The Road to Small and Cute Transformers
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| "The Road to Small and Cute Transformers" (Chīsakute Kawaii Transformer e no Michi) | ||||||
| Airdate | September 14, 2015 | |||||
| Writer | Kotaro Ishidate | |||||
| Director | Kotaro Ishidate | |||||
| Animation studio | DLE | |||||
The Decepticons have more discussions about becoming more popular.
Synopsis
[edit]Soundwave reports that the Autobots (and Lockdown) are still discussing the shortcomings of old shows. Megatron thinks the Decepticons are still in with a chance to beat the Autobots to working out a way to become more popular, though Starscream is skeptical that examining old shows will help. Shockwave suggests examining old series similar to Q-Transformers and starts with BeCool. Soundwave elaborates on the premise of the toys and supporting stop-motion series which impresses Starscream. Next Shockwave recalls an older series, Choro-Q Robo. Starscream is upset that this is the same concept as Q-Transformers and they'll be seen as ripoffs.
Megatron decides they need to think of a new way to have small and cute Transformers. Soundwave suggests that everyone had a manga or anime that made their heart skip when they were young, resulting in Starscream recalling a particular episode of Wing-Man. Soundwave, meanwhile, liked Magical Circle Guru Guru, which Megatron announces he appeared in as a guest. The others are surprised by this, but then Soundwave remembers they also saw Beast Wars and they're all impressed by Megatron's impression of Dinobot. Soundwave asks if Megatron is intending to turn Transformers into little girls, as this will attract new male fans. Shockwave points out that this will put them out of work as voice actors, but Soundwave thinks they can get away with it if they add "meow" to the end of their sentences. They take turns at attempting to emulate girl voices by voicing stereotypical anime lines and adding "meow" to varying degrees of success. Everyone agrees Megatron's attempt is the best.
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Notes
[edit]Continuity notes
[edit]Transformers references
[edit]- The fact that Megatron's voice actor, Keiji Fujiwara, also voiced Dinobot in the Beast Wars dub is brought up.
Real-world references
[edit]- This episode takes place outside AEON Mall Niigata Kameda-Inter.
- Starscream is a fan of the anime Dream Soldier Wing-Man (夢戦士ウイングマン). The accompanying image as he brings this up shows the characters Kenta Hirono and Aoi Yume from that show. He makes specific reference to the episode featuring villain Snow Plus (スノープラス), who increases his power by looking at women's underwear.
- Soundwave was a fan of Magical Circle Guru Guru (魔法陣グルグル) and had a crush on Kukuri, who is shown in the accompanying image with main character Nike. The manga has been adapted for TV several times, and Keiji Fujiwara appeared in a guest role in the 1994 version.
Trivia
[edit]- Post credits, Shockwave reflects that falsetto doesn't work.
