Nemesis Prime (episode)
| The name or term "Nemesis Prime" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Nemesis Prime (disambiguation). |
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| "Nemesis Prime" | ||||||
| Production company | Hasbro Studios | |||||
| Airdate | April 7, 2012 | |||||
| Written by | David McDermott | |||||
| Directed by | Todd Waterman | |||||
| Animation studio | Polygon Pictures | |||||
Optimus Prime becomes destructive while MECH reveals their master plan.
Synopsis
Agent Fowler drives out of a military base, listening to a few tunes, when a semi truck begins to tailgate him too close for comfort. He realizes that it's more than a case of road rage when the truck rams him. Fowler notices a familiar symbol on his attacker's grille-the Autobot symbol. He contacts the Autobot base, where Optimus is not present.The apparent Optimus Prime continues to attack, and as Fowler comes upon a bridge, he pushes his car through the divider, where it hangs precariously. The Autobots receive his message and bridge in, causing Prime to flee and Arcee to give chase. Bumblebee catches Fowler's car as it falls, but the bumper detaches, and Bulkhead catches it before it hits the ground. Arcee comes upon Optimus, but is knocked out when he runs her over.
The next thing she knows, she's back at base, being checked up on. Ratchet doubts Arcee's assertion that Optimus ran her down, and the big 'bot arrives at base. The team goes on guard, but is soon convinced that this is the real Prime.
The other Optimus drives full speed into the military base, wrecking helicopters and prompting chase until he stops. As soldiers surround him and open the door to find no driver, he transforms, and aims a weapon at them.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
Notes
Animation and technical errors
- When the soldiers confront Nemesis Prime at the military base, right when one says "This is a restricted area!", one of the soldiers is running, but not moving in any direction and running in place.
Continuity notes
- MECH has Breakdown's reassembled remains, which they collected after his destruction in "Crossfire".
- Ratchet recalls MECH's study of Breakdown in "Operation: Breakdown".
- Optimus recalls the theft of Starscream's T-Cog, which they learned about in "Crossfire" after it happened in "Operation Bumblebee, Part 2".
- Silas took a scan of Optimus at the end of "Convoy", which is evidently how he was able to produce a nearly-identical copy of him in this episode.
Transformers references
- Fowler listens to an instrumental version of "The Touch" on his car radio.
Real-world references
- The opening scene with Fowler references Steven Spielberg's 1971 film Duel, starring an evil truck.
Trivia
- Silas is a former member of the Special Operations branch of the military, while Fowler is an ex-Army Ranger. Fowler is also trained as a gunman.
