Sherman Dam
[[Image:|right|200px|thumb|Sherman Dam is the perfect size for robot melees.]] Sherman Dam is a structure on <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> in the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1" class="mw-redirect" title="Generation 1">Generation 1</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family" title="Continuity family">continuity family</a>.
Sherman Dam is the largest dam in the Western hemisphere. It's so large that its power plant has ceilings and platforms built perfectly for robots the size of cars. How convenient!
Said hydroelectric power plant has a capacity of one million, seven hundred fifty thousand kilowatts. Mmmmm...power.
<a name="Fiction"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Sherman_Dam&action=edit§ion=1" title="Edit section: Fiction">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Fiction</span></h2> <a name="Generation_1_cartoon_continuity"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Sherman_Dam&action=edit§ion=2" title="Edit section: Generation 1 cartoon continuity">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Generation 1 cartoon continuity</span></h3> [[Image:|left|250px|thumb|"Could you reach that shelf for me?"]] Shortly after the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon">Decepticon</a> arrival on <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_%28G1%29" title="Megatron (G1)">Megatron</a> led his troops to Sherman Dam in an attempt to gather energy. He easily captured the facility from its <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Human" title="Human">human</a> operators and sent <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rumble_%28G1%29" title="Rumble (G1)">Rumble</a> to create more energy for the dam's generators by using his pile drivers to make a tidal wave. The other Decepticons then made <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_%28G1%29" title="Energon (G1)">energon cubes</a> from the energy before the waves began to tear the dam apart. As the water from the "tidal wave" overtopped the dam, the Autobots scrambled about evacuating townspeople downstream and creating diversionary channels to reduce the flooding. <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_%28G1%29" title="Optimus Prime (G1)">Optimus Prime</a> and the rest of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobots" class="mw-redirect" title="Autobots">Autobots</a> attempted to stop the Decepticons from escaping with their energy haul, but were defeated. The Decepticons fled, though the weakened dam never burst. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/More_than_Meets_the_Eye%2C_Part_2" title="More than Meets the Eye, Part 2">More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2</a></span>
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[[Image:|right|200px|thumb|Now where have we seen this before?]]
(Events in italics occurred in UK-only stories.)
As they made their way to the Ark<i>, Ratchet described the battle at dam to the Dinobots as a way to illustrate the difficulties the Autobots had in relaying their peaceful intentions to the humans. In Ratchet's version of events, the humans whose houses had just been saved were still angry at the giant robots who'd caused all the trouble in the first place.</i> <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon_Dam-Busters%21" title="Decepticon Dam-Busters!">Decepticon Dam-Busters!</a></span>
<div style="border: 2px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); margin: 0pt auto 0.2em; padding: 2px; width: 90%; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); text-align: left;">Note: The dam was called "Sherman Dam" in part 1 and "Boulder Dam" in part 2.</div>
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Seen again via flashforward. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_War_Within" title="The War Within">The War Within</a></span>
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Sherman Dam was wired to blow with multiple <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pulsar_bomb" title="Pulsar bomb">pulsar bombs</a> planted by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scourge_%28RID%29" title="Scourge (RID)">Scourge</a> and his Decepticons to scare the humans into surrendering. However, the plan failed because <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sky-Byte" title="Sky-Byte">Sky-Byte</a> attempted to gain credit by taking control of the bombs, only to be stopped at the last minute by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_%28RID%29" title="Optimus Prime (RID)">Optimus Prime</a>,
who caused the detonator trigger to fall into the water. Megatron,
angered about looking like an idiot to the humans, then ordered his
soldiers to destroy the dam by any means. <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Mega-Octane" title="Mega-Octane">Mega-Octane</a>
blasted the main bomb, opening a hole in the dam and causing a power
outage. The Decepticons were then driven off by the Autobots, the dam
was repaired and the power was restored. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Commandos" title="Commandos">Commandos</a></span>
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- The dam battle between Megatron and Optimus Prime is probably
their second-most famous animated confrontation, aside from their final battle in <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Transformers:_The_Movie" title="The Transformers: The Movie">the movie</a>. Although not especially well animated or impressively choreographed in any way, the unusual location and unique weaponry (that was never used again) seems to have made the fight stand out in fans' minds. Notably, clips from the dam battle were included in the longer opening sequence used for the first two seasons of the cartoon when it aired in Japan. Perhaps it was this showcasing of the fight that contributed to its memorability and familiarity, at least in Japan—enough for Takara to render the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Axe" title="Axe">axe</a> and flail as toys for the first time in their <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Super_Collection_Figure" title="Super Collection Figure">PVC</a> figure series and as new accessories for reissues of the original Prime and Megatron toys.
- "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Boulder_Dam" title="Boulder Dam">Boulder Dam</a>", the alternate name for the Sherman Dam in the Marvel Comics continuity, is actually the pre-1947 name of the real-life <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hoover_Dam" title="Hoover Dam">Hoover Dam</a>, which also appears in Transformers from time to time.
- A battle at Sherman Dam involving a fight between Megatron and
Optimus Prime using their respective flail and axe weapons found some way to happen in three of the four major Generation 1 continuities, and even the movie got a flail, a blade and a dam, although not quite added together in the same way. In other words, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/IDW" class="mw-redirect" title="IDW">IDW</a>, we're waiting.
- Yes. ...Listen, I think we could all use a cup of coffee.
