War Dawn (episode)
Writers: David Wise
The Aerialbots are accidentally transported back nine million years into Cybertrons past.
Major Characters: Aerialbots, Megatron (G1), Optimus Prime (G1), Orion Pax, Alpha Trion
Minor Characters (in order of appearance): Arial, Dion
Original Air Date: 25th December 1985
Summary
Notes
This takes place almost immediately after The Key to Vector Sigma.
This episode introduces a lot of major mythological elements from the G1 cartoon, incluing the origin of Optimus Prime and Elita-1 and showing the start of the Third Great War.
In a interview, writer David Wise says that the meeting between Orion Pax and Megatron happened differently in the original version of the script. Megatron was to blast Orion's arm off and then use it to decapitate him. Sunbow, fearing the scene was too violent, had it changed.
Quotes
Megatron: Who-who are you?! Optimus: Your worse nightmare!
Alpha Trion: You may not recognize him, for he is no longer Orion Pax. He is the first of our new defenders...Optimus Prime! Optimus: I was wrong, my friends. I admired Megatron simply because he was powerful. I failed to see how he used that power.
Technical/Animation Glitches
Continuity Errors
Arial is shown with the Aerialbots running to find her own body.
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