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|romaji=Ningen no Machi wo Sukue! | |romaji=Ningen no Machi wo Sukue! | ||
|translation=Save the Human City! | |translation=Save the Human City! | ||
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|director=[[Masashi Nagao]] | |director=[[Masashi Nagao]] | ||
|animation studio=[[GONZO]] | |animation studio=[[GONZO]] | ||
|airdate=[[March 5 | |airdate=[[March 5]], 2005 (Japanese)<br>[[August 6]], 2005 (English) | ||
|continuity= | |continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
''' | '''When a newly opened gold mine causes a mountain to collapse, putting the kids' hometown in danger, it's time for the Autobots do what they do best.''' | ||
==Synopsis== | |||
Across [[Earth]] and [[Velocitron]], many different scenes unfold.... | |||
[[Image:Cyb_ep8_sparring_match.jpg|left|thumb|220px]] | |||
[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] spar in the Autobot base... | |||
A mysterious [[Colonel Franklin|government agent]] studies photos of the [[Transformer]]s... | |||
And [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] attempts to blast his way into the shrine containing Velocitron's [[Planet Cup]]. Even his prodigious strength is not enough to break down the door, and as he growls in defeat, [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] approach him with news... | |||
About the only ones who ''aren't'' up to something exciting are [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Lori]] and the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]], who are lounging around the Autobot base watching television. [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] is absolutely fascinated by a televised address from the new [[President of the United States]], but no-one else shares his enthusiasm, so Bud instead suggests that they go to their houses for a "play date". Jolt cannot dissuade his fellow [[Mini-Con]]s from the idea, and has to go with them. And it's a fortunate thing that he does: when the speeding [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] and [[Six-Speed]] are pulled over by the town sheriff for their reckless driving, Jolt saves Coby and Bud's bacon by projecting holograms of the President and Vice-President into their driver's seats, dumbfounding the sheriff and allow them to get away. | |||
[[Image:Cyb ep8 green gloop.jpg|right|thumb|220px]] | |||
Coby, Bud, Jolt and Reverb make it to the Hansens' house, where Bud shows Reverb ninja movies while Jolt pores over the Hansens' family photos and a home movie of a young Coby drinking an ice-cream float at an amusement park. Things get hairy when Coby and Bud's parents come home early, but fortunately, a phone call distracts their father before he can find the two Mini-Cons hiding in the closet. Things are going a little better at Lori's house, where Six Speed gets emotional while reading “The Little Match Girl”. | |||
As night begins to fall, things start to calm down... until a earthquake suddenly racks the town! As the citizenry takes refuge in city hall, Jolt traces the epicentre of the tremor to nearby [[Mount McDermott]], which has been rendered unstable after a recent large-scale gold-mining operation. Jolt summons Optimus Prime and the Autobots to assist in helping minimize the effects of the disaster, but it turns out the worst is yet to come: the mountain is on the verge of total collapse, which will in turn cause the release of an underground reservoir, flooding the entire town. | |||
[[Image:Cyb ep8 franklin snoop.jpg|left|thumb|220px|"In this country, it makes you look like a pervert... but ''every single Scottish person'' does it!"]] | |||
While Landmine and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] help with disaster relief in the town itself, Prime and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] meet with the kids and Mini-Cons to try and figure out what to do. Rememering his home movie and the ice-cream float, Coby hits upon a solution: Prime uses his water pumps to drain the reservoir dry, and then Scattorshot delivers a missile blast that collapses the mountain safely into the empty cavern left behind. The plan is a roaring success, and as dawn breaks, Coby and Bud reunite with their parents... unaware that a certain sinister government agent is video-taping them from his car... | |||
Back on Velocitron, Crumplezone and Ransack reveal their news to Megatron: they are entered in the latest big race, and can potentially win the trophy, and the Cyber Planet Key for him! Megatron is not entirely convinced of their ability, but permits them to race, rationalizing that he can at least focus his attentions elsewhere while they are covering things on Velocitron. Megatron then departs... without noticing that [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] has been eavesdropping on their conversation, and now knows that the Planet Cup is the Cyber Planet Key! His determination fired up even more than usual with this revelation, Hot Shot vows to beat all comers and recover the Key for the Autobots. | |||
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==Featured characters== | ==Featured characters== | ||
{{Featuredcharacters | {{Featuredcharacters | ||
|c1= | |c1= | ||
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (2) | |||
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (3) | |||
*[[Six-Speed]] (4) | |||
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (5) | |||
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (13) | |||
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (19) | |||
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (20) | |||
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (21) | |||
*[[Vector Prime]] (22) | |||
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (23) | |||
|c2= | |c2= | ||
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (1) | |||
*[[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplzone]] (11) | |||
*[[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (12) | |||
|c3= | |c3= | ||
*[[Coby Hansen]] (6) | |||
*[[Bud Hansen]] (7) | |||
*[[Lori]] (8) | |||
*[[President of the United States#Cybertron cartoon|President of the United States]] (9) | |||
*[[Colonel Franklin]] (10) | |||
*[[Governor Harmon]] (14) | |||
*[[Fire Chief Howes]] (15) | |||
*Sheriff (16) | |||
*[[Robert Hansen]] (17) | |||
*Mrs. Hansen (18) | |||
}} | }} | ||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
[[Image:Cyb ep8 wisp of flatulence.jpg|right|220px|thumb]] | |||
"Your proactive bipartisan synergy is indemnifying!" | |||
:—'''Jolt''' could totally be in politics. | |||
"You darned annoying guy! I'll make you genuflect like a dung beetle simmering in yakisoba!" | |||
:—People who think ''Cybertron'' is badly dubbed should check out some of the flicks in Bud's collection. | |||
"That ninja vanished in a wisp of flatulence!"<br> | |||
"Yes. It is darned annoyed!" | |||
:—Seriously, Bud has, like, ''no'' taste in movies. | |||
{{--}} | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
=== | ===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''=== | ||
*Generally speaking, ''Cybertron'' greatly magnifies the "family" theme running through this episode. There is more discussion on the meaning of family inserted between Jolt and Coby as they look at the photos, and the humans and Autobots, and their value to each other, is the subject of much discussion. | |||
*In the course of the training banter at the start of the episode, ''Cybertron'' inserts the revelation that Landmine trained Optimus Prime back in the old days. | |||
*The President's effusive use of hyperbolic verbiage is an amendment of the localization. In ''Galaxy Force'', Jolt merely catechizes Coby on the identity of the personage in evidence in the televisual presentation. | |||
*In ''Galaxy Force'', it is noted in passing that it is not the Speed Planet trophy itself that is the Cyber Planet Key, but specifically the ''jewel'' in the trophy's crown. | |||
*In ''Galaxy Force'', the phone call that distracts Mr. Hansen from Coby and Bud is not from a neighbour, but from his eldest son, Coby and Bud's brother [[Tim Hansen|Tim]]. This is a bit odd in light of ''Cybertron'''s attempt to ''increase'' the concepts of family in this episode! | |||
*''Galaxy Force'' makes a point of explaining that Prime is converting the water he sucks out of the reservoir into oxygen and hydrogen. ''Cybertron'' omits this explanation, and it ''did'' cause some fans to wonder how he was retaining such a huge amount of liquid. | |||
* | ===Transformers references=== | ||
*Landmine is still recovering from the injuries [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] inflicted on him back in the [[Fallen (episode)|first episode]] of the series. | |||
*Optimus Prime delivers a [[Metallikato]] kick. | |||
*The mysterious government agent last appeared in "[[Hidden]]". The photos he is looking through appear to be of the events of that episode. | |||
===Real-world references=== | ===Real-world references=== | ||
[[Image:Cyb ep8 little match girl.jpg|right|thumb]] | |||
*Presumably, Mount McDermott is named after ''Cybertron'' writer [[David McDermott]]. | |||
*Six Speed finds “[[wikipedia:The_Little_Match_Girl|The Little Match Girl]]” tear-inducing. | |||
===Miscellaneous trivia=== | |||
*Mr. Hansen's first name is given as "Robert". | |||
*There isn't a single stock-footage transformation, Cyber Key power or Super Mode sequence in this entire episode! Wow! | |||
[[Category:Cybertron episodes]] | [[Category:Cybertron episodes]] | ||
Revision as of 22:52, 28 August 2009
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| "Collapse" (Ningen no Machi wo Sukue!) "Save the Human City!" | |||||||||
| Production company | TV Aichi, We've, Tōkyū Agency | ||||||||
| Airdate | March 5, 2005 (Japanese) August 6, 2005 (English) | ||||||||
| Writer | Kazuhiko Sōma | ||||||||
| Director | Masashi Nagao | ||||||||
| Animation studio | GONZO | ||||||||
| Continuity | Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity | ||||||||
When a newly opened gold mine causes a mountain to collapse, putting the kids' hometown in danger, it's time for the Autobots do what they do best.
Synopsis
Across Earth and Velocitron, many different scenes unfold....
Optimus Prime and Landmine spar in the Autobot base...
A mysterious government agent studies photos of the Transformers...
And Megatron attempts to blast his way into the shrine containing Velocitron's Planet Cup. Even his prodigious strength is not enough to break down the door, and as he growls in defeat, Ransack and Crumplezone approach him with news...
About the only ones who aren't up to something exciting are Coby, Bud, Lori and the Recon Mini-Con Team, who are lounging around the Autobot base watching television. Jolt is absolutely fascinated by a televised address from the new President of the United States, but no-one else shares his enthusiasm, so Bud instead suggests that they go to their houses for a "play date". Jolt cannot dissuade his fellow Mini-Cons from the idea, and has to go with them. And it's a fortunate thing that he does: when the speeding Reverb and Six-Speed are pulled over by the town sheriff for their reckless driving, Jolt saves Coby and Bud's bacon by projecting holograms of the President and Vice-President into their driver's seats, dumbfounding the sheriff and allow them to get away.
Coby, Bud, Jolt and Reverb make it to the Hansens' house, where Bud shows Reverb ninja movies while Jolt pores over the Hansens' family photos and a home movie of a young Coby drinking an ice-cream float at an amusement park. Things get hairy when Coby and Bud's parents come home early, but fortunately, a phone call distracts their father before he can find the two Mini-Cons hiding in the closet. Things are going a little better at Lori's house, where Six Speed gets emotional while reading “The Little Match Girl”.
As night begins to fall, things start to calm down... until a earthquake suddenly racks the town! As the citizenry takes refuge in city hall, Jolt traces the epicentre of the tremor to nearby Mount McDermott, which has been rendered unstable after a recent large-scale gold-mining operation. Jolt summons Optimus Prime and the Autobots to assist in helping minimize the effects of the disaster, but it turns out the worst is yet to come: the mountain is on the verge of total collapse, which will in turn cause the release of an underground reservoir, flooding the entire town.
While Landmine and Overhaul help with disaster relief in the town itself, Prime and Scattorshot meet with the kids and Mini-Cons to try and figure out what to do. Rememering his home movie and the ice-cream float, Coby hits upon a solution: Prime uses his water pumps to drain the reservoir dry, and then Scattorshot delivers a missile blast that collapses the mountain safely into the empty cavern left behind. The plan is a roaring success, and as dawn breaks, Coby and Bud reunite with their parents... unaware that a certain sinister government agent is video-taping them from his car...
Back on Velocitron, Crumplezone and Ransack reveal their news to Megatron: they are entered in the latest big race, and can potentially win the trophy, and the Cyber Planet Key for him! Megatron is not entirely convinced of their ability, but permits them to race, rationalizing that he can at least focus his attentions elsewhere while they are covering things on Velocitron. Megatron then departs... without noticing that Hot Shot has been eavesdropping on their conversation, and now knows that the Planet Cup is the Cyber Planet Key! His determination fired up even more than usual with this revelation, Hot Shot vows to beat all comers and recover the Key for the Autobots.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
|---|---|---|
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Quotes
"Your proactive bipartisan synergy is indemnifying!"
- —Jolt could totally be in politics.
"You darned annoying guy! I'll make you genuflect like a dung beetle simmering in yakisoba!"
- —People who think Cybertron is badly dubbed should check out some of the flicks in Bud's collection.
"That ninja vanished in a wisp of flatulence!"
"Yes. It is darned annoyed!"
- —Seriously, Bud has, like, no taste in movies.
Notes
Differences with Galaxy Force
- Generally speaking, Cybertron greatly magnifies the "family" theme running through this episode. There is more discussion on the meaning of family inserted between Jolt and Coby as they look at the photos, and the humans and Autobots, and their value to each other, is the subject of much discussion.
- In the course of the training banter at the start of the episode, Cybertron inserts the revelation that Landmine trained Optimus Prime back in the old days.
- The President's effusive use of hyperbolic verbiage is an amendment of the localization. In Galaxy Force, Jolt merely catechizes Coby on the identity of the personage in evidence in the televisual presentation.
- In Galaxy Force, it is noted in passing that it is not the Speed Planet trophy itself that is the Cyber Planet Key, but specifically the jewel in the trophy's crown.
- In Galaxy Force, the phone call that distracts Mr. Hansen from Coby and Bud is not from a neighbour, but from his eldest son, Coby and Bud's brother Tim. This is a bit odd in light of Cybertron's attempt to increase the concepts of family in this episode!
- Galaxy Force makes a point of explaining that Prime is converting the water he sucks out of the reservoir into oxygen and hydrogen. Cybertron omits this explanation, and it did cause some fans to wonder how he was retaining such a huge amount of liquid.
Transformers references
- Landmine is still recovering from the injuries Starscream inflicted on him back in the first episode of the series.
- Optimus Prime delivers a Metallikato kick.
- The mysterious government agent last appeared in "Hidden". The photos he is looking through appear to be of the events of that episode.
Real-world references
- Presumably, Mount McDermott is named after Cybertron writer David McDermott.
- Six Speed finds “The Little Match Girl” tear-inducing.
Miscellaneous trivia
- Mr. Hansen's first name is given as "Robert".
- There isn't a single stock-footage transformation, Cyber Key power or Super Mode sequence in this entire episode! Wow!
