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"Something strange has happened, Now there are TWO Optimus Primes | "Something strange has happened, Now there are TWO Optimus Primes!" | ||
:—'''Narrator''' (This is a mistranslation of the phrase "Double Convoy") | :—'''Narrator''' (This is a mistranslation of the phrase "Double Convoy") | ||
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| "Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime" (Yume no Double Convoy Tanjō) | ||||||
| Production company | Takara, Toei | |||||
| Airdate | July 17, 1987 | |||||
| Writer | Yoshihisa Araki | |||||
| Director | Masao Itō | |||||
| Animation studio | Toei | |||||
| Continuity | Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity | |||||
With the missing Matrix recovered, the race is on to return to Cybertron and secure the Autobots' control of the planet.
Synopsis
While Hot Rod and the Autobot Headmasters search for the Matrix in the final possible location, Galvatron arrives at the Decepticon Earth Base with Cyclonus and the Decepticon Headmasters. Cyclonus is curious to meet Sixshot, but there's little time for pleasantries as Galvatron orders everyone to stop Hot Rod so the Decepticons can claim the Matrix themselves. Ultra Magnus co-ordinates the Autobot response, with the Protectobots intercepting the Combaticons. Hot Rod's team has been fruitlessly searching the last location and is becoming demoralized at their lack of success. Hot Rod begins to wonder if the Matrix is hidden somewhere more obvious than one of the secret Autobot bases.
On Athenia, Blurr is getting antsy about the lack of news, and Kup starts looking like he's going to tell another old war story. Fortress announces he's going to Cybertron to pass on news of the search for the Matrix to Optimus Prime.
Optimus, still journeying through Cybertron to find Vector Sigma, opens a door and is attacked by energy leeches.
Hot Rod and the Headmasters reach an energon store, only to be confronted by the Terrorcons. While the Headmasters and the Technobots fight with the Decepticon team, Hot Rod heads inside and locates a hidden chamber in which he finds the Matrix! He dashes outside to where the other Autobots have defeated Abominus and tells them he has to get to the space bridge. Moments later he runs straight into Galvatron and the three Decepticon Headmasters. Though he's stopped dead by Mindwipe's hypnosis, the other Autobots come to his rescue. Computron keeps the Decepticons busy while Hot Rod and the Autobot Headmasters head for Cybertron aboard the Trainbots.
On Cybertron, Vector Sigma's destabilization continues, with the planet on the verge of self-destruction. Daniel Witwicky and Wheelie play video games and discuss Fortress. Fortress enters Cybertron's catacombs, following Optimus Prime's trail and using his telepathic powers to communicate with Alpha Trion's ghost, in order to guide Prime through the tunnels. His warning comes too late to prevent Optimus running into some monstrous hedgehogs, but Optimus fights them off and heads down a different path, at last finding the Vector Sigma Chamber. As he approaches the computer, Cyclonus and Scourge reveal they've beaten him there!
Fortress, Galvatron, Hot Rod and the Headmasters all soon arrive in quick succession, and to turn the tide of battle, Alpha Trion merges with the Matrix in Hot Rod's hands, re-energizing it and once again transforming Hot Rod into Rodimus Prime. The two Primes team up to defeat the Decepticons, but just as Rodimus is about to recharge Optimus Prime with the Matrix, Vector Sigma flares dangerously, and Prime leaps into action the only way he can—by fusing his own essence with the computer, bringing it back under control at the cost of his own life. With Cybertron back under Autobot control, the Decepticons flee, and Rodimus is left as Autobot commander once again.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans | ||
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Quotes
"I can feel the heat."
- —Optimus Prime
"Roadimus Prime! Optimus Prime!... Prime!"
- —Autobots, after Hot Rod turns into Rodimus Prime, with one embarrassingly missing his cue.
"Something strange has happened, Now there are TWO Optimus Primes!"
- —Narrator (This is a mistranslation of the phrase "Double Convoy")
Notes
Animation or technical errors
- Prowl appears again in this episode. He's still supposed to be dead, but see here for the details.
- As Galvatron and the Decepticon Headmasters arrive to stop Hot Rod, Skullcruncher is colored like Weirdwolf, and Weirdwolf is colored like Sinnertwin.
- When arguing with Arcee and Wheelie, Blurr's chestplate windshield is miscolored.
- As Galvatron and the Decepticon Headmasters fire on Hot Rod as he and the Autobot Headmasters board the Trainbots, Mindwipe is missing his wings and Galvatron is missing his Decepticon insignia.
Continuity errors
- Okay, so, it takes Optimus Prime (who has made the trip before) basically one-and-a-half episodes to traverse the tunnels and get to Vector Sigma's chamber, and yet Cyclonus and Scourge, who were on Earth earlier in this episode, were able to beat him there? And Galvatron and Rodimus, who only just left Earth a little while ago, make it to the chamber in what seems like only minutes? What, did Optimus get lost on his way? Maybe that's why Alpha Trion's ghost came to guide him to Vector Sigma. Never ask Prime for directions, he's obviously horrible at them.
Transformers references
- The energy leeches in this episode are pretty much identical to the (slightly larger) creatures that appeared and did the same thing in "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2".
- Kup references Rodimus Prime's defeat of Galvatron on planet Feminia, an event which occurred in The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5.
- One of the most bizarre threats that Prime comes up against on his journey through Cybertron is a pack of giant, purple hedgehogs. Perhaps leftover Trans-Organics?
- This episode foreshadows the telepathic powers possessed by the Headmasters, which will be expanded upon in "Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2".
- Issue 1 of The Headmasters manga takes place shortly after this episode.
Foreign localization
English
- Title: "The Birth of a New Leader" (Omni Productions dub)
- Original airdate: ?
- As you might notice in the quote above when the Decepticons first see Rodimus Prime and Optimus Prime together, one of the voice actors for the Decepticons misses his cue.
- Title: "The Rebirth of Rodimus Prime" (Shout! Factory sub), "Behold the Birth of Double Prime" (Shout! Factory menu)
- The review of the last episode shown before the title card is omitted.
- The explanation that the Matrix is using the Earth's plasma energy is continued into this episode.
Italian
- Title: "La nascita di Commander Captain" ("The birth of Optimus/Rodimus Prime")
- Original airdate: ?
Trivia
- This article follows the lead of the English-language DVD releases of the episode in its use of the term "Prime" in the title.
- This episode is a study in how weird the Matrix is in Japan. With the wisdom of the ages having been drained to counteract the Hate Plague in "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2," the Autobots have decided to recharge the Matrix by... hooking it up to a power station. The final chapter of the Headmasters manga tries to justify this a bit, or at least gussy it up, by pointing out that the energy is the "lifeforce of Earth," so presumably the power plant was gathering up natural energy. But, y'know. Still. And the fact that it's actually recharged by Alpha Trion's ghost spinning around and going inside it isn't much better.
- While relaying information in cassette mode, Ratbat plays not a recording, but a summary of events in a unique voice, in the same manner that Ravage did in "More than Meets the Eye, Part 3". Later in the series, however, he and the other Decepticon cassette animals suddenly start talking in their robot modes.
- A computer program written in BASIC flashes up on the screen during POV shots for Hot Rod and Fortress. More BASIC code appears on Kup's monitor as he checks on the state of Vector Sigma.
- The term "Double Convoy" in reference to Convoy and Rodimus Convoy teaming up is presumably a takeoff on the "Double Rider" team of Kamen Rider 1 and Kamen Rider 2 from the original Kamen Rider series. (Coincidentally, or perhaps not, the company that makes Kamen Rider also did the animation for Season 1 and 2 of the Generation 1 Cartoon.) It's also amusing to note both ran afoul of a group called Destron.
- In an odd touch, Rodimus Prime's character model seen here and in the remainder of his appearances in Headmasters, is different from his U.S. character model in several subtle ways, seemingly taking inspiration from his Studio OX design. His eyes now have thick borders around them (although this does vary depending on the shot), the wheels on his upper arms now face forward rather than backward, and his yellow spoiler has been 'beefed-up' in robot mode.
- Um, did the writer forget this is not the first time Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime show up together?
- Though called "Double Convoy", it didn't last long. Gugh!
- In the futuristic world of 2010, Rodimus apparently still runs on old BASIC code...
Home video releases
- Laserdisc
1996 — Transformers: The Headmasters Set (Takara) — Japanese audio only.
- DVD
2002 — Transformers: Takara (Sony Wonder) — Omni dub only.
2002 — Transformers: The Headmasters — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only.
2005 — The Takara Collection Vol 1 — Transformers: Headmasters (Metrodome) — Optional commentary by Chris McFeely.
2007 — Transformers — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) — Optional commentary by Chris McFeely.
2007 — The Transformers: Headmasters (Madman Entertainment)
2009 — The Transformers: Japan Generation 1 — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)
