Koji Gets His Wish
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 ... and that wish is for a lake full of Hi-C Ecto Cooler punch! | ||||||
| "Koji Gets His Wish" (JRX Tai Baldigus) "JRX versus Baldigus" | ||||||
| Production company | TV Tokyo, NAS, Studio Gallop | |||||
| Airdate | 25 October 2000 (Japanese) November 3, 2001 (English) | |||||
| Written by | Junki Takegami (Japanese) Richard Epcar (English) | |||||
| Director | Yoshiaki Tsutsui | |||||
| Animation studio | Studio Gallop | |||||
Koji misses dad
Sky-Byte tries to find Fort Max
Autobots hide him
Synopsis
With the Decepticons having retreated, Optimus orders his men to keep them away from Fortress Maximus for at least a day while he puts his plan into action.
Back at the Megastar, Megatron is overjoyed that Fortress Maximus has been located, and, on Scourge's suggestion, sends Sky-Byte to locate Cerebros, the key to Fortress Maximus' power. Mega-Octane asks Scourge why he let Sky-Byte go, to which the Decepticon replies that if they find Maximus first, they will no longer need Megatron and will be able to take the power for themselves. The pair are overheard by Sky-Byte, who thinks Scourge is trying to curry favour with Megatron, and resolves to find Cerebros first.
Meanwhile Koji is missing his father, though T-AI points out that he must still be alive in order for the Decepticons to find out about the ruins. Koji returns home and remembers his father taking him on fishing trips.
Sky-Byte cunningly switches Doctor Onishi with a life-sized drawing, and takes the doctor with him in a pod, intending to extract information about the location of Cerebros.
The Decepticons encounter Team Bullet Train, and the Commandos form Ruination as a distraction while Scourge goes on. The fight is observed by Wedge, who's spoiling to join the fight as usual, but is stopped by Heavy Load.
Underground, Scourge spots Sky-Byte and hides from the shark, but soon runs into Optimus Prime. The pair fight, with Scourge transforming to truck mode and ramming Prime. Sky-Byte finally notices the two fighting and high-tails it out of the subway past an indignant Kelly. Once above ground, Sky-Byte encounters Koji, who tearfully asks him to give Dr. Onishi a fishing lure as a birthday present. While Sky-Byte agrees, the three Autobot Brothers arrive.
Scourge and Optimus reach the location of the ruins, and Scourge discovers Fortress Maximus is gone. He demands Prime tell him where Maximus is hidden. Fortunately at this point Ultra Magnus arrives and combines with Optimus. The result is as usual.
In the streets, Sky-Byte attempts to transform, but is prevented by the pod strapped to his back, which he removes and tosses to Koji. The Autobot Brothers power up and easily take the upper hand, until Koji discovers the pod contains his father, and thanks Sky-Byte for rescuing Dr. Onishi. Unfortunately for Sky-Byte, the fight between Omega Prime and Scourge reaches street level, and the Decepticon realises what Sky-Byte's done. He sets off for the Megastar, recalling Ruination on the way, and Sky-Byte flees after them. While Koji introduces his dad to the Autobots, the Build Team watch Ruination leave, musing that it was a great idea to hide Fortress Maximus in a building.
Having returned to the Megastar, Sky-Byte is surprised when Scourge covers for him and even suggests that the Decepticons and Predacons join forces to find Cerebros.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Predacons | Humans |
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Quotes
Who's the baddest shark around?
Who's the smartest shark in town?
Sky-Byte, that's me!
Who'll drive Scourge into the ground
And never let old Megatron down—
Sky-Byte, that's me!
- —Sky-Byte's song
Who gets too hungry for seafood at eight?
Who swims the ocean, and always looks great?
Cha-cha, cha-cha cha,
Who always bothers with robots he hates,
Sky-Byte, yes Sky-Byte, that's—me!
- —STILL Sky-Byte's song
"He should keep his day job."
- —Scourge crushes Sky-Byte's dreams of musical stardom.
"Did you really think I would let you have the secret of the ruins, Scourge?"
"You don't let me do anything; I take what I want!"
- —Optimus Prime is told by Scourge how things REALLY work.
Kelly: "Ah! What's the idea?! I put my money in already!"
Worker: "You didn't pay enough."
Kelly: "I paid the full fare!"
Sky-Byte: (singing) Sky-Byte! *passes through the gate*
Kelly: "What the...?! You let him through! What's going on around here? How come he didn't have to pay anything? That isn't fair!"
Worker: "Fine! ...You tell him he can't go through!"
- —Kelly can't catch a break, as usual.
(thinking) "I really feel bad for this kid, but what would Megatron think?"
"GRRRRR!!!!!!"
[Sky-Byte cringes]
- —Sky-Byte thinks about Megatron's reaction...not a pleasant thought.
"Koji, hold this!"
- —Sky-Byte inadvertently does what the Autobots have failed to do for the last 30 episodes.
Notes
Differences with Car Robots
Animation and/or technical glitches
- When Wedge runs forward to ask Optimus if the Build Team can join the fight against the Decepticons, he appears to pass through Grimlock's arm.
- The low camera angle beneath Scourge's face as he confers with Mega-Octane over his plan makes his central head crest appear hugely distorted and off-centre.
- Before fighting Rail Racer, Ruination has Ro-Tor & Movor as arms and Rollbar & Armorhide as legs. In the next shot he has Armorhide and Rollbar as the arms while Ro-Tor & Movor as the legs without switching. Later on when we cut back to the battle, he's switched configuration again.
- When Scourge confronts Optimus in the tunnels, they are shown to be the same size. When Scourge changes to vehicle mode and tries to run Optimus over, Scourge's cab is now as tall as Optimus is. Not only is this wildly out of scale with his introductory episode, it would make Scourge's robot mode 2 or 3 times Prime's height.
Continuity errors
- Somewhat of a discontinuity exists between the previous episode and this one. As things stood, the Autobots and Decepticons were locked in battle as Fortress Maximus rose. As this episode starts, the Decepticons have retreated all the way back to the Megastar.
- The opening recap of the events of "Fortress Maximus" ends with Omega Prime calling out Fortress Maximus's name, which he never did in the episode itself.
- Koji's flashback to his family fishing trip features dialogue of Dr. Onishi congratulating his son on catching a big fish, even though the accompanying images clearly show the doctor himself making the catch. It seems harsh to nitpick a kid's recollections of his kidnapped father, though, so we'll let it slide.
Transformers references
- The ship used by the Decepticons to travel to Earth, as seen in Scourge's flashback, is similar in design to the Axalon from Beast Wars.
- Scourge threatens to slice up Optimus Prime into "so many scraplets".
Real-world references
- At one point, Sky-Byte imitates the famous pose from the movie Jaws.
- Sky-Byte's second song is a parody of the Broadway tune "The Lady Is a Tramp".
Trivia
- Scourge reveals to Mega-Octane some of the memories that were opened up to him when he entered the ruins in the previous episode. He remembers that his original mission as an Autobot was to reactivate a fortress that was hidden here.
- Koji's callout of "I'm home!" as he enters his house is the first reference made since the opening episode to the fact that Koji actually shares his home with another human being.
- Ruination tough-talks Rail Racer by citing their last fight as evidence of why the Bullet Train combiner doesn't stand a chance. Given that their last fight (and indeed every fight they've ever had) has ended with the Decepticons beating a humiliating retreat, this seems a pretty lame threat.
- When he first sees Sky-Byte, Koji is standing outside a Tecone Leather outlet. We are not going to speculate what he bought there. Other signage in the area includes "Namico", "Canadian", "Drey Fus", "Lep Hare", "Book.com", "Prima", and "Carma"
- After twenty-eight episodes in which the Autobots make no apparent effort to find and rescue Doctor Onishi, he's finally freed...by Sky-Byte. Yay?
- Scourge does indeed look very sharp in his blue-and-purple Cyclops shades.
Home video releases
- DVD
2001 — Transformers: Car Robots — Vol. 8 (Pony Canyon) — Japanese audio only.
2005 — Transformers: Robots in Disguise — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 (Maximum Entertainment)
2007 — Transformers: Robots in Disguise — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment)
2007 — Transformers: Robots in Disguise — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)
