Partners (Prime)
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| "Partners" | ||||||
| Production company | Hasbro Studios | |||||
| Airdate | July 23, 2011 | |||||
| Written by | Mike Johnson | |||||
| Directed by | Vinton Heuck | |||||
| Animation studio | Polygon Pictures | |||||
The team is surprised to learn that Starscream wants to become an Autobot.
Synopsis
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons |
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Quotes
"I have been a fool. Made mistakes. Monumental ones. I now realize I was never destined to be leader, or even an equal partner. And, I am at peace with that. I have gained a clear understanding of my place in the universe. Of who I am. Of who I was always meant to be. STARSCREAM, second in command, humble servant to Lord Megatron. Thank you for listening Soundwave."
- -Starscream speaks before Soundwave. Like talking to a brick wall.
"Hey partner, heck of a view you got up here. If there's even a small chance your spark is out there listening, well, we could really use you Cliff. Seems like everyday a new Decepticon arrives on the scene. We're outnumbered and outgunned. Yeah, I know what you'd say, "Sounds like a fair fight", and if that's the world we live in, so be it. I just want you to know, I haven't given up. I'm going to find the Con who took you from us."
- -Arcee visiting Cliffjumper's grave, and foreshadowing all at the same time. Multi-tasking.
"Oh you would do well to respect me, Airachinid. Before I joined Megatron, I was Air Commander of a squadron of Energon Seekers."
"On Cybertron, and how many eons ago was that?"
- -Starscream tries to be hot, and gets burned by Airachnid
"Who were you talking about?"
"No one, who were you talking about?"
"Tailgate."
"Ah....who's Tailgate?"
"You were the one. You extinguished Cliffjumper!"
- -Starscream lets the cat out of the bag to Arcee
"Freeze!"
- -Airachnid, a bug with a pun.
"You're tougher to scrap than your former partner, at least the one I scrapped. Was Tailgate weak like Cliffjumper?"
"Just keep talking Starscream."
- -Arcee asks the one thing Starscream does best.
"I have been a fool. Made mistakes. Monumental ones, but I have gained a clear understanding of my place in the universe. Of who I am. Starscream, aligned with no side, servant, to no one."
Notes
Animation or technical errors
Continuity errors
Continuity notes
- Starscream recalls how he did away with Cliffjumper in "Darkness Rising, Part 1". And gloats about it too.
- Arcee confirms Megatron's attempt to kill Starscream from "Rock Bottom".
- Tailgate's death is brought up. His death was originally shown via flashback in "Predatory".
Transformers references
- Starscream claims he used to be the leader of Energon Seekers. "Energon Seeker" is the Scientist chassis used by Starscream in the War for Cybertron game.
- The Immobilizer is a weapon previously used by Decepticons, as well as the name for the episode it is featured in.
- The Immobilizer's effects are similar to that of Slo-mo's Allspark timepiece. Bumblebee stopped that weapon too.
- Another Starscream attempted to become an Autobot once. He lasted more then one episode.
- This also isn't the first time a Starscream has decided to abandon both factions entirely.
- Bulkhead sarcastically refers to The Fallen.
Foreign dubbing
Real-world references
- "Be still, my beating Spark" is a variation of the human phrase "Be still, my beating heart", which is most often recited after seeing one's romantic interest.
Trivia
- This episode was dedicated to Captain H. L. "Larry" Cullen, Peter Cullen's older brother, who served as a United States Marine in Vietnam and was the primary inspiration for Optimus Prime's voice.
- Soundwave is a very good listener.
- This is the first episode to not feature, or even include, humans.
