beasts, and the two forces battle.

Who knew the Mother Computer was in Boulder Hill?

At the Mother Computer, Lio Convoy and Apache are fully tangled in the computer's tentacles, and Magnaboss's attempts to cut through them prove unsuccessful. His Angolmois Ball frees his comrades, but the tentacles still remain and envelop the computer, shielding it against the Cybertronian threat.

In the Valley of Lions, the Maximals continue to fight against the Predacons, with Gigastorm joyfully thinking that they will finally end the Maximals then. Galvatron arrives on the scene, and berates his brother for not noticing the greater threat of the coming Moon, ordering him and his Predacons to withdraw and prepare for evacuation at the Galvaburg II. Galvatron remains behind, swearing to not let his plot of absorbing the Angolmois Energy with the Nemesis be hindered by the current crisis, and privately cheers on the Maximals to stop the Moon. At the Moon itself, Artemis continues her panicking.

Showdown at High Moon.

The Maximals are all finally gathered at the underground city, and Magnaboss asks Moon if the computer can be stopped. Moon answers that the computer could be reprogrammed to stop the process, but cannot do it himself. NAVI offers, being able to understand the Gaian machines' language. The Maximals try to create a temporary opening, but the regeneration of the computer's defense system proves too resilient. Fortunately for all, Galvatron secretly uses his Galva-Matrix to blast an enduring hole in the defenses and NAVI passes through. NAVI travels through the computer's interior before she comes across the control unit, and begins to reprogram it, but it proves much resistance. As Artemis, Galvatron, and the Maximals deal with the impeding crash in their own ways, NAVI manages to complete the reprogram with less than a second to spare, and the Moon is returned to its regular orbit.

Outside the city, Lio Convoy confronts Galvatron, recognizing his assistance in defusing the situation and thanks him for saving the planet. Galvatron plainly explains that he did it to preserve his goal of bringing peace through force via the power of Angolmois Energy. Lio Convoy tries to explain that true peace is achieved through the connection and understanding between people and offers a handshake in light of recent events. Galvatron seemingly obliges... only to shoot at Lio Convoy, berating his naïvete. The Galvaburg II soon arrives and beams Galvatron on board. On the ship, Gigastorm explains that he didn't want to leave the planet till he had personally crushed the Maximals. Galvatron tells him to do whatever, and Gigastorm orders a bombardment of the valley, causing the underground city to collapse. Lio Convoy, saddened by Galvatron's reaction, retreats with the other Maximals.

Once in safety, Lio Junior thanks Moon for his help, and the android returns to the Moon, promising to be ever watching. Out in space, Nemesis continues to approach, triggering more violent Angolmois Energy activity on Gaia...

Artemis & Moon II Report

[edit]

Artemis welcomes Moon back to the Moon, relieved that doomsday has been averted, but notes that Nemesis is still a threat. The Maximals already tried to stop it and failed, but it seems like Lio Convoy has another plan in store to deal with the artificial planet. Further, just what does Galvatron plan to do with the Angolmois Energy that's to be absorbed by Nemesis?

[edit]

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Maximals Predacons Others

Notes

[edit]

Animation and technical errors

[edit]
  • When the other half of the Lio Convoy Unit joins Convoy's party, Lio Convoy is rather tiny and Apache is rather large. In Apache's case, it might be because his cells were supposed to be placed closer to the camera.
  • When the other half of the Lio Convoy Unit joins Convoy's party, Lio Convoy's lion nose is white.

Real world references

[edit]
  • Scuba, Diver, and Bighorn wield Maximal Busters, which is a piece of Beast Wars merchandise.

Continuity errors

[edit]
  • Lio Junior (as part of Magnaboss), NAVI, and Moon have a conversation that doesn't keep straight who can hear whom. It should be that everyone can hear everyone with the exception that only Lio Junior can hear Moon. However, NAVI talks as if she can hear Moon too after Moon explains his plan to get NAVI inside. Lio Junior asks NAVI if "she can do it", without relaying what "it" is, and she confirms she can. Arguably, this could still be about her earlier affirmation that she can reprogram the Mother Computer, but that would make the flow of the conversation peculiar. Furthermore, Tasmania Kid is under the impression that they both ("anta-tachi") are talking to someone unseen. Once the three have finalized their plan, Lio Junior turns to Lio Convoy and says that they need to get NAVI inside the Mother Computer and Lio Convoy acts as this is news to him. Logically, he should have heard Lio Junior's and NAVI's part of the conversation about reprogramming the Mother Computer and need no further clarification.

Trivia

[edit]
  • The white lion is absent despite much of the action taking place in his territory. Maybe he truly did die?

Home video releases

[edit]
All releases listed are in Japanese audio unless otherwise noted.
VHS

Japan 1999 — Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers — ACT. 13 (Pioneer LDC)

DVD

Japan 2011 — Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers — DVD-BOX (Video Maker)

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