Alien Hunt! With Meteorfire And Cosmos
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| "Alien Hunt! With Meteorfire And Cosmos" | ||||||
| Production company | Allspark Animation | |||||
| Airdate | February 24, 2020 (UK) | |||||
| Animation studio | Boulder Media Studio | |||||
Bumblebee must travel to Cybertron's forbidden moon to help Windblade.
Synopsis
A bot finds a new planet and begins to scope it out with his partner Cosmos, who is attacked by their leader as the intro begins for... Alien Hunt! With Meteorfire! And Cosmos!
In the sickbay, Bumblebee finds another shard on Luna 3, the forbidden moon. Luckily, Chromia knows a 'bot who can break him in. Following her directions to a shuttle, he finds a 'bot sitting sulkily, watching reruns of Alien Hunt! while chugging mugs of Energon. The bot mourns the loss of his partner as he watches a rerun of her abduction. He turns off the screen as Bumblebee enters, the scout becoming starstruck as he realizes he is speaking with Meteorfire, the star of Alien Hunt!. Explaining his circumstances, Meteorfire signs a mug and gives it to Bumblebee, who loses the starstruck vibe enough to recruit him to infiltrate Luna 3. The former TV star agrees, using this as an opportunity to film a new episode for his show.
Disabling the quarantine generator, Meteorfire makes his way inside with Bumblebee close behind. Although he tracks Windblade's shard to the moon's dark side, Meteorfire instead opts to scout out the old communications hub to his exasperation. Finding the flier examining the computer terminals, Bumblebee runs in fear at the sight of a ghostly Shockwave trying to grab him. Making his way out, he is greeted by a similar image of Blurr before coming under siege from phantom Seekers. Returning fire, Bumblebee manages to hit a few of the Seekers—and one of Meteorfire's drones—before they disappear.
As they make their way closer to Windblade, Meteorfire alerts Bumblebee that his body is possessed. He begins attacking, but gives Bumblebee instructions on how to defend against his attacks until the yellow bot is able to snap him out of it. They find Windblade's shard in what Meteorfire dubs a obicular-class parasitic entity, explaining its telepathic abilities were responsible for his prior possession and the visions of Bumblebee's fears. Meteorfire determines the only way to get close is to approach it without fear, and although he puts on a brave face, his fear overtakes him when the entity surprises him and begins consuming him. Charging up with multiverse energy, Bumblebee kills the alien with a single punch, absorbing Windblade's shard.
Another surprise comes when Cosmos emerges alive from the wreckage, reuniting her with an overjoyed Meteorfire. As it turns out, the entity took Cosmos prisoner so she could take it to Cybertron, allowing it to feed off the whole planet. Luna 3's desertion was the result of her attempt to halt its plans. As Alien Hunt! is revived following Cosmos' return, Hot Rod points out that Bumblebee is guest-starring on the show, while Arcee and Grimlock simply express gratitude that the show is back on the air.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Ghosts |
|---|---|
Quotes
Notes
Continuity notes
- Among Meteorfire's alien junk is Starscream's Quintesson judge head, confirming his death in "The End Of The Universe IV".
- The entity haunts Bumblebee with ghostly images of several dead 'bots:
- The first to appear is Shockwave, who died trying to corrupt the AllSpark in "The Battle For Cybertron IV".
- The second is Blurr, who died from the Rust Plague epidemic on Velocitron way back in "Terminal Velocity".
- The rest are Seekers, presumably those who were killed by Starscream in "I Am The Allspark".
Transformers references
- Cosmos is a new female version of the Autobot UFO from Generation 1. Her design is based off the Legends Class toy mold introduced in Generations but with the mouth plate replaced with a visible mouth and the single visor substituted with a pair of separate optics.
Real-world references
- Although created as a new character exclusively for this episode, Meteorfire's characterization is a loving parody of the late, great Steve Irwin. This fact, plus the female characterization of Cosmos makes her a parody of Steve's wife, Terri.
- While he is (largely) possessed, Meteorfire's head turns 180 degrees, in reference to The Exorcist.
Other trivia
- So has another timeskip happened (as is commonplace in Cyberverse) where Meteorfire was able to start a show for a while before Cosmos disappeared or did the whole incident happen before the Great War and Meteorfire has been sitting around moping for millions of years?
Animation and technical errors
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Foreign localization
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Home video releases
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