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'''Bulkhead deals with some cheap knockoffs; Lockdown and Blackarachnia have a lunar showdown.''' | '''Bulkhead deals with some cheap knockoffs; Lockdown and Blackarachnia have a lunar showdown.''' | ||
== | ==The Insincerest Form of Flattery== | ||
=== | ===Synopsis=== | ||
At the [[Annual Auto/Robo Show]] in the [[Detroit Convention Center]], corporate slimeball [[Porter C. Powell]] is unveiling [[Powell Motorworks]]' newest consumer vehicle line: the [[Bulkhead (vehicle)|Bulkhead]], a gas-guzzling "mega van" inspired by [[Bulkhead (Animated)|the Autobot of the same name]]. Bulkhead himself, naturally, is deeply unenthusiastic about his name and [[altmode]] being appropriated in such a way, and crashes the press event to make his feelings known; Powell retorts that, as said altmode was based upon an existing Powell Motorworks vehicle in the first place, Bulkhead has no rights to any [[trademark]], and proceeds to conveniently edit the Autobot's words of protest into a glowing recommendation. Soon, the streets of Detroit are flooded with the oversized and poorly constructed vehicles, with even [[Angry Archer|Detroit's]] [[Professor Princess|supervillains]] getting in on the Bulkhead action, causing danger and confusion to Autobots and humans alike. | At the [[Annual Auto/Robo Show]] in the [[Detroit Convention Center]], corporate slimeball [[Porter C. Powell]] is unveiling [[Powell Motorworks]]' newest consumer vehicle line: the [[Bulkhead (vehicle)|Bulkhead]], a gas-guzzling "mega van" inspired by [[Bulkhead (Animated)|the Autobot of the same name]]. Bulkhead himself, naturally, is deeply unenthusiastic about his name and [[Alternate mode|altmode]] being appropriated in such a way, and crashes the press event to make his feelings known; Powell retorts that, as said altmode was based upon an existing Powell Motorworks vehicle in the first place, Bulkhead has no rights to any [[trademark]], and proceeds to conveniently edit the Autobot's words of protest into a glowing recommendation. Soon, the streets of Detroit are flooded with the oversized and poorly constructed vehicles, with even [[Angry Archer|Detroit's]] [[Professor Princess|supervillains]] getting in on the Bulkhead action, causing danger and confusion to Autobots and humans alike. | ||
Realizing that the slapdash manufacturing of the Bulkhead [[Knockoff|knockoffs]] are making them a hazard as well as a nuisance, Bulkhead formulates a plan to trap Powell; at ''[[Pimp My Bulkhead]]'', a Powell Motorworks design competition for custom-painted Bulkheads, the sleazy CEO is tricked into boarding a Powell-themed vehicle, driven by a mysterious hooded figure, which proceeds to take him on a dangerous high-speed joyride, during which a terrified Powell confesses the perilous design flaws of the unit. The vehicle, of course, turns out to be the real Bulkhead [[Repaint|repainted]], and the hooded figure a hidden camera which has captured Powell's entire confession, forcing a recall of the defective vehicles. | Realizing that the slapdash manufacturing of the Bulkhead [[Knockoff|knockoffs]] are making them a hazard as well as a nuisance, Bulkhead formulates a plan to trap Powell; at ''[[Pimp My Bulkhead]]'', a Powell Motorworks design competition for custom-painted Bulkheads, the sleazy CEO is tricked into boarding a Powell-themed vehicle, driven by a mysterious hooded figure, which proceeds to take him on a dangerous high-speed joyride, during which a terrified Powell confesses the perilous design flaws of the unit. The vehicle, of course, turns out to be the real Bulkhead [[Repaint|repainted]], and the hooded figure a hidden camera which has captured Powell's entire confession, forcing a recall of the defective vehicles. | ||
= | ===Featured characters=== | ||
==Featured characters== | |||
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* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (5) | * [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (5) | ||
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (6) | * [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (6) | ||
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* [[Porter C. Powell]] (1) | * [[Porter C. Powell]] (1) | ||
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==Quotes== | ===Quotes=== | ||
"And I suppose you've registered the patent and copyrighted your name and image."<br> | "And I suppose you've registered the patent and copyrighted your name and image."<br> | ||
"Uh...no." | "Uh... no." | ||
:—'''Porter C. Powell''' informs '''Bulkhead''' that he's just lost the [[trademark]] on his own name. Don't worry, Bulkhead: just rename yourself "[[Blastification|Autobot Bulkblast]]", and you should be right as rain. | :—'''Porter C. Powell''' informs '''Bulkhead''' that he's just lost the [[trademark]] on his own name. Don't worry, Bulkhead: just rename yourself "[[Blastification|Autobot Bulkblast]]", and you should be right as rain. | ||
"Curse this unwieldy gargantuan! | "Curse this unwieldy gargantuan! My kingdom for a hybrid!" | ||
:—The '''Angry Archer''' regrets not listening to Al Gore. | :—The '''Angry Archer''' regrets not listening to Al Gore. | ||
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:—'''Ratchet''' speaks out on the evils of [[neon]] [[Repaint|repaints]]. | :—'''Ratchet''' speaks out on the evils of [[neon]] [[Repaint|repaints]]. | ||
===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
* When the disguised Bulkhead transforms to robot mode, his paint job goes from the vehicle mode's solid blocks of color to random swooshes and blotches. | * When the disguised Bulkhead transforms to robot mode, his paint job goes from the vehicle mode's solid blocks of color to random swooshes and blotches. | ||
* | ===Items of Note=== | ||
====Real-world references==== | |||
* The Angry Archer paraphrases "A horse! A horse! My Kingdom for a horse!" from Shakespeare's ''[[wikipedia:Richard III (play)|Richard III]]''. | |||
* The tendency of the Bulkhead to detonate on impact due to a faulty gas tank is likely a reference to the [[wikipedia:Ford Pinto|Ford Pinto]], which had a similar problem. | |||
* Powell invites the people of Detroit to "[[wikipedia:Pimp My Ride|Pimp My Bulkhead]]". | |||
* Powell refers to the Bulkhead as "unsafe at any speed", a reference to ''[[wikipedia:Unsafe at Any Speed|Unsafe at Any Speed]]'', a 1965 expose of the auto industry by [[wikipedia:Ralph Nader|Ralph Nader]]. | |||
==A Few Loose Strands== | |||
===Synopsis=== | |||
At the Decepticon headquarters on [[New Kaon]], [[Lockdown]] is hired by [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] to bring in the Autobot presumed responsible for [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron's]] death and is allowed to name his price—specifically, [[Lugnut]]'s "[[Punch of Kill Everything]]". Tracking the ''[[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]]'' to the location of its crash on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Lockdown, through use of the security footage, determines that a repair crew led by [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] was responsible. At that moment, however, he is suddenly ambushed by [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]], who unbeknownst to him is also investigating the crashed hulk of the Nemesis. | |||
Not willing to risk the bounty hunter finding the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] before her, Blackarachnia attempts to dissuade him from investigating Earth, but Lockdown doesn't take kindly to her interference, and the pair come to blows. Seemingly incapacitated, Blackarachnia uses her download ability on Lockdown, knocking him out, but she is immediately overwhelmed by the sheer number of powers and modifications she ends up taking from him, and passes out herself. | |||
When Lockdown comes to, Blackarachnia is seemingly gone. Dismissing this, he boards his ship and heads down to Detroit in pursuit of his real target, Optimus Prime, little realising that Blackarachnia, stowing away aboard his ship and hidden from its scanners thanks to her techno-organic make-up, has hitched a free ride to Earth and is now hot in pursuit of the very same Autobot... | |||
* | ===Featured characters=== | ||
{{featuredcharacters | |||
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* [[Lockdown]] (1) | |||
* [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (2) | |||
* [[Lugnut]] (3) | |||
* [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] (4) | |||
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (5) | |||
}} | |||
=== | ===Quotes=== | ||
* | * None yet identified. | ||
* | ===Errors=== | ||
* Despite being set before "[[Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found]]", Lugnut and Blitzwing are depicted with their Earthmode bodies. | |||
* Similarly, Blackarachnia is using her [[:Image:AniBlackarachniaPromoModel.jpg|discarded early character model]], rather than the final version. It can't be a pre-Earth form, as Blackarachnia's whole deal is her inability to alter her form. (The early version was also used in the [[Transform and Roll Out|pilot episode]], but was replaced by her second appearance.) | |||
* | ===Items of Note=== | ||
* In the background of page 13, [[Lugnut]] can be seen crushing the "infidel" [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] in his grip for ''daring'' to suggest that mighty Megatron might be [[Death|offline]]. | |||
* Speaking of Luggy, that page was also used to [[Canonizing|canonize]] the name of his [[Punch of Kill Everything]]. | |||
* | ====Transformers references==== | ||
* The walls of the Decepticon headquarters are adorned with artifacts including the [[Movie (franchise)|live-action movie]] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s energy sword and [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s null ray. | |||
* Among the trophies seen on Lockdown's ship are the disembodied head of [[Bug Bite (G1)|a white-coloured Bumblebee]] and what appears to be the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. | |||
* "A Few Loose Strands" takes place immediately prior to "[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]", and also reveals how Blackarachnia got to Earth in "[[Along Came a Spider]]". | |||
====Real-world references==== | |||
* The final panel with Blackarachnia is blatantly [[Spider-Man]]-ny, down to her holding the tangled, Todd-McFarlane-esque web-line. | * The final panel with Blackarachnia is blatantly [[Spider-Man]]-ny, down to her holding the tangled, Todd-McFarlane-esque web-line. | ||
==Covers (3)== | |||
{{picsneeded|Covers A, B and RI}} | {{picsneeded|Covers A, B and RI}} | ||
* '''Cover A:''' Porter C. Powell looms menacingly over Bulkhead; art and colors by [[Marcelo Matere]]. | * '''Cover A:''' Porter C. Powell looms menacingly over Bulkhead; art and colors by [[Marcelo Matere]]. | ||
* '''Cover B:''' A poncho-clad Lockdown faces Blackarachnia; art and colors by [[Josh Burcham]]. | * '''Cover B:''' A poncho-clad Lockdown faces Blackarachnia; art and colors by [[Josh Burcham]]. | ||
* '''Incentive Cover RI''': [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] stock art. | * '''Incentive Cover RI''': [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] stock art. | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Image:Arrival4 coverA.jpg| | Image:Arrival4 coverA.jpg| | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | November 12, 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | November 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Marty Isenberg | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Boo (on "A Few Loose Strands") | ||||||||||||
| Pencils by | Dario Brizuela (on "The Insincerest Form of Flattery") | ||||||||||||
| Inks by | Leandro Corral (on "The Insincerest Form of Flattery") | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Liam Shalloo | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Chris Mowry | ||||||||||||
| Edits by | Denton J. Tipton | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Transformers Animated | ||||||||||||
Bulkhead deals with some cheap knockoffs; Lockdown and Blackarachnia have a lunar showdown.
The Insincerest Form of Flattery
Synopsis
At the Annual Auto/Robo Show in the Detroit Convention Center, corporate slimeball Porter C. Powell is unveiling Powell Motorworks' newest consumer vehicle line: the Bulkhead, a gas-guzzling "mega van" inspired by the Autobot of the same name. Bulkhead himself, naturally, is deeply unenthusiastic about his name and altmode being appropriated in such a way, and crashes the press event to make his feelings known; Powell retorts that, as said altmode was based upon an existing Powell Motorworks vehicle in the first place, Bulkhead has no rights to any trademark, and proceeds to conveniently edit the Autobot's words of protest into a glowing recommendation. Soon, the streets of Detroit are flooded with the oversized and poorly constructed vehicles, with even Detroit's supervillains getting in on the Bulkhead action, causing danger and confusion to Autobots and humans alike.
Realizing that the slapdash manufacturing of the Bulkhead knockoffs are making them a hazard as well as a nuisance, Bulkhead formulates a plan to trap Powell; at Pimp My Bulkhead, a Powell Motorworks design competition for custom-painted Bulkheads, the sleazy CEO is tricked into boarding a Powell-themed vehicle, driven by a mysterious hooded figure, which proceeds to take him on a dangerous high-speed joyride, during which a terrified Powell confesses the perilous design flaws of the unit. The vehicle, of course, turns out to be the real Bulkhead repainted, and the hooded figure a hidden camera which has captured Powell's entire confession, forcing a recall of the defective vehicles.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Humans |
|---|---|
|
|
Quotes
"And I suppose you've registered the patent and copyrighted your name and image."
"Uh... no."
- —Porter C. Powell informs Bulkhead that he's just lost the trademark on his own name. Don't worry, Bulkhead: just rename yourself "Autobot Bulkblast", and you should be right as rain.
"Curse this unwieldy gargantuan! My kingdom for a hybrid!"
- —The Angry Archer regrets not listening to Al Gore.
"What I can't figure out is who in their right processor would want to ride around in such a gaudy custom paint job in the first place"
Errors
- When the disguised Bulkhead transforms to robot mode, his paint job goes from the vehicle mode's solid blocks of color to random swooshes and blotches.
Items of Note
Real-world references
- The Angry Archer paraphrases "A horse! A horse! My Kingdom for a horse!" from Shakespeare's Richard III.
- The tendency of the Bulkhead to detonate on impact due to a faulty gas tank is likely a reference to the Ford Pinto, which had a similar problem.
- Powell invites the people of Detroit to "Pimp My Bulkhead".
- Powell refers to the Bulkhead as "unsafe at any speed", a reference to Unsafe at Any Speed, a 1965 expose of the auto industry by Ralph Nader.
A Few Loose Strands
Synopsis
At the Decepticon headquarters on New Kaon, Lockdown is hired by Blitzwing to bring in the Autobot presumed responsible for Megatron's death and is allowed to name his price—specifically, Lugnut's "Punch of Kill Everything". Tracking the Nemesis to the location of its crash on the Moon, Lockdown, through use of the security footage, determines that a repair crew led by Optimus Prime was responsible. At that moment, however, he is suddenly ambushed by Blackarachnia, who unbeknownst to him is also investigating the crashed hulk of the Nemesis.
Not willing to risk the bounty hunter finding the AllSpark before her, Blackarachnia attempts to dissuade him from investigating Earth, but Lockdown doesn't take kindly to her interference, and the pair come to blows. Seemingly incapacitated, Blackarachnia uses her download ability on Lockdown, knocking him out, but she is immediately overwhelmed by the sheer number of powers and modifications she ends up taking from him, and passes out herself.
When Lockdown comes to, Blackarachnia is seemingly gone. Dismissing this, he boards his ship and heads down to Detroit in pursuit of his real target, Optimus Prime, little realising that Blackarachnia, stowing away aboard his ship and hidden from its scanners thanks to her techno-organic make-up, has hitched a free ride to Earth and is now hot in pursuit of the very same Autobot...
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Decepticons |
|---|
|
Quotes
- None yet identified.
Errors
- Despite being set before "Lost and Found", Lugnut and Blitzwing are depicted with their Earthmode bodies.
- Similarly, Blackarachnia is using her discarded early character model, rather than the final version. It can't be a pre-Earth form, as Blackarachnia's whole deal is her inability to alter her form. (The early version was also used in the pilot episode, but was replaced by her second appearance.)
Items of Note
- In the background of page 13, Lugnut can be seen crushing the "infidel" Oil Slick in his grip for daring to suggest that mighty Megatron might be offline.
- Speaking of Luggy, that page was also used to canonize the name of his Punch of Kill Everything.
Transformers references
- The walls of the Decepticon headquarters are adorned with artifacts including the live-action movie Optimus Prime's energy sword and Generation 1 Starscream's null ray.
- Among the trophies seen on Lockdown's ship are the disembodied head of a white-coloured Bumblebee and what appears to be the Matrix of Leadership.
- "A Few Loose Strands" takes place immediately prior to "The Thrill of the Hunt", and also reveals how Blackarachnia got to Earth in "Along Came a Spider".
Real-world references
- The final panel with Blackarachnia is blatantly Spider-Man-ny, down to her holding the tangled, Todd-McFarlane-esque web-line.
Covers (3)
- Cover A: Porter C. Powell looms menacingly over Bulkhead; art and colors by Marcelo Matere.
- Cover B: A poncho-clad Lockdown faces Blackarachnia; art and colors by Josh Burcham.
- Incentive Cover RI: Megatron stock art.
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