This Is Why I Hate Machines
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| "This Is Why I Hate Machines" | ||||||
| Airdate | May 9, 2009 | |||||
| Written by | Rob Hoegee | |||||
| Directed by | Kalvin Lee Yutaka Hirata | |||||
| Animation studio | Mook | |||||
A space bridge accident sends Ratchet and Captain Fanzone to Cybertron, right as the Decepticon controlled Omega Supreme arrives.
Synopsis
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
Notes
Animation or technical errors
- Shockwave's head model changes randomly throughout the episode in shape, size and positioning of his optic.
- When Shockwave holds up the Magnus Hammer and starts generating lightning, its handle is only half as long as usual.
Continuity errors
- Starcream says that Omega Supereme lacks the power to transform into robot mode... despite Omega spending the entire episode in robot mode.
Transformers references
- Ratchet's favorite hangout is Maccadam's Old Oil House.
- When Ratchet and Fanzone are headed to Maccadam's, they stop in front of a building which appears to have Target's trademark "bull's-eye" logo.
- Parade footage from "Decepticon Air" is used in Sentinel's little propaganda video. (See said episode for the list of cameos within.)
- Ratchet remarks that Lockdown was the one to capture the Decepticon prisoners, as seen in "Five Servos of Doom".
- The Autobot Council's headquarters is known as "the Metroplex", and the Elite Guard's battle station is "Fortress Maximus".
- Ratchet's flashback uses footage from "The Thrill of the Hunt", giving Lockdown a brief "appearance" in this episode.
- At the end of the episode, Shockwave utilizes an electronic paint job to reveal his "true colors", represented by a Target exclusive redeco reminiscent of his Generation 1 namesake's color scheme.
Real-world references
- Sentinel Prime's broadcast was based on The Red Scare during the Cold War. The broadcast concludes with him saying "I'm Sentinel Prime, and I approve of this message."—in the style of contemporary political campaign ads.
- Sentinel's insistence that he is the one who "makes the tough decisions" and insistence that any questioning of his orders is tantamount to treason is probably some kind of statement about someone or something, but we'll leave it at that.
- Shockwave's slow, deadpan delivery of "I'm afraid I can't let you do that" is a reference to the menacing supercomputer HAL from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, who also featured an unblinking single red eye.
Trivia
- This is the first episode in which Optimus Prime does not appear at all.
- There is oxygen on Cybertron. Probably to allow combustion to happen.
- At the end of the episode, Lugnut is shown to have a hatred towards Shockwave, moatly after Megatron calls the latter his most loyal servant.
