Auto Berserk
After having his logic circuits damaged in battle, Red Alert feels rejected by the Autobots and allies himself with Starscream.
Detailed Synopsis
After the Autobots test a new super-weapon, called the Negavator, they are attacked by Soundwave and the cassettes who attempt to steal it for the Decepticons. At the end of the battle Red Alert is injured when Rumble fires a rocket into the control room where he was operating the Negavator by remote control. However, Red Alert's injuries go deeper than the surface. His logic chips have been affected, and he begins to feel as though everyone is against him to the point that he runs away, following another attempt by Megatron and the jets to steal the Negavator.
After the second attack, Starscream is abandoned by Megatron. To get back at him, Starscream seeks an alliance with Red Alert, figuring he can use him to steal the Autobot's new Negavator for himself.
Stats
Original Airdate: 16 October 1985
Written by: Antoni Zalewski
Featured Characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans | Others |
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†-Soundwave calls for Buzzsaw, |
Guests
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Notable Quotes
"Uh don't forget your tape recorder."
- -- Human military pilot telling his co-pilot as the Autobot weapon demonstration is complete, not knowing that the tape recorder is actually Soundwave.
"My beautiful bunker is rubble!"
- -- Grapple as the Autobot bunker is damaged by the Decepticons.
"Someday I want to build something that doesn't get trashed."
- -- Grapple as he begins removing rubble from the destroyed bunker that he designed.
"Why can't anyone see it?! Inferno wants my job!"
-- Red Alert as he spirals down into paranoia.
"If I crash, I'll take an Autobot with me!"
- -- Ramjet, covered in a smoke cloud and heads towards the ground.
"I've got morons on my team!"
- -- Megatron as he was trying to target the Autobots with the Negavator but the crashing Ramjet threw him out of the weapons cockpit.
Other Notes
Animation and/or Technical Glitches
- When Soundwave is ejecting his tapes, Frenzy sort of comes out twice, but his colors are replaced with Ravage's half-way out.
- In one scene on Red Alert's door it says "F D D", as opposed to "F ⌂ D" (where ⌂ is a Fire Dept. badge).
- Thrust's colours are off at one point as he is red and black instead of the normal red and white.
- Grapple's head colors change in this episode, from completley white in the previous one, to gray and white. This last color scheme is the one used from this episode on.
Continutity Errors
- When Soundwave is ejecting his tapes, and calling their names, he calls for Buzzsaw, but Laserbeak is ejected instead, and seen throughout the episode.
Transformers References
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Real-World References
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Miscellaneous Trivia
- Frenzy actually tackles Optimus Prime... strong little guy....
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