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|airdate=[[September 5|5 September]] 1989
|airdate=[[September 5|5 September]] 1989
|production code=
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|writer=[[Hajime Suzuki]]
|writer=[[Hajime Suzuki]]
|director=[[Jōhei Matsūra]]
|director=[[Jōhei Matsūra]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
}}
'''When a Decepticon drilling operation begins to melt the polar ice caps, Star Saber clashes with Liokaiser and Deathsaurus to save the life of Jean's classmate's father.'''
'''When a Decepticon drilling operation begins to melt the polar ice caps, Star Saber clashes with Liokaiser and Deathsaurus to save the life of Jan's classmate's father.'''


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
Somewhere in the frozen wastes of [[Antarctica]], electricity crackles in the night, and with sudden, frightening speed, glaciers begin to melt, pouring into the ocean. The [[United Nations Wintering Observation Base]] nearby attempts to catalog the seismic disturbances, but when the most powerful tremor yet hits, the station is devastated by an avalanche.
Somewhere in the frozen wastes of [[Antarctica]], electricity crackles in the night, and with sudden, frightening speed, glaciers begin to melt, pouring into the ocean. The [[United Nations Wintering Observation Base]] nearby attempts to catalog the seismic disturbances, but when the most powerful tremor yet hits, the station is devastated by an avalanche.


[[Image:AntarcticBattle Wingwaver rescuer.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"Sorry guys, this is all I could scavenge up for lunch."]]
[[File:AntarcticBattle Wingwaver rescuer.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Sorry guys, this is all I could scavenge up for lunch."]]
At the tip of [[South America]], the [[Multiforce]] perform rescue operations in a coastal city that has become flooded due to sudden rising water levels. [[Machtackle]] randomly speculates that the hypothetical melting of the polar ice caps could be responsible, and as if on cue, [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] radios the team and orders them to Antarctica to investigate the sudden loss of contact with the monitoring station.
At the tip of [[South America]], the [[Multiforce]] perform rescue operations in a coastal city that has become flooded due to sudden rising water levels. [[Machtackle]] randomly speculates that the hypothetical melting of the polar ice caps could be responsible, and as if on cue, [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] radios the team and orders them to Antarctica to investigate the sudden loss of contact with the monitoring station.


At the same time, at the [[Shuttle Base]] [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]] and his school friends are half-heartedly working on their summer schoolwork when [[Holi]] peeps his head around the door, and is very nearly press-ganged into doing all their work for them. Holi refuses, so Jean decides instead to ask Star Saber for permission to use the computer, but Holi tells him that Star Saber is leaving to investigate the Antarctic base. Jean's friend [[Clump]] flies into a panic, as [[Clump's father|his father]] works at the base, and he and Jean accompany Star Saber and [[Galaxy Shuttle]] to the South Pole.
At the same time, at the [[Shuttle Base]] [[Jan Minakaze|Jan]] and his school friends are half-heartedly working on their summer schoolwork when [[Holi]] peeps his head around the door, and is very nearly press-ganged into doing all their work for them. Holi refuses, so Jan decides instead to ask Star Saber for permission to use the computer, but Holi tells him that Star Saber is leaving to investigate the Antarctic base. Jan's friend [[Clump]] flies into a panic, as [[Clump's father|his father]] works at the base, and he and Jan accompany Star Saber and [[Galaxy Shuttle]] to the South Pole.


[[Image:AntarcticBattle Landcross invisible fight.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Invisible knuckle sandwich.]]
[[File:AntarcticBattle Landcross invisible fight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Invisible knuckle sandwich.]]
In Antarctica, the cause of the disturbances becomes evident—it is, of course, the [[Decepticon]]s, who are drilling for oil beneath the permafrost. Their crackling drilling equipment is observed from afar by Clump's father, who has holed up in an ice cave with a small group of survivors from the monitoring station. Unable to risk trekking across the ice to the next nearest base, they are out of options until they hear engines overhead, and spot [[Wing (Victory)|Wing]] and [[Mach]] investigating the area. The two [[Multiforce]]rs transform to help the humans, but are spotted by the [[Breastforce]], who combine into [[Liokaiser (Victory)|Liokaiser]], leaving the two Autobots in serious trouble. Thankfully, the other members of their team soon arrive (with [[Waver]] towing the others across the icy sea), and the group merges into [[Landcross (Victory)|Landcross]] to even the battle out. Liokaiser tips the scales in his favor by revealing his previously-unseen power of invisibility, vanishing from sight and pummelling Landcross with ease.
In Antarctica, the cause of the disturbances becomes evident—it is, of course, the [[Decepticon]]s, who are drilling for [[oil]] beneath the permafrost. Their crackling drilling equipment is observed from afar by Clump's father, who has holed up in an ice cave with a small group of survivors from the monitoring station. Unable to risk trekking across the ice to the next nearest base, they are out of options until they hear engines overhead, and spot [[Wing (G1)|Wing]] and [[Mach (G1)|Mach]] investigating the area. The two [[Multiforce]]rs transform to help the humans, but are spotted by the [[Breastforce]], who combine into [[Liokaiser]], leaving the two Autobots in serious trouble. Thankfully, the other members of their team soon arrive (with [[Waver]] towing the others across the icy sea), and the group merges into [[Landcross (G1)|Landcross]] to even the battle out. Liokaiser tips the scales in his favor by revealing his previously-unseen power of invisibility, vanishing from sight and pummelling Landcross with ease.


To escape being hurled into the drilling shaft, the Multiforce separate, and Wing and Mach manage to send Liokaiser to that fate instead by following his footprints in the snow and snagging him with a trip-wire. To break his fall, Liokaiser grabs onto the drilling machine, throwing it off-kilter and causing the ice surrounding Clump's father and the other survivors to break and melt, carrying them away. The Multiforce form Landcross again as Liokaiser climbs to safety and fights back, but Star Saber arrives in time to take over the battle. Liokaiser surprises Star Saber with his "Battle Explosion" technique, separating into his component parts, attacking individually and recombining in one smooth motion, but Star Saber keeps on fighting, even as Galaxy Shuttle arrives with Jean, Clump, Holi and [[Boater]].
To escape being hurled into the drilling shaft, the Multiforce separate, and Wing and Mach manage to send Liokaiser to that fate instead by following his footprints in the snow and snagging him with a trip-wire. To break his fall, Liokaiser grabs onto the drilling machine, throwing it off-kilter and causing the ice surrounding Clump's father and the other survivors to break and melt, carrying them away. The Multiforce form Landcross again as Liokaiser climbs to safety and fights back, but Star Saber arrives in time to take over the battle. Liokaiser surprises Star Saber with his "Battle Explosion" technique, separating into his component parts, attacking individually and recombining in one smooth motion, but Star Saber keeps on fighting, even as Galaxy Shuttle arrives with Jan, Clump, Holi and [[Boater]].


[[Image:AntarcticBattle Galaxy Shuttle fight interrupt.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
[[File:AntarcticBattle Galaxy Shuttle fight interrupt.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
As Boater takes Jean and Clump to rescue Clump's father and the other survivors from the ice floe on which they are trapped, Galaxy Shuttle tends to Landcross and then attempts to aid Star Saber in battle, only to fall victim to Liokaiser's invisibility powers as well. Star Saber is finally flattened by his invisible foe, but as Liokaiser looms over him to deliver the final blow, [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] emerges and prepares to take that pleasure for himself. Liokaiser is taken aback by this, but steps aside to allow his emperor to strike, only to have Star Saber exploit the momentary distraction by transforming and taking to the air.
As Boater takes Jan and Clump to rescue Clump's father and the other survivors from the ice floe on which they are trapped, Galaxy Shuttle tends to Landcross and then attempts to aid Star Saber in battle, only to fall victim to Liokaiser's invisibility powers as well. Star Saber is finally flattened by his invisible foe, but as Liokaiser looms over him to deliver the final blow, [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] emerges and prepares to take that pleasure for himself. Liokaiser is taken aback by this, but steps aside to allow his emperor to strike, only to have Star Saber exploit the momentary distraction by transforming and taking to the air.


[[Image:AntarcticBattle Deathsaurus chokehold.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Garry Chalk|Luca Saberasi]] sleeps with the fishes]]
[[File:AntarcticBattle Deathsaurus chokehold.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|[[Garry Chalk|Luca Saberasi]] sleeps with the fishes]]
Deathsaurus pursues the Autobot leader and blasts him out of the sky, but Star Saber recovers quickly and takes the fight under the freezing water, where he manages to turn things around and blast Deathsaurus into an iceberg. Deathsaurus retreats back to the surface, where the fight continues in the air until Star Saber is able to ground his enemy. Deathsaurus still has plenty of fight left in him and begins choking Star Saber with the chain of his flail, but Star Saber is able to flip the villain over his shoulder as Liokaiser stands back and watches, grunting to himself that Deathsaurus should have left Star Saber to him. Meanwhile, ignored by the villains, Galaxy Shuttle snipes the Decepticons' drilling equipment, and it explodes rather dramatically, prompting Deathsaurus to call retreat.
Deathsaurus pursues the Autobot leader and blasts him out of the sky, but Star Saber recovers quickly and takes the fight under the freezing water, where he manages to turn things around and blast Deathsaurus into an iceberg. Deathsaurus retreats back to the surface, where the fight continues in the air until Star Saber is able to ground his enemy. Deathsaurus still has plenty of fight left in him and begins choking Star Saber with the chain of his flail, but Star Saber is able to flip the villain over his shoulder as Liokaiser stands back and watches, grunting to himself that Deathsaurus should have left Star Saber to him. Meanwhile, ignored by the villains, Galaxy Shuttle snipes the Decepticons' drilling equipment, and it explodes rather dramatically, prompting Deathsaurus to call retreat.


After the Decepticons flee in the ''[[Thunder Arrow]]'', the Autobots and humans all gather together, and Clump's father thanks Star Saber for saving them all. Jean remarks that it looks like a happy ending for everyone, until Holi reminds him that he's still got homework to do!
After the Decepticons flee in the ''[[Thunder Arrow]]'', the Autobots and humans all gather together, and Clump's father thanks Star Saber for saving them all. Jan remarks that it looks like a happy ending for everyone, until Holi reminds him that he's still got homework to do!


==Featured characters==
==Featured characters==
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*[[Galaxy Shuttle]] (5)
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]] (5)
*[[Holi]] (8)
*[[Holi]] (8)
*[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] (9)
*[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] (9)
*[[Boater]] (10)  
*[[Boater]] (10)  
*[[Wing (Victory)|Wing]] (17)
*[[Wing (G1)|Wing]] (17)
*[[Mach]] (18)
*[[Mach (G1)|Mach]] (18)
*[[Waver]] (21)
*[[Waver]] (21)
*[[Tacker]] (22)
*[[Tacker]] (22)
*[[Tackle]] (23)
*[[Tackle]] (23)
*[[Dash (Victory)|Dash]] (24)
*[[Dash (G1)|Dash]] (24)
*[[Landcross (Victory)|Landcross]] (25)
*[[Landcross (G1)|Landcross]] (25)


|c2=
|c2=
*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] (11)
*[[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] (11)
*[[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]] (12)
*[[Hellbat (G1)|Hellbat]] (12)
*[[Leozack]] (13)
*[[Leozack]] (13)
*[[Guyhawk]] (14)
*[[Guyhawk]] (14)
*[[Drillhorn]] (15)
*[[Drillhorn (G1)|Drillhorn]] (15)
*[[Killbison]] (16)
*[[Killbison]] (16)
*[[Jallguar]] (19)
*[[Jallguar]] (19)
*[[Liokaiser (Victory)|Liokaiser]] (20)
*[[Liokaiser]] (20)


|c3=
|c3=
*[[Clump's father]] (1)
*[[Clump's father]] (1)
*[[Jean Minakaze]] (6)
*[[Jan Minakaze]] (6)
*[[Clump]] (7)
*[[Clump]] (7)
}}
}}
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{{Note|The following quotes are from the Omni Productions dub}}
{{Note|The following quotes are from the Omni Productions dub}}


"Listen carefully: we won't let the Autobots get in our way again. Let's attack them before they attack us, so let's merge now!"
"Listen carefully: we won't let the Autobots get in our way again. Let's attack them before they attack us, so let's merge now!"
:—'''Leozack''' needs a new writer.
:—'''Leozack''' needs a new writer.




"Come on, Liokaiser! As long as we're alive, you won't succeed!"<br>
"Come on, Liokaiser! As long as we're alive, you won't succeed!"<br>
"Ha ha ha, do you really think you can stop me? You're not good enough yet! PREPARE TO DIIIIE!"
"Ha ha ha, do you really think you can stop me? You're not good enough yet! PREPARE TO DIIIIE!"
:—'''Landcross''' and '''Liokaiser'''
:—'''Landcross''' and '''Liokaiser'''


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==Notes==
==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
===Animation and technical errors===
[[Image:AntarcticBattle Liokaiser tinyhead.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Argh! Forced perspective overload!]]
[[File:AntarcticBattle Liokaiser tinyhead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Argh! Forced perspective overload!]]
* While invisible, Liokaiser's details vanish and reappear between shots. The jet wings on his shoulders, the fins on his forearms, and the drill kibble on his leg are consistently absent, but Guyhawk and Hellbat's nosecones (on Liokaiser's shoulders) disappear in some scenes and appear in others.
* While invisible, Liokaiser's details vanish and reappear between shots. The jet wings on his shoulders, the fins on his forearms, and the drill kibble on his leg are consistently absent, but Guyhawk and Hellbat's nosecones (on Liokaiser's shoulders) disappear in some scenes and appear in others.
* When Liokaiser starts swinging his [[Electromagnetic Nunchaku]] at Star Saber, his head is really tiny in comparison with his body. In contrast, when Deathsaurus declares that he will kill Star Saber, Liokaiser's head is quite large-especially compared to the next shot.  
* When Liokaiser starts swinging his [[Electromagnetic Nunchaku]] at Star Saber, his head is really tiny in comparison with his body. In contrast, when Deathsaurus declares that he will kill Star Saber, Liokaiser's head is quite large-especially compared to the next shot.  
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'''English'''
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Battle in the Antarctic'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Title:'' "'''Battle in the Antarctic'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 20]], [[1991]]
::* The tremor which hits the base is referred to as "wind", and the electromagnetic interference is "alien shortwave".
::* The tremor which hits the base is referred to as "wind", and the electromagnetic interference is "alien shortwave".
::* During the flight to Antarctica, the [[narrator]] tells us that Wingwaver is in charge of the mission, since Star Saber isn't completely recovered from his previous battle.
::* During the flight to Antarctica, the [[narrator]] tells us that Wingwaver is in charge of the mission, since Star Saber isn't completely recovered from his previous battle.
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::* Instead of calling a retreat when the drilling equipment is destroyed, Deathsaurus yells "You're finished, Star Saber!"... and then he and Liokaiser run away.
::* Instead of calling a retreat when the drilling equipment is destroyed, Deathsaurus yells "You're finished, Star Saber!"... and then he and Liokaiser run away.
::*After Galaxy Shuttle transforms, Star Saber tells him "Countdown and Landcross are both injured. Can you look after them?" Countdown is Galaxy Shuttle's dub name, so this line doesn't make any sense and appears to be a mistranslation of the original Japanese dialogue.
::*After Galaxy Shuttle transforms, Star Saber tells him "Countdown and Landcross are both injured. Can you look after them?" Countdown is Galaxy Shuttle's dub name, so this line doesn't make any sense and appears to be a mistranslation of the original Japanese dialogue.
'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Srazheniye v Antarktide'''" (Сражение в Антарктиде, "Battle in the Antarctic")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 16]], [[1994]]


==Home video releases==
==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Victory'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.<br>
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Victory'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.<br>
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 3 — ''Transformers: Victory'' ([[Metrodome]])<br>
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 3 — ''Transformers: Victory'' ([[Metrodome]])<br>
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome)<br>
[[File: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: Victory'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) — Optional [[Omni Productions|Omni]] dub.<br>
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Victory'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) — Optional [[Omni Productions|Omni]] dub.<br>
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) — Optional Omni dub.
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) — Optional Omni dub.<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: Victory'' (Shout! Factory)




[[Category:Victory episodes]]
[[Category:Victory episodes]]

Latest revision as of 11:47, 29 July 2025

Transformers: Victory ep 23

It's a title card of a white cat in a snowstorm.
"Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle"
死闘!! 南極の攻防戦 ()
(Shitō!! Nankyoku no Kōbōsen)
Production company Takara, Toei
Airdate 5 September 1989
Writer Hajime Suzuki
Director Jōhei Matsūra
Animation studio Toei
Continuity Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

When a Decepticon drilling operation begins to melt the polar ice caps, Star Saber clashes with Liokaiser and Deathsaurus to save the life of Jan's classmate's father.

Synopsis

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Somewhere in the frozen wastes of Antarctica, electricity crackles in the night, and with sudden, frightening speed, glaciers begin to melt, pouring into the ocean. The United Nations Wintering Observation Base nearby attempts to catalog the seismic disturbances, but when the most powerful tremor yet hits, the station is devastated by an avalanche.

"Sorry guys, this is all I could scavenge up for lunch."

At the tip of South America, the Multiforce perform rescue operations in a coastal city that has become flooded due to sudden rising water levels. Machtackle randomly speculates that the hypothetical melting of the polar ice caps could be responsible, and as if on cue, Star Saber radios the team and orders them to Antarctica to investigate the sudden loss of contact with the monitoring station.

At the same time, at the Shuttle Base Jan and his school friends are half-heartedly working on their summer schoolwork when Holi peeps his head around the door, and is very nearly press-ganged into doing all their work for them. Holi refuses, so Jan decides instead to ask Star Saber for permission to use the computer, but Holi tells him that Star Saber is leaving to investigate the Antarctic base. Jan's friend Clump flies into a panic, as his father works at the base, and he and Jan accompany Star Saber and Galaxy Shuttle to the South Pole.

Invisible knuckle sandwich.

In Antarctica, the cause of the disturbances becomes evident—it is, of course, the Decepticons, who are drilling for oil beneath the permafrost. Their crackling drilling equipment is observed from afar by Clump's father, who has holed up in an ice cave with a small group of survivors from the monitoring station. Unable to risk trekking across the ice to the next nearest base, they are out of options until they hear engines overhead, and spot Wing and Mach investigating the area. The two Multiforcers transform to help the humans, but are spotted by the Breastforce, who combine into Liokaiser, leaving the two Autobots in serious trouble. Thankfully, the other members of their team soon arrive (with Waver towing the others across the icy sea), and the group merges into Landcross to even the battle out. Liokaiser tips the scales in his favor by revealing his previously-unseen power of invisibility, vanishing from sight and pummelling Landcross with ease.

To escape being hurled into the drilling shaft, the Multiforce separate, and Wing and Mach manage to send Liokaiser to that fate instead by following his footprints in the snow and snagging him with a trip-wire. To break his fall, Liokaiser grabs onto the drilling machine, throwing it off-kilter and causing the ice surrounding Clump's father and the other survivors to break and melt, carrying them away. The Multiforce form Landcross again as Liokaiser climbs to safety and fights back, but Star Saber arrives in time to take over the battle. Liokaiser surprises Star Saber with his "Battle Explosion" technique, separating into his component parts, attacking individually and recombining in one smooth motion, but Star Saber keeps on fighting, even as Galaxy Shuttle arrives with Jan, Clump, Holi and Boater.

As Boater takes Jan and Clump to rescue Clump's father and the other survivors from the ice floe on which they are trapped, Galaxy Shuttle tends to Landcross and then attempts to aid Star Saber in battle, only to fall victim to Liokaiser's invisibility powers as well. Star Saber is finally flattened by his invisible foe, but as Liokaiser looms over him to deliver the final blow, Deathsaurus emerges and prepares to take that pleasure for himself. Liokaiser is taken aback by this, but steps aside to allow his emperor to strike, only to have Star Saber exploit the momentary distraction by transforming and taking to the air.

Luca Saberasi sleeps with the fishes

Deathsaurus pursues the Autobot leader and blasts him out of the sky, but Star Saber recovers quickly and takes the fight under the freezing water, where he manages to turn things around and blast Deathsaurus into an iceberg. Deathsaurus retreats back to the surface, where the fight continues in the air until Star Saber is able to ground his enemy. Deathsaurus still has plenty of fight left in him and begins choking Star Saber with the chain of his flail, but Star Saber is able to flip the villain over his shoulder as Liokaiser stands back and watches, grunting to himself that Deathsaurus should have left Star Saber to him. Meanwhile, ignored by the villains, Galaxy Shuttle snipes the Decepticons' drilling equipment, and it explodes rather dramatically, prompting Deathsaurus to call retreat.

After the Decepticons flee in the Thunder Arrow, the Autobots and humans all gather together, and Clump's father thanks Star Saber for saving them all. Jan remarks that it looks like a happy ending for everyone, until Holi reminds him that he's still got homework to do!

[edit]

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Quotes

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"How do you feel, Star Saber!? Your life is in my hands!"
"Deathsaurus! Do you know what makes a Brainmaster!?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!?"
"Strength... Ability... Intelligence... and... COURAGE!"

Deathsaurus and Star Saber
The following quotes are from the Omni Productions dub

"Listen carefully: we won't let the Autobots get in our way again. Let's attack them before they attack us, so let's merge now!"

Leozack needs a new writer.


"Come on, Liokaiser! As long as we're alive, you won't succeed!"
"Ha ha ha, do you really think you can stop me? You're not good enough yet! PREPARE TO DIIIIE!"

Landcross and Liokaiser


"Listen, I won't allow anyone to destroy the Earth!"
"What do you mean? The Earth doesn't belong to you! You're just asking for trouble!"

Star Saber and Liokaiser


"I'm gonna torture you and kill you slowly, one by one!"

Liokaiser

Notes

[edit]

Animation and technical errors

[edit]
Argh! Forced perspective overload!
  • While invisible, Liokaiser's details vanish and reappear between shots. The jet wings on his shoulders, the fins on his forearms, and the drill kibble on his leg are consistently absent, but Guyhawk and Hellbat's nosecones (on Liokaiser's shoulders) disappear in some scenes and appear in others.
  • When Liokaiser starts swinging his Electromagnetic Nunchaku at Star Saber, his head is really tiny in comparison with his body. In contrast, when Deathsaurus declares that he will kill Star Saber, Liokaiser's head is quite large-especially compared to the next shot.
  • Throughout the battle scenes, Liokaiser's legs switch their positions periodically-Killbison is replaced with Drillhorn and vice versa.
  • After he starts riding around on the V-Star, Star Saber's head is drawn tiny in comparison with the rest of his body. Deathsaurus' head also seems narrower than normal as he battles Star Saber in the air.

Transformers references

[edit]

Trivia

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  • Talk about filling for time: Liokaiser, Landcross and Star Saber have their complete combination/transformation stock footage used TWICE each in this episode. And they ain't short!
  • The energon cubes the Decepticons are making in this episode have beveled edges, for no readily apparent reason.

Foreign localization

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English

  • The tremor which hits the base is referred to as "wind", and the electromagnetic interference is "alien shortwave".
  • During the flight to Antarctica, the narrator tells us that Wingwaver is in charge of the mission, since Star Saber isn't completely recovered from his previous battle.
  • Leozack claims the credit for the idea of checking Antarctica for energy.
  • Instead of calling a retreat when the drilling equipment is destroyed, Deathsaurus yells "You're finished, Star Saber!"... and then he and Liokaiser run away.
  • After Galaxy Shuttle transforms, Star Saber tells him "Countdown and Landcross are both injured. Can you look after them?" Countdown is Galaxy Shuttle's dub name, so this line doesn't make any sense and appears to be a mistranslation of the original Japanese dialogue.


Russian

  • Title: "Srazheniye v Antarktide" (Сражение в Антарктиде, "Battle in the Antarctic")
  • Original airdate: September 16, 1994

Home video releases

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

Japan 2003 — Transformers: Victory — DVD Box 01 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only.
United Kingdom 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 3 — Transformers: Victory (Metrodome)
United Kingdom 2007 — Transformers — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome)
Australia 2008 — The Transformers: Victory (Madman Entertainment) — Optional Omni dub.
Australia 2009 — The Transformers: Japan Generation 1 — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) — Optional Omni dub.
United States of America 2012 — Transformers: The Japanese Collection (Shout! Factory)
United States of America 2012 — Transformers Japanese Collection: Victory (Shout! Factory)