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|romaji=Lightfoot: Gekitekinaru Deai
|romaji=Lightfoot: Gekitekinaru Deai
|production code=
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Takao Yoshizawa]]
|director=[[Takao Yoshizawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|airdate=[[August 9|9 August]] 1988
|airdate=[[August 9|9 August]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Shuta Cab peeping toms.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Inappropriate doesn't begin to cover it.]]
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Shuta Cab peeping toms.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]


It's summer, and at the [[International School]], gym class has become swim class. [[Cab]], [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] and the rest of the boys class complete their lengths and head for the locker room, but Cab decides to head back to the pool, to peep at the girls' class through the fence in hopes of getting a look at [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] in a swimsuit. Shūta is trying to dissuade him when both boys are caught by the coach, much to the disgust of all the girls. Minerva berates Cab and Shūta all the way back to the base after school, but when they apologize, discussion turns to the upcoming summer break, and they decide to ask [[Metalhawk|Hawk]] about taking a vacation. When they arrive at the [[Autobot Base|base]], Hawk is reviewing [[Ginrai]]'s televised appeal, and permits their vacation request if they promise to keep in touch.
It's summer, and at the [[International School]], gym class has become swim class. [[Cab (human)|Cab]], [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] and the rest of the boys class complete their lengths and head for the locker room, but Cab decides to head back to the pool, to peep at the girls' class through the fence in hopes of getting a look at [[Minerva (human)|Minerva]] in a swimsuit. Shūta is trying to dissuade him when both boys are caught by the coach, much to the disgust of all the girls. Minerva berates Cab and Shūta all the way back to the base after school, but when they apologize, discussion turns to the upcoming summer break, and they decide to ask [[Metalhawk (G1)|Hawk]] about taking a vacation. When they arrive at the [[Autobot Base|base]], Hawk is reviewing [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]]'s televised appeal, and permits their vacation request if they promise to keep in touch.


In America, Ginrai is visiting the [[CNM TV|television studio]] that runs the programme he made his appeal on, where he receives a large handful of mail from people responding to his appearance. One in particular catches his attention immediately—a letter from a young man named [[Lightfoot]] in [[Canada]], which includes a drawing of a robot!  
In America, Ginrai is visiting the [[CNM TV|television studio]] that runs the programme he made his appeal on, where he receives a large handful of mail from people responding to his appearance. One in particular catches his attention immediately—a letter from a young man named [[Lightfoot (G1)|Lightfoot]] in [[Canada]], which includes a drawing of a robot!  


[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Ginrai drawing.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Ginrai drawing.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"That's our perpetrator. Those shoulder pads are a dead giveaway."]]
Meanwhile, [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]], still smarting over Ginrai's upgrade into Super Ginrai, have also come to the TV studio in an attempt to pick up any leads to his whereabouts. They menace [[Sam (producer)|a producer]] to try and find out where he has gone, to no avail. Subsequently, they meet with the [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]]s in a junkyard to arrange a search. The search bears fruit a little later, as [[Blood]] spots Ginrai—already well on his way to Canada—getting directions at [[Stand boy|a gas station]]. The other Pretenders converge on his location and chase after Ginrai through the cover of the roadside forest, intent on defeating him themselves to improve their standing in the eyes of [[Giga]] and [[Mega]].
Meanwhile, [[Hydra (G1)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (G1)|Buster]], still smarting over Ginrai's upgrade into Super Ginrai, have also come to the TV studio in an attempt to pick up any leads to his whereabouts. They menace [[Sam (producer)|a producer]] to try and find out where he has gone, to no avail. Subsequently, they meet with the [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]]s in a junkyard to arrange a search. The search bears fruit a little later, as [[Blood]] spots Ginrai—already well on his way to Canada—getting directions at [[Stand boy|a gas station]]. The other Pretenders converge on his location and chase after Ginrai through the cover of the roadside forest, intent on defeating him themselves to improve their standing in the eyes of [[Giga]] and [[Mega]].


[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Ginrai Lightfoot talking.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Ginrai Lightfoot talking.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"This tablet is frozen. It's stuck on this one photo."]]


Ginrai eventually arrives at Lightfoot's home—as it turns out, he is heir to the vast [[British Motors]] automotive engineering company. Ginrai is quite smitten with the [[Leftfoot's assistant|maid]] who serves him [[Napoleon|a drink]] as he waits, but Lightfoot himself soon arrives and Ginrai gets straight to business, presenting him with the drawing of the robot. Lightfoot explains that he has been dreaming of the robot for the last three months, and was encouraged to write to Ginrai by a friend who saw him on television. Showing Ginrai around his home, he tells him the story of how his father moved from a run-down repair shop in England to Canada, where he started making cars. The first car he made led to the success of the British Motors company—the family even still has the original model, which [[Leftfoot|Lightfoot's father]] just recently gave to him for his birthday... right before his dreams began. Ginrai gives the car a look-over, and requests that he be allowed to drive it; Lightfoot allows him, but is a bit distressed by the fast speeds and rough terrain that Ginrai subjects the car to. His suspicions growing ever more likely, Ginrai hands Lightfoot one of the pairs of [[Master-Brace]]s that he found. When Lightfoot dons them, the bracelets are pulled together, and the car fills with light as the young man is surrounded by a suit of armor! At Ginrai's instruction, he utters the command—"Transform! God On!" and becomes one with his car, transforming into the robot from his own dreams! Lightfoot is the second Autobot [[Godmaster]]!
Ginrai eventually arrives at Lightfoot's home—as it turns out, he is heir to the vast [[British Motors]] automotive engineering company. Ginrai is quite smitten with the [[Leftfoot's assistant|maid]] who serves him [[Napoleon|a drink]] as he waits, but Lightfoot himself soon arrives and Ginrai gets straight to business, presenting him with the drawing of the robot. Lightfoot explains that he has been dreaming of the robot for the last three months, and was encouraged to write to Ginrai by a friend who saw him on television. Showing Ginrai around his home, he tells him the story of how his father moved from a run-down repair shop in England to Canada, where he started making cars. The first car he made led to the success of the British Motors company—the family even still has the original model, which [[Leftfoot|Lightfoot's father]] just recently gave to him for his [[birthday]]... right before his dreams began. Ginrai gives the car a look-over, and requests that he be allowed to drive it; Lightfoot allows him, but is a bit distressed by the fast speeds and rough terrain that Ginrai subjects the car to. His suspicions growing ever more likely, Ginrai hands Lightfoot one of the pairs of [[Master-Brace]]s that he found. When Lightfoot dons them, the bracelets are pulled together, and the car fills with light as the young man is surrounded by a suit of armor! At Ginrai's instruction, he utters the command—"Transform! God On!" and becomes one with his car, transforming into the robot from his own dreams! Lightfoot is the second Autobot [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]]!


[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Lightfoot drawing comparison.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Lightfoot drawing comparison.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"We found our perp. Take him in, boys."]]
Ginrai explains the whole situation to Lightfoot, who is a bit more interested in figuring out how to turn back into a [[human]]. Before he can, though, the three Decepticon Pretenders suddenly attack; with no combat experience, Lightfoot is helpless, and Ginrai instructs him to change back so they can escape. Fleeing in vehicle mode (nailing [[Gilmer]] right in the ball bearings along the way), Lightfoot takes Ginrai back to British Motors, where he reunites with his own Transtector and transforms to robot mode. The Pretenders attempt to target his trailer in order to prevent him from become Super Ginrai, but their scheme fails when the trailer knocks [[Dauros]] aside and merges with Ginrai. As Super Ginrai, he grapples with Gilmer and Dauros while Blood attempts to take Lightfoot hostage; the newly-born Godmaster transforms to robot mode again and struggles to hold off the Pretender, while Ginrai pursues the other two, who summon the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] to the battlefield. The water-monsters fuse into [[King Poseidon]], who is once again quickly overcome by Super Ginrai's [[Chōkon Power]] and even winds up impaling his leg on his own sword. With the Seacon combiner beaten, the Pretenders flee, and Lightfoot requests that Ginrai continue to teach him. The hunt is now well and truly on to find the remaining Godmasters!
Ginrai explains the whole situation to Lightfoot, who is a bit more interested in figuring out how to turn back into a [[human]]. Before he can, though, the three Decepticon Pretenders suddenly attack; with no combat experience, Lightfoot is helpless, and Ginrai instructs him to change back so they can escape. Fleeing in vehicle mode (nailing [[Gilmer]] right in the ball bearings along the way), Lightfoot takes Ginrai back to British Motors, where he reunites with his own Transtector and transforms to robot mode. The Pretenders attempt to target his trailer in order to prevent him from become Super Ginrai, but their scheme fails when the trailer knocks [[Dauros]] aside and merges with Ginrai. As Super Ginrai, he grapples with Gilmer and Dauros while Blood attempts to take Lightfoot hostage; the newly born Godmaster transforms to robot mode again and struggles to hold off the Pretender, while Ginrai pursues the other two, who summon the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] to the battlefield. The water-monsters fuse into [[King Poseidon]], who is once again quickly overcome by Super Ginrai's [[Chōkon Power]] and even winds up impaling his leg on his own sword. With the Seacon combiner beaten, the Pretenders flee, and Lightfoot requests that Ginrai continue to teach him. The hunt is now well and truly on to find the remaining Godmasters!


==Featured characters==
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Metalhawk]] (5)
*[[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] (5)


'''Human Autobots'''
'''Human Autobots'''


* [[Cab]] (1)
*[[Cab (human)|Cab]] (1)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (2)
*[[Shūta Gō]] (2)
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] (4)
*[[Minerva (human)|Minerva]] (4)
* [[Ginrai]] (6)
*[[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] (6)
* [[Lightfoot]] (15)
*[[Lightfoot (G1)|Lightfoot]] (15)


|c2=
|c2=
* [[Gilmer]] (11)
*[[Gilmer]] (11)
* [[Blood]] (12)
*[[Blood]] (12)
* [[Dauros]] (13)
*[[Dauros]] (13)
* [[Gulf]] (17)
*[[Gulf]] (17)
* [[Turtler]] (18)
*[[Turtler]] (18)
* [[Lobclaw]] (19)
*[[Lobclaw]] (19)
* [[Kraken]] (20)
*[[Kraken]] (20)
* [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (21)
*[[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (21)
* [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (22)
*[[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (22)
* [[King Poseidon]] (23)
*[[King Poseidon]] (23)


'''Human Decepticons'''
'''Human Decepticons'''


* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (8)
*[[Buster (G1)|Buster]] (8)
* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (9)
*[[Hydra (G1)|Hydra]] (9)


|c3=
|c3=
* [[International School coach|Coach]] (3)
*[[International School coach|Coach]] (3)
* [[Sam (producer)|Sam]] (7)
*[[Sam (producer)|Sam]] (7)
* [[Stand boy]] (10)
*[[Stand boy]] (10)
* [[Leftfoot's assistant]] (14)
*[[Leftfoot's assistant]] (14)
* [[Leftfoot]] (16)
*[[Leftfoot]] (16)
}}
}}


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==Notes==
==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
===Animation and technical errors===
*During Shuta and Cab's second race all the other swimmers disappear from the pool.
*Improbable viewpoints:
*Improbable viewpoints:
**The footage Metalhawk reviews of Ginrai's television appearance includes footage of the cameraman who is filming the events.
**The footage Metalhawk reviews of Ginrai's television appearance includes footage of the cameraman who is filming the events.
*The very front of Ginrai's groin when he's in super mode varies between white and red depending on the shot. For example, it's red when he first combines with his trailer, and then it's white when he confronts the three Pretenders.
[[File:Map of the united states.jpg||thumb|200px|Go ahead, laugh it up. But let's face it, we probably wouldn't do so well if we tried to draw a map of Japan.]]
*The map of the [[United States of America|United States]] is hilarious in its inaccuracy.
*The very front of Ginrai's groin when he's in super mode varies between white and red depending on the shot. For example, it's red when he first combines with his trailer, and then it's white when he confronts the three Pretenders.
*The footage of the Decepticon Pretenders transforming and retreating is once again reused from "[[Rise Up!! Pretenders]]", with new backgrounds to reflect the change of scenery.
*The footage of the Decepticon Pretenders transforming and retreating is once again reused from "[[Rise Up!! Pretenders]]", with new backgrounds to reflect the change of scenery.
*The map of the United States is hilarious in its inaccuracy.
*In the preview for the next episode, there is a misplaced glow effect that makes it look like all four sets of Master-Braces are present in front of the formless Transtector.


===Continuity notes===
===Continuity notes===
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===Real-world references===
===Real-world references===
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter CNM lobby.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter CNM lobby.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Truly outrageous cross-promotion.]]
*As the bundle of envelopes is passed over the table to Ginrai, the top letter is addressed to "[[Toei|TOEI ANIME]]".
*As the bundle of envelopes is passed over the table to Ginrai, the top letter is addressed to "[[Toei Animation|TOEI ANIME]]".
*As Ginrai then shuffles them, the top envelope is from "[[Bart Runcastar]]", an [[Engrish]] take on [[Wikipedia:Burt Lancaster|Burt Lancaster]].
*As Ginrai then shuffles them, the top envelope is from "[[Bart Runcastar]]", an [[Japanese language|attempt at back-translating]] the name of {{w|Burt Lancaster}}.
*A poster in the CNM TV lobby advertises ''[[Jem]]''!
*A poster in the CNM TV lobby advertises ''[[Jem]]''!
===Trivia===
*When Cab happily sings a song about the impending summer vacation, he tries to perform a Japanese schoolchildren's song, except that it's normally about New Year, not the summer, hence his confusion and everyone else's laughter.
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Gilmer's injury.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Dramatic Encounter! Gilmer's Groin]]
*Lightfoot's father makes his debut in this episode; although not identified by name here, he will be named "Leftfoot" later in the series. This is part of one of those L/R puns you get in the Japanese language—in Japanese, there's no distinction between these two sounds, so it's possible to read "Lightfoot" as "Rightfoot". Hence, the pun of his father being named "Leftfoot". It hurts us too.
*When Lightfoot rams Gilmer, he nails him right in the crotch, and Gilmer makes one of those untranslatable Japanese-language puns when he painfully groans "Ta... ma... ge... ta"—from "tamageta" ("a shock") and "tama o ketta" ("kicked in the balls").
*The rather pronounced piece of music that begins playing when Lightfoot transforms for the first time is an instrumental version of "[[Kiseki no Transformer]]", which will be heard in full as an insert song later in the series.


===Foreign localization===
===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Dramatic Encounter'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Title:'' "'''The Dramatic Encounter'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 16]], [[1990]]




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::*Name change: Lightfoot is [[Getaway]].
::*Name change: Lightfoot is [[Getaway]].


===Trivia===
 
*When Cab happily sings a song about the impending summer vacation, he tries to perform a Japanese schoolchildren's song, except that it's normally about New Year, not the summer, hence his confusion and everyone else's laughter.
'''Italian'''
[[Image:LightfootDramaticEncounter Gilmer's injury.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Dramatic Encounter! Gilmer's Groin]]
:*''Title:'' "'''Commander e Saetta insieme'''" ("Ginrai and Lightfoot together")
*Lightfoot's father makes his debut in this episode; although not identified by name here, he will be named "Leftfoot" later in the series. This is part of one of those L/R puns you get in the Japanese language—in Japanese, there's no distinction between these two sounds, so it's possible to read "Lightfoot" as "Rightfoot". Hence, the pun of his father being named "Leftfoot". It hurts us too.
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
*When Lightfoot rams Gilmer, he nails him right in the crotch, and Gilmer makes one of those untranslatable Japanese-language puns when he painfully groans "Ta... ma... ge... ta"—from "tamageta" ("a shock") and "tama wo ketta" ("kicked in the balls").
::*Buster's first line when he enters the base along with his brother is: "Are you really sure that man is Ginrai?", and then Hydra says yes. Erm... what are they talking about?...
*The rather pronounced piece of music that begins playing when Lightfoot transforms for the first time is an instrumental version of "[[Kiseki no Transformer]]", which will be heard in full as an insert song later in the series.
 
 
'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dramaticheskoye protivostoyaniye'''" (Драматическое противостояние, "Dramatic Confrontation")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[May 23]], [[1994]]


==Home video releases==
==Home video releases==
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[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome)<br>
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome)<br>
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]])<br>
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]])<br>
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)<br>
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers: The Japanese Collection'' ([[Shout! Factory]])<br>
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Japanese Collection: Super-God Masterforce'' (Shout! Factory)
 




[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Latest revision as of 12:52, 27 July 2025

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As the big freighters go, she was bigger than most...
"Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter"
ライトフット 劇的なる出逢い ()
(Lightfoot: Gekitekinaru Deai)
Production company Takara, Toei
Airdate 9 August 1988
Writer Yoshihisa Araki
Director Takao Yoshizawa
Animation studio Toei
Continuity Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The search for the next Godmaster leads Ginrai to Canada, and a young man named Lightfoot!

Synopsis

[edit]

It's summer, and at the International School, gym class has become swim class. Cab, Shūta and the rest of the boys class complete their lengths and head for the locker room, but Cab decides to head back to the pool, to peep at the girls' class through the fence in hopes of getting a look at Minerva in a swimsuit. Shūta is trying to dissuade him when both boys are caught by the coach, much to the disgust of all the girls. Minerva berates Cab and Shūta all the way back to the base after school, but when they apologize, discussion turns to the upcoming summer break, and they decide to ask Hawk about taking a vacation. When they arrive at the base, Hawk is reviewing Ginrai's televised appeal, and permits their vacation request if they promise to keep in touch.

In America, Ginrai is visiting the television studio that runs the programme he made his appeal on, where he receives a large handful of mail from people responding to his appearance. One in particular catches his attention immediately—a letter from a young man named Lightfoot in Canada, which includes a drawing of a robot!

"That's our perpetrator. Those shoulder pads are a dead giveaway."

Meanwhile, Hydra and Buster, still smarting over Ginrai's upgrade into Super Ginrai, have also come to the TV studio in an attempt to pick up any leads to his whereabouts. They menace a producer to try and find out where he has gone, to no avail. Subsequently, they meet with the Decepticon Pretenders in a junkyard to arrange a search. The search bears fruit a little later, as Blood spots Ginrai—already well on his way to Canada—getting directions at a gas station. The other Pretenders converge on his location and chase after Ginrai through the cover of the roadside forest, intent on defeating him themselves to improve their standing in the eyes of Giga and Mega.

"This tablet is frozen. It's stuck on this one photo."

Ginrai eventually arrives at Lightfoot's home—as it turns out, he is heir to the vast British Motors automotive engineering company. Ginrai is quite smitten with the maid who serves him a drink as he waits, but Lightfoot himself soon arrives and Ginrai gets straight to business, presenting him with the drawing of the robot. Lightfoot explains that he has been dreaming of the robot for the last three months, and was encouraged to write to Ginrai by a friend who saw him on television. Showing Ginrai around his home, he tells him the story of how his father moved from a run-down repair shop in England to Canada, where he started making cars. The first car he made led to the success of the British Motors company—the family even still has the original model, which Lightfoot's father just recently gave to him for his birthday... right before his dreams began. Ginrai gives the car a look-over, and requests that he be allowed to drive it; Lightfoot allows him, but is a bit distressed by the fast speeds and rough terrain that Ginrai subjects the car to. His suspicions growing ever more likely, Ginrai hands Lightfoot one of the pairs of Master-Braces that he found. When Lightfoot dons them, the bracelets are pulled together, and the car fills with light as the young man is surrounded by a suit of armor! At Ginrai's instruction, he utters the command—"Transform! God On!" and becomes one with his car, transforming into the robot from his own dreams! Lightfoot is the second Autobot Godmaster!

"We found our perp. Take him in, boys."

Ginrai explains the whole situation to Lightfoot, who is a bit more interested in figuring out how to turn back into a human. Before he can, though, the three Decepticon Pretenders suddenly attack; with no combat experience, Lightfoot is helpless, and Ginrai instructs him to change back so they can escape. Fleeing in vehicle mode (nailing Gilmer right in the ball bearings along the way), Lightfoot takes Ginrai back to British Motors, where he reunites with his own Transtector and transforms to robot mode. The Pretenders attempt to target his trailer in order to prevent him from become Super Ginrai, but their scheme fails when the trailer knocks Dauros aside and merges with Ginrai. As Super Ginrai, he grapples with Gilmer and Dauros while Blood attempts to take Lightfoot hostage; the newly born Godmaster transforms to robot mode again and struggles to hold off the Pretender, while Ginrai pursues the other two, who summon the Seacons to the battlefield. The water-monsters fuse into King Poseidon, who is once again quickly overcome by Super Ginrai's Chōkon Power and even winds up impaling his leg on his own sword. With the Seacon combiner beaten, the Pretenders flee, and Lightfoot requests that Ginrai continue to teach him. The hunt is now well and truly on to find the remaining Godmasters!

[edit]

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons Humans

Human Autobots

Human Decepticons

Quotes

[edit]

"So he saw a robot in his dreams... not a very romantic dream."

—Ginrai


"Do you think I overdid it?"
"You should just put some disinfectant on the hood..."

—Lightfoot and Ginrai after ramming Gilmer in the unmentionables.

Notes

[edit]

Animation and technical errors

[edit]
  • During Shuta and Cab's second race all the other swimmers disappear from the pool.
  • Improbable viewpoints:
    • The footage Metalhawk reviews of Ginrai's television appearance includes footage of the cameraman who is filming the events.
Go ahead, laugh it up. But let's face it, we probably wouldn't do so well if we tried to draw a map of Japan.
  • The map of the United States is hilarious in its inaccuracy.
  • The very front of Ginrai's groin when he's in super mode varies between white and red depending on the shot. For example, it's red when he first combines with his trailer, and then it's white when he confronts the three Pretenders.
  • The footage of the Decepticon Pretenders transforming and retreating is once again reused from "Rise Up!! Pretenders", with new backgrounds to reflect the change of scenery.
  • In the preview for the next episode, there is a misplaced glow effect that makes it look like all four sets of Master-Braces are present in front of the formless Transtector.

Continuity notes

[edit]

Real-world references

[edit]
Truly outrageous cross-promotion.

Trivia

[edit]
  • When Cab happily sings a song about the impending summer vacation, he tries to perform a Japanese schoolchildren's song, except that it's normally about New Year, not the summer, hence his confusion and everyone else's laughter.
Dramatic Encounter! Gilmer's Groin
  • Lightfoot's father makes his debut in this episode; although not identified by name here, he will be named "Leftfoot" later in the series. This is part of one of those L/R puns you get in the Japanese language—in Japanese, there's no distinction between these two sounds, so it's possible to read "Lightfoot" as "Rightfoot". Hence, the pun of his father being named "Leftfoot". It hurts us too.
  • When Lightfoot rams Gilmer, he nails him right in the crotch, and Gilmer makes one of those untranslatable Japanese-language puns when he painfully groans "Ta... ma... ge... ta"—from "tamageta" ("a shock") and "tama o ketta" ("kicked in the balls").
  • The rather pronounced piece of music that begins playing when Lightfoot transforms for the first time is an instrumental version of "Kiseki no Transformer", which will be heard in full as an insert song later in the series.

Foreign localization

[edit]

English



Italian

  • Title: "Commander e Saetta insieme" ("Ginrai and Lightfoot together")
  • Original airdate: ?
  • Buster's first line when he enters the base along with his brother is: "Are you really sure that man is Ginrai?", and then Hydra says yes. Erm... what are they talking about?...


Russian

  • Title: "Dramaticheskoye protivostoyaniye" (Драматическое противостояние, "Dramatic Confrontation")
  • Original airdate: May 23, 1994

Home video releases

[edit]
All releases listed are in Japanese audio with optional English subtitles, unless otherwise noted.
DVD

Japan 2003 — Transformers: Super-God Masterforce — DVD Box 01 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only.
United Kingdom 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (Metrodome)
United Kingdom 2007 — Transformers — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome)
Australia 2008 — The Transformers: Super God Masterforce (Madman Entertainment)
Australia 2009 — The Transformers: Japan Generation 1 — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)
United States of America 2012 — Transformers: The Japanese Collection (Shout! Factory)
United States of America 2012 — Transformers Japanese Collection: Super-God Masterforce (Shout! Factory)

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