Convinced there are no Decepticons left on Earth, the Elite Guard prepares to take Optimus Prime and his crew back to Cybertron, unaware of the increasing Decepticon activity taking place under their very noses.

Need torrent!

That was awesome.

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Ironhide cameo! And almost-Wreck-Gar cameo.

Cool explanation of Starscream's immortality. Starscream's repeated "deaths" (and being dumped in the exact same spot) were hilarious.

So, Starscream's in Autobot custody and being taken offworld. Ultra Magnus, Sentinel, and Jazz are gone (for now), the Autobots are resupplied, Megatron is in contact with the Decepticon splinter groups, and there's a double-agent on Cybertron.

Primus, I love this show!

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Wow, Megatron disposed of Starscream so coldly and like he meant nothing. That was the way it should've been back in the day.

Anyways too bad they couldn't have his body be blown to bits. It would be far too graphic but at least it would explain why they kept dumping out his body without expecting him to come back.

Still it was pretty silly that they didn't put two to two toghether though.

Awesome episode though. Magnus is actually scared to death of the cons. Meg's actually seems very frightening and chilling compared to the original. Also it was nice to see the earth Autobots have more hold on the situation and courage than the elites.

Yay, Ironhide cameo.

So much for Ultra Magnus being a badass. If he can't even stand up to Starscream, what chance does he have against the likes of Megatron?

Speaking of Megatron, he's not all that brilliant if he keeps blasting Starscream without ever pausing to wonder just why he won't die.

Is anyone surprised that Sentinel Prime is pretty much a useless pansy in real combat?

Optimus Prime continues to evolve as a leader. I am loving this, I am.

Can't wait to find out who the inside bot is.

And hurrah for Wreck-Gar foreshadowing!

I haven't seen the episode yet, but so far, we've only seen one guy defeat Starscream: Megatron. And Megatron has only been defeated by Starscream (plus a starship/atmosphere/etc) and having the Allspark shoved in his chest. And even THAT didn't kill him.

Try it again, with more emotion. . .

Huh. So it looks like Ultra Magnus really CAN'T deal with that after all.

need... torrent

Forget torrent, need Youtube!

Youtube isn't likely to happen before a torrent becomes available.

I thought the Elite would even the odds, what with Megatron being revived. Oh, how wrong I was... the Autobots may just be more effective without the Elites there, save for Jazz.

The downside of this is, by the end of the episode, it looks like the plot's become a juxtaposition of InuYasha and Power Rangers SPD. Fortunately, I think the writers will handle it well.

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

And Optimus Prime.

torrents up on mininova.....

So basically the Elite Guard is only so great because that's how they've been hyped, and in reality they're useless.......BRILLIANT!!


Can't wait to see the episode now.

*removed*

Once I finish dling the torrent, I'll rapidshare it as well.

i'll seed for a little afterwords...

I especially liked Jazz's move of HIGHLIGHT to view:
throwing his nunchuks at Starscream. So, not only is Starscream unhurt, but you've now disarmed yourself.

great show...just really great.....

Well, to be fair, nobody's tactics were working on Starscream until Optimus out-smarted him. In this universe, even the Elite Guard doesn't seem to have enough firepower to handle the Decepticons head-on.

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Anyone notice the Bionic Man reference when Bumblebee flew off the road to land on the train? that was cool.


This show just keeps getting better and better.

1 seed, 290 leechers....this might take a minute....

Well, the line is that the Autobots haven't encountered Decepticons for centuries, to the point ranking officers haven't even seen a live one. In fact, before the start of the show, it seemed Ratchet and Magnus were the only ones, and even then, Ratchet is bloody old and Magnus may not have even been supreme commander. Even if he was, it seems akin to sending the Queen to fight insurgents in Iraq. Just because he's in charge doesn't mean he's a treble-hard bastard.

The point I'm slowly getting to is Autobots just don't have the combat experience.

Awesome Episode.

It's like ANimated can do no wrong.

Heh, is it just me, or is the episode title a reference to the infamous "Mission Accomplished" banner in the background of one of Bush's Iraq war speeches?

Anywho

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Love how the Autobots decided Fanzone would be the best person to take care of Sari.. 'course not like they knew anyone else. Also, the montage of Starscream trying to kill Megatron set to Megatron's call out to the Decepticons was pretty great. Man Animated is a great show.

It was an awesome episode. My torrent took like 3 1/2 hours because of the lack of seeds.

Megatron was absurdly brutal in the way he dispatches Starscream. I was laughing uncontrollably during the repeated attack/body dumping bit.

Megatron has this serious and eloquent speech to the decepticon legions scattered across the galaxy in the background as they keep showing starscream get killed/thrown off the side of a mountain.

I love the commentary on Iraq. Decepticon insurgents/terrorists in the rim are destroying space bridges. Magnus and sentinel believe this is because of news on Megatron's life and the destruction of the Allspark. Much like how supposedly letting the world know about atrocities like Abu Gharib led to an increase in attacks. Magnus and Sentinel asking Prime to lie and silence negative information while Optimus is fighting for the truth.

I love the bribe too. Sentinel shows how corrupt he truly is. Asking Optimus to lie about the Allspark and Megatron, and take the fall so that in the near future he could have his career back. Even join up with the Elite Guard (ditching his "loser" crew).

I can see WHY the decepticons want to transform and RISE UP. The Autobots are pretty corrupt in their own right.

Starscream totally owned Magnus and the Elite Guard-showing just how strong Megatron is (Megatron shrugs off Starscream's attacks). I love Sentinels reaction.

Sentinel: "What .....is that?!?"
Optimus: *big smirk on his face* "OH you haven't seen one of these up close before have you? That's a decepticon"

Prime saves the day by slapping stasis handcuffs on Screamer. Magnus priases him and accepts that Decepticons ARE on Earth (or more of them MIGHT be on Earth given Starscream). He leaves Prime and crew on Earth to collect Allspark shards and apprehend any straggling decepticons (he gives them a crate full of stasis cuffs). The Autobots on Earth are seemingly more or less police now.

Sumdac created energy signal dampeners so the cons can move freely without detection from Autobot scanners. So it's more than just the carbon cave now. They can be undetectable everywhere.

Megatron's plan is brilliant. He uses his transmitter to organize scattered cons along the rim. They will keep attacking space bridges in the rim to draw out the Autobot army away from Cybertron. Meanwhile, Megatron will lead an army right into the heart of Cybertron with the bridge Sumdac is designing. Allowing him to conquer a defenseless cybertron.

On top of that, he has a mole inside Cybertron Command, who will facilitate the plan and relay information.

I do have to say though, this plot sound almost 100% like the final battle/stage of Mass Effect. Not that it is a bad thing. Mass Effect was awesome.

It's hard to keep saying this, but this is the best episode yet. Animated is an amazingly solid show.

Oh shoot. Sorry guys, I just screwed over my rapidshare by closing it accidently.

I'll have it up around noon. Sorry.

Well, Magnus did get hit point blank. Note that everybody else that got hit by Starscream was basically down.

That was pretty great. Other 'cons (Megatron's speech reminded me of Arcturus Mengsk), a double agent, Ironhide cameo... 'twas all good. "This is why I hate kids!"

I LOVED the death/speech montage. Loved it.

Holy Crap ! That was an awesome episode times infinity plus 69.

its up on youtube

loved it!

probably watch it again before the days out..

funny how long sentinal's gratitude lasted after optimus saves his butt

Here's the Rapidshare:

http://rapidshare.de/files/39248402/Transf...NiGhT-.avi.html

Thanks for the Rapidshare, my school's internet has filters that selectively prevents me from downloading .torrent files (once they're on torrenting is fine though) and it was in full force today.'

Now that I've seen it; c'mon give Magnus some slack here, he was pretty much shot in the face pointblank, that's pretty difficult to deal with. He probably could have done much better if he had some more prep time. He was supreme commander during a time of intense war, he has to have some fighting experience unless the animated autobots have an aristocracy

I HAS NO TORRENTER, WHY MUST YOU MAKE ME SUFFER. O.O

Never could figure those things anyway, any chance of a Youtube/Veoh upload?

Thanks for putting it up anyways, though. =D

~Caboose

It's on Youtube Caboose....just look for the same person as always.

I really liked this one too! But a few things- What makes it that Megatron is so much stronger than Ultra Magnus that Scream can completely knock him out and far way, but can't even touch the Con? Oh well. Plus I don't think a train would be able to support two transformers jumping on up of it full speed. AND I don't think the Guard is too smart. They see the bomb and start hitting it? Good one guys. That part made me laugh actually. Jazz couldn't hit it hard enough with his nun-chuck, so Magnus smashes with his freakin' hammer. XD

A comment on the "Elite Guard"...

I think that "Elite Guard" is just a general term for the Autobot army. It doesn't really mean they're stronger than everyone else - just that they've had military training/some possible upgrades.

Which explains why they're for the most part too weak to do anything about the Decepticons save for ingenuity.

An aside, however - who else things that they would have been slagged had it not been for Headmaster upgrading Sentinel's shield in the previous episode?

Anyway, LOVED how they're doing Starscream as unkillable (so long as he has that fragment, anyway - I take it the Autobots don't know about it) and how Megatron's plan is shaping up. And I'm suspecting that Shockwave is an amoral Autobot scientist who gets contacted via his mole and turned.

Seriously??? Hahahahahahaha!!!



Oh I am SO tempted to watch it right now.

When I was reading the Botcon reports today I read that Starscream was dead and that he would up the treachery. This led me to think maybe one of the Allspark fragments got a hold of him and brought him back from the dead. Low and behold that is what happened.

This was a very strong episode and sows the seeds for some interesting revelations soon to come.

I think my favorite part was that when Screamer was being hualed away, the Autobots bolted his mouth shut. Such a small thing, but made me luagh more then anything.

Pretty good episode. Now, we just need to shove an Allspark fragment into a robot wasp.....

I don't know if the autobot didn't notice it so much or if Magnus deliberately didn't make a big deal of it. The fact the Elite Guard took him abroad suggests this won't be the last we see of Starscream. I'd imagine that the prospect of an immortal soldier might be all the more tempting with the war flaring up again, and Magnus is commander enough to see it. The autobots are already dubious

. . . Enter Animated Rampage.

You know what this means though? Megatron actually KILLED Starscream. Like right away? No accepting him back into the Decepticons; no crazy hijinks. Just BLAM and dump his body in a garbage scow. Best. Series. Ever.

Also, this Starscream seems to have a decent achillis heel, rather than being totally immortal.. Take out that allspark fragment and he dies for good I would guess.

This is possibly the greatest Transformers episode ever. Wow. Hilarity.

Yet it was serious too. Megatron is brutal in this show. Completely ruthless.

The seriousness combined with the hilarity in that montage made for the perfect scene. It wouldn't have worked if Megatron wasn't so brutal and if the speech wasn't so serious and eloquent. It made the over the cliff part funnier than it would have been otherwise.

Yep. The contrast between the tone of the speech and the "and he's going over the cliff again...." visuals is what made it work.

I also like how Starscream wakes up every time immediately taking up where he left off before being killed.

That montage is one of my favorite bits of TV show ever.

Totally. Having him be a guy who can get killed over and over and return to life makes him so much creepier (And more morbidly amusing) than if he were to have been a ghost. The fact that his Spark is missing is pretty disturbing, too. Before that I would have figured the Allspark re-energized it every time it went out, but no... Makes me wonder what exactly Sparks ARE in this universe if he's still himself more or less, yet it's *gone*.

And man, that was so great how Magnus took a full-on blast from someone Megatron can dispatch with ease. Lesser shows would have made the Elite Guard super-powerful.