A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)
The Transformers go to Camelot, even though it's a silly place.
Detailed synopsis
The episode starts with Warpath, Hoist battle it out with Starscream, Rumble, Ravage, and Ramjet. But the Decepticons retreat out of exhaustion sensing energy in a nearby cave. The cave transports them to the medieval times where they are greeted by knights on horses thinking they are knights of their enemy kingdom. Near-by a Princess is spying their conversation and runs to warn her father where she bumps into Spike (literally) The Decepticons agree to help the knights win the war (But Starscream obviously just wants to rule and have a land of his own). Spike agrees to enter the tournament against the two kingdoms (Rigged by Decepticons of course) but quickly fails.
Ramjet and Rumble then enter the tournament together (Rumble rides Ramjet in Vehicle form) and are defeated by Warpath and the king. Out of rage, Starscream kidnaps the princess and holds her hostage unless the king agrees to give up his kingdom. The Autobots take chase but cannot keep up due to lack of energy and collapse out of exhaustion. Starscream then holds the princess prisoner in the castle he stole from the knight that greeted him and makes a machine that gives him energy out of anything he can find (and it's slave powered!) Starscream then sends Rumble to get Potassium-Nitrate (in other word LOTS of bird crap) to make explosive gun powder out of. Spike attempts to save the princess from her keep only to find her and the knight she was previously enemies with now a happy couple. Feeling rejected, Spike still agrees to help fight the war against the Decepticons. Mean-while the Autobots and the knights of the other kingdom charge towards the castle to battle it out with the Decepticons. But the Autobots can't put up much a fight due to their dangerously low energy levels.
A wizard then appears to aide the Autobots and summons lightning that fill Warpath and Hoist with enough energy to fight. Thus they continue the battle with Starscream and are victorious. Thus they are all led back to the cave in which they entered through by the wizard only to find it guarded by a Dragon. Starscream refuses to "go any closer" and the Wizard just states that a little bit of "Dragonsbane works every time." So they throw it at the dragon and it frighten hims away and they are all able to return home. When they arrive back in the normal time era they are greeted by multiple cannon blasts by Megatron. Starscream runs and glomps him in his burst of enthusiasm. Megatron on the other hand isn't so happy to see Starscream saying he "ruined his shot" and yells in anger.
Stats
Original airdate: 24 October, 1985
Written by: Douglas Booth
Featured Characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans | Others |
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Regulars
Guests
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Notable quotes
Oohh! I just changed heads last week!
- --A ground bound Ramjet strangely comes off second best after attempting to ram Warpath.
Out of the way, Rumble! It could be dangerous. As your leader, I must take the risk. Anyway, I'm lower on energy than you!
- --True to form, Starscream first attempting to justifying why he needed to knock Rumble aside, then just admitting it's all about him.
Huh! Inferior construction, even for an Autobot. One good whack, it breaks right in two!
- --Ramjet examining the "wreckage" of Sir Wulf and his horse.
What's more important is that we have 1,451 years to go before we have to worry about the Autobots and that bungler Megatron!
- --Even trapped in past, Starcream looks on the bright side.
What's the matter? Aren't you glad to see us?
RRRRAGGGH!!
- --Starscream asks a rather loaded question of Megatron.
Other notes
Animation and/or technical glitches
- Glitch
Continuity errors
- When Ramjet rams into Warpath in the jousting duel, his canopy is smashed and nose cone crushed in, yet less than a minute later he's back to normal by the time the remaining Decepticons attempt to flee with Starscream.
Real-world references
- References
Miscellaneous trivia
- The original broadcast version of this episode featured the mis-spelled title, "A Deceptacon Raider..." When Kid Rhino recreated the title cards for their DVD release of the series, the spelling error was corrected.
- Spike actually gets a kiss from a girl. What will Carly think?
Keywords
Dragon , Dragon's Bane , Dragon mound
