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| "Rescue" (Kaihō) "Rescue: Liberation" | ||||||
| Production code | TF: A-35 | |||||
| Production company | TV Tokyo, NAS | |||||
| Airdate | April 26, 2003 (English) 5 September 2003 (Japanese) | |||||
| Writer | Ryō Motohira | |||||
| Director | Ken'ichi Ishikura | |||||
| Animation studio | Actas Inc. | |||||
| Continuity | Unicron Trilogy | |||||
Autobots attack the Decepticon base on the Moon and make a discovery.
Synopsis
By himself, Demolishor grumpily cleans up the Decepticons' base after Starscream's rampage. Turning around, he is surprised to see Starscream standing right behind him, and he drops some of the items he was carrying on his own foot. He is then introduced to Starscream's new running crew: the Autobots. Naturally, Demolishor activates the alarm.
The Autobots and Decepticons meet in Megatron's throne room. Megatron fires the Requiem Blaster at Starscream, but Smokescreen blocks the shot with the Skyboom Shield. A bright light from the impact fills the room, blinding the Autobots long enough for Megatron to retreat, leaving his troops behind to finish the battle. The Autobots and Decepticons engage in battle with each other, with Side Swipe attempting to take on Tidal Wave on his own. While Starscream is blinded by his vengeance, Laserbeak and Hot Shot are assigned to locate Perceptor.
Perceptor plays Jerry, running away from Demolishor's Tom. When Demolishor backs Perceptor into a corner, Laserbeak flies into Demolishor's face just long enough to ruin the Decepticon's aim. While Demolishor stumbles about, Hot Shot arrives to punch him down. Perceptor runs ahead and finds himself in an encounter with Tidal Wave, and again Hot Shot comes to the Mini-Con's rescue. But because of Tidal Wave's power and size, Hot Shot has more difficulty taking the Decepticon down. Perceptor then leaves.
Perceptor finds all his captured Mini-Con brothers in a hidden underground facility, where they're being put to work to assemble a gigantic spaceship. Perceptor has some blippy dialogue with the other Mini-Cons, during which Megatron attacks. When Perceptor is grasped by the neck, the Mini-Cons begin one of their irregular chants, like the one played when the Requiem Blaster was first formed. The Mini-Cons all stop working on the space ship and surround an annoyed Megatron. When Megatron attempts to punish the insolent machines, Hot Shot attacks, covering the Mini-Cons' escape. Tidal Wave arrives just in time to watch Megatron and Hot Shot race out, but Smokescreen shows up to keep Tidal Wave company.
Side Swipe and Perceptor guide all the emancipated Mini-Cons through the Decepticons' warp gate to the Autobot base.
Megatron and Hot Shot continue to battle. Megatron is finally about to deactivate the Autobot, but Starscream slices Megatron's cannon off. Against both Hot Shot and Starscream, Megatron falls. With the Mini-Cons safe, Optimus Prime calls his forces to return back to the Autobot base, but Starscream would rather stay to finish off Megatron. Starscream agrees to return with the Autobots, but is left feeling upset about it.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans | Mini-Cons |
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Quotes
"Boy, what a showoff! So who died and put Mr. Conehead in charge?"
"Stop your whining, Cyclonus."
- —Cyclonus and Tidal Wave
"This is the most beautiful sound I've ever heard in my life."
- —Alexis on hearing the Mini-Cons sing
"Thank you, Tidal Wave appreciates."
- —Tidal Wave after being helped out of a hole by Smokescreen, right before hitting him.
Notes
Differences with Micron Legend
Animation and technical errors
- After Demolishor pushes the alarm button, for a shot, Starscream's Star Saber is drawn in the distinct shape of his regular wing-blade.
- Mirage and Dirt Boss are among the Mini-Cons in Megatron's construction facility, but earlier, the Autobots were using the Skyboom Shield, which includes them both as components.
- As Megatrons graps Perceptor, he's hand is miscolored dark purple.
- Tidal Wave's size in robot mode is incredibly inconsistent from shot to shot, ranging from huge to only just larger than the other Decepticons (in order to fit indoors.) In one scene, the puny Tidal Wave enters the room where the Mini-cons are working, is much larger as Hot Shot and Megatron drive between his legs, and he turns around and crashes into the walls of the same hallway he'd just come from and gets stuck, being far too large to enter now.
- When Smokescreen hits the stuck Tidal Wave, Tidal Wave is horribly miscolored for a moment.
- Lots of animation short-cuts are used to depict the Mini-Con hordes, including:
- Looped sequences, making it appear as though the same Mini-Cons are running past repeatedly.
- In one shot of Mini-Cons teleporting into the Autobot base, the majority of them have the same upper body.
- In the shot following, Carlos and four Spirals are on screen at the same time.
- As Starscream and Hot Shot take him down, Megatron is momentarily drawn with Tidal Wave's Dark Fleet Armor components on his arms.
Transformers references
- Thrust is called a "conehead", a term occasionally used for group of Generation 1 Seekers his namesake was part of.
- Side Swipe is nicknamed "Swiper," a possible reference to Andrew Frankel.
Real-world references
- Smokescreen says with his new armor, he just keeps going and going, just like a certain pink, sandal-wearing, drumming bunny.
Foreign localization
German
- Title: "Die Befreiung der Mini-Cons" ("The Liberation of the Mini-Cons")
- Original airdate: This episode was never shown on TV, but was dubbed in 2003. The dub premiered in 2009 with the German DVD release of the show.
Trivia
- The Skyboom Shield reappears for the first time since it was knocked out of Optimus' hands in "Desperate".
- Scavenger, Blurr and Side Swipe are barely seen during the battle. Blurr in particular is only shown in a few panning shots of the Autobots firing.
- Thrust is shown to be holding one of the weapons normally attached to his legs.
- This episode show more minicons than any other episode.
Home video releases
- DVD
2003 — Transformers: Micron Legend — Volume 9 (Columbia Music Entertainment) — Japanese audio only.
2004 — Transformers: Armada — Battle for the Mini-Cons (Rhino Entertainment)
2006 — Transformers: Armada — Season One: Part Two (Rhino Entertainment)
2009 — Transformers: Armada — Volume Two (New KSM) — English and German audio.
