Decepticon Army
<TABLE class=infobox style="WIDTH: 20em"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e7d492; TEXT-ALIGN: center" colSpan=2> <TABLE style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"> <TD class=tti_buttonlink><B><A title="The Omega Train" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Omega_Train">«</A></B> </TD> <TD><B><I><A title="Energon (cartoon)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_(cartoon)">Transformers: Energon</A></I> ep <STRONG class=selflink>45</B> </STRONG> </TD> <TD class=tti_buttonlink><B><A title="Ironhide Team" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ironhide_Team">»</A></B> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" align=middle colSpan=2><A class=image title="E45 titlecard.jpg" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:E45_titlecard.jpg"><IMG height=205 alt="" src="Deception Army - Transformers Wiki_fichiers/300px-E45_titlecard.jpg" width=300 border=0></A><BR>Hey, guess what this episode isn't about? At all? In any way? </TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; COLOR: black; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #e7d492" align=middle colSpan=2>"Deception Army" <DIV style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: x-small">バラバラ、デストロン軍団 <BR>(Barabara, Destron Gundan) <BR>"Scattered, the Destron Army"</DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD>Production company </TD> <TD><A class=mw-redirect title="WE'VE" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/WE'VE">WE'VE</A> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD>Airdate </TD> <TD><A title="November 12" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/November_12">12 November</A> 2004 (Japanese)<BR><A title="February 11" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/February_11">February 11</A>, 2005 (English) </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <B>Kicker searches for his family below Cybertron, while Galvatron and a damaged Optimus square off on the planet's surface.</B>
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<LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deception_Army#Summary"><SPAN class=tocnumber>1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Summary</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deception_Army#Featured_characters"><SPAN class=tocnumber>2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Featured characters</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deception_Army#Quotes"><SPAN class=tocnumber>3</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Quotes</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-1><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deception_Army#Notes"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Notes</SPAN></A>
<LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deception_Army#Lost_in_translation"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4.1</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Lost in translation</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deception_Army#Pain_Count"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4.2</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Pain Count</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deception_Army#Animation_and.2For_technical_glitches"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4.3</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Animation and/or technical glitches</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deception_Army#Real-world_references"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4.4</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Real-world references</SPAN></A> <LI class=toclevel-2><A href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deception_Army#Miscellaneous_notes"><SPAN class=tocnumber>4.5</SPAN> <SPAN class=toctext>Miscellaneous notes</SPAN></A> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <A name=Summary></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Summary" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Deception_Army&action=edit§ion=1">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Summary</SPAN></H2> A space bridge disgorges Rodimus and Landmine, carrying the injured Jetfire. Rodimus has Landmine take Jetfire to sick bay at Ocean City, while he heads back through the space bridge.
The gas-covered Cybertron continues moving through space. On its surface, Six Shot is still trying to take out Optimus Prime with the energon grid. After sending Superion Maximus ahead to reach Kicker, Optimus finds himself under attack from Galvatron and Starscream. Galvatron goes to <A class=mw-redirect title="Hyper Mode" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hyper_Mode">Hyper Mode</A> to attack, but Six Shot finally nails Optimus with a blast from the energon grid, sending Optimus crashing to the surface in flames. Galvatron is predictably furious at the interference; he sends Scorponok and Constructicon Maximus to search for the fallen Autobot leader.
The Omega Train roars through a station full of Terrorcons, its passengers blasting them as they go. Kicker calls for a halt at the next station, figuring the Decepticons are waiting for them. He has Hot Shot contact Optimus, knowing full well that this will give away their position.
Optimus lies damaged and separated from Wing Saber. He tells Hot Shot and the rest to carry on with their mission. Omega decides to go to him, but when Kicker points out that Optimus mentioned a leg wound, he has Omega hold up.
The <A title="Construction Team" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Construction_Team">five nameless construction vehicles</A> that make up Constructicon Maximus are digging through the rubble, searching for Optimus, as Galvatron watches.
Kicker sends Omega ahead to an industrial complex, there to take something to Optimus. He figures it's about time they did some looking after their leader, instead of the usual vice versa.
Ironhide leads <A title="Team Ironhide" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Team_Ironhide">his troops</A> through Cybertron's tunnel, arriving at a firefight at the medical complex. The four troops move in. Ironhide wins the day with his "turbo blast attack", which involves spinning his head around at dizzying speed while firing randomly.
While watching the monitors, Six Shot gets another rebuke from Galvatron, and promises not to do anything. Period. He shuts off his monitors, and says that he quits.
In the medical center, Bulkhead seems fully recovered, enough to scare the other patients and prompt an reproach from a nurse-bot. Bulkhead replies by pulling out a paper fan. Downshift and Mirage ask Ironhide for updates from the surface, prompting Ironhide to tell them to shut up and listen while pumping his fist in triumph, which in turn causes his fanboys to come kneel at his feet.
Yeah. Don't ask me, I have no idea.
Omega Supreme arrives somewhere, and says he can sense Kicker's presence.
Galvatron finally digs out Optimus. Optimus nearly has to take a blast meant
for Wing Saber, but Superion Maximus arrives in time to save him, and challenges
Galvatron. His firepower is ineffective, but before Galvatron can counter,
Prime's drone squad arrives and attacks, followed by Omega Supreme. Prime links
up with his drones and bashes Galvatron around.
Kicker and Hot Shot are almost to their destination.
Omega lends some firepower to Superion Maximus. Galvatron manages to exploit Optimus's injuries, and summons a fleet of Terrocons.
Kicker finally finds his family's chamber... and it's empty. Spilled food and scattered possessions indicate a hasty exit. Kicker suspects they're hiding in The Core.
Galvatron tells Optimus that it's all over, but Ironhide arrives and challenges him. Bulkhead arrvies to lend a hand, followed by Mirage and Downshift. Lots of people shoot. Nobody gets hurts much. The Omnicns restore Optimus and Wing Saber, who promptly combine.
Optimus and Galvatron make a big explosion, and Galvatron comes out the loser. He's still laughing, though, and orders Six Shot to deploy the energon gas. He gets only silence in response. Snowcat and Demolishor, still climbing down the shaft toward the Super Energon chamber with Dr. Jones, are equally unresponsive. Galvatron and Starscream fly off to deal with Six Shot, leaving Scorponok in charge of the battle.
Kicker finally finds Sally and his mom, and a reunion ensues. It only takes him a second to realize that Dr. Jones and Rad are both absent.
Dr. Jones' captors make a rough landing at the bottom of the Super Energon shaft, leaving Dr. Jones with some nasty back pain. Snowcat and Demolishor run off to rejoin Galvatron and get powered up, leaving Dr. Jones with a golden opportunity to get away.
Galvatron gives Six Shot a thrashing for ignoring him. But Starscream reports that they're locked out of the energon grid; Six Shot laughs and laughs, as Galvatron needs him to control the planet.
Demolishor and Snowcat prepare to take a dip in the Super Energon pool, but a giant looming shadow bursts out of it. Amid their screams, Alpha Q wonders what they saw, and wonders what the Autobots will do as Cybertron prepares to exit the space bridge. <A name=Featured_characters></A> <H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Featured characters" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Deception_Army&action=edit§ion=2">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Featured characters</SPAN></H2> (Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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<H2><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Notes" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Deception_Army&action=edit§ion=4">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Notes</SPAN></H2><A name=Lost_in_translation></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Lost in translation" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Deception_Army&action=edit§ion=5">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Lost in translation</SPAN></H3>
- As Rodimus prepares to re-enter the space bridge, the dub has him say that
he hopes Optimus "can punch a hole to get us out", which... makes no sense at all. Punch a hole in what? Get out of what? The original line is Rodimus saying that he's sure they gave Optimus the opening he needed.
- The dub strangely parses Kicker's request for Omega Supreme to stop as
"shut it down".
- When Hot Shot says that contacting Optimus will give away their position,
dub Kicker cockily says "exactly!", as if he's planning a trap or something. In Super Link, he just replies that the enemy already knows where they are.
- In the middle of Kicker's comments about Optimus's stubborn selflessness,
the dub omits a key line about how Kicker once hated him. Without it, the rest of the speech kinda falls apart.
- The scene in the medical center is botched by the dub. In <I>Super
Link</I>, during the brief cut to the outside of the building, one of the nurses cries out in shock—ha ha, Bulkhead groped her! The dub paves it over, having the nurse say that Bulkhead is scaring the other patients....with his strangely animated bobbing, apparently.
- Ironhide's "Shut up and listen" should be "shut up and follow me", hence
the pumped-up fist of triumph and the fanboys rallying to him.
- Omega Supreme doesn't "sense Kicker's presence" in the industrial complex;
he just says that Kicker's wish has been carried out.
- Primus isn't in this episode, but the dub still replaces a mention of his
name with "the core".
- Dub Starscream advises Galvatron "give back complete control to Six Shot".
He's supposed to advise him to take control back from Six Shot.
- Demolishor and Snowcat aren't "going back to Galvatron" to get powered up;
it's a dub insertion. <A name=Pain_Count></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Pain Count" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Deception_Army&action=edit§ion=6">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Pain Count</SPAN></H3>
- "Uh?": 12
- Stock footage: 6
- Let's do it: 2
- You're mine: I <A name=Animation_and.2For_technical_glitches></A>
<H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Animation and/or technical glitches" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Deception_Army&action=edit§ion=7">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Animation and/or technical glitches</SPAN></H3>
- <A title="Steamhammer (Energon)"
href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Steamhammer_(Energon)">The nameless construction vehicle that serves as Constructicon Maximus's torso</A> rolls without actually moving its treads. <A name=Real-world_references></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Real-world references" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Deception_Army&action=edit§ion=8">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Real-world references</SPAN></H3>
- As the Omega Train rolls through, Arcee makes station announcements over a
PA system, warning passengers to stay behind the white line (and to prepare to eat lead), and wishing the commuters a pleasant day—not! <A name=Miscellaneous_notes></A> <H3><SPAN class=editsection>[<A title="Edit section: Miscellaneous notes" href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Deception_Army&action=edit§ion=9">edit</A>]</SPAN> <SPAN class=mw-headline>Miscellaneous notes</SPAN></H3>
- The episode's nonsensical title is semi-derived from the Super Link
title, "Scattered, the Destron Army", referring to Galvatron's inability to summon his troops to help him out... which was kind of a stretch to begin with. Evidently, they intended to just call it "Decepticon Army", and typo'd it. <A title=Scorpinok href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorpinok">For</A> <A title="A Tale of Two Heros" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Tale_of_Two_Heros">the</A> <A title="Improsoned Inferno" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Improsoned_Inferno">fourth time</A>.
- The dub keeps the original Super Link theme song-based background
music as Optimus and Wing Saber combine, rather than replacing it with the normal music (based on Energon's theme song.)
- Prime and Galvatron's faces both get the cel upgrade in the following
fight scene.
- Optimus introduces his "Meteor Attack Mode", which involves his drones
spinning around him and Wing Saber amid lots of flying energy. Man, didn't we leave this sort of nonsense behind in <A title="The Headmasters (cartoon)" href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Headmasters_(cartoon)">the eighties</A>?
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