Seeing as how the episode's already aired in Canada and it's... err... "available" elsewhere, I thought I'd make a thread for it. Bigass spoilers if you haven't seen the episode, of course.

All in all, it was yet another amazing episode. Season 2's shaping up extremely well so far, without a single dud yet. Starscream's back, yet again, and with another component of his G1/BW self integrated into his animated incarnation (which led to an absolutely hilarious sequence about midway through the episode.) The Autobot/Decepticon conflict also seems to be heating up beyond Earth and Cybertron (with certain uncomfortable paralells to current real-world events) and we finally get to see the Animated incarnation of Ironhide make a brief appearance.

I'm still a bit hesitant to call Animated the best Transformers series so far, but if it keeps up this level of quality it'll knock Beast Wars from the top spot easily.

well theirs always teh torrentz but don't link directly to them as its a board no no. I'm currently "acquiring" the episode for my personal viewing and by the sounds of it it will be wroth it

I just want it on youtube!

episode. They managed to bring Starscream back AND make him immortal without the "immortal spark"/ghost crap.

My only worry is that the show will turn into "The Hunt For the AllSpark Crystals," it seemed like they were specifically angeling toward that at the end.

Oh, and 'Screamer PWNING Ultra Magnus=

FanTransformers has it posted as of a couple hours ago.


Double agent on Cybertron!!! I wonder who it could be. Also, ROFLS to Starscream being thrown out repeatedly.

All signs point to Ironhide.

I just got done watching it very awesome eposode

If that's true Agent Zero my world would flip upside down. *prepares to stand on head*

Just finished viewing the torrent. Another great episode! So Starscream is a zombie this time around instead of a ghost. Note that the Botcon panel already confirmed he's indeed dead. Very cool!

Sentinel is now definitely the most annoying Transformer ever... How the hell did he become a member of the Elite Guard is beyond me.

Mine too


I think they alluded to that, actually, in both Return of the Headmaster and Along Came A Spider. It seems like Sentinel guilted Optimus into taking responsibility for Elita-1's "death." So Optimus got demoted, and Sentinel, looking better by comparison, got promoted. Seeing as he was scared sh!tless by 'Screamer, though, it's clear he's out of his element.

I thought it was a great episode too. Ironhide looks almost exactly like Ratchet, at least from what was in the episode. >_> Starcream made this episode hilarious IMO.

spoiler is about the spy not the episode
IronHide is the spy he was listed as a decpticon on YTV's minigame

this spioler is about the episode
OMFG lol zombie screamer's montage of failed attempts on megatron were funny as hell

If you havn't already checked...FanTransformers has the episode on Youtube. Just watched it. This show just keeps getting better and better.

I agree that Sentinal is absolutly the most annoying TF ever. It was nice to see Prime to be vindicated and show that he was telling the truth. Sentinal does make for an interesting character though. I mean an Autobot that you enjoy to hate. I just think it was a cool idea.

Ummm...I also do see a "Hunt for Allspark crystals" thing coming down the pipe. I think I have some faith that they will be able to do so and keep the show from turning into "Hunt for minicons" crap.

Another great ep.
Was it me or were the elite guard a bit eager to get of earth the second it was confirmed that Decepticons were there.

well magnus did get owned by zombie screamer

True.
Megatron must be an absoloute beast,he beat down screamer countless times with little effort.

"I think I need a new approach."
I think I would have preferred the Benny Hill theme played over it though

And yeah, Megs must be near indestructible. Starscream PWND the Autobot Supreme Commander, and Megs PWND 'Screamer countless times.

Shit.

That was full of and

With UM being so easily knocked the eff out, it makes me wonder if Sentinel isn't the only Autobot to have never seen a Decepticon. I guess that uber hammer is only packed with fireworks.

Thanks to the Canadian YouTubers. This episode was par for the course -

If Magnus gets PWNed by Starscream, and if Magnus is the best they have, makes you wonder how the Autobots survived at all. I mean, my God, he takes advice from Sentinel Prime? A jerk who is always proven wrong by Optimus Prime? Wow

Glad they took the attention off of Sari and the "who am I" motif.

Well we know that UM was active during the Great War....so I guess he was just rusty....very, very rusty.

yeah it seems like the elite guard is a lot more Bark then Bite. Zombie Screamer is ROFLs with his "I'll destroy you Meg... ah damnit!" and poor Fanzone is the most awkward person in the entire world.

Got beaten and thrown into the river five times on a single episode. Now we're talking.

And yeesssss, I'm convinced that the Decepticon double-agent is Ironhide.

If they keep doing it as side-story like in this episode then I won't mind at all.

^ Off topic, Your avatar is of pure , Dracon.

Wow...this was totally a brilliant episode. The drama with Sari wondering what she'd do if the bots left, and the anger rising in Optimus over Sentinel's d*ckiness level, wow.

Of course, the Starscream "death" montage was GREAT It's nice to see things happening on so many levels now...Stuff on earth, stuff on Cybertron, and stuff with 'Cons around the corners of the galaxy. Depth =

I wondered briefly if there was subtext from the writers by way of the title "Mission Accomplished" and Sentinel's line near the beginning of the episode "You're all vital components in the War against the Decepticons." But I'm probably reading too much into things

oh I doubt it... did you catch Magnus talking about "emboldening the enemy"?

I totally loved this episode. Starscream shot Magnus in the fucking face. Jeebus.

The Starscream death montage was awesomely roffley. It's like they were homaging every single stupid coup G1 Starscream ever attempted.

Oh and to Blitz-Wing: You're right about the Decepticons being stronger. As they've mentioned on the show, the only things that kept the Autobots from losing were the Allspark and their space bridges. You begin to see why.

Not that Ultra Magnus' post hasn't been ceremonial for a long time anyway.

But I totally geek-wood'd when Magnus was down and Prime assumed command. It's so much cooler for Prime to be all Prime-y when you've seen him grow into the role.

Oh and there was a lot more anticipatory geek wood when Megatron sent his signal out into the stars. I was like I WANT TO SEE WHO'S HEARING THIS and I was totally imagining Animated Galvatron somewhere listening to it with his awesome Animated TF:TM-ish buddies.

In my mind I saw Shockwave and Bludgeon picking up the signal in space, and Soundwave waking up in the sewer.

I saw nothing other than opportunities... >.>

And I must be the only one who thought the starscream montage wasn't meant to be funny.

Yeah, that was the cool thing...I was imagining all the different individuals and factions of 'Cons familiar and unfamiliar listening in throughout the crevices of the galaxy. And it's become increasingly obvious just how far out of their element the Elite Guard is.

:lmao at the many deaths of starscream (bionicle fans should get that reference, Tuyet)

Holy Poopstains! This was a good episode. I was laughing my ass off. Finally Megs and Screamers relationship is realistic. Maybe Screamer got amnesia every time he went offline? Every Autobot had a part in the battle. I'm shocked.

Is it just me or does Starscream kick more Autobot ass than Megatron. He didn't even get involved.

Megatron seems more the "planning" type than Starscream...

As Norm, I agree with everything you've posted. I wanted to see Decepticons or at least the double agent.



You're right. I thought about that after I posted.

I think that Montage was for everyone who always wanted Screamer dead All those years ago.

I know, right

I was hoping to see Soundwave awake in the sewer.

Unfortunately, I think we have to wait til Season 3 to see more of him. I feel so crazy saying Season 3 since 1 and 2 have been going continuosly. I wonder if Soundwave will even join the Cons or will he be just an evil loner.

Punch-Counterpunch! ^_^

Counterpunch = worst double agent name ever

"Hey, why do they call you Counterpunch?

"Uhh...uhh...." Think Punch, Think!

Hey, it's better than the Autobot "Double Dealer" and his Decpeticon counterpart "Double Dealer".

Well, soundwave agreed with Megatron's stance of robots being inferior to humans so i don't see why not.

= worst disguise ever

I think the idea is that the All-Spark leveled the playing field.

Basically... The Autobots are like the Smurfs and the Decepticons are like the aliens from, well Aliens. Except, with the Allspark, the Smurfs had a tactical nuke that kept the enemy at bay.

Now that their nuke is gone, well, Magnus vs. Starscream is like Papa Smurf versus the Alien Queen.

Or maybe a better analogy is that the Autobots are the nerds and geeks and the Decepticons are the jocks and bullies. And the Allspark was the only thing saving the geeks from a serious cyber-wedgie.

Ultra Magnus probably uses that hammer for LARPing and keeps a D20 in his spark chamber for "strategy sessions" with the Elite Guard in Primus' basement. While, ah, Megatron is a serial killer with a bazooka.

So it's like the guys from "The Big Bang Theory" versus Keyser Soze with a bazooka. Strictly in their element, they appear to be somewhat in control, if quirky. But put them up against the Decepticons and it's non-stop electroswirlies, headlight twisters and their mechano-boxers being run up the flagpole at Autobot academy... and, y'know, some senseless murder too.

Look at it from the flipside.

Screamer's fans KNOW he's annoying. The writers know he's annoying. But he's likable because he's so persistent. I think that's what me and other Screamer fans like about him. He doesn't give up. Not in the face of death. Not in the face of his leader. Not after he's lost. Not after he's dead. TOTAL ambition.

By the way... an idea:

He has the Allspark fragment inside him. So maybe he can create life. It would be nifty if he made the Combaticons or Thundercracker and Skywarp by "cloning" himself. He seems like he needs backup, he needs supporters. And the only way he'd get that is to create them from scratch.

We never really got where the other jets came from or why they were so much like Starscream or why SS was one of the very few who could create new sparks. This could account for that.

Oh! And with his nifty little homing ability for the fragments, there's actually a reason to call him (and maybe his clones) "the Seekers", in-continuity.

roffle

Dodo Dodo, dodo dodo We're now entering the Twilight Zone.

If memory serves me right, in the Masterforce series Doubledealer was referred to as Doubleplay when assuming his Autobot form. Someone care to back this up or strike it down?

I just think starscream should get him some of those allspark pieces and put them into some old military vehichles, maybe a helicoptor, a tank, a jeep a space shuttle and a transport thingie, and make his own brigade. That sure couldn't backfire on him.