The Catalyst

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Looks like Rumble had a bit of a run in with Lockdown.

Rattrap uses a catalyst program to accelerate the growth of the plants at the Maximal stronghold, and Blackarachnia learns the truth about Thrust.

Summary

Extended summary

Quotes

"Your glorious army will shine less brightly without his guiding...can I have his tank drones?"

—Jetstorm, that greedy son of a...

"Nooooooo. Doggie-bot not here."

—Waspinator's first words when reactivated in Thrust's body.

"Blackarachnia. Oh, dark poison of my heart!"

—Silverbolt's first words when reactivated in Jetstorm's body.

Stats

Writers: Bob Skir & Marty Isenberg
Original Air Date: December 11, 1999

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

Notes

Technical/Animation Glitches

• Glitch

Continuity Errors

• Silverbolt and Waspinator seem unaware that they are in Vehicon bodies with drones at their command. This is odd, considering that Rhinox was fully aware (or so he claims) within the body of Tankor, and even more so when Silverbolt feels guilt when he finally returns to the Maximal fold (although these can both be chalked up to the Maximals tampering with their respective programming). Even a few seconds before Waspinator acts oblivious to his command over the drones, he confesses "Chicks dig the cool biker-bot!", acknowledging his role as Thrust. Huh?

Transformers References

• Silverbolt and Waspinator's Beast Wars personalities emerge in this episode, albeit for a few minutes.

Real-World References

• Reference

Trivia

• It seems unusual that Megatron would threaten the Diagnostic Drone with a spark extractor, seeing as how it doesn't have any to begin with.

External Links

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