The Girl Who Loved Powerglide
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A newly-orphaned debutante must protect her late father's work from Megatron. She finds Powerglide, and with him, safety...or perhaps...something...more?
- Japanese title: "From Your Daughter With Love"
Detailed synopsis
One day Powerglide passes by a building as he is flying, he sees Ramjet, Dirge, and Thrust are trying to kidnap Astoria from her birthday party. Powerglide successfully saves Astoria and goes back to Sparkplug's workshop with her. Optimus Prime tells Powerglide and Sparkplug some information about Astoria. Optimus Prime also says she doesn't know things about her company even she runs it. Optimus Prime believes Megatron wants something from her so he ordered Powerglide to escort her back to the Autobot Headquarters. Powerglide then escorts Astria to Autobot Headquarters. However, she says she is starving and wants to eat something.
Meantime in the Decepticon Base, Megatron is quite unhappy about the Coneheads' failure. He orders them bring Astoria to him this time without any failure.
While Astoria is having fun in the park, making Powerglide quite troubled. After they get down from the Mary Go Round, the Coneheads come for Astoria. Powerglide somehow manages to get rid of them and takes Astoria with him. But soon he gets caught up and is rammed by Ramjet. This makes Powerglide's left arm and left wing injured and lands on the wild. After a while he is defeated by the Coneheads. Then the Coneheads take Astoria to their base, leaving Powerglide buried by the rocks. Powerglide somehow manages to get out from the rocks but soon he falls down due to the injuries. He is rescued by Ratchet and Wheeljack.
After basically repairing by Ratchet, Powerglide refuses any further repair and goes to see Optimus Prime. While Powerglide is discussing with Optimus Prime, Teletraan-1 notifies them that Sky Spy just detected an unusual atmospheric disturbances over the Northern Atlantic and the source is 10 miles above the sea level. Optimus Prime thinks it is possibly Decepticon's suborbital station. Then Powerglide rushes out the Ark and flies to the Sky Platform directly.
Meanwhile, the Decepticons are interrogating Astoria about the energy formula left by her father. She claims that she know nothing. So Megatron decides to use the psycho-probe in order to make her tell him about the formula. But the psycho-probe keeps not working, making Megatron experiencing a frustration beyond anything Starscream could cause. Megatron destroys the device out of anger. Then the Decepticons find Powerglide trying to break through the energy storm and everyone goes out to see it. Megatron laugh at Powerglide and says he won't be able to break through the energy storm. But Astoria throws her necklace given by her father and containing the energy formula toward the energy-storm-generating tower and successfully destroys it.
The tower collapses the buildings on Sky Platform. The Sky Platform loses its control and starts to fall down. The Decepticons retreat to the headquarter. Powerglide goes into the control room and fixes the control panel, successfully stabilizing the falling of the Sky Platform. After Powerglide and Astoria escape, the Sky Platform falls into the ocean and crashes onto the Decepticon Headquarters.
Back to the city, Powerglide asks Astoria what was Megatron looking for. She tells him it was her necklace. Then Powerglide asks whether if he could look her up next time he comes to town shyly. Astoria is very happy and kisses him after another conversation. After Astoria goes back, everyone laughs at Powerglide that he seems to fall in love. Powerglide asks who want to be punched out the circuit and goes into the building embarrassingly. He then opens his chest plate, showing a series of LED flashing in the form of a stylized heart.
Stats
Original airdate: November 18, 1985
Production number: 700-53
Written by: David Wise
Featured Characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans | Others |
|---|---|---|---|
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Regulars
Guests |
Notable quotes
"Oh wow! He is tall. He is handsome. He is shiny. And he can fly!"
- —Astoria comments on Powerglide
"Why does everything happen to me?"
- —Powerglide laments his lot in life.
"You are supposed to be the most powerful jets in the galaxy, and you were beaten by a pipsqueak Autobot plane?!"
- —Megatron berates the Coneheads for their defeat at the hands of Powerglide.
Thrust: "We have come for the girl."
Ramjet: "And we will get the girl."
Dirge: "Or else."
- —The Coneheads act tough.
"Autobot, meet your doom!"
- —Dirge taunts Powerglide
"Do you have any burgers in this place?"
"Silence!"
- —Astoria and Soundwave
"Then I'm staying with you, no matter what!"
- —Astoria says to Powerglide
"Energise the force fields!"
"What force fields?!"
- —Megatron and Soundwave
"Attention Decepticons, this is Megatron speaking. Your new orders are...er...clean up this mess!"
- —Megatron broadcasts to the Decepticons.
"Ha wow! Who would believe it! Powerglide shot down by Cupid!"
- —Sparkplug teases on Powerglide after he is kissed by Astoria.
Other notes
Animation and/or technical glitches
- Powerglide's landing gears are all painted red when he was landing after rammed by Ramjet.
- When Powerglide holds Astoria to save her from falling, her body was drawn, um, weird.
Continuity errors
- Error
Real-world references
- The iconic scene in which Powerglide opens his chest to reveal a cartoony heart bears an uncanny resemblance to the original 1950s/60s anime & manga version of Astroboy.
Miscellaneous trivia
- Powerglide is actually quite abusive to the human he is charged with "saving" in this episode. Not even the Decepticons have ever been shown slamming a human to the concrete so hard that they bounce or out and out striking a human. But hey, that's what she gets for having to be told twice, right Powerglide?
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