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{{disambig2|the episode from ''Prime''|the dog from Generation 1|Patch (dog)}}
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{{episode|
{{episode|
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|caption= Everybody cut loose! Footloose!
|caption= Everybody cut loose! Footloose!
|title="Patch"
|title="Patch"
|season=2
|season ep=24
|airdate=[[October 19]], [[2012]]
|airdate=[[October 19]], [[2012]]
|written by=[[Duane Capizzi]]
|written by=[[Duane Capizzi]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|directed by=[[Shaunt Nigoghossian]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpEC5I0h8-g
|videosite=YouTube
}}
}}


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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
Atop the Decepticon warship, [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] asks [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] what he seeks in return for the [[Omega Key]]s, his answer being that he wishes to once more become a [[Decepticon]]. While Megatron points out that [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] is now his second-in-command, Starscream insists he will keep to his place. Skeptical, Megatron has [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] extracted from the wall so that he can connect Megatron and Starscream with a [[cortical psychic patch]]. [[Image:PatchKnockOut.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Don't get so cocky, Knock Out.]]
Atop the Decepticon warship, [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] asks [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] what he seeks in return for the [[Omega Key]]s, his answer being that he merely wishes to once more be a [[Decepticon]] under Megatron's command. Megatron points out that [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] is now his second-in-command, and Starscream insists he will keep to his place. Skeptical, Megatron has [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] extracted from the wall so that he can connect Megatron and Starscream with a [[cortical psychic patch]].


By rummaging through Starscream's memories, Megatron intends to find what really drives him, and first reviews the events surrounding the [[space bridge]] explosion. Knock Out monitors the mental images with interest... especially when he sees Starscream do a victory jig. Megatron watches various instances of Starscream insisting on his leadership: the time he made a bunch of clones to assassinate Megatron; and when he tried to make a deal with Airachnid to terminate Megatron. Starscream claims he was half-crazed with energon deficiency at the time, but Megatron is unconvinced. Starscream insists he always had Megatron's best interests at heart, like removing the [[Dark Energon]] from his body so his mind did not become corrupted by it. Replaying Starscream's monologue during the time when Megatron was trapped underground, Megatron suggests Starscream refrain from thinking out loud in the future. He also drops the hint that if Starscream fails to be convincing, it'll likely end in Starscream's termination.
[[Image:PatchKnockOut.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Don't get so cocky, Knock Out.]]  


Starscream claims being beaten is enough to bring him back into line and tries to play up his own generosity by recalling the time when he provided Megatron with [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]'s corpse for experimentation, and his use of his wits in dealing with the Autobots. Megatron points out his wits are usually insufficient to compensate for his arrogance: when he faced [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] while charged up on Dark Energon; or when he tried to use the [[Energon Harvester]] on [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]. The revelation that [[MECH]] took Starscream's [[transformation cog|T-Cog]] greatly amuses Megatron, though Starscream is hoping that that might be restored to him in exchange for the Omega Keys—after all, he usually transforms with such style. He points out that at the time he deserted the Decepticon cause, he was not being made to feel particularly welcome there, despite apparently learning his place. Megatron does not believe Starscream's change of heart at the time would have lasted, and replays a discussion between Starscream and Knock Out while Megatron was lying in a coma in the sick bay. In the real world, Knock Out starts to realize that Starscream's memories are going to be equally incriminating to himself. Panicking, he comes up with a plan to disconnect the patch, trapping Megatron in Starscream's mind.
By rummaging through Starscream's memories, Megatron intends to find what really drives him. Once inside, he reminds Starscream that there are no secrets, even as they watch Starscream's base consciousness obnoxiously celebrating becoming leader of the Decepticons, much to the present Starscream's embarrassment and Megatron's amusement.
 
He begins by reviewing the events surrounding the [[space bridge]] explosion. Megatron watches various instances of Starscream's attempts at assassination: the time he made a bunch of clones to infiltrate the ''Nemesis''; and when he tried to make a deal with Airachnid. Starscream lamely claims he was half-crazed with energon deficiency at the time, and insists he always had Megatron's best interests at heart, like removing the [[Dark Energon]] from his body so his mind did not become corrupted by it. Naturally, Megatron doesn't buy it. Upon replaying Starscream's musings when Megatron was trapped underground, he suggests that Starscream refrain from thinking out loud in the future. He also drops the hint that if Starscream fails to be convincing, the patch session will end in Starscream's termination.
 
Starscream claims the occasional trouncing is enough to bring him back into line, and tries to play up his own generosity, bringing up the gift of [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'s corpse for Dark Energon experimentation, and his use of his wits in dealing with the Autobots. Megatron points out his wits are usually insufficient to compensate for his arrogance: when he faced [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] while charged up on Dark Energon; or when he tried to use the [[Energon Harvester]] on [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]. The revelation that [[MECH]] took Starscream's [[transformation cog (biology)|T-Cog]] greatly amuses Megatron, though Starscream is hoping that that might be restored to him in exchange for the Omega Keys — after all, he usually transforms with such style. He points out that while he was not kicked out of the Decepticons, he was not being made to feel particularly welcome there, despite apparently learning his place. Megatron does not believe Starscream's change of heart at the time would have lasted, and replays a discussion between Starscream and Knock Out while Megatron was lying in a coma in the sick bay. In the real world, Knock Out starts to realize that Starscream's memories are going to be equally incriminating to himself as he served Starscream as second-in-command. Panicking, he comes up with a plan to disconnect the patch, trapping Megatron in Starscream's mind.


[[Image:PatchKnockOutDreadwing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|That awkward moment when you find out that your thought-to-be-dead twin brother is a zombie.]]
[[Image:PatchKnockOutDreadwing.jpg|thumb|right|250px|That awkward moment when you find out that your thought-to-be-dead twin brother is a zombie.]]
As Knock Out goes to unplug Megatron, Dreadwing stops him and he is forced to make up an excuse. Megatron's psychic interrogation of Starscream continues, and while Starscream claims that not even Dreadwing may have been a "perfect" replacement as his second-in-command, Megatron points out at least Dreadwing and his departed brother [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] were loyal. Starscream's memories of Skyquake's death and revival through Dark Energon are replayed, and he recalls how Skyquake was left in an undead state in some dimensional nether-realm. This revelation comes as a shock to Dreadwing, who is still watching in the lab. Megatron announces that Starscream will be allowed to rejoin the Decepticon forces proper, as they ''must'' be working as one unit if Cybertron is to be properly restored, a fact also addressed to the watching Knock Out. Knock Out realizes that Dreadwing is no longer standing behind him. Dreadwing stands on the outer hull of the ''Nemesis'' and aims a scream of rage at the sky.
 
As Knock Out goes to unplug Megatron, Dreadwing stops him and he is forced to make up an excuse. Megatron's psychic interrogation of Starscream continues, and while Starscream claims that not even Dreadwing may have been a "perfect" replacement as his second-in-command, Megatron agrees, but points out at least Dreadwing and his departed brother [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] were loyal and honorable. Starscream's memories of Skyquake's death and revival through Dark Energon are replayed, and he recalls how Skyquake was left in an undead state in some dimensional nether-realm. This revelation comes as a shock to Dreadwing, who is still watching in the lab. Megatron announces that Starscream will be allowed to rejoin the Decepticon forces proper, as they ''must'' be working as one unit if Cybertron is to be properly restored, a fact also addressed to the watching Knock Out. Shaken, Knock Out turns away from the monitor to discover that Dreadwing is no longer in the room. The second-in-command is instead on the outer hull of the ''Nemesis'', and aims a scream of rage at the sky.


==Featured characters==
==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.)<br>
{{featuredcharacters
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c1=
* ''[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]]'' (6)
* ''[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'' (6)
* ''[[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]'' (12)
* ''[[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'' (12)
* ''[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]]'' (13)
* ''[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'' (13)
* ''[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'' (14)
* ''[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'' (14)
* ''[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]]'' (15)
* ''[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]'' (15)
* ''[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]]''
* ''[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]]''
* ''[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (back of head only)
* ''[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] (back of head only)
|c2=
|c2=
* [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (1)
* [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] (1)
* [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] (2)
* [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (2)
* [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (3)
* [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] (3)
* [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (4)
* [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (4)
* ''[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]]'' (5)
* ''[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]]'' (5)
* ''[[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]]'' (7)
* ''[[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]]'' (7)
* ''[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]]'' (8)
* ''[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'' (8)
* ''[[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream clone]]s'' (9)
* ''[[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream clone]]s'' (9)
* ''[[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]]'' (10)
* ''[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]'' (10)
* ''[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]'' (11)
* ''[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]'' (11)
* ''[[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]'' (17)
* ''[[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]'' (17)
|c3=
|c3=
* ''[[Silas]]'' (16)
* ''[[Silas]]'' (16)
* ''[[Mech Commando]]s''
* ''[[MECH Commando]]s''
 
}}
}}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>''Only appeared in flashback.''


==Quotes==
==Quotes==
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"This is going to be juicy."
"This is going to be ''juicy''."
:—'''Knock Out''' will regret that prediction.
:—'''Knock Out''' will regret that prediction.
''The camera focuses on Starscream after they see his victory dance memory''<br/>
''Nervous laugh'' "You're inside my head, aren't you?"<br/>
:-'''Starscream''' has an awkward moment.




"A word of advice? Stop thinking aloud."
"A word of advice? Stop thinking aloud."
:—'''Megatron''' reckons Starscream talks too much.
:—'''Megatron'''
 
 
"Uh oh...Does this thing have a fast forward button, or better yet erase?"
:—'''Knock Out''' really hoped Megatron didn't see that.




"Ah, I do transform with an exceptional sense of style... I said that out loud, didn't I?"
"Ah, I do transform with an exceptional sense of style... I said that out loud, didn't I?"
:—'''Starscream''' already not taking to Megatron's recent advice.
:—'''Starscream'''




"Awkward."
"Uh oh... Does this thing have a fast-forward button? Or better yet, erase?!"
:—'''Knock Out''' aptly summarizes the general atmosphere of the episode.
:—'''Knock Out'''




"Megatron sure knows how to 'patch' things up, eh, Dreadwi-"<br/>
"Infighting has nearly destroyed the Decepticons during your absence. We are to operate as a united front if we are to revive and conquer Cybertron. That means each and every one of us... ''Knock Out''!"
''Knock Out turns around to see that Dreadwing has disappeared.''<br/>
:—'''Megatron''', swatting two flies in one hit.
"Dreadwing?"
:—'''Knock Out''' name drops the title of the episode before realizing that Dreadwing has already left.


==Notes==
==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* When Knock Out is looking around the lab to see Dreadwing is gone, the tables are empty, when Megatron and Starscream should be visible on them.
===Continuity errors===
* Starscream was not present when Skyquake was trapped in an alternate dimension in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]", nor was that fact ever made clear to him or any other Decepticon. While it is obvious that Skyquake lost his arm (since it attacked Starscream), Starscream shouldn't have such precise knowledge of his fate (unless he read the script or something).
===Continuity notes===
===Continuity notes===
* Being a [[clip show]], this episode shows bits from virtually every episode of the series up to this point.
* This is the first truly Decepticon-focused episode, with no Autobots appearing outside of flashbacks.
* This is the first truly Decepticon-focused episode, with no Autobots appearing outside of flashbacks.
* This is also a [[clip show]] focusing on Starscream, so virtually every Starscream-relevant episode is revisited.
* Dreadwing learns of Starscream's attempt to revive Skyquake as a zombie minion in "Shadowzone", as well as his imprisonment in an alternate dimension at the end of that episode.
* Dreadwing learns of Starscream's attempt to revive Skyquake as a zombie minion in "Shadowzone", as well as his imprisonment in an alternate dimension at the end of that episode.
* Megatron tells Dreadwing to free Knock Out from the wall of the ''Nemesis'', which occurred in the [[Inside Job|previous episode]].
* Megatron tells Dreadwing to free Knock Out from the wall of the ''Nemesis'', which occurred in the [[Inside Job|previous episode]].


===Transformers references===
===Real-world references===
* While the Vehicons chant "All hail Starscream", he begins a hilarious victory-dance routine, with his final moves being an impression of John Travolta in ''Saturday Night Fever''. According to interviews with the crew, this was not in the script, being added in as a joke by the [[Polygon Pictures|Polygon]] animation team. After all laughing about it, the US crew decided to keep it in the actual episode.


===Real-world references===
===Errors===
*When the Vehicons are hailing Starscream, he does a hilarious dance routine, with his final move being an impression of John Travolta in ''Saturday Night Fever''.
* Starscream was not present when Skyquake was trapped in an alternate dimension in "[[Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone]]", nor was that fact ever made clear to him or any other Decepticon. While it is obvious that Skyquake lost his arm (since it attacked Starscream), Starscream shouldn't have such precise knowledge of his fate.
* When Knock Out is looking around the lab to see Dreadwing is gone, the tables are empty, when Megatron and Starscream should be visible on them.


===Trivia===
===Trivia===
* This is the second [[clip show|clip episode]], the first being "[[Grill]]". Interestingly enough, in both episodes only four characters appear outside of flashbacks.
* This is the second [[clip show|clip episode]], the first being "[[Grill (episode)|Grill]]".
* This is the first episode to feature humans after three episodes which didn't, albeit only in flashbacks. This is also the first episode to not feature any Autobots outside of flashbacks.
* Megatron's mental projection has his original arm, not the [[Liege Maximo|dead Prime]]'s arm, just like in the [[Inside Job|previous episode]].
* Megatron's mental projection has his original arm, not the [[dead Prime]]'s arm, just like in the [[Inside Job|previous episode]].
* For being clever enough to engineer a plan to successfully steal all four Omega Keys, Starscream didn't really think through his plan to regain Megatron's favor. He went in with no insurance policy to make sure Megatron didn't just simply scrap him and take the keys instead.
* For being clever enough to engineer a plan to successfully steal all four Omega Keys, Starscream didn't really think through his plan to regain Megatron's favor. He went in with no insurance policy to make sure Megatron didn't just simply scrap him and take the keys instead.
* Knock Out's plan to leave Megatron in Starscream's body is similarly short-sighted: Megatron could have simply taken control of Starscream's body as he did with Bumblebee and ordered Dreadwing and/or Soundwave to assist him in returning to his own.
* So, uh... how did they get Knock Out out of the wall? And how did he expect to get put back into it?
* So, uh... how did they get Knock Out out of the wall? And how did he expect to get put back into it?
* Starscream's got sweet dance moves!
 
===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Réintégration'''" ("Reinstatement")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*Like in the other clip show episode, all the flashback sequences are entirely re-dubbed. The translator was probably not the same, since the texts are often different and sometimes rather poor compared to the actual episodes.
::*The cortical psychic patch, which has used many different names in the series, goes back to "patch de voyance cortical" ("cortical clairvoyance patch").
::*In the flashback with Megatron in coma, Starscream's asks Knock Out to give his "expert medical opinion to Soundwave, for the historical record". In the [[Sick Mind|original episode]], the text was correctly translated, but in the re-dub of this episode, he asks Knock Out for his "medical expert opinion ''regarding Soundwave'', for his official file".
::*[[Jean-Marc Delhausse]], who voiced Skyquake in his original episodes, did not come back to re-dub his few lines. Consequently, [[Patrick Descamps]], who voices Dreadwing, takes over the role.
::*Megatron mistakenly speaks about Cybertron with the masculine form, which is incorrect.
 
'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''In Starscreams Kopf'''" ("Inside Starscream's Head")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 25|25 February]] [[2013]]
 
'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Shikkoku Henkei! Uragiri no Kage'''" (漆黒変形!裏切りの影, "Blackest Transformation! The Shadow of Treachery")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 16|16 March]] [[2013]]
:*A scene that was cut from the original Japanese dub of "[[Rock Bottom]]" is actually kept in and dubbed in this episode.
 
'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fragmentos'''" ("Fragments")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 18|18 August]] [[2013]]
 
'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Nella mente di Starscream'''" ("In Starscream's mind"), "'''Il Cerotto Psichico Corticale'''" (2017 airing, "The Cortical Psychic Patch")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 16|16 February]] [[2013]]
 
==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two ([[Shout! Factory]])<br>
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2013 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Vol. 25 ([[Avex Trax]]) — Japanese audio only.<br>
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Volume 5: Advance on Cybertron ([[Madman Entertainment]])<br>
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Folge 12: Die Entscheidung ([[EDEL:kids]]) — English and German audio.<br>
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment)<br>
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2014 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Saison 2 Vol. 4: Bataille épiques ([[Primal Screen]])<br>
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season 2 Vol. 4: Darkest Hour (Primal Screen)<br>
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen)<br>
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Stagione 2 Vol. 4: L'ora più buia (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio.<br>
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — The Complete Season 2 (Primal Screen)<br>
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — La Seconda Stagione Completa (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio.
;Blu-ray
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two (Shout! Factory)<br>
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Prime'' — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment)<br>


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Latest revision as of 02:37, 22 April 2026

This article is about the Prime episode. For the dog from Generation 1, see Patch (G1).
« Transformers: Prime ep 50 »

Everybody cut loose! Footloose!
"Patch"
Season 2
No. in season 24
Production company Hasbro Studios
Airdate October 19, 2012
Written by Duane Capizzi
Directed by Shaunt Nigoghossian
Animation studio Polygon Pictures
 Watch this episode on YouTube

Starscream proposes a truce with Megatron, but the Decepticon leader remains suspicious.

Synopsis

[edit]

Atop the Decepticon warship, Megatron asks Starscream what he seeks in return for the Omega Keys, his answer being that he merely wishes to once more be a Decepticon under Megatron's command. Megatron points out that Dreadwing is now his second-in-command, and Starscream insists he will keep to his place. Skeptical, Megatron has Knock Out extracted from the wall so that he can connect Megatron and Starscream with a cortical psychic patch.

Don't get so cocky, Knock Out.

By rummaging through Starscream's memories, Megatron intends to find what really drives him. Once inside, he reminds Starscream that there are no secrets, even as they watch Starscream's base consciousness obnoxiously celebrating becoming leader of the Decepticons, much to the present Starscream's embarrassment and Megatron's amusement.

He begins by reviewing the events surrounding the space bridge explosion. Megatron watches various instances of Starscream's attempts at assassination: the time he made a bunch of clones to infiltrate the Nemesis; and when he tried to make a deal with Airachnid. Starscream lamely claims he was half-crazed with energon deficiency at the time, and insists he always had Megatron's best interests at heart, like removing the Dark Energon from his body so his mind did not become corrupted by it. Naturally, Megatron doesn't buy it. Upon replaying Starscream's musings when Megatron was trapped underground, he suggests that Starscream refrain from thinking out loud in the future. He also drops the hint that if Starscream fails to be convincing, the patch session will end in Starscream's termination.

Starscream claims the occasional trouncing is enough to bring him back into line, and tries to play up his own generosity, bringing up the gift of Cliffjumper's corpse for Dark Energon experimentation, and his use of his wits in dealing with the Autobots. Megatron points out his wits are usually insufficient to compensate for his arrogance: when he faced Optimus Prime while charged up on Dark Energon; or when he tried to use the Energon Harvester on Bulkhead. The revelation that MECH took Starscream's T-Cog greatly amuses Megatron, though Starscream is hoping that that might be restored to him in exchange for the Omega Keys — after all, he usually transforms with such style. He points out that while he was not kicked out of the Decepticons, he was not being made to feel particularly welcome there, despite apparently learning his place. Megatron does not believe Starscream's change of heart at the time would have lasted, and replays a discussion between Starscream and Knock Out while Megatron was lying in a coma in the sick bay. In the real world, Knock Out starts to realize that Starscream's memories are going to be equally incriminating to himself as he served Starscream as second-in-command. Panicking, he comes up with a plan to disconnect the patch, trapping Megatron in Starscream's mind.

That awkward moment when you find out that your thought-to-be-dead twin brother is a zombie.

As Knock Out goes to unplug Megatron, Dreadwing stops him and he is forced to make up an excuse. Megatron's psychic interrogation of Starscream continues, and while Starscream claims that not even Dreadwing may have been a "perfect" replacement as his second-in-command, Megatron agrees, but points out at least Dreadwing and his departed brother Skyquake were loyal and honorable. Starscream's memories of Skyquake's death and revival through Dark Energon are replayed, and he recalls how Skyquake was left in an undead state in some dimensional nether-realm. This revelation comes as a shock to Dreadwing, who is still watching in the lab. Megatron announces that Starscream will be allowed to rejoin the Decepticon forces proper, as they must be working as one unit if Cybertron is to be properly restored, a fact also addressed to the watching Knock Out. Shaken, Knock Out turns away from the monitor to discover that Dreadwing is no longer in the room. The second-in-command is instead on the outer hull of the Nemesis, and aims a scream of rage at the sky.

[edit]

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

Autobots Decepticons Humans

Quotes

[edit]

"Few things of value come without a price."

—Megatron


"This is going to be juicy."

—Knock Out will regret that prediction.


"A word of advice? Stop thinking aloud."

—Megatron


"Ah, I do transform with an exceptional sense of style... I said that out loud, didn't I?"

—Starscream


"Uh oh... Does this thing have a fast-forward button? Or better yet, erase?!"

—Knock Out


"Infighting has nearly destroyed the Decepticons during your absence. We are to operate as a united front if we are to revive and conquer Cybertron. That means each and every one of us... Knock Out!"

—Megatron, swatting two flies in one hit.

Notes

[edit]

Continuity notes

[edit]
  • Being a clip show, this episode shows bits from virtually every episode of the series up to this point.
  • This is the first truly Decepticon-focused episode, with no Autobots appearing outside of flashbacks.
  • Dreadwing learns of Starscream's attempt to revive Skyquake as a zombie minion in "Shadowzone", as well as his imprisonment in an alternate dimension at the end of that episode.
  • Megatron tells Dreadwing to free Knock Out from the wall of the Nemesis, which occurred in the previous episode.

Real-world references

[edit]
  • While the Vehicons chant "All hail Starscream", he begins a hilarious victory-dance routine, with his final moves being an impression of John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever. According to interviews with the crew, this was not in the script, being added in as a joke by the Polygon animation team. After all laughing about it, the US crew decided to keep it in the actual episode.

Errors

[edit]
  • Starscream was not present when Skyquake was trapped in an alternate dimension in "Shadowzone", nor was that fact ever made clear to him or any other Decepticon. While it is obvious that Skyquake lost his arm (since it attacked Starscream), Starscream shouldn't have such precise knowledge of his fate.
  • When Knock Out is looking around the lab to see Dreadwing is gone, the tables are empty, when Megatron and Starscream should be visible on them.

Trivia

[edit]
  • This is the second clip episode, the first being "Grill".
  • Megatron's mental projection has his original arm, not the dead Prime's arm, just like in the previous episode.
  • For being clever enough to engineer a plan to successfully steal all four Omega Keys, Starscream didn't really think through his plan to regain Megatron's favor. He went in with no insurance policy to make sure Megatron didn't just simply scrap him and take the keys instead.
  • Knock Out's plan to leave Megatron in Starscream's body is similarly short-sighted: Megatron could have simply taken control of Starscream's body as he did with Bumblebee and ordered Dreadwing and/or Soundwave to assist him in returning to his own.
  • So, uh... how did they get Knock Out out of the wall? And how did he expect to get put back into it?

Foreign localization

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French

  • Title: "Réintégration" ("Reinstatement")
  • Original airdate: ?
  • Like in the other clip show episode, all the flashback sequences are entirely re-dubbed. The translator was probably not the same, since the texts are often different and sometimes rather poor compared to the actual episodes.
  • The cortical psychic patch, which has used many different names in the series, goes back to "patch de voyance cortical" ("cortical clairvoyance patch").
  • In the flashback with Megatron in coma, Starscream's asks Knock Out to give his "expert medical opinion to Soundwave, for the historical record". In the original episode, the text was correctly translated, but in the re-dub of this episode, he asks Knock Out for his "medical expert opinion regarding Soundwave, for his official file".
  • Jean-Marc Delhausse, who voiced Skyquake in his original episodes, did not come back to re-dub his few lines. Consequently, Patrick Descamps, who voices Dreadwing, takes over the role.
  • Megatron mistakenly speaks about Cybertron with the masculine form, which is incorrect.

German

  • Title: "In Starscreams Kopf" ("Inside Starscream's Head")
  • Original airdate: 25 February 2013

Japanese

  • Title: "Shikkoku Henkei! Uragiri no Kage" (漆黒変形!裏切りの影, "Blackest Transformation! The Shadow of Treachery")
  • Original airdate: 16 March 2013
  • A scene that was cut from the original Japanese dub of "Rock Bottom" is actually kept in and dubbed in this episode.

Brazilian Portuguese

  • Title: "Fragmentos" ("Fragments")
  • Original airdate: 18 August 2013

Italian

  • Title: "Nella mente di Starscream" ("In Starscream's mind"), "Il Cerotto Psichico Corticale" (2017 airing, "The Cortical Psychic Patch")
  • Original airdate: 16 February 2013

Home video releases

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All releases listed are in English audio unless otherwise noted.
DVD

United States of America 2012 — Transformers Prime — Season Two (Shout! Factory)
Japan 2013 — Transformers Prime — Vol. 25 (Avex Trax) — Japanese audio only.
Australia 2014 — Transformers Prime — Volume 5: Advance on Cybertron (Madman Entertainment)
Germany 2014 — Transformers Prime — Folge 12: Die Entscheidung (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio.
Australia 2014 — Transformers Prime — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment)
France 2014 — Transformers Prime — Saison 2 Vol. 4: Bataille épiques (Primal Screen)
United Kingdom 2015 — Transformers Prime — Season 2 Vol. 4: Darkest Hour (Primal Screen)
France 2015 — Transformers Prime — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen)
Italy 2015 — Transformers Prime — Stagione 2 Vol. 4: L'ora più buia (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio.
United Kingdom 2015 — Transformers Prime — The Complete Season 2 (Primal Screen)
Italy 2015 — Transformers Prime — La Seconda Stagione Completa (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio.

Blu-ray

United States of America 2012 — Transformers Prime — Season Two (Shout! Factory)
Australia 2015 — Transformers Prime — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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