Surprise Attack
The bad dudes finally find the Autobot base! ...And the one to do it is Sky-Byte? Frankly, this hoss is amazed at the drastic change in plot!
Synopsis
After recalibrating his spark energy in the Decepticons to turn them into loyal servants, Galvatron puts Sky-Byte in command of the next mission; and in command of the now loyal Decepticons.
So Sky-Byte goes out to follow Koji wherever he goes, in hopes that he will eventually lead him to the Autobot base. Of course, he does, and Sky-Byte tells Galvatron that the base is somewhere inside the parking structure. And that parking's only free for the first 20 minutes, and he needs some quarters.
Down at the Autobot base, Side Burn is all up in Cerebros face, telling him that he's an Autobot, and needs to help protect Earth. Then suddenly, Cerebros activates and explains how Fortress Maximus and he function. X-Brawn promptly points out the flaws in the system, right before the Decepticons attack the parking structure.
The Autobots take evasive actions and use their 'Oh crap the bad dudes found our pad' plan, which involves all the Autobots going to one area and hiding, while Optimus leads the Decepticons and Predacons to that area with Cerebros via a different route. Sky-Byte thinks he's cornered Optimus, but upon further observation he discovers that Optimus actually led him and the Decepticons into a trap. Every single Autobot is there, and Sky-Byte's like: "Crap." There's a lake nearby, where nobody seems to notice the huge alien watercraft that is Galvatron just floating there amidst the swan paddle boats. That's also where our dear friend Kelly is. She sees a couple Autobots, and tries to ignore them by paddling away.
After Sky-Byte figures out he's traped, Mega...I mean Galvatron pops out from hiding and anounces his master plan to control Fortress Maximus. Then he brings his huge command center thing out and sends a bevy of bombs onto the Autobots. The Predacons promptly hide behind some rocks, and the two and a half long episode battle begins.
Ultra Magnus shows up, and he and Optimus form Omega Prime. Landfill forms and tries to make the first blow, but gets blown apart. Despite this, Omega Prime still calls Wedge 'Landfill'. But nobody seems to notice or care. Rail Racer tries to shoot the command center in the butt, but gets blown back by ass-rockets. Then Wedge tries to attack the center all by himself, running and ranting about how he has the spark of an Autobot, but gets blown back by more ass-rockets. But his courage is not wasted, as it activates Fortress Maximus.
Galvatron transforms into hand mode, and we soon discover that hand mode isn't only useful for catching doctors, it's also good for linking with huge purple command centers and fighting gigantic fortresses. Anyway, Fortress Maximus and Galva-command center duke it out, but in the end, Maximus knocks Galvatron to the ground. And there was much rejoicing. But not for long, because when there's twitching involved, you know something's up.
Stats
Original Air Date: 03/09/2002
Written by Tom Wyner
Quotes
"Sky-Byte, unlike those traitors, the Predacons have always been loyal. You're the only ones I can trust."
-Mega...I mean Galvatron stating the obvious
"Oh joy, oh rapture unforeseen."
-Sky-Byte, on his reaction to the change of plot
"I think... I'm gonna cry!"
-The three Predacons, on their emotional status
"A trilateral program consisting of bio-signature identification, motivational recognition and harmonic residence calibration. As a singular entity, I will respond to the signature of any Autobot whose motivation is the protection of Earth. When fused with Fortress Maximus, I will respond only to the bio-signature of humans whose motivation is to aid and protect and in whom I detect no disharmonic residence of self interest or desire for personal gain."
-Cerebros, on a tl;dr speech
