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* Usually the seekers transform into jet mode when flying, but Starscream stays in robot mode when leaving the scene of Omega Supreme's defeat. | * Usually the seekers transform into jet mode when flying, but Starscream stays in robot mode when leaving the scene of Omega Supreme's defeat. | ||
* For some reason, no one seems to notice that the Decepticons are gold and invincible - nor do any of the Autobots seems to notice Beachcomber's golden hand. Yet when they discover the pond full of electrum, the Autobots know exactly what the chemical is and what it does. | * For some reason, no one seems to notice that the Decepticons are gold and invincible - nor do any of the Autobots seems to notice Beachcomber's golden hand. Yet when they discover the pond full of electrum, the Autobots know exactly what the chemical is and what it does. | ||
* Megatron and the Decepticons are all rather surprised when the electrum coating wears off, but if they didn't know it was temporary, why were they bothering to stockpile it? | * Megatron and the Decepticons are all rather surprised when the electrum coating wears off, but if they didn't know it was temporary, why were they bothering to stockpile it? Maybe they were planning on giving the rest of the electrum to Shockwave and his bots on Cybertron. | ||
* Longhaul says he's going off to join the main force, but neither he nor the rest of the Constructicons are seen later. | * Longhaul says he's going off to join the main force, but neither he nor the rest of the Constructicons are seen later. | ||
* Though the ending is supposed to be sad, the usual "heroic Autobot theme music" is used for the scene. | * Though the ending is supposed to be sad, the usual "heroic Autobot theme music" is used for the scene. | ||
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 Beachcomber is into watersports. | |||||||||||||
| "The Golden Lagoon" | |||||||||||||
| Production code | #700-40 | ||||||||||||
| Production company | Sunbow Productions | ||||||||||||
| Airdate | November 4, 1985 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Dennis Marks | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Generation 1 cartoon continuity | ||||||||||||
Beachcomber finds a pool of golden liquid that renders his hand invulnerable. Unfortunately, the Decepticons do too, and decide to take a dip.
- Japanese title: ゴールデンラグーンの秘密 (Golden Lagoon no Himitsu, "Secret of the Golden Lagoon")
- German Generation 2 title: "Die goldene Lagune" ("The Golden Lagoon")
- Brazilian title: A Lagoa Dourada
- Russian title: Золотая лагуна (Zolotaya lagoona, "The Golden Lagoon")
- Italian title: Il lago dorato ("The golden lake")
Synopsis
Beachcomber, Powerglide, Seaspray, Perceptor and Warpath are taking a walk along the beach when they are attacked by Blitzwing, Ramjet and Thrust. In the middle of the battle, pacifist Beachcomber takes cover and finds a secluded glen full of flora and fauna right out of a Disney cartoon. In the middle of enjoying this impromptu petting zoo, the glint of gold catches his eye. In the middle of the glen is a pool of golden liquid he dips his hand into and identifies as "electrum". A rockslide sends him back to where he came from, just as Thrust flies over the glen and makes the same discovery. Thrust jumps into the pool and comes out completely covered in the gold liquid.
Beachcomber arrives back at the battle as the tide is turning against the Decepticons. Just then, Thrust appears and survives a powerful Autobot barrage without sustaining a scratch, thanks to his electrum coating. Warpath shoots an opening into the cliff face that he, Powerglide and Beachcomber hide in, while Thrust kidnaps Perceptor and Seaspray.
At Decepticon headquarters, the Autobots are imprisoned while Thrust notifies Megatron of the electrum pool. They hurry off to the glen and Megatron orders Starscream to jump in. When he emerges, Megatron shoots him, but the blast bounces off. The rest of the Decepticons jump into the pool and emerge, then have fun shooting each other. Megatron declares the Autobots are finished as the glen around them burns and the animals cower.
Powerglide, Beachcomber, Warpath, Mirage and Smokescreen regroup and prepare to go after the Decepticons again. Beachcomber hasn’t told anyone about his discovery yet. The group rushes off and meets up with the electrum-plated Decepticons, and are quickly dispatched because their weapons have no effect. More Autobots join the battle, but their weapons are useless. Beachcomber realizes that they’ve found the electrum and drives off.
The Decepticons return to headquarters and Starscream forces Seaspray and Perceptor to fight each other. Soundwave rushes off to tell Megatron as Starscream gives the Autobots weapons.
Smokescreen, damaged from the battle, asks Omega Supreme to help and the giant Autobot declares (a bit prematurely) that failure is impossible.
Meanwhile, Beachcomber arrives back at the glen and finds the Decepticons have burnt it nearly to the ground. He is captured by Blitzwing while Soundwave tattles on Starscream. Megatron orders everyone to fight Omega Supreme. When they attack Omega fires, but even his weapons have no effect and he falls under enemy fire. Megatron sets his sights on Autobot headquarters next.
At Autobot headquarters, Mirage reports on Omega’s defeat and Optimus Prime can hardly believe it. Teletraan I reports a single word to them—electrum. Prime recognizes its significance and sends out teams to try to find it.
Powerglide discreetly follows the Decepticons and sees them swimming in the electrum. He flies off to report the discovery to Optimus.
Megatron gives the task of dispatching Beachcomber, Perceptor and Seaspray to Starscream. When Skywarp and Thundercracker come to take the prisoners to Starscream, Beachcomber forgoes his pacifist ways and overcomes both of them. He frees Perceptor and Seaspray and they swim back to the surface and head toward the golden lagoon. With Dirge left alone as guard while all of the others head to the fight, the trio takes him out, just as Prime and the rest of the Autobots arrive. Beachcomber invites them to jump into the electrum with him.
Back at Autobot headquarters, Megatron and company attack but they discover the base is empty. Megatron orders everyone back to the lagoon, where the electrum-coated Autobots are waiting for them, including Omega Supreme. The two sides fight, but since their weapons are useless the blasts bounce off and destroy the countryside around them. As the battle continues, the electrum on the Decepticons wears off. His advantage lost and seriously out-gunned, Megatron destroys the lagoon and orders a retreat. The Autobots cheer their victory, but Beachcomber laments the destruction of the glen.
"...We won..."
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons |
|---|---|
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Quotes
"Thrust, my man, you are about to become number-one Decepticon."
- —Thrust, anticipating a promotion
"Personally, I need proof!"
"Personally, I don't care what you need!"
- —Megatron putting Starscream in his place... again.
"I will enjoy this."
- —Megatron shoots Starscream point-blank to see if the electrum makes him invulnerable.
"Sunstreaker, our weapons don't seem to have any effect on them."
"I'll blast a few big D's for ya, and you’ll see what a difference a pro makes."
- —Mirage and Sunstreaker
"Show no mercy!"
"Did we ever?"
- —Megatron and Starscream
"Results: disappointing."
- —Omega Supreme after three rounds of fire have no effect on the Decepticons.
Megatron: Victory over the Autobots is here."
Starscream: Cut the oration Megatron. We already heard it."
Skywarp: Yeah, let’s talk about victory after we’ve got it."
- —Skywarp and Starscream sass back to Megatron now that they're invulnerable.
"We won..."
- —Beachcomber's bitter statement as he surveys the wreckage of the lagoon.
Notes
- In Japan, this episode was only aired in the Kansai region and never given a proper nationwide broadcast. Due to this, official episode guides, including those printed in Transformers Generations, offer no airdate for the episode. It is, however, listed between February 7th and 14th, 1986.
- This episode was never broadcast in Italy in the '80s and, as such, it only got dubbed in Italian with the 2008 full G1 redubbing.
Animation & Technical errors
- The sides of Skywarp's face are colored white when he and Thundercracker present Perceptor and Seaspray to Megatron. It makes him look like he has chubby cheeks!
- The Decepticons' guns use the sound effects of Cobra's guns (from G.I.Joe) during the attack on Sunstreaker's team.
Continuity errors
- It's never made clear if the Autobots in the opening scene were looking for rare minerals, or if Perceptor just happened to get lucky on patrol near a beach.
- So...why was Mirage hanging around (invisible) for 10 minutes?
- Later in the show, Mirage turns invisible in vehicle mode. Smokescreen is kicking up dust behind him (before he engages his smoke trail), so wouldn't Mirage's dust trail be noticeable as well?
- Usually the seekers transform into jet mode when flying, but Starscream stays in robot mode when leaving the scene of Omega Supreme's defeat.
- For some reason, no one seems to notice that the Decepticons are gold and invincible - nor do any of the Autobots seems to notice Beachcomber's golden hand. Yet when they discover the pond full of electrum, the Autobots know exactly what the chemical is and what it does.
- Megatron and the Decepticons are all rather surprised when the electrum coating wears off, but if they didn't know it was temporary, why were they bothering to stockpile it? Maybe they were planning on giving the rest of the electrum to Shockwave and his bots on Cybertron.
- Longhaul says he's going off to join the main force, but neither he nor the rest of the Constructicons are seen later.
- Though the ending is supposed to be sad, the usual "heroic Autobot theme music" is used for the scene.
Continuity notes
- Gadgets and powers:
- Beachcomber is shown to have a translator that lets him understand animals. Assuming all transformers have this, it would explain how they manage to communicate with every species they come across.
Real-world references
- At the beginning of the episode, Perceptor stops to examine a rock on the beach with "traces of gold and silver". It's not just a random aside, but foreshadowing: in the real world, electrum is an alloy of gold and silver.
- When Warpath voices his excitement about KAZOWYing Decepticons, Powerglide reminds him that it's a rescue mission and not "the Charge of the Light Brigade", a catastrophic cavalry charge during the Crimean War.
Trivia
- This is the first episode since the premiere to have new commercial bumpers. They're all new and feature: Omega Supreme, Thrust, Devastator, Astrotrain and Cosmos.
- Thrust dives into the electrum and says he's about to become "number one Decepticon," but later simply reports the find to Megatron.
- Like some vast, predatory bird Thrust deploys talons to capture Perceptor and Seaspray.
- When Starscream dives into the pool of electrum, he holds his nose.
- This is a rare human-free episode (though there are plenty of Disney-esque animals).
Home video releases
- Laserdisc
1994 — Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers — Convoy Set (Takara) — Japanese audio only.
1998 — The Transformers — Autobot Edition (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only.
- DVD
2001 — The Transformers — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only.
2003 — The Original Transformers — Season 2 Part 2 (Rhino Entertainment)
2003 — The Original Transformers — Season 2 Part 2: Vol. 5 (Rhino Entertainment)
2004 — Transformers — Season 2 Part 2 (Metrodome)
2004 — Transformers — Collection 3: Series 2.2 (Madman Entertainment)
2006 — Transformers — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome)
2006 — The Best of The Transformers (Madman Entertainment)
2007 — Transformers — The Classic Episodes (Metrodome)
2007 — The Transformers — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)
2008 — Transformers — Volume 04: Stagione Due Parte Seconda (Medianetwork Communication) — English and Italian audio.
2009 — Transformers — Season Two: Part Two (Metrodome)
2009 — The Transformers — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment)
2009 — The Transformers — Season Two, Volume One: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)
2009 — The Transformers — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory)
