Overlord and Emissary
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 Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! | ||||||
| "Overlord and Emissary" | ||||||
| Production company | Hasbro Studios, Machinima | |||||
| Airdate | November 28, 2017 | |||||
| Written by | Eric S. Calderon F.J. DeSanto Adam Beechen | |||||
| Director | Yuzo Sato | |||||
| Animation studio | Tatsunoko Production | |||||
Those guys in the title show up.
Synopsis
In the Primal Basilica's prayer chamber, the Mistress of Flame calls out to Primus, invoking the names of the Thirteen as she asks for guidance. She hears someone approach and assumes it to be Megatron, but is shocked to see Overlord instead. Overlord smacks her away as he introduces himself, and explains he watched the events of the Combiner Wars from afar, returning to the city out of curiosity. The Mistress of Flame struggles to her feet and attempts to fight him off, but her attacks prove ineffectual, so she instead summons a series of sentries that begin firing upon him.
The missile fired from Fortress Maximus continues towards its target as a small Autobot emerges from inside. Falling from the sky, the missile collides with Metroplex's back, distracting him just long enough for Trypticon to clamp his jaws on Metroplex's arm. As this happens, the small Autobot enters Metroplex and works its way into his inner systems. He introduces himself to Metroplex as Emissary, Fortress Maximus's Titan Master, and offers to help Metroplex in his battle. Though Metroplex claims he will not last long and the battle is already lost, Emissary channels his power into Metroplex, causing him to fire a concentrated blast of flame from his eyes. The blast damages Trypticon, knocking him back and ripping off Metroplex's arm in the process. From within Trypticon, Starscream seems giddy at this new turn, while Metroplex regains his composure and resumes firing.
With the last of her sentries destroyed, the Mistress of Flame creates illusory duplicates of herself that strike at Overlord, but he brushes them off and reveals the original. He destroys her staff and beats her into submission, demanding to know Megatron's whereabouts. When the Mistress of Flame replies she doesn't know, he tosses her into the lights above, electrocuting her, and leaves her to bleed to death as he storms off.
At Fortress Maximus, Computron reports that while the Titan's transformation cog is nonfunctional, his missile systems are still active. Victorion orders Computron to take remote control of all Fortress Maximus's cannons, targeting them at Trypticon. Menasor protests, reminding them that Metroplex is still fighting Trypticon, but Victorion believes Metroplex is a lost cause and that they must be the ones to save the world. The cannons all fire at full power towards the battle as Victorion asks Metroplex's forgiveness.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Camiens |
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- *Voice-only appearance
Quotes
- -those who forget the past are bound to repeat it.
-overlord's life lesson
"I'm really sorry your mistressness. I don't need your permission to go anywhere, I'm Overlord. Hi."
- —Overlord introduces himself.
"Oof. You all really wrecked this place, didn't ya? I'll bet you lose your security deposit."
- —Overlord revels in all the destruction.
"And call me crazy, but did I see a giant Starscream in there too? I mean, what was that all about?"
- —Overlord can't believe how ridiculous the climax of Combiner Wars was either.
Notes
Continuity notes
- Overlord mentions several events from the end of Combiner Wars, including Victorion and Devastator's fight and the giant Starscream. He also mentions Metroplex walking around on Cybertron, from the beginning of Titans Return.
Transformers references
- The Mistress of Flame name drops several members of the Thirteen in her prayer to Primus, asking for the wisdom of Sentinel Prime, the clarity of Alchemist Prime, the dreams of Quintus Prime, the sageliness of Alpha Trion, the fluidity of Amalgamous Prime, the kindness of Solus Prime, and the strength and light of Prima. Notably, this is the first instance in any continuity that Sentinel Prime has been treated as one of the Thirteen.
- The depiction of Metroplex's shoulder, minus the lost arm, is particularly toy accurate. Whether intentionally or otherwise, it also recreates how the Generations toy came packaged with one arm removed, for space reasons, to be reattached by the buyer. (Although, in that case it was the right arm, rather than the left.)
Animation and technical errors
References
External links
- "Overlord and Emissary" on Go90 (US only)
