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*Wheeljack is dirty and grimy after being dragged from the wreckage of his ship, but is clean during his torture session. The same holds true for his alternate mode later on. | *Wheeljack is dirty and grimy after being dragged from the wreckage of his ship, but is clean during his torture session. The same holds true for his alternate mode later on. | ||
*As previously seen in "[[The Human Factor]]", the map of the continental [[United States]] shows [[Louisiana]] rendered within [[Texas]], with a noticeable gap along the coastline where Louisiana should be. | *As previously seen in "[[The Human Factor]]", the map of the continental [[United States]] shows [[Louisiana]] rendered within [[Texas]], with a noticeable gap along the coastline where Louisiana should be. | ||
*Optimus Prime never had his mouthplate active when he prepared to destroy the Groundbridge controls in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]", yet when his face is seen in the rubble of the destroyed base, it is active, but when Smokescreen pulls him into the cavern, the mouthplate is off again. | |||
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| "Darkmount, NV" | ||||||
| Production company | Hasbro Studios | |||||
| Airdate | March 15, 2013 (Singapore) March 22, 2013 (USA) | |||||
| Written by | Marsha Griffin | |||||
| Directed by | Shaunt Nigoghossian | |||||
| Animation studio | Polygon Pictures | |||||
Optimus struggles to survive while the other Autobots try to find each other.
Synopsis
The Decepticons search the ruins of Outpost Omega One. Starscream has investigated the wreckage of the Jackhammer, and returns with Wheeljack as captive. Megatron orders him taken back to Darkmount for questioning while the troops continue to search not far from where Optimus is half-buried. The Decepticons eventually dig up Airachnid, still trapped in her stasis chamber, and the Forge of Solus Prime but are unable to find any bodies. This turns out to be because Smokescreen has spirited Optimus away using the phase shifter. The young Autobot shelters his badly-damaged leader in an underground cavern. Meanwhile, as Megatron orders Soundwave to monitor frequencies Earth-wide for Autobot communications, Starscream spots an incoming human military force and offers to dispatch the armada to deal with them. Megatron instead turns Darkmount's fusion cannons on them, devastating the human forces as well as Jasper.
Megatron contacts Agent Fowler, warning him that the Decepticons should not be interfered with, but with the news that Megatron bears the humans no ill will and simply wants to settle on Earth in peace. Starscream is impressed with Megatron's talent for deception. Fowler, meanwhile, reports to his superior that Jasper's evacuation was completed in time and a cover story in place, but the military want to nuke the Decepticons. June Darby, working as a medic on the military base, asks if there's been any word from the others, but there's no way to contact anyone without giving away their position.
A patrolling Vehicon scans cars moving along a road, but fails to recognize Bumblebee, who has a new paint job. Bumblebee and Raf stop and discuss how they're going to find the rest of the team, concluding the best bet is to continue heading towards Jasper. In the Rockies, Bulkhead and Miko head towards a Wrecker meeting spot Bulkhead and Wheeljack had decided on.
Back in Darkmount, Starscream's interrogation of Wheeljack is not bearing fruit as Wheeljack doesn't know anything. Megatron orders Knock Out to take a team back to Cybertron to search for Iacon relics at their previous battle site.
Optimus stirs, and Smokescreen relates how he snuck back to the base during the evacuation, and used the phase shifter to get Optimus out. While Smokescreen is keen to go find Ratchet, Optimus stops him, saying cryptically that there is "no hope" of finding Ratchet, but powers back down into unconsciousness before he can explain.
Jack and Arcee pause in their travels and spot a helicopter. Arcee leaves Jack to go investigate, whereupon Jack decides that sending a text message to his mother might be safe. Unfortunately his message is detected by Soundwave, and the Decepticons swiftly dispatch a force. Jack only has time to put away his phone before a Vehicon starts strafing him. Arcee, having identified the helicopter as civilian, sees the explosions and heads back. Jack unsuccessfully seeks shelter under a truck, but Arcee gets back in time to save him. The pair set up a trap at a nearby gas station, destroying it to take out the two Vehicons and Laserbeak, before fleeing.
The search for relics on Cybertron turns up the Apex Armor, and... something else. Back on Earth, Soundwave is examining Laserbeak and failing to retrieve any of the surveillance data when Knock Out's call comes through. Knock Out returns triumphantly through the space bridge with a surprise guest: Shockwave!
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
Notes
Animation and technical errors
- Wheeljack is dirty and grimy after being dragged from the wreckage of his ship, but is clean during his torture session. The same holds true for his alternate mode later on.
- As previously seen in "The Human Factor", the map of the continental United States shows Louisiana rendered within Texas, with a noticeable gap along the coastline where Louisiana should be.
- Optimus Prime never had his mouthplate active when he prepared to destroy the Groundbridge controls in "Darkest Hour", yet when his face is seen in the rubble of the destroyed base, it is active, but when Smokescreen pulls him into the cavern, the mouthplate is off again.
Continuity errors
- The Decepticon citadel was previously named as "New Kaon" in "Darkest Hour", only to be called Darkmount in this one. While a change of heart regarding the name isn't out of the question, there can't be more than a few hours' difference between this episode and the previous one.
- Smokescreen's return to the base is inconsistent with the previous episode, or even the flashbacks to it in this episode. He is shown to have returned within moments of the base's destruction, but was the second-to-last to use the GroundBridge, Ratchet being the last. Since Ratchet changed the coordinates, he should have returned well before the blast, and should have been spotted by Optimus when he did.
Continuity notes
- Fowler contacts his superior, General Bryce, previously seen in "Grill".
- This episode covers the fates of the various Iacon relics and other things left unattended in the previous episode. With the exception of the phase shifter, the relics taken by Prime's team were left on Cybertron. The Forge of Solus Prime and Airachnid both survived the destruction of the Autobot base. Still unaccounted for are Prime's Star Saber and Megatron's Dark Star Saber (and the Dead Prime's arm that goes with it).
- Megatron has his original arm back, last seen being removed by Knock Out in "Alpha/Omega". Evidently he kept it in storage.
- Starscream expresses surprise at Megatron's diplomatic skills, echoing an exchange in Transformers: Exodus.
- The Milky Way is shown outside Cybertron, consistent with the geography in Exodus.
Transformers references
- The name "Darkmount" comes from the fortress of the same name first introduced in the G1 comic; the name was later used for a toy representing the commander of Darkmount.
- Bumblebee's new black-and-yellow paint job resembles an unused redesign for him in Revenge of the Fallen.
Real-world references
Trivia
- This episode was initially revealed in The Hub's March highlights document under the name "Darkmouth, NV".
- The worldwide premiere of "Darkmount, NV" was on okto, a Singaporean channel, where it aired back-to-back with "Scattered" and "Prey".
