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**The footage of "the first time Optimus went up against Megatron" is actually from "[[Comrade]]". | **The footage of "the first time Optimus went up against Megatron" is actually from "[[Comrade]]". | ||
**Rad refers to Optimus transforming into a "really cool base", when it's actually his trailer transforming. | **Rad refers to Optimus transforming into a "really cool base", when it's actually his trailer transforming. | ||
===Foreign localization=== | |||
'''German''' | |||
:*''Title:'' "'''Falsches Spiel'''" ("False Play") | |||
:*''Original airdate:'' This episode was never shown on TV, but was dubbed in 2003. The Dub premiered in 2009 with the german DVD Release of the Show. | |||
===Trivia=== | ===Trivia=== | ||
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| "Detection" (Shōtai) "Detection: True Character" | ||||||
| Production code | TF: A-27 | |||||
| Production company | TV Tokyo, NAS | |||||
| Airdate | March 1, 2003 (English) 11 July 2003 (Japanese) | |||||
| Writer | Ryō Motohira | |||||
| Director | Masayuki Motsumoto | |||||
| Animation studio | Actas Inc. | |||||
| Continuity | Unicron Trilogy | |||||
The Decepticons are suspicious of Sideways. They should be.
Synopsis
Jetfire and Smokescreen arm-wrestle while Hot Shot and the kids watch. Carlos is confused by Alexis cheering for both combatants, and Smokescreen blames his loss on his arm falling asleep. Alexis reflects on how morale has been high since Jetfire arrived.
Thrust explains to Megatron that the reason both of his plans failed was because the Decepticons are unable to work as a team like the Autobots do. Though Megatron takes this as a slight against his command abilities, Thrust begs his leader to let him continue. Demolishor's scoffing at Thrust's command ability proves the point that the Decepticons are too busy bickering to work as a team. Thrust tells Megatron that if they're able to obtain the Skyboom Shield, then more Decepticons will come to Earth to join their cause. But Thrust says first they have something else to attend to, and looks pointedly at Sideways.
Meanwhile, something big moves through the Solar System.
Repairs in the Autobot base aren't going well, with Hot Shot and Optimus seeming to be confused over where to put things. Alexis notices that Jetfire is missing. The kids follow Hot Shot and ask him what the Autobots are going to do once the ship is repaired. He says they intend to stay on Earth until all the Mini-Cons are free. They join Jetfire, who's reviewing battle footage. They review more footage, and Jetfire asks about Sideways. The others fill him in on how Sideways fooled them all into thinking he was an Autobot.
Sideways and Demolishor discuss how they don't trust Thrust, and Sideways manipulates his dim comrade into thinking they need to kill off the Decepticon jet. When Demolisher says he'll talk Starscream and Cyclonus into helping them, Sideways announces he's taking care of it himself, making Demolishor even more determined to do it.
Jetfire is skeptical that Sideways really is a Decepticon, playing a clip which shows Sideways shooting down Cyclonus. Hot Shot and the kids are confused.
Thrust is waiting to meet Megatron out on the surface of the Moon, when Demolishor rises out of a pile of discarded parts, seizing the Decepticon and tossing him away. Nearby, Sideways watches smugly before going to a cave to make a report that the Autobots are now stronger than the Decepticons. He's interrupted by the rest of the Decepticons. Demolishor is confused as to what's going on, and the others explain that Sideways has been duping them all along. Megatron then arrives and confronts Sideways, only for the latter to activate a hidden panel. The ground shakes, covering Sideways's escape, but Thrust gives chase.
Back on Earth, the kids puzzle over what Sideways's deal is. Alexis doesn't think he's trying to collect Mini-Cons, and they ultimately decide he can't be trusted.
Thrust and Sideways fight in robot mode with the rest of the Decepticons watching. As Megatron tells Thrust to finish his enemy, Sideways dissolves into static, appearing as a ghostly form. Megatron slashes it with the Star Saber, but it reforms. The other Decepticons fire ineffectually on Sideways and, after Megatron slashes him a few more times, Sideways disappears. Megatron boasts, but the static reforms into Sideways's rider's head and gloats that Megatron will never destroy him. Still gloating, Sideways's rider flies off into space.
Sometime later, the Decepticons and Autobots are locked in another battle as the huge object from earlier moves through Earth's atmosphere.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans | Mini-Cons |
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Quotes
"Oh, yeah? Bring it on, Smokey!"
- —Jetfire mistakes Smokescreen for a bear.
"And remember how Hot Shot and Carlos almost became Swiss cheese?"
"Aw, man, don't even go there, or I'll end up in therapy."
- —Alexis and Carlos
"I don't trust him as far as I could throw him. I'd love to crush that arrogant mainframe into a pile of titanium shavings!"
- —Demolishor on Thrust
"This is one virus you'll never be able to eliminate, Megatron! You see, I can change my appearance any time I please, and I can fight at any power level, so you'll never destroy me! Never! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
- —Mirror
Notes
Differences with Micron Legend
Animation and technical errors
- As part of a repeating error, Sideways's bare robot mode head is colored shades of grey instead of yellow and purple outside of his stock footage sequences.
- The footage Jetfire, Hot Shot and the kids review often doesn't bear any resemblance to what they're describing:
- The footage of their "last battle with the Decepticons" features Cyclonus powerlinking with Drill Bit, which didn't happen in "Linkup".
- The footage of "the first time Optimus went up against Megatron" is actually from "Comrade".
- Rad refers to Optimus transforming into a "really cool base", when it's actually his trailer transforming.
Foreign localization
German
- Title: "Falsches Spiel" ("False Play")
- Original airdate: This episode was never shown on TV, but was dubbed in 2003. The Dub premiered in 2009 with the german DVD Release of the Show.
Trivia
- When Sideways makes his report, his rider and robot mode are unusually acting independently.
- Sideways is referred to several times as a virus.
- The second opening sequence and song "Transformers: Kōtetsu no Yūki", and second ending song "Don't Give Up!!" both debut in this episode in Micron Legend.
- The new opening credits start with the Autobot-allied "Transformer" logo as seen in the original Generation 1 cartoon before switching to Micron Legend's logo. It then showcases the Autobots, accompanied by a tiled mosaic of the Decepticons that's composed of stock footage. Stock footage of the key Mini-Cons Teams—Street Action, Air Defense, Race, and Space—in their combined forms is also included.
- The ending credits visuals remain the same: slowly panning over the original Autobot and Decepticon arrivals via Laserbeak in camcorder mode.
Home video releases
- DVD
2003 — Transformers: Micron Legend — Volume 7 (Columbia Music Entertainment) — Japanese audio only.
2003 — Transformers: Armada — Vol:09 (Warner Music Video)
2006 — Transformers: Armada — Season One: Part Two (Rhino Entertainment)
2009 — Transformers: Armada — Volume Two (New KSM) — English and German audio.
