The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)
When the Constructicons begin mining on a distant asteroid, Optimus Prime calls on Omega Supreme for assistance. Omega Supreme reveals to Optimus how the Constructicons betrayed him millions of years ago. Prime convinces Omega to set aside his quest for vengeance to prevent an alien bird-creature that hatched from the asteroid from destroying San Francisco.
Detailed synopsis
Optimus Prime discovers the Constructicons are excavating a asteroid orbiting Earth and contacts Omega Supreme for help. But Omega confesses a personal vendetta against the Constructicons. They were once his friends when he guarded their creation, the Crystal City on Cybertron, until they were altered by Megatron's Robo-Smasher and permanently changed into Decepticons. Omega's own run-in with the Smasher while trying to rescue them seems to have left him scared and emotionally barren except for his desire for vengence against his once-friends.
Prime cautions Omega to only observe the operation, but once on the asteroid, the vengeful Omega immediately attacks his enemies, wildly smashing open a huge fissure. The entire asteroid breaks in two like an egg, hatching an alien creature which flies toward Earth. (Although it appears somewhat robotic, Teletraan I claims that the asteroid was organic in nature, implying that the creature is in fact biological.)
Subsequently learning that the creature is preparing to attack Earth out of hunger, Prime tells Omega that only he can save Earth by luring the monster back to its food supply on the asteroid. Omega, after a personal struggle, forgoes his desire for revenge against the Constructicons in order to save the Earth from destruction. In the end he expresses hope that he might one day regain some of the feelings that he lost during the Constructicons' betrayal.
Stats
Original airdate: 6th November 1985
Written by: David Wise
Featured characters
Omega Supreme (G1), Constructicons, Devastator
Notable quotes
"Where are you going?"
"To talk to the only other Autobot who can fly into space."
"Omega Supreme! Sounds like a barrel of laughs."
- -- Powerglide and Optimus Prime.
"Be ready to depart for the asteroid in one hour -- space shuttle mode."
- -- Megatron, master of the obvious, to Astrotrain
"That asteroid may be new fuel for Megatron. The Constructicons are mining..."
"Constructicons?! Constructicons: enemies. Enemies die!"
"This is a military mission, not a vendetta, Omega."
"Results: same!"
"I want to know what happened between you and the Constructicons."
"Talk: irrelevant. Answer: private."
"I want to know about it."
"Order: received. Will talk."
- -- Optimus Prime and Omega Supreme
"I remember it, the most spectacular city on Cybertron."
- -- Optimus Prime talking about the Crystal city.
"Megatron?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
- -- Scrapper, ambushed by the Robo-Smasher.
"Quit squirming! This is for your own good! HAHAHAHHAHAHAH!"
- -- Devastator mocking Omega Supreme as he grabs the giant Autobot from behind in order to allow the Robo-Smasher to reprogram him.
"Megatron failed. I lived...but changed. Since then, I feel only hatred for the Constructicons."
- -- Omega Supreme talking about his past and the betrayal he faced from his old friends, the Constructicons.
"Revenge: soon. Anticipation: high. Vengeance: GOOD!"
- -- Omega Supreme after being given an order to remove the Constructicons from the asteroid in orbit of the planet.
"Well, old friend, that robo-smasher certainly gave you a mean streak. Too bad it didn't finish the job!"
- -- Scrapper as the Constructicons meet Omega Supreme for the first time after the betrayal.
"What - if we split up - "
"Then he'll hunt us down one at a time."
"Then I say we unite!"
- -- Hook, Scrapper and Bonecrusher debating how to deal with Omega Supreme.
"You'll get indigestion!"
- -- Powerglide, as the monster gnaws on a building.
"Keep San Francisco clean -- leave!"
- -- Tracks to the monster.
"Cheap shot, cheap shot!"
- -- Powerglide after being hit by the monster's energy blast.
"Relax, man. Remember, we're all one with the universe."
"We're about to become one with the pavement! Duck!"
- -- Beachcomber and Tracks as the creature is attacking.
"Megatron! I had a hunch that you'd try something like this."
"Destroy him!"
"I have a better idea -- save your own skins!"
- -- Optimus Prime as he ambushes Megatrons base.
"Perhaps someday, you'll learn that there is more to life then revenge."
"Possibility growing."
- -- Optimus Prime and Omega Supreme.
Other notes
Animation and/or technical glitches
Near the beginning of the episode, when Hook is talking to Megatron, Sideswipe (an Autobot) is standing to his right.
Continuity errors
"The Secret of Omega Supreme" established an important (and contentious) second origin story for the Constructicons. According to Omega Supreme, millions of years ago he was the guardian of Crystal City on Cybertron, and that he befriended the then-benevolent Constructicons. Megatron subsequently rewrote the Constructicons' brain waves, turning them into a combining force for evil. This story contradicts Megatron's assertion (in "Heavy Metal War") that the Constructicons were built "recently" on Earth.
Further complicating the Constructicons origins is a flashback in Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4 where the Constructicons are shown creating Megatron which contradicts both origin stories.
These different origins for the Constructicons have become notorious as one of the biggest continuity errors in the series.
Real-world references
- San Francisco
Miscellaneous trivia
- Misc
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