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{{disambig2|the iPhone of Ultimate Death|the episode in which it appears|The Ultimate Weapon}} | {{disambig2|the iPhone of Ultimate Death|the episode in which it appears|The Ultimate Weapon}} | ||
[[File:Ultimate weapon.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.]] | [[File:Ultimate weapon.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.]] | ||
The '''Ultimate Weapon''' is a cipher. An indeterminate unknown amid a field of {{w|Unknown unknown|known knowns}} that {{w|Schrödinger's cat|simultaneously embodies and fails to embody}} our hopes and dreams / fears and anxieties until proven to/not-to. | The '''Ultimate Weapon''' is a cipher. An indeterminate unknown amid a field of {{w|Unknown unknown|known knowns}} that {{w|Schrödinger's cat|simultaneously embodies and fails to embody}} our hopes and dreams / fears and anxieties until proven to/not-to. | ||
It requires 2 AA batteries. | |||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
=== | ===''The Transformers'' cartoon=== | ||
Seeking to take advantage of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime | Seeking to take advantage of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s self-doubt, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] created a box with blinking lights and sounds and claimed it was a weapon capable of destroying [[Earth]]. Galvatron hoped that the Ultimate Weapon's unknown nature would cause Rodimus to project all his anxieties and insecurities onto it. Instead, the Ultimate Weapon helped Rodimus to conquer his doubts by externalizing them. Since logic dictated that if Galvatron had an Ultimate Weapon, he would have used it long ago... the weapon had to be a fake. He had been coddling his own insecurities. Rodimus observed that the real Ultimate Weapon was the mind. | ||
Galvatron hoped that the Ultimate Weapon's | |||
Rodimus observed that the | |||
Galvatron, pissed off, broke his toy and ran away. | Galvatron, pissed off, broke his toy and ran away. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}} | ||
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[[Category:Generation 1 weapons]] | [[Category:Generation 1 weapons]] | ||
[[Category:Things that don't exist]] | [[Category:Things that don't exist]] | ||
Revision as of 19:24, 26 January 2024
| This article is about the iPhone of Ultimate Death. For the episode in which it appears, see The Ultimate Weapon. |
The Ultimate Weapon is a cipher. An indeterminate unknown amid a field of known knowns that simultaneously embodies and fails to embody our hopes and dreams / fears and anxieties until proven to/not-to.
It requires 2 AA batteries.
Fiction
The Transformers cartoon
Seeking to take advantage of Rodimus Prime's self-doubt, Galvatron created a box with blinking lights and sounds and claimed it was a weapon capable of destroying Earth. Galvatron hoped that the Ultimate Weapon's unknown nature would cause Rodimus to project all his anxieties and insecurities onto it. Instead, the Ultimate Weapon helped Rodimus to conquer his doubts by externalizing them. Since logic dictated that if Galvatron had an Ultimate Weapon, he would have used it long ago... the weapon had to be a fake. He had been coddling his own insecurities. Rodimus observed that the real Ultimate Weapon was the mind.
Galvatron, pissed off, broke his toy and ran away. The Ultimate Weapon
