Countdown (POTP)
| The name or term "Countdown" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Countdown (disambiguation). |
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 "You pathetic little sea rat!" | ||||||
| "Countdown" | ||||||
| Production company | Hasbro Studios, Machinima | |||||
| Airdate | June 5, 2018 | |||||
| Written by | F.J. DeSanto Adam Beechen Jamie Iracleanos | |||||
| Director | Yuzo Sato | |||||
| Animation studio | Tatsunoko Production | |||||
Team Megatron and Megatronus's acolytes get into a 10-minute fight scene.
Synopsis
[edit]In the halls of the Athenaeum Sanctorum, Perceptor can only watch as Rodimus Cron blasts Grimlock into an info terminal and crushes Optimus Primal beneath falling rubble, only to be jumped by Windblade. She tries to appeal to her former comrade, but her words fall on deaf ears as he attempts to escape her grip. Meanwhile, Overlord has Megatron pinned down and continually electrocutes him, but pauses as Perceptor holds him at gunpoint with the Requiem Blaster. While Overlord calls Perceptor's bluff, it provides enough of a distraction for Megatron to shoot him in the face with his fusion cannon and escape. Overlord splits into his vehicle components and engages in a tank-on-tank battle with Megatron.
As Primal and Grimlock get back on their feet, Rodimus grabs Megatron from behind and tosses him into Perceptor, who drops the Requiem Blaster. Rodimus punches Megatron into unconsciousness, while Overlord turns back Windblade's fire to incapacitate her. Grimlock grapples with Overlord, but even the Dinobot proves too weak to overpower him. While the others are distracted, Primal grabs the Requiem Blaster and attempts to flee the Sanctorum, only to be blocked by Windblade. Despite her pleas, Primal declares removing the Blaster from Primal Swamp was a mistake. As he runs off, Windblade accuses him of cowardice and jumps back into battle. Perceptor attempts to continue downloading information from the terminal as Megatron gets back up and starts fighting back against Rodimus. The two are evenly matched until Rodimus taps into Unicron's essence and pins Megatron underfoot. Overlord nearly finishes Grimlock before he is saved by a timely intervention from Windblade.
With Megatron too weak to fight, Rodimus prepares to fire the final shot. Windblade attempts to defend Megatron, only for Rodimus to begin strangling her instead. As his hand tightens, she once again tries to reach the old Hot Rod, but Rodimus declares that Hot Rod is dead and tosses her limp body aside. Rodimus begins charging to fire at Megatron again, but Overlord insists that Megatron is his to kill. As Megatron struggles to his feet, Overlord gloats that his time has finally come. But Megatron stalls just long enough for Optimus Primal, who was hiding in the shadows, to toss him the Requiem Blaster, and Overlord is engulfed in light as Megatron charges the Blaster to fire.
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Camiens | Misc |
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- *Voice-only appearance
Quotes
[edit]"Please try not to get punched into the irreplaceable knowledge before I can download what we need!"
- —Perceptor can't read the room.
"Maybe I'll make a throne for myself out of your chassis!"
- —Overlord savors his revenge.
"The Matrix of Chaos has made me strong enough to destroy even you, Megatron!"
"Destroy me how? By annoying me to death, Junior Prime?"
- —Rodimus Cron falls victim to Megatron's sass.
"Sorry. There's no place for Dinobots in the Cybertron to come. Enjoy your extinction!"
- —Overlord prepares to finish off Grimlock.
"If you want to kill Megatron, Hot Rod, you'll have to kill me."
"As you wish."
- —Windblade wishes she had chosen her words more carefully around Rodimus Cron.
"Is it too late to change sides?"
- —Megatron takes a cue from Starscream.
"Well, at least I die knowing you needed help to beat me. Didn't have the lugnuts to do it on your own, eh, Overlord?"
"I know you're stallin', Megatron, but your luck really has run out."
"You sure about that?"
- —Megatron goes right for Overlord's pride. And his gun.
Notes
[edit]Continuity notes
[edit]- Victorion's body, which was decapitated in the previous episode, makes a split-second appearance.
Transformers references
[edit]- Rodimus claims that for a time, Megatron had been transformed into Galvatron by Unicron, a trait he shares with several other incarnations of the character. Surprisingly few, however, have ever been shown to transform back from Galvatron to Megatron.
Errors
[edit]Continuity errors
[edit]- When Rodimus Cron starts shooting at Optimus Primal, both arms are transformed into his blasters. When Optimus Primal starts walking towards him, however, only his right arm is in blaster mode.
- So...how did Unicron turn Megatron into Galvatron when all evidence indicates that he's been nothing but a derelict floating head since Megatronus shot him millions of years ago?
Animation and technical errors
[edit]- When Overlord says that he has been waiting so long to fight Megatron, the subtitles mistake it for "So-Lon."
- Bizarrely, when Overlord is fighting Grimlock, the subtitles also mistake his "the Cybertron to come" for "the Sov-tron-con".
Trivia
[edit]- ...so, apparently you can choke out a robot, now.
