The Other One

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"The Other One"
Production company	Allspark Animation
Airdate	February 26, 2020 (UK)
Animation studio	Boulder Media Studio

The Autobots and Decepticons confront The Other One, a powerful being from another universe... and a Megatron more tyrannical than the primary universe's.

Synopsis

Inside Megatron's alternate Matrix of Leadership, Windblade finds pillars with the Thirteen's names surrounding her. To her surprise, a manifestation of Optimus Prime emerges from one of the pillars, though with a different backstory than what she remembers. Finding Windblade unable to understand what he is saying, Optimus gives her a clear direct order to destroy Megatron's Matrix, leaving the cityspeaker shocked at the prospect of killing Optimus while doing so.

Surrounded by Perfect Decepticons, Optimus notes that Megatron had succeded in creating his ideal soldiers... only for the warlord to reveal that the troopers surrounding them are not' his creations. References to "the Other One" reveal more riddles, including one about sparing Prime's life. Noted by Astrotrain that the troopers are waiting for their master, Dead End points out that they do not want to be around when he arrives. This statement gains Astrotrain's agreement, and the giant Decepticon promptly flees into the multiverse. Both Autobot and Decepticon then try to fight past their shared foes but only succeed with the help of multiverse energy. With the Perfect Decepticons eliminated for the time being, Prime swears to destroy Megatron's Matrix. Megatron disagrees until more Perfect Decepticons arrive, which are promptly blasted into unspace with Megatron's new dimensional ray.

Just after Megatron disposes of the enemy troopers, an alternate titanic version of him manifests behind him, proceeding to disarm and fatally wound his smaller self. This act leaves everyone shocked, and Alphastrike quickly fires at the giant warlord in vengeance, only for the shots be repelled. Observing the differences from his home universe, the giant Decepticon introducing himself as an alternate successful Megatron

When Optimus refused to join the Decepticons, Megatron X quickly knew he would forever oppose him. At that moment, he hit Prime square in the chest with his fusion cannon before stealing the Matrix, proceeding to rid his universe of all Autobots. After using Vector Sigma and the AllSpark to create his Perfect Decepticon troopers, he quickly dealt with the "unnecessary" Decepticons. Some time later, Megatron X fired a laser snare at the invading Quintessons, eliminating them on the spot. From there, he stole their multiversal secrets in the process.

After Megatron X's backstory has been told, the surrounding Decepticons pledge their loyalty to the alternate Megatron. However, Megatron X rebuffs this, revealing he eradicated all other Decepticons in his home universe after he created his perfect troopers. Retaking his Matrix and killing the primary Megatron, Megatron X finds his Matrix snagged by Bumblebee, who proceeds to bolt for the Autobot side of Cybertron. Several Perfect Decepticon troopers attempt to intercept him only for Ratchet, Whirl, and Shadow Striker to take them down.

Alas, the scout's luck comes to an end as the shields prevent him from escaping and is quickly knocked out by Megatron X, who proceeds to retake his Matrix and prepare to execute Bumblebee. When Optimus Prime quickly comes to Bumblebee's rescue, he and Megatron X end up in a Matrix duel. Megatron X soon overpowers Optimus, but Windblade cripples the Matrix from the inside, allowing Prime to seal his fate. Bumblebee proceeds to absorb Windblade's mind fragment while Astrotrain arrives and takes the remains of his former master, imprisoning him somewhere in the multiverse as revenge.

Windblade reawakens after being resorted to her former self. Finding all of Cybertron celebrating her return, she recieves a hug from Bumblebee as everyone else cheers. For the first time since the war ended, Cybertron's people are united as one.

'Til all are one.

Featured characters

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

Autobots	Decepticons	Megatron X Timeline Inhabitants
Optimus Prime Bumblebee Windblade Chromia Thunderhowl Whirl Ratchet Rack'n'Ruin Perceptor Arcee Hot Rod Wheeljack Clobber Jetfire Kup	Megatron Shadow Striker Soundwave Astrotrain Dead End Sky-Byte Wild Wheel Alphastrike	Perfect Decepticons Megatron X Starscream Optimus Prime Bumblebee Shadow Striker Quintessons

Notes

Continuity notes

• The Tarn-esque soldiers from the previous episode are revealed to be Megatron's race of perfect Decepticons that he intended to have Vector Sigma and the AllSpark create back in "Megatron Is My Hero."
  • However, Megatron is quick to point out that they are not his creations, given how the AllSpark was returned to Cybertron and Vector Sigma was sent to unspace in "The Battle For Cybertron IV".
• "The Other One", first mentioned in "Enemy Line" is revealed to be none other than a more ruthless alternate Megatron from the same dimension as Astrotrain and the Insecticons.
• Megatron X's timeline diverged during the third flashback of "Megatron Is My Hero", which also reveals that those events took place after Megatron killed the High Council and Optimus received the Matrix of Leadership in the eponymous episode.
• Upon seeing Shadow Striker, the alternate Megatron comments that she looks like one of Shockwave's experiments, referencing her reconstruction by ol' one eye in "Shadowstriker".
  • However, Shadow Striker's near-death experience at the hands of Bumblebee was not something that happened in the Megatron X Timeline. Especially since Optimus was dead long before he could get captured, so...
• Megatron X defeated his reality's version of the Quintessons with a laser snare, the same kind of device that Shockwave used to destroy the Ark back in "The Battle For Cybertron II."

Transformers references

• Prima and Micronus are revealed to be among this universe's version of the Thirteen.
• Megatron quotes Optimus Prime's famous line from The Transformers: The Movie: "One shall stand, one shall fall."

Real-world references

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Other trivia

• In an interesting blink-and-miss moment, Soundwave and Shadow Striker can be seen celebrating Windblade's revival alongside the Autobots, suggesting that Megatron's request for the split control of Cybertron was repealed following his death.
• The show ends with Perceptor still being blind. Guess he prefers seeing the unconventional way.

Animation and technical errors

• When Windblade destroys the Megatron matrix, she gains her wings in one shot and they disappear for the rest of the scene.
• Towards the end, Thunderhowl deploys his battle mask for no apparent reason.

Foreign localization

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Home video releases

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