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As envisioned int he original script, 'armada' is not a proper noun. However, the 2006 comic adaption <small>(which added the destruction of a single Cyclonus-type Jet during Galvatron's raid on [[Autobot City]])</small> parsed things differently; | As envisioned int he original script, 'armada' is not a proper noun. However, the 2006 comic adaption <small>(which added the destruction of a single Cyclonus-type Jet during Galvatron's raid on [[Autobot City]])</small> parsed things differently; | ||
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Revision as of 05:19, 10 September 2007
| This article is about the nameless Transformer in TF:TM. For the franchise Armada, see Armada. |
Cyclonus's Armada refers to the one (or more) seemingly identical robots created by Unicron at the same time as Cyclonus in The Movie.
As Cyclonus's personal forces the Armada is/are the logical counterpart to the Sweeps. The script for the movie refers to them thusly:
- CYCLONUS is CREATED and then his "armada" of similar, but smaller and similarly colored and clad creatures are formed.
The actual number of robots in the 'Armada' are unknown. While Unicron had only six Decepticon to Transform[1] at least five Sweeps are seen at one point in this scene, and the inclusion of the Insecticons, with the ability to clone themselves, makes the actually numbering ambiguous.[2].
The armada's fate
The Movie
IDW's 2006 Transformers: The Animated Movie comic, a faithful retelling of the 1986 movie, shows a jet identical to Cyclonus being destroyed by Grimlock's fire-breath. This is generally interpreted as the comic's "explanation" for the Armada's subsequent disappearance in the movie- it was destroyed in its first combat encounter.
Grimlock does indeed use his firebreath like this in the movie itself, but the target of his wrath was unambiguously Cyclonus himself with Galvatron inside. However while Cyclonus survived that encounter with little damage- his lookalike in the comic goes kersplodey with equal unambiguity.
Five Faces of Darkness
At least four jets of Cyclonus' design[3] take place in the final assault on Cybertron in Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5.
It has been suggested that Ultra Magnus's battle with Ramjet and Dirge (where the latter two are apparently destroyed) is 'actually' supposed to be a battle with the armada. And indeed, after this battle only two jets of Cyclonus's type are seen together. However, Dirge and Ramjet had speaking roles, and were in-character at the time. And were later seen to be alive.[4] And Dirge was implied to be dead.[5] *sigh* It's something of a mess.
Regardless, the general consensus is that Cyclonus's armada, whatever their numbers, no longer exist by the time Five Faces of Darkness ends and the 3rd season of the cartoon proper begins.
Proper name?
Reasoning that Armada might as well be a proper name since there's only one of him, many fans refer to Cyclonus's doppelgänger in the recreation scene by that name.
In the original movie script Unicron uses the same rote format to introduce both Scourge and Cyclonus, and the word 'armada' is used in the same place the descriptive 'huntsmen' is for the Sweeps;
| " | Scourge, | the tracker.... | and his huntsmen... | the Sweeps... | " |
| " | Cyclonus, | the warrior... | and his armada.... | " |
As envisioned int he original script, 'armada' is not a proper noun. However, the 2006 comic adaption (which added the destruction of a single Cyclonus-type Jet during Galvatron's raid on Autobot City) parsed things differently;
| " | SCOURGE, | THE TRACKER.... | ...AND HIS HUNTSMEN— | THE SWEEPS! | " |
| " | CYCLONUS— | THE WARRIOR... | ...AND HIS ARMADA! | " |
So while Armada was intended to be an improper noun, at least one source has treated it as a proper noun. Since that source (the 2006 comic) is the only one to explicitly address the 'problem' of the Armada one could argue it should have the final word. ...or not.
Who is the armada?
Fan wub
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Six Decepticons; Megatron, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Kickback, Bombshell, and Shrapnel were ejected from [[Astrotrain (G1)|]]
- ↑ Either more than the 6 Transformers seen were present (likely int he form of more Insecticon clones) or the Sweeps (and the Armada?) retained the Insecticons' cloning abilities. Or a wizard did it.
- ↑ Four jets are seen in a single shot on two separate occasions.
- ↑ Dirge played a prominent role in Ghost in the Machine.
- ↑ Octane bumps into what he seems to believe to be Dirge's funerary marker in the Decepticon Crypt in Starscream's Ghost, though he does not say his name.
External links
- Original script for TF:TM
- Galvatron's re-creation scene — on YouTube
