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|next=One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing
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|title="Some Body, Any Body"
|title="Some Body, Any Body"
|airdate=[[July 4]], [[2015]] (USA)
|season=1
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|season ep=16
|airdate=[[June 2]], [[2015]] (Australian iTunes) <br> [[July 4]], [[2015]] (USA)
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Todd Waterman]]
|director=[[Todd Waterman]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhiGonH4ZhE
|videosite=YouTube
}}
}}
'''When the Team’s latest quarry leaves Sideswipe powerless, the young Autobot must learn that he can’t always rely on his physical prowess.'''
'''When the Team’s latest quarry leaves Sideswipe bodiless, the young Autobot must learn that he can’t always rely on his physical prowess.'''


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
Speeding through a subway, [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] reports in to [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who is currently heading towards [[Crown City]] with [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]. Sideswipe ducks out of sight as a subway train passes by, but is so busy cracking jokes at Strongarm's expense that he doesn't notice the other train which pulls up, until it transforms into a [[Decepticon]] and attacks him.
[[File:SomeBodyAnyBody Sideswipe on the slab.jpg|thumb|left|250px|This illustrious and greedy nation Japan will soon be under my control! A millennium of glory is at hand!]]
Speeding through a subway, [[Sideswipe (RID 2015)|Sideswipe]] reports in to [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who is currently heading towards [[Crown City]] with [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]. Sideswipe ducks out of sight as a subway train passes by, but is so busy cracking jokes at Strongarm's expense that he doesn't notice the other train which pulls up, until it transforms into a [[Decepticon]] and attacks him.


Sometime later, the other Autobots reach the section of subway, but Sideswipe's long gone, as is the Decepticon. [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] has trouble pinpointing a signal for either, so the Autobots split into pairs to go hunting.
Sometime later, the other Autobots reach the section of subway, but Sideswipe's long gone, as is the Decepticon. [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] has trouble pinpointing a signal for either, so the Autobots split into pairs to go hunting.


Sideswipe wakes to find he's restrained to a table. The serpentine [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]] appears and though Sideswipe asks hopefully to be untied, the madly-cackling Decepticon instead moves in with all manner of tools.
Sideswipe wakes to find he's restrained to a table. The serpentine [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]] appears and though Sideswipe asks hopefully to be untied, the madly-cackling [[Snaketicon]] instead moves in with all manner of tools.


Fixit is surprised to find he's detected two signals for Sideswipe. He and Bumblebee follow one of the signals and soon spy Sideswipe coming towards them down a tunnel, however when "Sideswipe" attacks Bumblebee, it's clear that Vertebreak has grafted his head onto Sideswipe's body. Vertebreak explains that he's taken Sideswipe's attributes for his own as he wipes the floor with Bumblebee. Once he's finished testing out his new body, he intends to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to exact revenge on those who wronged him. After Strongarm calls Bee, Vertebreak takes advantage of a passing subway train to head off and continue his testing on Strongarm and Grimlock. Picking up Fixit, Bumblebee asks the Mini-Con to check the ''[[Alchemor]]'' prisoner manifest before radioing Strongarm to warn her of what's coming. Fixit's able to find Vertebreak's stats and the Autobots are shocked to learn of the Decepticon's skills in grafting.
[[File:SomeBodyAnyBody Bumblebee encounters Vertebreak.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Yeah, I bumped into that kid from ''Toy Story''.]]
Fixit is surprised to find he's detected two signals for Sideswipe. He and Bumblebee follow one of the signals and soon spy Sideswipe coming towards them down a tunnel, however when "Sideswipe" attacks Bumblebee, it's clear that Vertebreak has grafted his head onto Sideswipe's body. Vertebreak explains that he's taken Sideswipe's attributes for his own as he wipes the floor with Bumblebee. Once he's finished testing out his new body, he intends to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to exact revenge on those who wronged him. After Strongarm calls Bee, Vertebreak takes advantage of a passing subway train to head off and continue his testing on Strongarm and Grimlock. Picking up Fixit, Bumblebee asks the Mini-Con to check the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' prisoner manifest before radioing Strongarm to warn her of what's coming. Fixit's able to find Vertebreak's stats and the Autobots are shocked to learn of the Decepticon's skills in grafting.


[[File:SomeBodyAnyBody Grimlock vs train.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Subway trains, the real villain of this episode.]]
Bumblebee and Fixit continue tracking the other signal and find Vertebreak's makeshift laboratory. As they explore, they hear Sideswipe's voice and follow it to find Sideswipe's disembodied head in a jar. The despondent Sideswipe doesn't think he'll see his body again, but Fixit thinks he can use Vertebreak's notes to fix Sideswipe up. Leaving Fixit to examine the notes, Bumblebee takes Sideswipe's head and goes to help the others.
Bumblebee and Fixit continue tracking the other signal and find Vertebreak's makeshift laboratory. As they explore, they hear Sideswipe's voice and follow it to find Sideswipe's disembodied head in a jar. The despondent Sideswipe doesn't think he'll see his body again, but Fixit thinks he can use Vertebreak's notes to fix Sideswipe up. Leaving Fixit to examine the notes, Bumblebee takes Sideswipe's head and goes to help the others.


Vertebreak attacks Strongarm and Grimlock as they dodge trains, however as Grimlock prepares to attack Sideswipe, Strongarm points out they can't damage Sideswipe's body. Vertebreak fights Strongarm while Grimlock is first held up behind a subway train, then struck by a second train as he rushes to help. Bumblebee and Sideswipe find Strongarm unconscious and once she comes around, she fills them in on the fight. Hearing Grimlock and Vertebreak fighting nearby, the trio rush to his aid, though Sideswipe is left sitting nearby while Bumblebee and Strongarm engage the Decepticon. Vertebreak is eventually defeated, however as they're picking him up, a subway train speeds down the tunnel towards them.
Vertebreak attacks Strongarm and Grimlock as they dodge trains, however as Grimlock prepares to attack Sideswipe, Strongarm points out they can't damage Sideswipe's body. Vertebreak fights Strongarm while Grimlock is first held up behind a subway train, then struck by a second train as he rushes to help. Bumblebee and Sideswipe find Strongarm unconscious and once she comes around, she fills them in on the fight. Hearing Grimlock and Vertebreak fighting nearby, the trio rush to his aid, though Sideswipe is left sitting nearby while Bumblebee and Strongarm engage the Decepticon. Vertebreak is eventually defeated, however as they're picking him up, a subway train speeds down the tunnel towards them.


[[File:SomeBodyAnyBody team flees train.jpg|thumb|right|250px|In Crown City, the trains catch you.]]
With the train in hot pursuit, the Autobots attempt to sprint to the next intersection. Bumblebee and Strongarm transform, allowing Grimlock to ride on them, and barely make it out in time. Unfortunately Vertebreak has the chance to recover and unsheathes his [[Decepticon Hunter]]. As the three able-bodied Autobots fight him, Sideswipe complains that they're risking damage to his body, however Bumblebee realizes that the fact they're trying not to damage Sideswipe's body is hampering them. After Sideswipe's head is knocked over and passed from Autobot to Autobot, he realizes that he's able to anticipate Vertebreak's fighting moves. By calling out instructions to his teammates, he's able to have them counter Vertebreak's moves, and the Decepticon is swiftly brought down again.
With the train in hot pursuit, the Autobots attempt to sprint to the next intersection. Bumblebee and Strongarm transform, allowing Grimlock to ride on them, and barely make it out in time. Unfortunately Vertebreak has the chance to recover and unsheathes his [[Decepticon Hunter]]. As the three able-bodied Autobots fight him, Sideswipe complains that they're risking damage to his body, however Bumblebee realizes that the fact they're trying not to damage Sideswipe's body is hampering them. After Sideswipe's head is knocked over and passed from Autobot to Autobot, he realizes that he's able to anticipate Vertebreak's fighting moves. By calling out instructions to his teammates, he's able to have them counter Vertebreak's moves, and the Decepticon is swiftly brought down again.


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*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] (1)
*[[Sideswipe (RID 2015)|Sideswipe]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (3)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (3)
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (4)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (4)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (6)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (6)


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"A Decepticon named Vertabreak connected his head to Sideswipe's body."<br />
"A Decepticon named Vertebreak connected his head to Sideswipe's body."<br />
"That's nasty."
"That's nasty."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Grimlock'''
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Grimlock''' discuss the merits of science.




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==Notes==
==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
===Continuity notes===
* Crown City's trains sure are durable, considering they can ram into a multi-ton metal object at top speed without even slowing down.
* Some of the tools in Vertebreak's lab made appearances in the ''Prime'' cartoon.


===Continuity notes===
===Prisoner manifest===
===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, Malodor and the Skunkticons, "that one with all the eyes", Nightstrike, Vertebreak
* ''In stasis'': Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, Malodor and the Skunkticons, "that one with all the eyes", Nightstrike, Vertebreak
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* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''


===Transformers references===
===Errors===
*Vertebreak's removing another bot's head and jacking their body is very similar the [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]]'s M.O.
[[File:SomeBodyAnyBody Vertebreak's notes.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Lemme take a selfie]]
===Real-world references===
* Crown City's trains sure are durable, considering they can ram into a multi-ton metal object at top speed without even slowing down.
* When Fixit is holding Vertebreak's notes, they are very stiff and static.
* While walking through the tunnel searching for Sideswipe, the edges of Bumblebee's shins clip through each other
 
===Trivia===
===Trivia===
* This is the first episode in the cartoon that doesn't have a human in it.
* The fight choreography in this episode is for some reason leagues above the series' standard fare. Vertebreak with Sideswipe's body pulls off martial arts moves comparable to ''Prime'' [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] at her best!
* While not established in the episode itself, [[Adam Beechen]] has [https://adambeechen.com/comment-page-1/#comment-268 stated] that he considers that Vertebreak "was a [[Snaketicon]] originally", before he started on his one-bot mad-SCIENCE! crusade of self-improvement.
* It's never explained how Vertebreak managed to ''disconnect his own head'', and then ''perform his own surgery'' to attach it to Sideswipe's body. That's some hardcore surgeon-ing.


===Foreign localization===
===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 15]], [[2015]]
'''Danish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hit med min krop!'''" ("Give me my body!")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
'''Finnish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kehonrakentelua'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
'''French'''  
'''French'''  
:*''Title:'' "'''Sideswipe perd la tête'''" ("Sideswipe Loses His Head")
:*''Title:'' "'''Sideswipe perd la tête'''" ("Sideswipe Loses His Head")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 10]], [[2015]]
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 10]], [[2015]]
'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''A testrabló'''" ("The Body Snatcher")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 23]], 2015
'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Un corpo, una testa'''" ("A body, a head")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 9]], 2015
'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Sideswipe, Kiki Ippatsu!'''" (サイドスワイプ、危機一髪！, "Close Call, Sideswipe!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 4]], [[2015]]
'''Norwegian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Manglende krop'''" ("Missing body")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ciało do pożyczenia'''" ("A body to borrow")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 9]], 2015
'''Swedish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Huvudbry'''" ("Confusion", lit. "head bother")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?


==Home video releases==
==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2016 — ''Transformers Robots in Disguise'' — The Champ ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]])<br>
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2016 — ''Transformers Robots in Disguise'' — Mission Discovery ([[Shout! Factory]])<br>
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2016 — ''Transformers Robots in Disguise'' — Season One (Shout! Factory)<br>


[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

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And so I had them send me back to last Thursday night
so I could pay my phone bill on time
Just then the floating disembodied head of Colonel Sanders started yellin'
EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG!
"Some Body, Any Body"
Season 1
No. in season 16
Production company Hasbro Studios
Airdate June 2, 2015 (Australian iTunes)
July 4, 2015 (USA)
Writer Mairghread Scott
Director Todd Waterman
Animation studio Polygon Pictures
 Watch this episode on YouTube

When the Team’s latest quarry leaves Sideswipe bodiless, the young Autobot must learn that he can’t always rely on his physical prowess.

Synopsis

[edit]
This illustrious and greedy nation Japan will soon be under my control! A millennium of glory is at hand!

Speeding through a subway, Sideswipe reports in to Bumblebee, who is currently heading towards Crown City with Strongarm and Grimlock. Sideswipe ducks out of sight as a subway train passes by, but is so busy cracking jokes at Strongarm's expense that he doesn't notice the other train which pulls up, until it transforms into a Decepticon and attacks him.

Sometime later, the other Autobots reach the section of subway, but Sideswipe's long gone, as is the Decepticon. Fixit has trouble pinpointing a signal for either, so the Autobots split into pairs to go hunting.

Sideswipe wakes to find he's restrained to a table. The serpentine Vertebreak appears and though Sideswipe asks hopefully to be untied, the madly-cackling Snaketicon instead moves in with all manner of tools.

Yeah, I bumped into that kid from Toy Story.

Fixit is surprised to find he's detected two signals for Sideswipe. He and Bumblebee follow one of the signals and soon spy Sideswipe coming towards them down a tunnel, however when "Sideswipe" attacks Bumblebee, it's clear that Vertebreak has grafted his head onto Sideswipe's body. Vertebreak explains that he's taken Sideswipe's attributes for his own as he wipes the floor with Bumblebee. Once he's finished testing out his new body, he intends to return to Cybertron to exact revenge on those who wronged him. After Strongarm calls Bee, Vertebreak takes advantage of a passing subway train to head off and continue his testing on Strongarm and Grimlock. Picking up Fixit, Bumblebee asks the Mini-Con to check the Alchemor prisoner manifest before radioing Strongarm to warn her of what's coming. Fixit's able to find Vertebreak's stats and the Autobots are shocked to learn of the Decepticon's skills in grafting.

Subway trains, the real villain of this episode.

Bumblebee and Fixit continue tracking the other signal and find Vertebreak's makeshift laboratory. As they explore, they hear Sideswipe's voice and follow it to find Sideswipe's disembodied head in a jar. The despondent Sideswipe doesn't think he'll see his body again, but Fixit thinks he can use Vertebreak's notes to fix Sideswipe up. Leaving Fixit to examine the notes, Bumblebee takes Sideswipe's head and goes to help the others.

Vertebreak attacks Strongarm and Grimlock as they dodge trains, however as Grimlock prepares to attack Sideswipe, Strongarm points out they can't damage Sideswipe's body. Vertebreak fights Strongarm while Grimlock is first held up behind a subway train, then struck by a second train as he rushes to help. Bumblebee and Sideswipe find Strongarm unconscious and once she comes around, she fills them in on the fight. Hearing Grimlock and Vertebreak fighting nearby, the trio rush to his aid, though Sideswipe is left sitting nearby while Bumblebee and Strongarm engage the Decepticon. Vertebreak is eventually defeated, however as they're picking him up, a subway train speeds down the tunnel towards them.

In Crown City, the trains catch you.

With the train in hot pursuit, the Autobots attempt to sprint to the next intersection. Bumblebee and Strongarm transform, allowing Grimlock to ride on them, and barely make it out in time. Unfortunately Vertebreak has the chance to recover and unsheathes his Decepticon Hunter. As the three able-bodied Autobots fight him, Sideswipe complains that they're risking damage to his body, however Bumblebee realizes that the fact they're trying not to damage Sideswipe's body is hampering them. After Sideswipe's head is knocked over and passed from Autobot to Autobot, he realizes that he's able to anticipate Vertebreak's fighting moves. By calling out instructions to his teammates, he's able to have them counter Vertebreak's moves, and the Decepticon is swiftly brought down again.

Back in the laboratory, Sideswipe's head is reattached, though he immediately pulls a prank on Strongarm. She challenges him to a race back to the scrapyard, however as they head off, Sideswipe discovers something is connected up wrong, and he can't transform. The other Autobots speed off, and Sideswipe's left trudging back to base with Fixit, who takes the opportunity to relate a blow-by-blow description of the surgery.

[edit]

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots Decepticons

Quotes

[edit]

"I bet this is Sideswipe's idea of a joke. I can practically hear his incredibly annoying laugh."

—Strongarm


"Hey, how 'bout you untie me, and I'll shake your hand… things."
"HA HA HA HA HA!"
"[laughs nervously] It's not that funny…"

—Sideswipe tries to fool Vertebreak


"A Decepticon named Vertebreak connected his head to Sideswipe's body."
"That's nasty."

—Bumblebee and Grimlock discuss the merits of science.


"So, how's your day been going?"

—Sideswipe's head


"Nice job. It took all of you, but you subdued my nerd bodyjacker."

—Sideswipe has taken no blows to his ego

Notes

[edit]

Continuity notes

[edit]
  • Some of the tools in Vertebreak's lab made appearances in the Prime cartoon.

Prisoner manifest

[edit]
  • In stasis: Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop, Terrashock, Filch, Minitron, Springload, Ped, Quillfire, Malodor and the Skunkticons, "that one with all the eyes", Nightstrike, Vertebreak
  • Known at large: Steeljaw, 1/5th of Chop Shop, Thunderhoof, Underbite, Clampdown
  • Released: Grimlock
  • Countless others all missing, presumed at large

Errors

[edit]
Lemme take a selfie
  • Crown City's trains sure are durable, considering they can ram into a multi-ton metal object at top speed without even slowing down.
  • When Fixit is holding Vertebreak's notes, they are very stiff and static.
  • While walking through the tunnel searching for Sideswipe, the edges of Bumblebee's shins clip through each other

Trivia

[edit]
  • The fight choreography in this episode is for some reason leagues above the series' standard fare. Vertebreak with Sideswipe's body pulls off martial arts moves comparable to Prime Arcee at her best!
  • While not established in the episode itself, Adam Beechen has stated that he considers that Vertebreak "was a Snaketicon originally", before he started on his one-bot mad-SCIENCE! crusade of self-improvement.
  • It's never explained how Vertebreak managed to disconnect his own head, and then perform his own surgery to attach it to Sideswipe's body. That's some hardcore surgeon-ing.

Foreign localization

[edit]

Brazilian Portuguese

Danish

  • Title: "Hit med min krop!" ("Give me my body!")
  • Original airdate: ?

Finnish

  • Title: "Kehonrakentelua"
  • Original airdate: ?

French

  • Title: "Sideswipe perd la tête" ("Sideswipe Loses His Head")
  • Original airdate: June 10, 2015

Hungarian

  • Title: "A testrabló" ("The Body Snatcher")
  • Original airdate: September 23, 2015

Italian

  • Title: "Un corpo, una testa" ("A body, a head")
  • Original airdate: September 9, 2015

Japanese

  • Title: "Sideswipe, Kiki Ippatsu!" (サイドスワイプ、危機一髪！, "Close Call, Sideswipe!")
  • Original airdate: October 4, 2015

Norwegian

  • Title: "Manglende krop" ("Missing body")
  • Original airdate: ?

Polish

  • Title: "Ciało do pożyczenia" ("A body to borrow")
  • Original airdate: September 9, 2015

Swedish

  • Title: "Huvudbry" ("Confusion", lit. "head bother")
  • Original airdate: ?

Home video releases

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

Australia 2016 — Transformers Robots in Disguise — The Champ (Beyond Home Entertainment)
United States of America 2016 — Transformers Robots in Disguise — Mission Discovery (Shout! Factory)
United States of America 2016 — Transformers Robots in Disguise — Season One (Shout! Factory)

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