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"And just what's ''that'' supposed to—UUUAGH!!!"<br> | "And just what's ''that'' supposed to—UUUAGH!!!"<br> | ||
[''explosion clears'']<br> | [''explosion clears'']<br> | ||
"<small>Aye, that'll do.</small>" (faints) | "<small>Aye, that'll do ye.</small>" (faints) | ||
:—'''Menasor''' | :—'''Menasor''' | ||
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| The name or term "Scourge" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Scourge (disambiguation). |
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| "Scourge" (Ōki na Hoshi no Chiisa na Machi) "The Large Planet's Little City" | |||||||||
| Production company | TV Aichi, We've, Tōkyū Agency | ||||||||
| Airdate | November 12, 2005 (Japanese) September 20, 2006 (English) | ||||||||
| Writer | Kenji Sugihara | ||||||||
| Director | Matsuo Asami | ||||||||
| Animation studio | GONZO | ||||||||
| Continuity | Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity | ||||||||
Scourge comes to some tough decisions about himself, with the help of some little friends.
Synopsis
As Scourge descends further into Gigantion's depths, he reflects on his past fight with Leobreaker. Recalling Leobreaker's claim that strength is more than just physical, Scourge grows furious, unable to comprehend his meaning, and on a deeper level, fearing that his power may not be enough to save Jungle Planet.
On Gigantion, Evac and Coby have found Leobreaker and Snarl, left where Scourge beat them, unconscious but not too badly injured. Coby calls the main Autobot group on Lori's communicator, and informs them of the situation, prompting Lori to talk smack about Scourge. Optimus Prime reins her in, as they prepare to open the doorway to the next level of the planet. And Optimus is not the only one keeping the troops in line—Bud has been organizing the Mini-Cons to a mini-army, a feat that impresses Metroplex, and they all troop through the door ahead of the other Autobots. They find reliefs of several small robots on the walls, and recognize them as more Mini-Cons, leaning up against the wall to compare the carvings to their own height. Unfortunately, when Lori joins them and leans on the wall as well, she accidentally triggers a switch that opens up a secret passage and sends Bud and the four Mini-Cons tumbling downward.
Elsewhere, the Cybertron Defense Team races along a highway to meet up with the other Autobots. When they run across Galvatron and Menasor along the way, they challenge the Decepticon leader to a battle in pursuit of payback for their defeat in their last meeting, but Menasor jumps in the way first.
Back with Prime's group, Metroplex realizes that the legends of the secret Mini-Con passages must be true. Lori insists on going down the passage herself, as she blames herself for the accident, but Optimus claims he is as much to blame for letting them go into the tunnel first, and convinces her that they're better off finding Bud and the others by sticking together. The Autobots wonder where the passage leads, and Metroplex recounts the legend of a city built especially for Mini-Cons...which is, indeed, exactly where Bud and the Mini-Cons have found themselves! Six-Speed leads them to a museum nearby, and once inside, Jolt discovers some history data, which explains that, after the war with Planet X, the citizens of Gigantion were too big, so the Mini-Cons did all the "detail work" and computer repair, which made them mentally similar to humans. (Uh, yeah. Just... go with us on this, okay?) Bud instantly forgets everything, but Jolt shrugs it off.
Meanwhile, the Cybertron Defense Team triple-team Menasor, who is standing up to their assault pretty well. However, the three attack simultaneously in a triangle formation with their Cyber-Key-enhanced attacks, which fells the giant. Galvatron is not impressed, and launches into battle with the trio, but they manage to hold their own, and raise their standing in the Decepticon leader's eyes, even if he does still just shrug off their attacks.
Im the Mini-Con city, Bud's group have found a playground, and Jolt remarks there's even a tale of an amusement park. The quintet leave to find it, but instead find a rubble-strewn wasteland with fresh claw-marks. Jolt and the Mini-Cons promptly panic, so in order to get them to calm down, Bud fakes a stomachache, causing them all to rush to his aid. They leave to go back to the museum, but literally run into Scourge, who was responsible for the damage they found. Bud has been told by Lori not to be scared of Scourge, and so he is able to have a moderately pleasant conversation with the dragon-bot, who reveals he was impressed by Bud's handling of the Mini-Cons' panic. Bud decides he can teach Scourge to be a leader who doesn't have to bust a head to make a point, and gets a blackboard and some chalk from... somewhere... to hold a class on the subject. Bud confounds Scourge with some hypothetical situations, telling Scourge that his solutions involving the stronger taking the spoils and the weaker going without are wrong. Scourge objects to Bud's solutions that involve just "making stuff up", which Bud then explains is the entire point: to be a good leader, you have to be a creative thinker, and who said he couldn't make stuff up? Scourge starts laughing, having had it put to him so plainly and innocently: he realizes he's been locked in his "might makes right" mentality so much it's actually weakened him.
The Autobots arrive on the scene, and Scourge challenges them to a duel, much to Bud's confusion, but Lori says it's okay. In an open field during a dramatic sunset, Metroplex goes first, soundly thrashing Scourge without the dragon landing a single blow. But Scourge challenges the next Autobot to step up, Vector Prime. Again, Scourge is bested, but even then, challenges another. Override steps up, but Optimus says he'll go next instead, and instructs Wing Saber to link up with him. Wing Saber is confused, but Scourge laughs and insists. The two leaders charge at one another, landing blows simultaneously as they pass... and as they pause, back to back... a small wound opens on Prime's shoulder. Scourge laughs, but then, as the sun sets, he topples over backwards, completely immobilized, and admits defeat. The Autobots drive away, with Bud wishing that Scourge could have joined the Autobots. "Maybe someday," Lori tells him... and Scourge... still lying on the ground, staring up the stars, laughs softly to himself.
Elsewhere, Galvatron carries Menasor away from the city in flames, leaving the Cybertron Defense Team to pick themselves up, though he admits to himself they put up a good fight.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
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Quotes
"Strength is what leads the masses, commands their respect! My strength united an entire world! Now it seems it's not enough?! Impossible!! Strength will save my world! Strength must be enough! It must be! It's all I have!!!"
- —Scourge
"They said that Scourge was still around here somewhere, so be careful."
"Pfft, right. He should look out for me!"
"Huh? Oh, man! Lori just totally dissed a fire-breathing dragon! ... That's actually pretty awesome!"
- —Coby and Lori
"I'm fixin' to use your head as a hood ornament!"
"Whoah, now that's some trash-talking!"
"Straight up!"
- —Scattorshot and Hot Shot
"Being lost is what I do best!"
- —Bud
"And just what's that supposed to—UUUAGH!!!"
[explosion clears]
"Aye, that'll do ye." (faints)
- —Menasor
"I wish I could use such guile. You brought order out of chaos... and you didn't even have to beat up anyone!"
- —Scourge
"But if you've been reborn, and I've been reborn, then that places us back where we started, doesn't it?"
- —Galvatron
"This is a duel of honor. Just like in the movies. I think you should be able to understand that."
- —Lori
Notes
Differences with Galaxy Force
- Galaxy Force includes a "previously on" segment that summarizes the events of "Challenge".
- In Galaxy Force, Jolt's explanation for the origin of the Mini-Cons doesn't mention the war with Planet X, instead noting that Mini-Cons were created when the Gigantion Transformers found they couldn't get any bigger, and so some started becoming smaller instead. The "detail work" explanation is not mentioned (but had been previously brought up in the Galaxy Force version of "Giant", so it is still part of that version of the series), with the even more vague claim that Mini-Cons are like humans simply because they are "born small"!
- In Cybertron, Bud mentions that his dad always told him that great leaders think outside the box. Galaxy Force is a bit more specific: his dad actually told him the riddles with which he confounds Scourge, saying that Bud could be a great leader if he could solve them.
Continuity errors
- Not so much an error, but... where did the blackboard come from?
Transformers references
- Several Armada Mini-Con character models show up in this episode. Nightbeat, Drill Bit (no relation), High Wire, Blackout, and Runway's models show up as reliefs on the walls of the hallway, while Runway is also seen in statue form inside the museum (pictured above).
- Jolt refers to the time Red Alert scanned his mind, back in "Balance".
- Jolt also recalls seeing an amusement park in the Hansens' home movies, waaay back in "Collapse".
- Galvatron and the Cybertron Defense Team refer back to their previous battles in "Revelation" and "Fury".
Real-world references
- Metroplex refers to the Mini-Cons as "Wee Folk," an antiquated Celtic term for fairies.
Trivia
- This is the second switch Lori accidentally activates on Gigantion, having done so once before in "Ambush". She's got some luck.
- We get an explanation for the whole "Mini-Con brains work like human brains" thing, but it... doesn't work very well. Essentially, we are asked to believe the unlikely idea that ordinary Transformers are unimaginative beings that have no concept of detailed design or function, but that humans do, and that the Mini-Cons' years of working on the details for the Gigantion Transformers' constructions has given them that ability, thereby making their brains like humans'. It would appear that this was foreshadowed as far back as "Haven", when the Autobots constructed their base on Earth; Scattorshot was able only to produce a basic design with inefficient layout, but Lori was the one who put her human sense of imagination, detail and function to work and created the finalized, highly efficient design. But that doesn't change the fact that it's hard to believe that Transformers wouldn't be able to construct sufficient buildings or other structures without human or Mini-Con help. After all, how would anything have ever been built on any other planets?
Home video releases
- DVD
2006 — Transformers: Galaxy Force — Vol. 12 (Victor Entertainment) — Japanese audio only.
2008 — Transformers: Cybertron — The Ultimate Collection (Paramount)
