Showdown (Cybertron)
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| This article is about the Cybertron episode. For the Marvel Comics issue, see Showdown!. |
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<tbody><tr style="font-size: 14px;"> <td class="tti_buttonlink"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_%28episode%29" title="Optimus (episode)">«</a> </td><td><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_%28cartoon%29" title="Cybertron (cartoon)">Transformers: Cybertron</a> ep <strong class="selflink">46</strong>
</td><td class="tti_buttonlink"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Guardian_%28episode%29" title="Guardian (episode)">»</a> </td></tr> <tr class="tt1_secondarynav"> <td class="tti_buttonlink"> </td><td><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Galaxy_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Galaxy Force">Galaxy Force</a> ep <strong class="selflink">47</strong> </td><td class="tti_buttonlink"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr>
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<td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(231, 212, 146); color: black; font-weight: bold;" align="center"> "Showdown" <div style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;">大いなる野望の果て <br>(Ōi naru Yabō no Hate) <br>"The Extremities of a Great Ambition"</div>
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</td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/November_26" title="November 26">26 November</a> 2005 (Japanese)
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</td><td> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/GONZO" title="GONZO">GONZO</a>
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</tbody></table> Finally, a showdown between Galvatron and Starscream.
<a name="Synopsis"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Showdown_%28Cybertron_episode%29&action=edit§ion=1" title="Edit section: Synopsis">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Synopsis</span></h2> With the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Omega_Lock" title="Omega Lock">Omega Lock</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cyber_Planet_Keys" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyber Planet Keys">Cyber Planet Keys</a> in their possession, the Autobots open up the skies, ready to save the universe and return the kids to their families. (<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scourge_%28Cybertron%29" title="Scourge (Cybertron)">Scourge</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Snarl_%28Cybertron%29" title="Snarl (Cybertron)">Snarl</a> go <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jungle_Planet" title="Jungle Planet">home</a>.) <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_%28Armada%29" title="Megatron (Armada)">Galvatron</a> has other ideas, though, and trouncing the competition, he steals the Lock and makes a break for it. One obstacle remains in his way, however: He is stopped by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Starscream_%28Armada%29" title="Starscream (Armada)">Starscream</a>, hopped up on more energy than he could ever have anticipated, and in the ensuing battle, he is nearly laid low by the traitorous Decepticon. However, Galvatron utterly refuses to admit defeat, and gaining a second wind, he strikes back, meeting his opponent in a cataclysmic clash that leaves only Galvatron standing - hovering battered in the air, but with the Lock back in his possession, and with designs on the universe at large. He heads off to do what he does best, leaving a collapsing <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Space_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Bridge">Space Bridge</a> and a trio of now-desperate children behind him.
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(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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</table> <a name="Quotes"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Showdown_%28Cybertron_episode%29&action=edit§ion=3" title="Edit section: Quotes">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Quotes</span></h2> "Thus endeth the reign of Galvatron!" <br> "How can this be... am I... to be defeated... by Starscream?!"
- —Starscream forces Galvatron to contemplate the unthinkable
<a name="Notes"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Showdown_%28Cybertron_episode%29&action=edit§ion=4" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Notes</span></h2> <a name="Animation_and.2For_technical_glitches"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Showdown_%28Cybertron_episode%29&action=edit§ion=5" title="Edit section: Animation and/or technical glitches">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Animation and/or technical glitches</span></h3> <a name="Continuity_errors"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Showdown_%28Cybertron_episode%29&action=edit§ion=6" title="Edit section: Continuity errors">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Continuity errors</span></h3> <a name="Transformers_references"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Showdown_%28Cybertron_episode%29&action=edit§ion=7" title="Edit section: Transformers references">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Transformers references</span></h3> <a name="Real-world_references"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Showdown_%28Cybertron_episode%29&action=edit§ion=8" title="Edit section: Real-world references">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Real-world references</span></h3> <a name="Miscellaneous_trivia"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Showdown_%28Cybertron_episode%29&action=edit§ion=9" title="Edit section: Miscellaneous trivia">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Miscellaneous trivia</span></h3>
