The Great Turnabout of the Autobots

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<tbody><tr style="font-size: 14px;"> <td class="tti_buttonlink"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Live%3F_Die%3F%21_The_Desperate_Super-God_Combination" title="Live? Die?! The Desperate Super-God Combination">«</a> </td><td align="center"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Super-God_Masterforce_%28manga%29" title="Super-God Masterforce (manga)">Transformers: Super-God Masterforce</a> #11 </td><td class="tti_buttonlink" align="right"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Birth_of_the_Super_Lifeforms" title="The Birth of the Super Lifeforms">»</a> </td></tr> <tr class="tt1_secondarynav"> <td class="tti_buttonlink"> </td><td align="center"> </td><td class="tti_buttonlink" align="right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" align="center"> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:MFmanga_ch11.jpg" class="image" title="MFmanga ch11.jpg"><img alt="" src="Great%20Turn-Around%21%20Autobots_files/230px-MFmanga_ch11.jpg" border="0" height="303" width="230"></a><br>Mega and Giga unfortunately find Cancer's suicide note. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(231, 212, 146); color: black; font-weight: bold;" align="center"> "Great Turn-Around! Autobots" <div style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;">大逆転! サイバトロン <br>(Dai Gyakuten! Cybertron) </div> </td></tr>


<tr> <td>Date published </td><td> January 1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cover date </td><td> February 1989 </td></tr>





















<tr> <td>Script </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Masumi_Kaneda" title="Masumi Kaneda">Masumi Kaneda</a> </td></tr>








<tr> <td>Art </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ban_Magami" title="Ban Magami">Ban Magami</a> </td></tr>












































































<tr> <td>Published in </td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/TV_Magazine" title="TV Magazine">TV Magazine</a> </td></tr>




</tbody></table> Cancer experiences a very unhappy New Year!

<a name="Synopsis"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Great_Turn-Around%21_Autobots&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Synopsis">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Synopsis</span></h2> Forbidden by Lord <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Giga" title="Giga">Giga</a> from returning to his home country, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, to celebrate the Chinese New Year, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cancer" title="Cancer">Cancer</a> disobeys him and runs away with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Browning" title="Browning">Browning</a>. What Cancer is unaware of, however, is that he was forbidden because his Decepticon family had wanted to celebrate with him, having spent all day making decorations, only to discover Cancer's tearful note.


[[Image:|left|180px|thumb|Kicks! My only weakness!]] Unfortunately for Cancer, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorponok_%28G1%29" title="Scorponok (G1)">BlackZarak</a> attacks China with the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sparkdash" title="Sparkdash">Sparkdash</a> in the middle of his trip, and it’s not long before <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grand_Maximus" title="Grand Maximus">Grand Maximus</a> arrives on the scene, carrying the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobots</a> into battle to stop the Decepticons.

As the Autobot <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Godmaster" title="Godmaster">Godmasters</a> grapple with the Sparkdash, BlackZarak spots Cancer and, after getting over his initial surprise, seizes the boy with the intent of using him as a bargaining chip to keep the Autobots back. After unleashing his "Spear Hurricane", generating a cyclone blast with his spear which envelops Grand Maximus, BlackZarak spots <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Overlord_%28Masterforce%29" title="Overlord (Masterforce)">Overlord</a> approaching from the air. He is more than surprised when Overlord transforms to robot mode and brutally attacks him, outraged by his treatment of Cancer and dismissive attitude toward human life. With BlackZarak weakened, Grand seizes his chance, leaping out of his battleship and assuming his <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pretender" title="Pretender">Pretender</a> form—without shrinking! The giant-sized Pretender Grand crashes into Overlord and BlackZarak with a "Big Mode Pretender Shell Power Kick!", and the Godmasters follow it up by firing all their weapons on the Decepticons at once, creating a huge explosion and sending the two villains fleeing.

[[Image:|left|180px|thumb|And that concludes this public service announcement.]] In the aftermath of the battle, a startled Ginrai wants to know the reason for Grand's excessive size, and Grand explains that in ancient times, the Pretenders did not shrink but remained enormous in their suit modes, spawning legends of giants among early man. Back then, Grand says, Man learned and grew thanks to the teachings of the Transformers, but now, Mankind and Transformers are truly equals. Back at the Decepticon base, Cancer is disappointed in himself for not trusting his family, but Mega forgives him, and Browning notes that running away never solves anything. Aww!


<a name="Featured_characters"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Great_Turn-Around%21_Autobots&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Featured characters">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Featured characters</span></h2> (Numbers indicate order of appearance.)


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</td></tr></tbody></table> <a name="Quotes"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Great_Turn-Around%21_Autobots&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Quotes">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Quotes</span></h2>

—Grand talks to Ginrai.

<a name="Items_of_note"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Great_Turn-Around%21_Autobots&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Items of note">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Items of note</span></h2> [[Image:|right|180px|thumb|Goga! Yeah, we really don't know, either.]]

  • This issue is the only Masterforce fiction featuring Gran, Grand's smallest Headmaster component.
  • Similarly, this issue features a brief appearance by robot-mode

Grand outside of his Pretender shell. The only other time this occurs is for a few seconds in the anime episode "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Crisis%21_The_Day_of_the_Downfall_of_Humanity" title="Crisis! The Day of the Downfall of Humanity">Crisis! The Day of the Downfall of Humanity</a>".

to giant-size is exclusive to the manga. Presumably, it's an attempt to offer some sort of fictional justification for the size of the Pretender toys' shells. They're wildly out of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scale" title="Scale">scale</a> with the rest of the toys in the line if one assumes the cartoon's position of them being human-sized, but with this idea that they can be giant-sized, it's all good! Of course, this was never a problem for the Western fictional representation of the Pretenders, since they remained giant-sized at all times.

  • Overlord's vehicle mode is called "Battleship mode".
  • Special moves in this issue:
  • Spear Hurricane (Black Zarak)
  • Big Mode Pretender Shell Power Kick (Grand)
  • Five Godmaster Shot (Autobot Godmasters)
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