Endgame, Part I

This article is about the Animated episode. For the Beast Machines episode, see Endgame Pt. I: The Downward Spiral.

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"Endgame, Part I"
Airdate	May 16, 2009
Written by	Rich Fogel
Directed by	Kalvin Lee Kentaro Mizuno
Animation studio	Mook

The Autobots race to find an advantage over Megatron's control of Omega Supreme.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Autobots	Decepticons	Humans	Others
Jazz (1) Prowl (2) Bumblebee (3) Bulkhead (4) Omega Supreme (5) Arcee (6) Optimus Prime (11) Ratchet (12) Ultra Magnus (14, flashback) Cadet Sentinel (15, flashback)	Shockwave/Longarm Prime (7) Megatron (8) Starscream (9) Lugnut (10) Female Starscream (17) Three Lugnuts Supreme (18, 19, 20)	Isaac Sumdac (16)	Sari Sumdac (13)

Notes

Transformers references

Now, that's some upgrades...

• Optimus's new flight attachments (specifically the colors and details of his wings and gauntlets) are based on God Ginrai's flight-endowing Godbomber components. The flight pack itself, to which the wings attach, doesn't seem to owe as much to the Masterforce character, appearing instead to resemble booster pack from the original Jetfire (and thus, the FAST Packs from Super Dimension Fortress Macross). His shoulder cannons also appear to be based on his Voyager-class toy's water blaster.
• The wingless rocket pack could also be seen as a reference to the final scenes of More than Meets the Eye, Part 3 from the original series, when Optimus Prime borrowed Sideswipe's rocket pack to chase Megatron's space cruiser.
• As he jets into the sky, Optimus shouts out "Yessssss!" and "Excellent".
• The creation of the Lugnuts Supreme, evil clones of Omega Supreme, hearkens back to Omega Sentinel and the Dark Guardians.
• Ratchet once again harps on the fact that "Autobots don't fly", a common if frequently broken rule throughout most of the Transformers fiction, before being confronted with the harsh reality.
• This is not the first time that an Optimus has taken up a huge, Matrix-related melee weapon for the final battle against a Megatron.

Trivia

• Megatron purposely started the Shockwave/Lugnut feud, knowing Starscream would try to seize Omega Supreme's access codes, just to be sure Lugnut would be in his most loyal state at the moment of the transfer? Now, that's some sleeky fore-thinkings...