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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

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Technical/Animation Glitches

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Continuity Errors

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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 before punching himself in the head. 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.