Missed Connection
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| Production company | Entertainment One Nickelodeon | |||||
| Airdate | March 3, 2023 | |||||
| Writer | Mae Catt | |||||
| Director | Matthew Humphreys | |||||
| Animation studio | Icon Creative Studio | |||||
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When Nightshade starts feeling isolated from the rest of the Malto family, they find a new connection in the most unlikely of places.
Synopsis
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
"Then behold the Smart Trainer 5007!"
"Why 5007?"
"The first 5,006 tried to destroy me."
- -Nightshade does their best Wheeljack impression when answering Twitch's question.
"But I don't want an alt-form."
"You are a Transformer. An another mode is your birthright."
"I see no need for one. Aren't I sufficient as I am?"
"Young one, alt-forms aren't meant to complete you as though you have a missing part. They further express who you already are."
- -Nightshade learns from Tarantulas there's more to alt-modes than just changing your form.
Notes
Continuity notes
Transformers references
- Tarantulas being portrayed as an ultimately sympathetic character was inspired by his depiction in Sins of the Wreckers.[1]
Real-world references
- D.E. O'Neil is named in reference to Denny O'Neil.
- Nightshade's Smart Trainer 5007 bears a strong resemblance to the lightsaber training drone from Star Wars.
Errors
- ↑ "More Earthspark episodes have dropped, including some written and story edited by me! As for Ep. 113, I wanted to give a special shout out to @NickRoche, whose impeccable comics featuring the Wreckers inspired me to pitch Tarantulas as that ep's foil to Nightshade."—Mae Catt, Twitter, 2023/03/03
