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Template:Episodenav Writers: Ian Weir
Megatron captures and reprograms Rhinox into a Predacon.
Major Characters (in order of appearance): Optimus, Rhinox, Megatron
Minor Characters (in order of appearance): Characters
Original Air Date: November 4, 1996
Summary
Extended summary
Notes
Technical/Animation Glitches
- Glitch
Continuity Errors
- Error
Transformers References
- When Waspinator is driven temporarily insane, he babbles that his name is Shrapnel, an Insecticon from the Generation 1 continuity family. Stuck like this for the rest of the episode, he proceeds to stutter and repeat words, in a semi-accurate reference to the distinctive speech pattern that Shrapnel had in the G1 cartoon, which saw him repeat the last word of his sentences.
Real-World References
- Immediately following saying that he is Shrapnel, Waspinator claims that he is "Wonko! Wonko the Sane!" and salutes the audience. In addition to being a fictional character created by the sci-fi comedy author Douglas Adams, it is a tribute to transfan Ben Yee, whose online username was Wonko the Sane at the time.
- At one point, Waspinator sings a portion of the Transformers theme song.
- As the Maximal ship is crashing, Rattrap, Rhinox, and Dinobot perform the Superman intro. "Is it a bird? Is it a plane?..."
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