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''[grabs Rattrap]'' "None of that, vermin. Noooo. For now, I shall crush you like a rat in a trap!" | ''[grabs Rattrap]'' "None of that, vermin. Noooo. For now, I shall crush you like a rat in a trap!" | ||
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Rattrap''' | :—'''Megatron''' and '''Rattrap''' | ||
"look! down in the sky! is it a bird? | |||
maybe a plane? | |||
nah, it's optimis! heeheehea!" | |||
:—'''Dinobot''', '''Rinox''', and '''rattrap''' quoting | |||
one of the most famous lines in history | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 19:33, 5 April 2011
| The name or term "Victory" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Victory (disambiguation). |
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 "I never noticed what great legs Tarantulas had." | |||||||||
| "Victory" | |||||||||
| Production company | Mainframe Entertainment | ||||||||
| Airdate | November 1, 1996 | ||||||||
| Written by | Wendy Reardon | ||||||||
| Directed by | Steve Ball | ||||||||
| Animation studio | Mainframe Entertainment | ||||||||
| Continuity | Beast Wars continuity | ||||||||
| Packaged with | DX Convoy | ||||||||
A rebellion (and explosion) at the Predacon base seemingly leads to a Maximal victory.
- French title: Victoire ("Victory")
- French-Canadian title: Victoire
- Japanese title: メーク・ドラマだデストロン (Make Drama da Destron, "Make a Dramatic Comeback, Destrons")
- Latin-American title: Victoria
- Italian title: Vittoria
- Brazilian title: Vitória
Synopsis
"We know!"
Through a secret spy cam installed in the Predacon base, the Maximals watch as the Predacons attempt to use a device to increase the size and power of energon crystals. But when the experiment fails and Megatron demands another crystal specimen for a retest, his troops refuse; apparently, the continuous testing has wasted most of their energon supplies, and this latest failure has convinced the other Predacons to turn on their leader. A firefight soon breaks out, which ends up detonating the remaining energon in a huge explosion that seems to destroy the Predacon base. As the video feed goes dead, the Maximals are shocked; they have just won the Beast Wars.
Heading to the Pred base to investigate, the Maximals find it in ruins, with little more than charred debris and a few scant Pred parts to confirm the group's demise. Rattrap, sensitive guy that he is, is rather pleased at the development, while Dinobot is more somber, enough to completely ignore Rattrap's attempts to pick an argument with him; despite defecting, he still feels some kinship with the Predacons, and laments their destruction. However, Dinobot's loss is the other Maximals' gain, as they decide to ransack the Predacon base for its star drive components in order to repair the Axalon for the trip home.
As the repairs are completed, Dinobot comes clean with Optimus about his mood as of late; he's convinced that he'll be executed as a Predacon criminal if he returns to Cybertron, and would rather try and tame the wild world they've found themselves on. Optimus, being an Optimus, tries to convince him that they'll stand up for him, but his mind is set, and he is eventually let go to wander the wilderness. Just as the Maximals are ready to take off, though, the wandering Dinobot stumbles upon the very alive and functional Predacon crew hiding in a crevasse; they had found the spy camera before the incident, and used it to trick the Maximals into thinking them dead, planning on stealing the repaired Axalon and leaving the Maximals stranded. Dinobot makes a mad dash back to the Maximal ship to warn them of the Preds' duplicity, but gives himself away to the Preds, who give chase in an attempt to stop him.
Fortunately, Dinobot is able to get within the Maximals' visual range before he's gunned down, and Optimus and Cheetor head down to help him; the launch cannot be aborted, though, so he insists they take off without him or Dinobot if they're not able to get back on in time. Cheetor's able to get Dinobot to safety in the ensuing firefight, but Optimus is tagged by an errant missile from Scorponok, sending him plummeting. Soon afterwards, Megatron himself manages to get on board, and briefly takes out most of the other Maximals, before being subdued and ejected from the ship by Rhinox. The scuffle, though, has the unforeseen consequence of jamming Megatron's tail weapon into the control console, cutting the Axalon's engines and sending it on a one-way trip back to terra firma.
All seems lost, when Optimus—now fully recovered—comes in to save the day, pulling a Superman and exhausting his jetpack to slow the ship's descent enough to ease it back in its original place. Although no one is critically injured, the collateral damage has been done; the Axalon will never fly again. And just to ensure that everything is back to normal, Rattrap and Dinobot are right back to verbally tearing into each other, to the other Maximals' amusement.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Maximals | Predacons |
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Quotes
"Cool. Now, aren't you glad we got cable?"
- —Cheetor upon seeing the fake uprising.
"Alas, poor Tarantulas. I knew him, Cheetor. This is the leg that stalked so many victims. That it should come to this..."
"Aww, do you need a hug?"
- —Dinobot and Cheetor, sharing a moment.
"I understand. Nonetheless, let the record show that I advise against this action. It will eventually lead to your destruction."
"Eventually... Eventually can be a long time, Optimus Primal."
- —Optimus is about to leave Dinobot in charge of prehistoric Earth. Eesh.
"Give Waspinator more room! Tarantulas fat enough already!"
"If Waspinator does not stop cuddling me like a stuffed toy when he sleeps, I'll eat him as well!!"
- —Tarantulas, shedding light on Waspinator and his soft side.
"You all make me sick! Ah, I can't stand this any longer, Megatron! I-I've gotta get out!" [laughs manically]
- —Terrorsaur cracks under the pressure of close quarters with his teammates
"We have only to wait until they repair their ship and then attack while their guard is down. With the Maximal ship in our possession, we will be able to recover the orbiting stasis pods containing Maximals eager, heh-heh-heh, to become Predacons." [to Terrorsaur] "SO NO ONE LEAVES!"
"Leaving? Who said anything about leaving?"
- —Megatron and Terrorsaur
"This is strategically unsound."
- —Dinobot on his imminent rescue.
"Now only you stand in the way of my ultimate conquest!"
"Rattrap, maxi—!"
[grabs Rattrap] "None of that, vermin. Noooo. For now, I shall crush you like a rat in a trap!"
- —Megatron and Rattrap
"look! down in the sky! is it a bird? maybe a plane? nah, it's optimis! heeheehea!"
- —Dinobot, Rinox, and rattrap quoting
one of the most famous lines in history
Notes
Technical/animation glitches
- When Dinobot is shot by Megatron's forces, he falls. After the cutaway to Primal, it pans out to show Dinobot "floating" on the ground for a few seconds.
- As the Axalon is falling from the sky, the ship itself is flipped. The antennas and such are normally on the port side of the ship, however during the fall they are on the starboard side.
Continuity errors
- When Dinobot is shot, Optimus Primal is in his robot mode. However, when we come back from the break and Dinobot's retaliation against the Predacons, Optimus is in his beast mode, which he changes out of less than a minute later. Weird.
- It's pretty clear that the rear section of the Axalon was damaged in the original crash. Not only were the fins bent out of position, the rear is missing much of its armor, and is bent. This is quite clearly shown in the computer targeting system Tigatron uses to lock to the Predacons. From the moment the ship takes off to the end of the episode, the entire rear section, fins included, are "reconstructed" and in their proper places. However every episode that follows shows the ship as it was before. Screwy.
Transformers references
- Dinobot's aversion to being rescued was explained in the previous episode.
- Right after the white rat falls into the crevice, you can FAINTLY hear a wolf cry that is later used by Noble.
Real-world references
- Dinobot paraphrases Hamlet for the first (and not the last) time upon finding several of Tarantulas's legs.
- The exchange between Dinobot, Rhinox, and Rattrap as Optimus saves the Axalon ("Look! Down in the sky! Is it a bird"? "Maybe a plane?" "No, it's Optimus!") riffs on a cliché line from Superman, as does the John Williams-esque music that plays immediately afterwards.
- When Optimus Primal falls from the Axalon after Scorponok shoots him down, it is eerily familiar to the famous death scene in the movie King Kong.
Home video releases
- VHS
1998 — Beast Wars — Beasties Escape (Alliance Video)
1998 — Robots-Bêtes — L'Évasion (Alliance Video) — French audio only.
1998 — Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers — The Destrons Make Drama (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only.
1998 — Beast Wars / Robots-Bêtes Three pack (Alliance Video) — Available in English or French audio.
2001 — Beast Wars: Transformers — The Beginning: Vol. 2 (Universal)
2002 — Beast Wars: Transformers — Volume 4 (Rhinomation)
- Laserdisc
1998 — Beast Wars: Transformers — Maximal Edition (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio.
- DVD
2000 — Beast Wars: Transformers — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio.
2002 — Beast Wars: Transformers — Volume 2 (Rhinomation)
2003 — Beast Wars: Transformers — The Complete First Season (Rhinomation)
2005 — Beast Wars — Classic Episodes: Volume 2 — The Saga Continues! (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio.
2005 — Beast Wars — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio.
2006 — Beast Wars: Transformers — Season 1 (Madman Entertainment)
2009 — The Transformers: Beast Wars — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)
