Nemesis Part 2

Megatron has possession of the Nemesis, and the Maximals need a last-minute miracle to stop him.

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It had a good run, but Beast Wars never did want to live forever.

Summary

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Optimus and Tigerhawk conclude that it is better to fight and die than run.

Megatron has raised the Nemesis from its watery grave and has begun a random attack on everything in sight, all the while quoting the Covenant of Primus. Optimus Primal and Tigerhawk attempt to fight it off, but their weapons don't even scratch the hull. Tigerhawk tells Primal to rally the Maximals and that he will remain to fight. On the Nemesis, Dinobot II is commenting that his spark has changed and feels complete. Aspects of the original Dinobot begin to emerge. He admires Tigerhawk's defense. Tigerhawk is able to damage power on several decks, limiting Megatron's offensive options to using the fusion cannon, which he uses to destroy Tigerhawk. Going to the Protohuman settlement, Megatron prepares to destroy it. Dinobot objects, asking where the honor is in such an act, but Megatron fires anyway, killing Inferno and Quickstrike in the process.

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The Nemesis hovering like some vast, predatory bird over Mount St. Hilary.

At Mount St. Hilary, the Maximals are preparing a last-ditch strategy—bring the Ark online and fight the Nemesis. However, the ship has been offline too long, and Rhinox and Blackarachnia are having trouble restoring power. The Nemesis arrives, but Tigerhawk's attack has depleted its energon reserves, and the fusion cannon requires time to recharge. Megatron activates its tractor beam, and Primal enters the Nemesis. He and Megatron duke it out, but the Predacon clearly has the advantage. On the Ark, the Maximals manage to get the engines on line, but they burn out almost instantly. Rattrap proclaims that they are all going to die, and for once, no one tells him to shut up.

If Optimus can't beat Megatron, what chance do we have?

However, Dinobot II, disapproving of Megatron's actions, sends a message to the Maximals of an Autobot shuttle stored in the Ark. Megatron orders Dinobot II to fire, but he refuses, stating that he has his honor. In a last bid to save them all, Rhinox pilots the shuttle on a collision course with the Nemesis' bridge, crashing through the viewport and going out the other side. Optimus urges Dinobot to save himself, but he remains with the ship, biding farewell to Primal. As the Nemesis crashes, Primal rejoins the Maximals.

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The Beast Wars are over—finished. But It never ends!

Some time later, the Maximals, having repaired the shuttle and rigged a transwarp cell to it, leave Earth for Cybertron. Optimus, piloting the ship, declares that the Beast Wars are over, and memorializes the Maximals who fell during the war. Rattrap, however, is more happy to be going home and points out that they won't have to see Megatron 'til they get there, as the Predacon is tied to the hull of their shuttle. As the shuttle enters transwarp, the scene shifts to the Protohumans, who have built a village and are using parts of Inferno and Quickstrike in a ritual to celebrate their new leader...Waspinator.

In the ultimate act of karma, Waspinator declares that he is "happy at last."

Quotes

"Well, come on, let's have it—the usual 'destiny and honor' speech."
"Speech this!"

—Megatron gets decked by Optimus Primal

"'And there came a hero who said, 'Hurt not the earth, nor the trees, nor the seas, nor the very fabric of time.' But the hero would not prevail'".
"Finish the quote, Megatron. 'Nor would he surrender!'"

—Megatron and Optimus Primal

Rhinox: "Blackarachnia, how is that capacitor coming?"
Blackarachnia: "I need a conduit cable to finish the connection...ah!"
Blackarachnia takes Rattrap's tail/sword.
Rattrap: "Hey!" [Blackarachnia severs the point on the sword; Silverbolt shudders.] "Ya emasculatin' fembot!"
Blackarachnia: "Yes! Main thrusters connected to Teletron I!"
Rattrap: "It's Teletraan!"
Blackarachnia: "Oh, whatever".

—The Maximals prepare for levitation (okay, liftoff), witness a castration, and debate pronunciation.

"No power, no weapons... huh. We're all gonna die."
"Yup".

—Rattrap and Rhinox

"Whoa, an Autobot shuttle!"
"The history tracks never mentioned this."
"History is still being made. Let's move!"

—Cheetor, Blackarachnia, and Rhinox

"Destroy them!"
"...Negative."
"What?! What possible reason could you have to disobey me?! I am your master! I am your creator!"
"And I...have my HONOR!"

—Megatron and Dinobot II

Stats

Writers: Simon Furman
Original air date: May 7, 1999

Major characters (in order of appearance): Characters
Minor characters (in order of appearance): Characters

Notes

Technical/Animation glitches

• As Tigerhawk is about to be overwhelmed by the fusion cannon, it cuts to a reaction shot by Dinobot, whose "monocle" is on the wrong eye.
• At one point, Optimus tears his wing off and tosses it to jam the giant grinder mechanisms on the bottom of the Nemesis. However, in the next scene in which he appears, his wing has been replaced with no explanation.
• As the Maximals await their doom inside the Ark and Rattrap comments on how they're "all gonna die", he's missing his robot-mode "backpack".
• Megatron apparently transforms to dragon mode off-screen, transforms back to robot mode on-screen before the scene cuts away, then when next we see him, he is in dragon mode again!
• For most of the episode, Optimus is missing the "blast shields" that he usually wears on either his forearms or shoulders.
• In the final battle scene, Dinobot is flipped horizontally. (See first glitch.)

Continuity errors

• Although it was cut from the final episode for time, the script called for G1 Megatron's spark to be removed from BW Megatron and placed back in its proper body before the Maximals leave Earth. This very brief scene was animated, and a clip of it can be seen on BWTF.com's page for the episode. The clip was also included on Kid Rhino's Beast Wars Season 3 box set.

Transformers references

• There is the Nemesis itself.
• "In the darkest hour, there will be a light," a line from the Covenant of Primus most likely derived from "Light our darkest hour" in The Transformers: The Movie.

Real-world references

• The lines Megatron reads from the Covenant of Primus bear some similarities to lines from English translations of another supposedly prophetic book, The Bible of Earth's humans. However, it is unknown whether the prophecies of The Bible are similarly related to time travel.

Trivia

• In the early plot of the episode, the Maximals successfully launched the Ark instead of an Autobot shuttle. Also, Dirge, Ramjet and Thrust would be reactivated. However, the ideas were canceled due to the show's limited budget and duration. This would have possibly explained where the three coneheads came from when they suddenly appeared in season two of the original cartoon.

External links

• BWTF.com page for "Nemesis, Part 2", which includes a cut clip from that episode showing the restoration of G1 Megatron's spark.
  
  
  From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.