Nemesis Part 2
Template:Episodenav Writers: Simon Furman
The end of the Beast Wars. Megatron has possession of the Nemesis, and Optimus and the Maximals need a last minute miracle to stop him.
Major characters (in order of appearance): Characters
Minor characters (in order of appearance): Characters
Original air date: May 7, 1999
Summary
Megatron has raised the Nemesis from its watery grave, and has begun a random attack on everything in sight, all the while quoting the Covenant of Primus. Optimus Primal and Tigerhawk attempt to fight it off, but their weapons don't even scratch the hull. Tigerhawk tells Primal to rally the Maximals, and that he will remain to fight. On the Nemesis, Dinobot 2 is commenting that his spark has changed, and feels complete. Portions of the original Dinobot begin to emerge. He admires Tigerhawk's defense. Tigerhawk is able to damage power on several decks, and force Megatron to limit his destructions to using the fusion cannon, which is destroys Tigerhawk. Going to the Protohumans settlements, Megatron prepares to destroy it. Dinobot objects, asking where the honor is, but Megatron fires anyway, killing Inferno and Quickstrike in the process.
At Mount St. Hilary, the Maximals are preparing a last ditch strategy—bring the Ark on line and fight the Nemesis. However, the ship has been offline too long, and Rhinox and Blackarachnia are having trouble restoring power. The Nemesis arrives, but Tigerhawk's attack has depleted Energon reserves, and the fusion cannon requires time to recharge. Megatron activates the tractor beam, and Primal enters the Nemesis. He and Megatron duke it out, but the Predacon clearly has the advantage. On the Ark, the Maximals manage to get the engines on line, but they burn out almost instantly. Rattrap proclaims that they are all going to die, and for once, no one tells him to shut up.
However, Dinobot 2, disapproving of Megatron's actions, sends message of an Autobot shuttle stored in the Ark. As Megatron orders Dinobot to fire, he refuses, stating that he has his honor. In a last bid to save them all, Rhinox pilots the shuttle on a collision course with the Nemesis' bridge, crashing through the glass and going out the other side. Optimus urges Dinobot to save himself, but he remains with the ship, biding farewell to Optimus Primal. As the Nemesis crahses, Primal rejoins the Maximals.
Some time later, the Maximals, having repaired the shuttle and rigged a transwarp cell to it, leave Earth for Cybertron. Optimus, piloting the ship, declares that the Beast Wars are over, and memorializes the Maximals who fell during the war. Rattrap, however, is more happy to be going home, and points out that they won't have to Megatron tell they get home, as Megatron is tied to the hull of the shuttle they are in. As the shuttle enters transwarp, the scene shifts to the Protohumans, who have built a village and are using parts of Inferno and Quickstrike in a ritual to celebrate their new leader...Waspinator.
It the ultimate act of karma, Waspinator declares that he is "happy at last".
Quotes
- Megatron: Well, come on. Lets have it. The usual "destiny and honor" speech.
Optimus Primal: Speech this!
[Primal decks Megatron]
- Megatron: "And there came a hero who said, 'hurt not the earth, nor the trees, nor the seas, nor the very fabric of time'. But the hero would not prevail".
Optimus Primal: Finish the quote, Megatron. "Nor would he surrender"!
- Blackarachnia: I need a conduit cable to finish the connection...ah!
[Blackarachnia takes Rattrap's tail/sword]
Rattrap: Hey! Ya emasculatin' fembot!
[Blackarachnia severs the point on the sword, Silverbolt shudders]
Blackarachnia: Main thrusters connected to Teletron I.
Rattrap: It's Teletraan!
Blackarachnia: Oh, whatever.
- Rattrap: No power. That's it. We're all gonna die.
Rhinox: Yup.
- Cheetor: Whoa, an Autobot shuttle!
Blackarachnia: The histroy tracks never mentioned this.
Rhinox: History is still being made. Come on!
- Megatron: Destroy them!
Dinobot:...Negative.
Megatron: What?! What possible reason could you have to refuse me?! I am your master! I am your creator!
Dinobot: And I...have my HONOR!
Notes
Technical/Animation glitches
- As Tigerhawk is about to be overwhelmed by the fusion cannon, it cuts to a reaction shot by Dinobot and his "monocle" is on the wrong eye.
- At one point, Optimus tears his wing off and tosses it to jam the giant grinder mechanisms on the bottom of the Nemesis. However, in the next scene he appears, his wing has been replaced with no explanation.
- As the Maximals await their doom inside the Ark and Rattrap comments on how they're "all gonna die", he's missing his robot mode "backpack".
- Megatron apparently transforms to dragon mode (off-screen), then transforms back to robot mode (on-screen) and the scene cuts away, then when next we see him he is in dragon mode again!
- For most of the episode, Optimus is missing the "blast-shields" that he usually wears on either his forearms or shoulders.
- In the final battle scene, Dinobot is flipped horizontally.
Continuity errors
- Although it was cut from the final episode for time, the script called for G1 Megatron's spark to be removed from BW Megatron and placed back in its proper body before the Maximals leave Earth. This very brief scene was animated, and a clip of it can be seen on BWTF.com's page for the episode. The clip was also included on Kid Rhino's Beast Wars Season 3 box set.
Transformers references
- There is the Nemesis itself.
- "In the darkest hour there will be a light", the line from the Covenant of Primus most likely derived from "Light our darkest hour." in The Transformers: The Movie.
Real-world references
- The lines Megatron reads from the Covenant of Primus bear some similarities to lines from English translations of another supposedly prophetic book, The Bible of Earth's humans. However, it is unknown whether the prophecies of The Bible are similarly related to time travel.
Trivia
- In the early plot of the episode, Maximals successfully launched the Ark instead of an Autobot shuttle. Also, Dirge, Ramjet and Thrust would be reactivated. However, the ideas were cancelled due to the budget and the limited show duration.
External links
- BWTF.com page for Nemesis, Part 2, which includes a cut clip from that episode showing the restoration of G1 Megatron's spark
