Code of Hero

The rest is silence...

Beast Wars > Season 2

Dinobot makes the ultimate sacrifice to save those who are still to come.

Preceded by: Bad Spark
Succeeded by: Transmutate

Stats

Original airdate: March 9, 1998 (Special Cartoon Network Preview); April 25, 1998 (Regular Syndication)

Written by: Ian Weir

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Maximals	Predacons	Others
Dinobot (1) Optimus Primal (2) Rhinox (3) Rattrap (4) Cheetor (5) Silverbolt (13)	Tarantulas (6) Megatron (7) Rampage (8) Waspinator (9) Blackarachnia (10) Inferno (11) Quickstrike (12)

Quotes

"Destroy this valley, and everything in it! The human race shall never have existed!"

-- Megatron, announcing the impending genocide of the proto-humans.

"The question that once haunted my being has been answered. The future is not fixed, and my choices are my own. And yet, how ironic - for I now find that I have no choice at all! I am a warrior... let the battle be joined."

-- Dinobot, realizing his destiny.

"Hmm, my ears are burning! Yesss! Why, Dinobot, what a delightful surprise! Let's see, where are we now? I have the Golden Disk. I have the power to change the future. And the only obstacle in my path to unimaginable glory... is yourself. Exhausted. Damaged beyond recovery. Defeated."
"Not just yet!"
"Uh-uh-uh!"
(Megatron reveals a proto-human bound in energon bindings)
"One more step and it's raining bits of early anthropoid, yesss. Oh dear, how positively Maximal of you. You were weakened before you started, Dinobot. Weakened by compassion."

-- Megatron confronting the severely damaged Dinobot.

"Oh, hohoho. Really, Dinobot? A stick, against a Transmetal? I think not."
"Final Warning: Power failing. Jepoardy extreme. Repeat: Extreme."
"Please. Face it, Dinobot. You're old technology. Obsolete. What you you, possibly do?"
"Improvise."

-- Megatron arrogantly mocking Dinobot while the Maximal's computer warns him of his injuries.

"He lived a warrior... and died a hero. Let his spark join the Matrix. The greatest of Cybertron."

-- Optimus Primal's eulogy to Dinobot.

Notes

Technical/Animation Glitches

• As Quickstrike approaches Dinobot, his left shin is backwards.
• At Dinobot's funeral, Rattrap is in his pre-Transmetal body.
• When Megatron is flying over the proto-human valley, his legs are missing and his body has very little detail.

Real-World References

• Dinobot's final words, "The rest is silence", are taken directly from Shakespeare's "Hamlet".

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