Talk:A Prime Problem

Doesn't the REAL Prime call people the wrong names at some point in the episode? The real Prime calls Spike "Splick," I'm pretty sure, and this might be the episode where he calls Trailbreaker "Trailblazer." The clone had a really easy job. --ItsWalky 13:02, 11 July 2009 (EDT)

Yeah, right after the Autobots decide that the clone is the genuine article and head down into the valley full of fuck you up crystals, Optimus Prime pleads for them not to go by calling Trailbreaker "Trailblazer". Not so sure about "Splick", though. --DrSpengler 13:31, 11 July 2009 (EDT)

Optimus yells "He's dropped Splick!" when Megatron drops him from the temporary base after it takes off. -Mazenoise 13:57, 11 July 2009 (EDT)

See, this is why none of the Autobots bat an optic when the fake Optimus Prime gets their names wrong. Optimus Prime gets their names wrong ALL THE TIME. In fact, it helps the fake's case that he gets their names wrong. Megatron was a smart guy. --ItsWalky 14:01, 11 July 2009 (EDT)

In a hilariously placed dialogue flub, Optimus calls Trailbreaker "Trailblazer", just as he's trying to convince the Autobots that he's the real Prime.

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Also, I listened carefully for this supposed "Splick", and I didn't hear it anywhere. -- Repowers 02:16, 12 July 2009 (EDT)

5:39 here. - Chris McFeely 10:56, 12 July 2009 (EDT)

Wow, I never realized, but Powerglide's an asshole. He could've easily caught "Splick" on his first pass but decided to endanger his life for the sheer purpose of showing off, and to top it off all the other Autobots just cheer him on. -Mazenoise 11:03, 12 July 2009 (EDT)

Um. Sounds like "Spike" to me. No clue where y'all are getting anything else out of it. -- Repowers 21:43, 12 July 2009 (EDT)

No, that's definitely "Splick." A long-I sound is no where near Prime's delivery here, and I'd much rather read the "L" I hear in it than presume Prime just used an ethnic slur. --ItsWalky 21:55, 12 July 2009 (EDT)

Yeah, he's... realy quite clearly saying "Splick". He's audibly making an "ick" sound, not an "ike". - Chris McFeely 21:56, 12 July 2009 (EDT)

Mmm Hmm. That is totally "Splick". Ohhhh such a bad episode. --DrSpengler 22:27, 12 July 2009 (EDT)

I think you're all deaf, insane, or need to wash your ears out, but I am outvoted. Have at it. -- Repowers 10:12, 13 July 2009 (EDT)

Then it's mutual. I don't see how you possibly couldn't hear the line as "He...he's dropped Splick!"--Apcog 10:43, 13 July 2009 (EDT)

Pheh, can't hear this supposed "Splick" either. Sounds "Spike" to me no matter how often I listen that part. Geewunling 10:47, 13 July 2009 (EDT)

Heheheh, I've been reading about this for years but hadn't actually listened for it until now. It is pretty unmistakeably "Splick," I just can't see how people could miss that "L". --Thylacine 2000 11:38, 13 July 2009 (EDT)

It's inexplicable how anyone could miss this. -Derik 12:08, 13 July 2009 (EDT)

It's willful misinterpretation at best. After about ten listens, I can vaguely hear what you guys are referring to, but it's really just a slightly percussive, forced-breath "Spike". I really don't think it belongs on the page. -- Repowers 15:06, 13 July 2009 (EDT)

You're deaf, Rob. And outnumbered. --ItsWalky 15:07, 13 July 2009 (EDT)