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|image=DW Summer Special BW panel.jpg | |image=DW Summer Special BW panel.jpg | ||
|caption="Dammit, I hope it's not the | |caption="Dammit, I hope it's not the Jehovah's Witnesses!" | ||
|title="Ain't No Rat" | |title="Ain't No Rat" | ||
|publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]] | |publisher=[[Dreamwave Productions]] | ||
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|colors=[[Espen Grundetjern]] | |colors=[[Espen Grundetjern]] | ||
|letters=[[Shaun Linsao]] | |letters=[[Shaun Linsao]] | ||
|continuity= | |continuity=[[Dreamwave Generation One continuity]] | ||
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'''Rattrap dreams back to prehistoric Earth...''' | '''Rattrap dreams back to prehistoric Earth...''' | ||
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
With [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] safely contained externally, the [[Maximal]]s aboard the [[Autobot shuttle]] take a much-deserved rest. Even [[Rattrap]] eventually falls asleep, to dream... | [[File:Wolfang optimus minor bonecrusher aint no rat.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Tonight you will be visited by three Sparks..."]] | ||
With [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] safely contained externally, the [[Maximal]]s aboard the [[Autobot shuttle]] take a much-deserved rest. Even [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] eventually falls asleep, to dream... | |||
On [[Earth]], Rattrap panics, his self-contained vehicle compromised by the much larger [[Dinobot II|Dinobot 2]]. Dinobot 2 holds Rattrap in a painfully tight grip, despite Rattrap's attempts to appeal to any remnants of his attacker's former persona. | On [[Earth]], Rattrap panics, his self-contained vehicle compromised by the much larger [[Dinobot II|Dinobot 2]]. Dinobot 2 holds Rattrap in a painfully tight grip, despite Rattrap's attempts to appeal to any remnants of his attacker's former persona. | ||
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==Featured characters== | ==Featured characters== | ||
{{featuredcharacters|h1=[[Maximal|Maximals]]|c1= | {{featuredcharacters|h1=[[Maximal|Maximals]]|c1= | ||
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (2) | *[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (2) | ||
* [[Optimus Primal]] (3) | *[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3) | ||
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4) | *[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4) | ||
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (5) | *[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (5) | ||
* [[Silverbolt ( | *[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] (6) | ||
* [[Rattrap]] (7) | *[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (7) | ||
* [[Optimus Minor]] (9) | *[[Optimus Minor]] (9) | ||
* [[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]] (10) | *[[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]] (10) | ||
* [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]] (11) | *[[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]] (11) | ||
|h2=[[Predacon ( | |h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2= | ||
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (1) | *[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (1) | ||
* [[Dinobot II|Dinobot 2]] (8) | *[[Dinobot II|Dinobot 2]] (8) | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* There is quite a bit of [[Cybertronix]] in this issue. When Dinobot II confronts Rattrap, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]'s viewscreen displays Maximal characters reading "subject vermin orders terminate". When we see Rattrap's perspective a few panels later, it says "that's it were all gonna die", while words on the bottom of his perspective identify his view as "rat o vision". | *There is quite a bit of [[Cybertronix]] in this issue. When Dinobot II confronts Rattrap, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]'s viewscreen displays Maximal characters reading "subject vermin orders terminate". When we see Rattrap's perspective a few panels later, it says "that's it were all gonna die", while words on the bottom of his perspective identify his view as "rat o vision". | ||
* This story was originally meant to be part of a six-issue miniseries called [[Shell Game | *This story was originally meant to be part of a six-issue miniseries called [[Transformers: Beast Wars — Shell Game|''Shell Game'']]. However, the company went bankrupt before the whole series could be released, leaving "Ain't No Rat" the only story published from said series, as part of ''[[20th Anniversary Transformers Summer Special]]''. | ||
*When Furman later revealed the script for [[Shell Game issue 1|''Shell Game'' #1]], we learned the ghostly other Maximals are some type of hallucination Rattrap's having instead of any flashback (and these characters have not yet come online). <ref>[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2007/12/24/xmas-wrap/ XMAS (W)RAP! — Simon Furman makes the script for ''Shell Game'' #1 available.]</ref> It reads rather like Furman's trying to figure out a way to get Mick and Patyk's idea (without knowing fully what it was) into the story he's trying to tell. | |||
===Covers (2)=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:TFSummerSpecial cover final.jpg|'''''20th Anniversary Transformers Summer Special''''' | |||
File:BestofDon.jpg|'''''The Best of Don Figueroa''''' | |||
</gallery> | |||
*'''''20th Anniversary Transformers Summer Special'' cover:''' the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] victorious over [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], by [[Don Figueroa]]. | |||
*'''''The Best of Don Figueroa'' cover:''' Cybertronian battle scene from ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'', by Don Figueroa. | |||
===Reprints=== | |||
*[[2007]] — ''[[The Transformers: The Best of Don Figueroa]]'' | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
[[Category:Beast Wars issues]] | [[Category:Beast Wars issues]] | ||
[[Category:Dreamwave issues]] | [[Category:Dreamwave issues]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:09, 29 November 2023
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 "Dammit, I hope it's not the Jehovah's Witnesses!" | |||||||||||||
| "Ain't No Rat" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Dreamwave Productions | ||||||||||||
| First published | July 8, 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | May, 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Story | Brad Mick with Adam Patyk | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Don Figueroa | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Elaine To | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Espen Grundetjern | ||||||||||||
| Flats | Kenny Li | ||||||||||||
| Letters | Shaun Linsao | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Dreamwave Generation One continuity | ||||||||||||
Rattrap dreams back to prehistoric Earth...
Synopsis
[edit]
With Megatron safely contained externally, the Maximals aboard the Autobot shuttle take a much-deserved rest. Even Rattrap eventually falls asleep, to dream...
On Earth, Rattrap panics, his self-contained vehicle compromised by the much larger Dinobot 2. Dinobot 2 holds Rattrap in a painfully tight grip, despite Rattrap's attempts to appeal to any remnants of his attacker's former persona.
Suddenly, Rattrap is rescued by Wolfang, Optimus Minor, and Bonecrusher. Rattrap is full of questions, but Optimus Minor simply tells Rattrap that the three new Maximals do not wish to continue as combatants.
Rattrap wakes up aboard the Autobot shuttle. The nature of his dream is left as a mystery.
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Maximals | Predacons |
|---|---|
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Notes
[edit]- There is quite a bit of Cybertronix in this issue. When Dinobot II confronts Rattrap, the Predacon's viewscreen displays Maximal characters reading "subject vermin orders terminate". When we see Rattrap's perspective a few panels later, it says "that's it were all gonna die", while words on the bottom of his perspective identify his view as "rat o vision".
- This story was originally meant to be part of a six-issue miniseries called Shell Game. However, the company went bankrupt before the whole series could be released, leaving "Ain't No Rat" the only story published from said series, as part of 20th Anniversary Transformers Summer Special.
- When Furman later revealed the script for Shell Game #1, we learned the ghostly other Maximals are some type of hallucination Rattrap's having instead of any flashback (and these characters have not yet come online). [1] It reads rather like Furman's trying to figure out a way to get Mick and Patyk's idea (without knowing fully what it was) into the story he's trying to tell.
Covers (2)
[edit]-
20th Anniversary Transformers Summer Special -
The Best of Don Figueroa
- 20th Anniversary Transformers Summer Special cover: the Predacons victorious over Megatron, by Don Figueroa.
- The Best of Don Figueroa cover: Cybertronian battle scene from The War Within, by Don Figueroa.
