The Kindhearted Hydrophant
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| "The Kindhearted Hydrophant" (Kokoro Yasashiki Hydrophant) | ||||||
| Airdate | 2025 April 23 | |||||
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After barely escaping termination, Lightlong and Optimus meet Hydrophant, as well as 2 mysterious ones...
Synopsis
Lightlong and Optimus arrive at a cave, the former apparently saving both of their skidplates and is very proud of it. A mysterious being approaches them from inside the cave, who turns out to be Lightlong's best friend, Hydrophant. The elephant energy beast was slow to receive Optimus, but after Lightlong says that Optimus' was the hero of legend, the elephant couldn't be happier.
Inside the cave, Hydrophant informs Lightlong that Drillnohorn hasn't came back with anything as of the last time they checked. That said, the timid Energy Beast doesn't receive the news that a fight with the Dinosaur Tribe has erupted too well, causing a lot of damage to the cave during a meltdown before fleeing through the other end, with Optimus and Lightlong in pursuit, believing his strength could make a good ally.
Hydrophant continued to run even when outside the cave, causing Lightlong and Optimus Prime to lose him, and he eventually kept running until he was about to run over a Dinosaur Tribe Energy Beast, who use his powers to summon a rock to stop the stampeding Hydrophant in his tracks. The Dinosaur, Spirituan, wasn't happy at being charged at, and attacks Hydrophant, only to have Optimus intercept his attack.
While holding back Spirituan, Optimus tries to pep talk Hydrophant that while, yes, fighting was scary, sometimes you have to stand up for what's important to you. Spirituan admires Optimus' skills, but feels something was "sinister" about him before disengaging. Lightlong manages to catch up to Optimus as he finds out something shocking: Ignite Leo, one of his own, was allied with Spirituan!
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Energy Beasts |
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Notes
Continuity notes
- This is the first absence of both Megatron and Captain Volca.
- This is also the first episode without any Wildocking taking place, and the first episode that doesn't immediately take place after the previous one.
- This episode reveals 3 of the Energy Beasts shown in Lightlong's exposition in The Power of Bonds! Wildocking!: the elephant was, indeed, Hydrophant, but the spinosaurus and lion were revealed to be Spirituan and Ignite Leo respectively. Notably, unlike Hydrophant, the latter two's toys weren't revealed at the time of the episode's initial upload, so this was the first time either of them have appeared anywhere.
- Ignite Leo also didn't get a name drop title card this episode, only getting one in the next one.
