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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* Characters mentioned include: [[TORQ V]]. | * Characters mentioned include: [[TORQ V]]. | ||
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===Continuity notes=== | |||
* All the ambassadors visiting Autobot City are various one episode humans/aliens characters from the ''Transformers'' cartoon, including: Bosch from "[[The Gambler]]", Alana from "[[Sea Change]]", Dirk Manus from "[[Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything]]", and Astoria Carlton-Ritz from "[[The Girl Who Loved Powerglide]]". | |||
* [[Quantum Laboratories]] first appeared in "[[Day of the Machines]]". | * Ultra Magnus drives past statues of various Autobots who died in the [[Battle of Autobot City]], including Wheeljack and Windcharger, whose corpses were seen in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''; Huffer, who was mentioned as having died in "[[Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening]]"; and Red Alert, who was killed by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s, as seen in a flashback [[A Flash Forward|last chapter]]. | ||
* Jhiaxus has computer screens in his lab displaying | * [[Quantum Laboratories]] first appeared in "[[Day of the Machines]]". Their new computer, TORQ V, is an upgraded version of [[TORQ III]] from that episode. | ||
* Side Burn, along with | * Ramjet's club toy bio noted that Clench was not happy with him edging in on his turf; evidently, they've managed to cut a deal since then. | ||
* Jhiaxus has computer screens in his lab displaying images of Soundwave, Frenzy, and (as next issue would reveal) the original Nightracer. Each image is a screencap of the original cartoon, with Nightracer in particular being an edited [[:File:Nightbird g1.jpg|screencap]] of [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], as reveal by Pete Sinclair and Jesse Wittenrich [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=88347&view=findpost&p=2119589 on the Allspark Forums]. | |||
* Runabout notes that Jhiaxus sent them out to look for the "glowing pink cubes with the robots' thoughts in them"; these are [[personality component]], depicted as nearly identical to [[energon cube]]s in "[[Starscream's Brigade]]", something which Runamuck lampshades. | |||
* Side Burn, along with the majority of the Cybertron-bound Autobots, went into stasis in "[[Battle Lines, Part 6]]". How he got seperated from the others is unknown, but given that the Battlechargers find him in a bunch of rubble, it's possible his [[stasis pod]] was lost during a cave-in. | |||
===Real world references=== | |||
* Cliffjumper compares Firecracker's pyrotechnic abilities to the [[July 4|Fourth of July]]. | |||
===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
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| "A Flash Forward, Part 2" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Fun Publications | ||||||||||||
| Published in | Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #44 | ||||||||||||
| Writers | Jesse Wittenrich & Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Pencils | Matt Frank | ||||||||||||
| Inks | Matt Frank | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Thomas Deer | ||||||||||||
| Letters | Jesse Wittenrich | ||||||||||||
| Managing editor | Pete Sinclair | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Wings Universe | ||||||||||||
| Chronology | 2012 | ||||||||||||
Cliffjumper puts some Autobots to the test while the forces of darkness plot.
Synopsis
It's 2012, and a number of alien ambassadors are visiting Autobot City. Some distance away, Cliffjumper is having some of the Autobots recently augmented by forestonite give a demonstration of the new powers they've picked up. Despite Ultra Magnus reminding him by radio that they're still Autobots, Cliffjumper doesn't trust these crazy new powers until he's seen them firsthand. He has them destroy mock Decepticon targets with their various powers while he takes notes.
Back in the city, Magnus briefs Rapido, Sizzle, and Pyro on a recent break in at Quantum Laboratories, including the theft of some schematics. He assigns them the task of finding the perpetrator and retrieving the information, something which Sizzle is already working on, using his power to send his consciousness into the future and track enemies.
On Cybertron, Jhiaxus receives a report from Clench about the theft. Jhiaxus thanks him for the information, but Clench is cagey on the Firecons he hass provided to Jhiaxus. Jhiaxus, however, has found out all he needs to know about them from Sky-Byte. He decides it is time to leave, and the "other two" will needs to be recalled.
Meanwhile, Runabout and Runamuck are exploring Cybertron's innards, and have found the personality components Jhiaxus was after. They are interrupted by a stasis hibernation pod, which opens to reveal Side Burn!
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans | Others |
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Quotes
"Magnus. What is it?"
"They're Autobots."
"I know that."
"You occasionally need a reminder."
- —Cliffjumper and Ultra Magnus
"Did you find what the boss is looking for? The glowing pink cubes with robots' thoughts in them?"
"I think so, but we have so many glowing pink cubes on this planet! Can't they glow different colo-"
- —Runabout and Runamuck
Notes
- Characters mentioned include: TORQ V.
Continuity notes
- All the ambassadors visiting Autobot City are various one episode humans/aliens characters from the Transformers cartoon, including: Bosch from "The Gambler", Alana from "Sea Change", Dirk Manus from "Money Is Everything", and Astoria Carlton-Ritz from "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide".
- Ultra Magnus drives past statues of various Autobots who died in the Battle of Autobot City, including Wheeljack and Windcharger, whose corpses were seen in The Transformers: The Movie; Huffer, who was mentioned as having died in "Dark Awakening"; and Red Alert, who was killed by the Constructicons, as seen in a flashback last chapter.
- Quantum Laboratories first appeared in "Day of the Machines". Their new computer, TORQ V, is an upgraded version of TORQ III from that episode.
- Ramjet's club toy bio noted that Clench was not happy with him edging in on his turf; evidently, they've managed to cut a deal since then.
- Jhiaxus has computer screens in his lab displaying images of Soundwave, Frenzy, and (as next issue would reveal) the original Nightracer. Each image is a screencap of the original cartoon, with Nightracer in particular being an edited screencap of Nightbird, as reveal by Pete Sinclair and Jesse Wittenrich on the Allspark Forums.
- Runabout notes that Jhiaxus sent them out to look for the "glowing pink cubes with the robots' thoughts in them"; these are personality component, depicted as nearly identical to energon cubes in "Starscream's Brigade", something which Runamuck lampshades.
- Side Burn, along with the majority of the Cybertron-bound Autobots, went into stasis in "Battle Lines, Part 6". How he got seperated from the others is unknown, but given that the Battlechargers find him in a bunch of rubble, it's possible his stasis pod was lost during a cave-in.
Real world references
- Cliffjumper compares Firecracker's pyrotechnic abilities to the Fourth of July.
Errors
- Despite the fact that "Generation 2: Redux" and A Flash Forward explicitly take place in 2010 and 2012, the G2 Autobots' forestonite abilities are still considered "new" in the latter story. What, did Cliffjumper wait for two years before his paranoia got strong enough to make the new guys show him what they could do?
