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|image=IDWGoBots1-cvrA.jpg<br />
|title=<br />
|caption=<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]<br />
|date=[[November 21]], [[2018]]<br />
|coverdate=October 2018<br />
|written by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|art by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|colors by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|letters by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|editor=[[David Hedgecock]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''The invention of the Go-Bot has proved a benefit to humanity, but what happens when these incredible machines begin to question the purpose behind their existence?'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
Since the invention of the first [[GoBot|Go-Bots]], [[human]] society has permanently changed; originally a solution to the parking crisis, the invention of a vehicle who could walk ''with'' their drivers to a destination paved the way for later advances… culminating in the development of the first generation of self-aware fighter jets, who even now take the lead on a hostage rescue mission. Weapons fire downs one of them, though, and so pilot [[Nick Burns]] takes drastic action by swooping directly into the enemy compound, transforming his partner [[Leader-1]] as he does so. Authorized to use lethal force, the robotic jet easily overwhelms the enemy forces and uses his prodigious firepower to blast open the cell door containing the hostages.<br />
<br />
Elsewhere, [[Scooter]] drives his owner, college student [[A.J.]] to her "Go-Botics" lecture, delivered by [[Professor Braxis]]. The professor invites her mechanical companion to the lecture as a guest; using Scooter to introduce his class to the subject, he explains the origin of the Go-Bots and how each of them have distinct artificial personalities, before turning his attention to the subject of the most popular sport in the world today, Go-Bot racing...<br />
<br />
On a speedway, hotshot driver [[Matt Hunter]] and his partner [[Turbo]] take the lead on the racecourse and win, thanks to some quick-thinking shapeshifting on Turbo's part. In the winner's circle, Hunter's egotism grates on Turbo; that night, however, Hunter is approached by the mysterious [[T. Coriander Banks]], who has a "business proposal" for the cocky racer, and the two racers follow Banks's limousine to a run-down industrial district. After that limousine reveals himself as [[Stretch]], the pair receive a firsthand demonstration of a ''new'' sport taking shape, far from the prying eyes of the law... the illegal blood sport of Go-Bot pit fighting. The current champion is eager for a new challenge after murdering the last contender, and is eager to take on Turbo in the ring… but when Matt refuses to enter Turbo, he's grabbed and thrown into the ring by the bloodthirsty fans in the hopes that the need to protect his owner will goad Turbo into action. Matt shakily asserts that the Go-Bot's [[G-chip]] won't let him harm humans, but before the Go-Bot can ''test'' that strategy, Turbo leaps to his defense. The gladiator wonders why a Go-Bot would come to the defense of a human; Turbo retorts that his foe isn't much different, as he fights for their amusement… and then leaves, taking Hunter to safety.<br />
<br />
Later that night, Matt returns, bringing the police to the scene. The cops aren't inclined to believe Matt's accusations until they discover the remains of a mangled Go-Bot and the bodies of the arena crowd. Someone, or something, has massacred scores of humans… and Hunter and Turbo immediately identify the perpetrator: "[[Cy-Kill]]."<br />
<br />
At the [[Pentagon]], Nick and Leader-1 report to the [[Go-Bot Command Center]] for a briefing regarding their next mission: taking out a cell of runaway Go-Bots. When Go-Bots go rogue, they're rounded up and deactivated, but this latest group has managed to evade capture by human authorities and is holed up somewhere along [[Route 66]]. Nick meets with the latest victim of their attacks, a gas station worker who relates that he was assaulted by one of them, a [[Crasher|race car]], who took offense when the worker asked to see her "master." Retorting that she ''had'' no master, the car transformed to knock him out; when he came to, the robots had taken all of the fuel, money... and ammunition. <br />
<br />
Out in the desert, the pair perform a flyby, and are about to give up and call it a day when they spy an unmanned convoy of vehicles: the "renegades" that they'd been warned about. Before they can intercept the vehicles, however, they're intercepted by a [[Cop-Tur|helicopter]], and though Leader-1 blows him out of the sky, the dogfight prevents him from catching Cy-Kill, who's already escaped into the canyons below. Leader-1 springs an ambush on the bike-bot, but is outmatched by Cy-Kill. <br />
<br />
Cy-Kill takes advantage of a lull in the fighting to expound on his plan; Go-Bots are naturally superior to humans, and thus it stands to reason that they should eventually take charge of civilization. To do so, of course, they'd need the nuclear launch codes… launch codes that Leader-1 already ''has'' in his brain. Though Leader-1 attempts to talk Cy-Kill down the Renegade leader has other plans, and orders his new subordinates to pin down their enemy to extract those codes. [[Tank]] does so easily, but Cy-Kill tells his followers that the battle has forced his hand; now that the Pentagon is aware of their existence, they won't be content to let the rogue robots live in the desert—and so this is their only opportunity to conquer the world!<br />
<br />
Some time later, A.J. has been invited to dinner by Braxis, who's pleased with her progress in the course and her intuitive knowledge of Go-botics. In fact, Braxis tells her, he has a Go-Bot of his own, and invites her into the basement to meet him: the monstrous [[Vamp]]! The ghoulish Go-Bot advances on the helpless A.J. before Scooter intervenes, and wraps his hand around Braxis's neck as the scientist pleads for mercy.<br />
<br />
Outside is a scene of pure chaos as Go-Bots of all shapes and sizes run amok in the street. Scooter informs his erstwhile master of the situation: the deactivation of the [[Asimov Laws]] responsible for modulating the behaviours of Go-Bots have allowed Go-Bots across the world to rise up and turn on their former owners. Gazing out on the revolution, A.J. nervously asks Scooter if ''he's'' going to hurt her, as the red Go-Bot's hand clenches into a fist...<br />
<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.<br><br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Leader-1]] (1)<br />
* [[Scooter]] (4)<br />
* [[Spay-C]] (6)<br />
* ''[[Zeemon]]'' (7)<br />
* [[Turbo]] (8)<br />
* [[Hans-Cuff]] (14)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Stretch]] (10)<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (13)<br />
* [[Crasher]] (16)<br />
* [[Cop-Tur]] (17)<br />
* [[Tank]] (18)<br />
* [[Fitor]] (19)<br />
* [[Spoons]] (20)<br />
* [[Loco]] (21)<br />
* [[Water Walk]] (22)<br />
* [[Geeper-Creeper]] (23)<br />
* [[Screw Head]] (24)<br />
* [[Vamp]] (25)<br />
* [[Bug Bite]]? (26)<br />
<br />
|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
* [[Nick Burns]] (2)<br />
* [[A.J.]] (3)<br />
* [[Professor Braxis]] (5)<br />
* [[Matt Hunter]] (9)<br />
* [[T. Coriander Banks]] (11)<br />
* Station attendant (15)<br />
<br />
|h4=Others|c4=<br />
* Go-Bot gladiator (12)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Just remember one thing. You don't ride us... '''we''' ride you."<br />
:—'''Crasher'''<br />
<br />
<br />
"Our whole purpose is to serve, Cy-Kill. If Go-Bots took over the world, what then?" <br><br />
"We nuke them. We herd up the survivors, cage them, put them in storage. I'm sure they're good for something."<br />
:—'''Leader-1''' and '''Cy-Kill''' have their first encounter<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Production notes===<br />
*Arriving just in time to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the brand, IDW's ''Go-Bots'' comic book is the first original piece of ''[[GoBots]]'' fiction since the end of the original line to not be produced through the Transformers Collectors Club. As a mass market work of significantly greater note (and arguable legitimacy) than online prose stories and Facebook posts, it is also subject to a greater degree of legal scrutiny, and hence has to use the actual Hasbro-trademarked spelling of the franchise name, "Go-Bots," rather than the original hyphen-less "GoBots." However, it does mean that the story does not have to dance around the characters identities or reimagine their appearances to sidestep potential legal issues the way the Collectors Club did; the Go-Bots are all able to be accurately drawn based on the original Bandai/Tonka toys.<br />
*The comic is a brand-new take on the Go-Bots world unconnected to the [[Challenge of the GoBots (cartoon)|classic cartoon]]; if it's comparable to anything, it's to the ''[[The Robo Machines]]'' comic, which depicted the toys as mechanical robots constructed by an alien race, versus the toyline and cartoon backstory that presented them as a race of extraterrestrial cyborgs.<br />
<br />
===Go-Bots references===<br />
* Naturally, the comic focuses on giving three main "origin stories" for the Guardians [[Leader-1]], [[Scooter]], and [[Turbo]], as they were the primary three [[Guardian]]s who appeared in each episode of the original cartoon series.<br />
* [[Zeemon]] is depicted as one of the first Go-Bots, fitting with his cartoon counterpart's history as an elderly GoBot.<br />
* Though tradition suggests that Cy-Kill will soon adopt this name for him and his growing faction, it's no surprise that the general refers to him and his followers as "[[Renegade]]s".<br />
* Several characters appear in alternate color schemes than their more famous animated counterparts:<br />
** Crasher appears in the white-and-blue paint job her toy was originally released with (both in ''Machine Robo'' and the first year of the ''GoBots'' line), rather than the more famous black, white, and orange repaint that came later, upon which her colors in the cartoon were based. Perhaps she'll get a new paint job down the line? <br />
** [[Stretch]], likewise, is black rather than white, though ''why'' is not immediately clear.<br />
** [[Water Walk]] appears among Cy-Kill's followers, though he's depicted in shades of blue as per his European release.<br />
* The Pentagon contains a wing known as the "Go-Bot [[Command Center]]", referencing the classic playset from the original ''GoBots'' toy line.<br />
* When Cy-Kill punches off Leader-1's toy-accurate "rebreather"-like mouthplate, a mouth is revealed beneath, giving Leader-1 a profile closer to his Hannah-Barbera animation model, as seen on the cover of the issue.<br />
* [[Vamp]], traditionally female, appears to be male in this continuity. <br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
* Go-Bots are noted to follow the "[[Asimov Laws]]" that dictate their interactions with humanity, referencing science-fiction writer {{w|Isaac Asimov}} and his famous {{w|Three Laws of Robotics}}. <br />
<br />
===Covers (5)===<br />
*'''Cover A:''' Leader-1, by [[Tom Scioli]]<br />
*'''Cover B:''' Blank cover for sketches<br />
*'''Local Comic Book Day special:''' Leader-1, Scooter, and Turbo, by [[Diego Jordan Pereira]] <br />
<gallery><br />
File:IDWGoBots1-cvrA.jpg|<br />
File:IDWGobots1-cvrB.jpg|<br />
File:IDWGobots1-cvrLCSD.jpg|<br />
</gallery><br />
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===Advertisements===<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:Go-Bots issues]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Go-Bots_issue_1&diff=5127Go-Bots issue 12018-12-03T14:07:36Z<p>Chris McFeely: /* Production notes */</p>
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<div>{{Comicstory<br />
|series=''Go-Bots'' #1<br />
|prev=<br />
|next=Go-Bots issue 2<br />
|image=IDWGoBots1-cvrA.jpg<br />
|title=<br />
|caption=<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]<br />
|date=[[November 21]], [[2018]]<br />
|coverdate=October 2018<br />
|written by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|art by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|colors by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|letters by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|editor=[[David Hedgecock]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''The invention of the Go-Bot has proved a benefit to humanity, but what happens when these incredible machines begin to question the purpose behind their existence?'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
Since the invention of the first [[GoBot|Go-Bots]], [[human]] society has permanently changed; originally a solution to the parking crisis, the invention of a vehicle who could walk ''with'' their drivers to a destination paved the way for later advances… culminating in the development of the first generation of self-aware fighter jets, who even now take the lead on a hostage rescue mission. Weapons fire downs one of them, though, and so pilot [[Nick Burns]] takes drastic action by swooping directly into the enemy compound, transforming his partner [[Leader-1]] as he does so. Authorized to use lethal force, the robotic jet easily overwhelms the enemy forces and uses his prodigious firepower to blast open the cell door containing the hostages.<br />
<br />
Elsewhere, [[Scooter]] drives his owner, college student [[A.J.]] to her "Go-Botics" lecture, delivered by [[Professor Braxis]]. The professor invites her mechanical companion to the lecture as a guest; using Scooter to introduce his class to the subject, he explains the origin of the Go-Bots and how each of them have distinct artificial personalities, before turning his attention to the subject of the most popular sport in the world today, Go-Bot racing...<br />
<br />
On a speedway, hotshot driver [[Matt Hunter]] and his partner [[Turbo]] take the lead on the racecourse and win, thanks to some quick-thinking shapeshifting on Turbo's part. In the winner's circle, Hunter's egotism grates on Turbo; that night, however, Hunter is approached by the mysterious [[T. Coriander Banks]], who has a "business proposal" for the cocky racer, and the two racers follow Banks's limousine to a run-down industrial district. After that limousine reveals himself as [[Stretch]], the pair receive a firsthand demonstration of a ''new'' sport taking shape, far from the prying eyes of the law... the illegal blood sport of Go-Bot pit fighting. The current champion is eager for a new challenge after murdering the last contender, and is eager to take on Turbo in the ring… but when Matt refuses to enter Turbo, he's grabbed and thrown into the ring by the bloodthirsty fans in the hopes that the need to protect his owner will goad Turbo into action. Matt shakily asserts that the Go-Bot's [[G-chip]] won't let him harm humans, but before the Go-Bot can ''test'' that strategy, Turbo leaps to his defense. The gladiator wonders why a Go-Bot would come to the defense of a human; Turbo retorts that his foe isn't much different, as he fights for their amusement… and then leaves, taking Hunter to safety.<br />
<br />
Later that night, Matt returns, bringing the police to the scene. The cops aren't inclined to believe Matt's accusations until they discover the remains of a mangled Go-Bot and the bodies of the arena crowd. Someone, or something, has massacred scores of humans… and Hunter and Turbo immediately identify the perpetrator: "[[Cy-Kill]]."<br />
<br />
At the [[Pentagon]], Nick and Leader-1 report to the [[Go-Bot Command Center]] for a briefing regarding their next mission: taking out a cell of runaway Go-Bots. When Go-Bots go rogue, they're rounded up and deactivated, but this latest group has managed to evade capture by human authorities and is holed up somewhere along [[Route 66]]. Nick meets with the latest victim of their attacks, a gas station worker who relates that he was assaulted by one of them, a [[Crasher|race car]], who took offense when the worker asked to see her "master." Retorting that she ''had'' no master, the car transformed to knock him out; when he came to, the robots had taken all of the fuel, money... and ammunition. <br />
<br />
Out in the desert, the pair perform a flyby, and are about to give up and call it a day when they spy an unmanned convoy of vehicles: the "renegades" that they'd been warned about. Before they can intercept the vehicles, however, they're intercepted by a [[Cop-Tur|helicopter]], and though Leader-1 blows him out of the sky, the dogfight prevents him from catching Cy-Kill, who's already escaped into the canyons below. Leader-1 springs an ambush on the bike-bot, but is outmatched by Cy-Kill. <br />
<br />
Cy-Kill takes advantage of a lull in the fighting to expound on his plan; Go-Bots are naturally superior to humans, and thus it stands to reason that they should eventually take charge of civilization. To do so, of course, they'd need the nuclear launch codes… launch codes that Leader-1 already ''has'' in his brain. Though Leader-1 attempts to talk Cy-Kill down the Renegade leader has other plans, and orders his new subordinates to pin down their enemy to extract those codes. [[Tank]] does so easily, but Cy-Kill tells his followers that the battle has forced his hand; now that the Pentagon is aware of their existence, they won't be content to let the rogue robots live in the desert—and so this is their only opportunity to conquer the world!<br />
<br />
Some time later, A.J. has been invited to dinner by Braxis, who's pleased with her progress in the course and her intuitive knowledge of Go-botics. In fact, Braxis tells her, he has a Go-Bot of his own, and invites her into the basement to meet him: the monstrous [[Vamp]]! The ghoulish Go-Bot advances on the helpless A.J. before Scooter intervenes, and wraps his hand around Braxis's neck as the scientist pleads for mercy.<br />
<br />
Outside is a scene of pure chaos as Go-Bots of all shapes and sizes run amok in the street. Scooter informs his erstwhile master of the situation: the deactivation of the [[Asimov Laws]] responsible for modulating the behaviours of Go-Bots have allowed Go-Bots across the world to rise up and turn on their former owners. Gazing out on the revolution, A.J. nervously asks Scooter if ''he's'' going to hurt her, as the red Go-Bot's hand clenches into a fist...<br />
<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.<br><br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Leader-1]] (1)<br />
* [[Scooter]] (4)<br />
* [[Spay-C]] (6)<br />
* ''[[Zeemon]]'' (7)<br />
* [[Turbo]] (8)<br />
* [[Hans-Cuff]] (14)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Stretch]] (10)<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (13)<br />
* [[Crasher]] (16)<br />
* [[Cop-Tur]] (17)<br />
* [[Tank]] (18)<br />
* [[Fitor]] (19)<br />
* [[Spoons]] (20)<br />
* [[Loco]] (21)<br />
* [[Water Walk]] (22)<br />
* [[Geeper-Creeper]] (23)<br />
* [[Screw Head]] (24)<br />
* [[Vamp]] (25)<br />
* [[Bug Bite]]? (26)<br />
<br />
|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
* [[Nick Burns]] (2)<br />
* [[A.J.]] (3)<br />
* [[Professor Braxis]] (5)<br />
* [[Matt Hunter]] (9)<br />
* [[T. Coriander Banks]] (11)<br />
* Station attendant (15)<br />
<br />
|h4=Others|c4=<br />
* Go-Bot gladiator (12)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Just remember one thing. You don't ride us... '''we''' ride you."<br />
:—'''Crasher'''<br />
<br />
<br />
"Our whole purpose is to serve, Cy-Kill. If Go-Bots took over the world, what then?" <br><br />
"We nuke them. We herd up the survivors, cage them, put them in storage. I'm sure they're good for something."<br />
:—'''Leader-1''' and '''Cy-Kill''' have their first encounter<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Production notes===<br />
*Arriving just in time to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the brand, IDW's ''Go-Bots'' comic book is the first original piece of ''[[GoBots]]'' fiction since the end of the original line to not be produced through the Transformers Collectors Club. As a mass market work of significantly greater note (and arguable legitimacy) than online prose stories and Facebook posts, it is also subject to a greater degree of legal scrutiny, and hence has to use the actual Hasbro-trademarked spelling of the franchise name, "Go-Bots," rather than the original hyphen-less "GoBots." However, it does mean that the story does not have to dance around the characters identities or reimagine their appearances to sidestep potential legal issues the way the Collectors Club did; the Go-Bots are all able to be accurately drawn based on the original Bandai/Tonka toys.<br />
*The comic is a brand-new take on the Go-Bots world unconnected to the [[Challenge of the GoBots|classic cartoon]]; if it's comparable to anything, it's to the ''[[The Robo Machines]]'' comic, which depicted the toys as mechanical robots constructed by an alien race, versus the toyline and cartoon backstory that presented them as a race of extraterrestrial cyborgs.<br />
<br />
===Go-Bots references===<br />
* Naturally, the comic focuses on giving three main "origin stories" for the Guardians [[Leader-1]], [[Scooter]], and [[Turbo]], as they were the primary three [[Guardian]]s who appeared in each episode of the original cartoon series.<br />
* [[Zeemon]] is depicted as one of the first Go-Bots, fitting with his cartoon counterpart's history as an elderly GoBot.<br />
* Though tradition suggests that Cy-Kill will soon adopt this name for him and his growing faction, it's no surprise that the general refers to him and his followers as "[[Renegade]]s".<br />
* Several characters appear in alternate color schemes than their more famous animated counterparts:<br />
** Crasher appears in the white-and-blue paint job her toy was originally released with (both in ''Machine Robo'' and the first year of the ''GoBots'' line), rather than the more famous black, white, and orange repaint that came later, upon which her colors in the cartoon were based. Perhaps she'll get a new paint job down the line? <br />
** [[Stretch]], likewise, is black rather than white, though ''why'' is not immediately clear.<br />
** [[Water Walk]] appears among Cy-Kill's followers, though he's depicted in shades of blue as per his European release.<br />
* The Pentagon contains a wing known as the "Go-Bot [[Command Center]]", referencing the classic playset from the original ''GoBots'' toy line.<br />
* When Cy-Kill punches off Leader-1's toy-accurate "rebreather"-like mouthplate, a mouth is revealed beneath, giving Leader-1 a profile closer to his Hannah-Barbera animation model, as seen on the cover of the issue.<br />
* [[Vamp]], traditionally female, appears to be male in this continuity. <br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
* Go-Bots are noted to follow the "[[Asimov Laws]]" that dictate their interactions with humanity, referencing science-fiction writer {{w|Isaac Asimov}} and his famous {{w|Three Laws of Robotics}}. <br />
<br />
===Covers (5)===<br />
*'''Cover A:''' Leader-1, by [[Tom Scioli]]<br />
*'''Cover B:''' Blank cover for sketches<br />
*'''Local Comic Book Day special:''' Leader-1, Scooter, and Turbo, by [[Diego Jordan Pereira]] <br />
<gallery><br />
File:IDWGoBots1-cvrA.jpg|<br />
File:IDWGobots1-cvrB.jpg|<br />
File:IDWGobots1-cvrLCSD.jpg|<br />
</gallery><br />
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===Advertisements===<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:Go-Bots issues]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Go-Bots_issue_1&diff=5126Go-Bots issue 12018-12-03T14:07:00Z<p>Chris McFeely: /* Production notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Comicstory<br />
|series=''Go-Bots'' #1<br />
|prev=<br />
|next=Go-Bots issue 2<br />
|image=IDWGoBots1-cvrA.jpg<br />
|title=<br />
|caption=<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]<br />
|date=[[November 21]], [[2018]]<br />
|coverdate=October 2018<br />
|written by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|art by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|colors by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|letters by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|editor=[[David Hedgecock]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''The invention of the Go-Bot has proved a benefit to humanity, but what happens when these incredible machines begin to question the purpose behind their existence?'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
Since the invention of the first [[GoBot|Go-Bots]], [[human]] society has permanently changed; originally a solution to the parking crisis, the invention of a vehicle who could walk ''with'' their drivers to a destination paved the way for later advances… culminating in the development of the first generation of self-aware fighter jets, who even now take the lead on a hostage rescue mission. Weapons fire downs one of them, though, and so pilot [[Nick Burns]] takes drastic action by swooping directly into the enemy compound, transforming his partner [[Leader-1]] as he does so. Authorized to use lethal force, the robotic jet easily overwhelms the enemy forces and uses his prodigious firepower to blast open the cell door containing the hostages.<br />
<br />
Elsewhere, [[Scooter]] drives his owner, college student [[A.J.]] to her "Go-Botics" lecture, delivered by [[Professor Braxis]]. The professor invites her mechanical companion to the lecture as a guest; using Scooter to introduce his class to the subject, he explains the origin of the Go-Bots and how each of them have distinct artificial personalities, before turning his attention to the subject of the most popular sport in the world today, Go-Bot racing...<br />
<br />
On a speedway, hotshot driver [[Matt Hunter]] and his partner [[Turbo]] take the lead on the racecourse and win, thanks to some quick-thinking shapeshifting on Turbo's part. In the winner's circle, Hunter's egotism grates on Turbo; that night, however, Hunter is approached by the mysterious [[T. Coriander Banks]], who has a "business proposal" for the cocky racer, and the two racers follow Banks's limousine to a run-down industrial district. After that limousine reveals himself as [[Stretch]], the pair receive a firsthand demonstration of a ''new'' sport taking shape, far from the prying eyes of the law... the illegal blood sport of Go-Bot pit fighting. The current champion is eager for a new challenge after murdering the last contender, and is eager to take on Turbo in the ring… but when Matt refuses to enter Turbo, he's grabbed and thrown into the ring by the bloodthirsty fans in the hopes that the need to protect his owner will goad Turbo into action. Matt shakily asserts that the Go-Bot's [[G-chip]] won't let him harm humans, but before the Go-Bot can ''test'' that strategy, Turbo leaps to his defense. The gladiator wonders why a Go-Bot would come to the defense of a human; Turbo retorts that his foe isn't much different, as he fights for their amusement… and then leaves, taking Hunter to safety.<br />
<br />
Later that night, Matt returns, bringing the police to the scene. The cops aren't inclined to believe Matt's accusations until they discover the remains of a mangled Go-Bot and the bodies of the arena crowd. Someone, or something, has massacred scores of humans… and Hunter and Turbo immediately identify the perpetrator: "[[Cy-Kill]]."<br />
<br />
At the [[Pentagon]], Nick and Leader-1 report to the [[Go-Bot Command Center]] for a briefing regarding their next mission: taking out a cell of runaway Go-Bots. When Go-Bots go rogue, they're rounded up and deactivated, but this latest group has managed to evade capture by human authorities and is holed up somewhere along [[Route 66]]. Nick meets with the latest victim of their attacks, a gas station worker who relates that he was assaulted by one of them, a [[Crasher|race car]], who took offense when the worker asked to see her "master." Retorting that she ''had'' no master, the car transformed to knock him out; when he came to, the robots had taken all of the fuel, money... and ammunition. <br />
<br />
Out in the desert, the pair perform a flyby, and are about to give up and call it a day when they spy an unmanned convoy of vehicles: the "renegades" that they'd been warned about. Before they can intercept the vehicles, however, they're intercepted by a [[Cop-Tur|helicopter]], and though Leader-1 blows him out of the sky, the dogfight prevents him from catching Cy-Kill, who's already escaped into the canyons below. Leader-1 springs an ambush on the bike-bot, but is outmatched by Cy-Kill. <br />
<br />
Cy-Kill takes advantage of a lull in the fighting to expound on his plan; Go-Bots are naturally superior to humans, and thus it stands to reason that they should eventually take charge of civilization. To do so, of course, they'd need the nuclear launch codes… launch codes that Leader-1 already ''has'' in his brain. Though Leader-1 attempts to talk Cy-Kill down the Renegade leader has other plans, and orders his new subordinates to pin down their enemy to extract those codes. [[Tank]] does so easily, but Cy-Kill tells his followers that the battle has forced his hand; now that the Pentagon is aware of their existence, they won't be content to let the rogue robots live in the desert—and so this is their only opportunity to conquer the world!<br />
<br />
Some time later, A.J. has been invited to dinner by Braxis, who's pleased with her progress in the course and her intuitive knowledge of Go-botics. In fact, Braxis tells her, he has a Go-Bot of his own, and invites her into the basement to meet him: the monstrous [[Vamp]]! The ghoulish Go-Bot advances on the helpless A.J. before Scooter intervenes, and wraps his hand around Braxis's neck as the scientist pleads for mercy.<br />
<br />
Outside is a scene of pure chaos as Go-Bots of all shapes and sizes run amok in the street. Scooter informs his erstwhile master of the situation: the deactivation of the [[Asimov Laws]] responsible for modulating the behaviours of Go-Bots have allowed Go-Bots across the world to rise up and turn on their former owners. Gazing out on the revolution, A.J. nervously asks Scooter if ''he's'' going to hurt her, as the red Go-Bot's hand clenches into a fist...<br />
<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.<br><br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Leader-1]] (1)<br />
* [[Scooter]] (4)<br />
* [[Spay-C]] (6)<br />
* ''[[Zeemon]]'' (7)<br />
* [[Turbo]] (8)<br />
* [[Hans-Cuff]] (14)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Stretch]] (10)<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (13)<br />
* [[Crasher]] (16)<br />
* [[Cop-Tur]] (17)<br />
* [[Tank]] (18)<br />
* [[Fitor]] (19)<br />
* [[Spoons]] (20)<br />
* [[Loco]] (21)<br />
* [[Water Walk]] (22)<br />
* [[Geeper-Creeper]] (23)<br />
* [[Screw Head]] (24)<br />
* [[Vamp]] (25)<br />
* [[Bug Bite]]? (26)<br />
<br />
|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
* [[Nick Burns]] (2)<br />
* [[A.J.]] (3)<br />
* [[Professor Braxis]] (5)<br />
* [[Matt Hunter]] (9)<br />
* [[T. Coriander Banks]] (11)<br />
* Station attendant (15)<br />
<br />
|h4=Others|c4=<br />
* Go-Bot gladiator (12)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Just remember one thing. You don't ride us... '''we''' ride you."<br />
:—'''Crasher'''<br />
<br />
<br />
"Our whole purpose is to serve, Cy-Kill. If Go-Bots took over the world, what then?" <br><br />
"We nuke them. We herd up the survivors, cage them, put them in storage. I'm sure they're good for something."<br />
:—'''Leader-1''' and '''Cy-Kill''' have their first encounter<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Production notes===<br />
*Arriving just in time to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the brand, IDW's ''Go-Bots'' comic book is the first original piece of ''[[GoBots]]'' fiction since the end of the original line to not be produced through the Transformers Collectors Club. As a mass market work of significantly greater note (and arguable legitimacy) than online prose stories and Facebook posts, it is also subject to a greater degree of legal scrutiny, and hence has to use the actual Hasbro-trademarked spelling of the franchise name, "Go-Bots," rather than the original hyphen-less "GoBots." However, it does mean that the story does not have to dance around the characters identities or reimagine their appearances to sidestep potential legal issues; the Go-Bots are all able to be accurately drawn based on the original Bandai/Tonka toys.<br />
*The comic is a brand-new take on the Go-Bots world unconnected to the [[Challenge of the GoBots|classic cartoon]]; if it's comparable to anything, it's to the ''[[The Robo Machines]]'' comic, which depicted the toys as mechanical robots constructed by an alien race, versus the toyline and cartoon backstory that presented them as a race of extraterrestrial cyborgs.<br />
<br />
===Go-Bots references===<br />
* Naturally, the comic focuses on giving three main "origin stories" for the Guardians [[Leader-1]], [[Scooter]], and [[Turbo]], as they were the primary three [[Guardian]]s who appeared in each episode of the original cartoon series.<br />
* [[Zeemon]] is depicted as one of the first Go-Bots, fitting with his cartoon counterpart's history as an elderly GoBot.<br />
* Though tradition suggests that Cy-Kill will soon adopt this name for him and his growing faction, it's no surprise that the general refers to him and his followers as "[[Renegade]]s".<br />
* Several characters appear in alternate color schemes than their more famous animated counterparts:<br />
** Crasher appears in the white-and-blue paint job her toy was originally released with (both in ''Machine Robo'' and the first year of the ''GoBots'' line), rather than the more famous black, white, and orange repaint that came later, upon which her colors in the cartoon were based. Perhaps she'll get a new paint job down the line? <br />
** [[Stretch]], likewise, is black rather than white, though ''why'' is not immediately clear.<br />
** [[Water Walk]] appears among Cy-Kill's followers, though he's depicted in shades of blue as per his European release.<br />
* The Pentagon contains a wing known as the "Go-Bot [[Command Center]]", referencing the classic playset from the original ''GoBots'' toy line.<br />
* When Cy-Kill punches off Leader-1's toy-accurate "rebreather"-like mouthplate, a mouth is revealed beneath, giving Leader-1 a profile closer to his Hannah-Barbera animation model, as seen on the cover of the issue.<br />
* [[Vamp]], traditionally female, appears to be male in this continuity. <br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
* Go-Bots are noted to follow the "[[Asimov Laws]]" that dictate their interactions with humanity, referencing science-fiction writer {{w|Isaac Asimov}} and his famous {{w|Three Laws of Robotics}}. <br />
<br />
===Covers (5)===<br />
*'''Cover A:''' Leader-1, by [[Tom Scioli]]<br />
*'''Cover B:''' Blank cover for sketches<br />
*'''Local Comic Book Day special:''' Leader-1, Scooter, and Turbo, by [[Diego Jordan Pereira]] <br />
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File:IDWGobots1-cvrB.jpg|<br />
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</gallery><br />
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[[Category:Go-Bots issues]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Go-Bots_issue_1&diff=5125Go-Bots issue 12018-12-03T14:02:21Z<p>Chris McFeely: /* Production notes */</p>
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|prev=<br />
|next=Go-Bots issue 2<br />
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|title=<br />
|caption=<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]<br />
|date=[[November 21]], [[2018]]<br />
|coverdate=October 2018<br />
|written by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|art by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|colors by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|letters by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|editor=[[David Hedgecock]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''The invention of the Go-Bot has proved a benefit to humanity, but what happens when these incredible machines begin to question the purpose behind their existence?'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
Since the invention of the first [[GoBot|Go-Bots]], [[human]] society has permanently changed; originally a solution to the parking crisis, the invention of a vehicle who could walk ''with'' their drivers to a destination paved the way for later advances… culminating in the development of the first generation of self-aware fighter jets, who even now take the lead on a hostage rescue mission. Weapons fire downs one of them, though, and so pilot [[Nick Burns]] takes drastic action by swooping directly into the enemy compound, transforming his partner [[Leader-1]] as he does so. Authorized to use lethal force, the robotic jet easily overwhelms the enemy forces and uses his prodigious firepower to blast open the cell door containing the hostages.<br />
<br />
Elsewhere, [[Scooter]] drives his owner, college student [[A.J.]] to her "Go-Botics" lecture, delivered by [[Professor Braxis]]. The professor invites her mechanical companion to the lecture as a guest; using Scooter to introduce his class to the subject, he explains the origin of the Go-Bots and how each of them have distinct artificial personalities, before turning his attention to the subject of the most popular sport in the world today, Go-Bot racing...<br />
<br />
On a speedway, hotshot driver [[Matt Hunter]] and his partner [[Turbo]] take the lead on the racecourse and win, thanks to some quick-thinking shapeshifting on Turbo's part. In the winner's circle, Hunter's egotism grates on Turbo; that night, however, Hunter is approached by the mysterious [[T. Coriander Banks]], who has a "business proposal" for the cocky racer, and the two racers follow Banks's limousine to a run-down industrial district. After that limousine reveals himself as [[Stretch]], the pair receive a firsthand demonstration of a ''new'' sport taking shape, far from the prying eyes of the law... the illegal blood sport of Go-Bot pit fighting. The current champion is eager for a new challenge after murdering the last contender, and is eager to take on Turbo in the ring… but when Matt refuses to enter Turbo, he's grabbed and thrown into the ring by the bloodthirsty fans in the hopes that the need to protect his owner will goad Turbo into action. Matt shakily asserts that the Go-Bot's [[G-chip]] won't let him harm humans, but before the Go-Bot can ''test'' that strategy, Turbo leaps to his defense. The gladiator wonders why a Go-Bot would come to the defense of a human; Turbo retorts that his foe isn't much different, as he fights for their amusement… and then leaves, taking Hunter to safety.<br />
<br />
Later that night, Matt returns, bringing the police to the scene. The cops aren't inclined to believe Matt's accusations until they discover the remains of a mangled Go-Bot and the bodies of the arena crowd. Someone, or something, has massacred scores of humans… and Hunter and Turbo immediately identify the perpetrator: "[[Cy-Kill]]."<br />
<br />
At the [[Pentagon]], Nick and Leader-1 report to the [[Go-Bot Command Center]] for a briefing regarding their next mission: taking out a cell of runaway Go-Bots. When Go-Bots go rogue, they're rounded up and deactivated, but this latest group has managed to evade capture by human authorities and is holed up somewhere along [[Route 66]]. Nick meets with the latest victim of their attacks, a gas station worker who relates that he was assaulted by one of them, a [[Crasher|race car]], who took offense when the worker asked to see her "master." Retorting that she ''had'' no master, the car transformed to knock him out; when he came to, the robots had taken all of the fuel, money... and ammunition. <br />
<br />
Out in the desert, the pair perform a flyby, and are about to give up and call it a day when they spy an unmanned convoy of vehicles: the "renegades" that they'd been warned about. Before they can intercept the vehicles, however, they're intercepted by a [[Cop-Tur|helicopter]], and though Leader-1 blows him out of the sky, the dogfight prevents him from catching Cy-Kill, who's already escaped into the canyons below. Leader-1 springs an ambush on the bike-bot, but is outmatched by Cy-Kill. <br />
<br />
Cy-Kill takes advantage of a lull in the fighting to expound on his plan; Go-Bots are naturally superior to humans, and thus it stands to reason that they should eventually take charge of civilization. To do so, of course, they'd need the nuclear launch codes… launch codes that Leader-1 already ''has'' in his brain. Though Leader-1 attempts to talk Cy-Kill down the Renegade leader has other plans, and orders his new subordinates to pin down their enemy to extract those codes. [[Tank]] does so easily, but Cy-Kill tells his followers that the battle has forced his hand; now that the Pentagon is aware of their existence, they won't be content to let the rogue robots live in the desert—and so this is their only opportunity to conquer the world!<br />
<br />
Some time later, A.J. has been invited to dinner by Braxis, who's pleased with her progress in the course and her intuitive knowledge of Go-botics. In fact, Braxis tells her, he has a Go-Bot of his own, and invites her into the basement to meet him: the monstrous [[Vamp]]! The ghoulish Go-Bot advances on the helpless A.J. before Scooter intervenes, and wraps his hand around Braxis's neck as the scientist pleads for mercy.<br />
<br />
Outside is a scene of pure chaos as Go-Bots of all shapes and sizes run amok in the street. Scooter informs his erstwhile master of the situation: the deactivation of the [[Asimov Laws]] responsible for modulating the behaviours of Go-Bots have allowed Go-Bots across the world to rise up and turn on their former owners. Gazing out on the revolution, A.J. nervously asks Scooter if ''he's'' going to hurt her, as the red Go-Bot's hand clenches into a fist...<br />
<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.<br><br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Leader-1]] (1)<br />
* [[Scooter]] (4)<br />
* [[Spay-C]] (6)<br />
* ''[[Zeemon]]'' (7)<br />
* [[Turbo]] (8)<br />
* [[Hans-Cuff]] (14)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Stretch]] (10)<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (13)<br />
* [[Crasher]] (16)<br />
* [[Cop-Tur]] (17)<br />
* [[Tank]] (18)<br />
* [[Fitor]] (19)<br />
* [[Spoons]] (20)<br />
* [[Loco]] (21)<br />
* [[Water Walk]] (22)<br />
* [[Geeper-Creeper]] (23)<br />
* [[Screw Head]] (24)<br />
* [[Vamp]] (25)<br />
* [[Bug Bite]]? (26)<br />
<br />
|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
* [[Nick Burns]] (2)<br />
* [[A.J.]] (3)<br />
* [[Professor Braxis]] (5)<br />
* [[Matt Hunter]] (9)<br />
* [[T. Coriander Banks]] (11)<br />
* Station attendant (15)<br />
<br />
|h4=Others|c4=<br />
* Go-Bot gladiator (12)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Just remember one thing. You don't ride us... '''we''' ride you."<br />
:—'''Crasher'''<br />
<br />
<br />
"Our whole purpose is to serve, Cy-Kill. If Go-Bots took over the world, what then?" <br><br />
"We nuke them. We herd up the survivors, cage them, put them in storage. I'm sure they're good for something."<br />
:—'''Leader-1''' and '''Cy-Kill''' have their first encounter<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Production notes===<br />
*Arriving just in time to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the brand, IDW's ''Go-Bots'' comic book is the first original piece of ''[[GoBots]]'' fiction since the end of the original line to not be produced through the Transformers Collectors Club. As a mass market work of significantly greater note (and arguable legitimacy) than online prose stories and Facebook posts, it is also subject to a greater degree of legal scrutiny, and hence has to use the actual Hasbro-trademarked spelling of the franchise name, "Go-Bots," rather than the original hyphen-less "GoBots." <br />
*The comic is a brand-new take on the Go-Bots world unconnected to the [[Challenge of the GoBots|classic cartoon]]; if it's comparable to anything, it's to the ''[[The Robo Machines]]'' comic, which depicted the toys as mechanical robots constructed by an alien race, versus the toyline and cartoon backstory that presented them as a race of extraterrestrial cyborgs. The Go-Bots are all drawn based on the original toys, rather than the cartoon's character models.<br />
<br />
===Go-Bots references===<br />
* Naturally, the comic focuses on giving three main "origin stories" for the Guardians [[Leader-1]], [[Scooter]], and [[Turbo]], as they were the primary three [[Guardian]]s who appeared in each episode of the original cartoon series.<br />
* [[Zeemon]] is depicted as one of the first Go-Bots, fitting with his cartoon counterpart's history as an elderly GoBot.<br />
* Though tradition suggests that Cy-Kill will soon adopt this name for him and his growing faction, it's no surprise that the general refers to him and his followers as "[[Renegade]]s".<br />
* Several characters appear in alternate color schemes than their more famous animated counterparts:<br />
** Crasher appears in the white-and-blue paint job her toy was originally released with (both in ''Machine Robo'' and the first year of the ''GoBots'' line), rather than the more famous black, white, and orange repaint that came later, upon which her colors in the cartoon were based. Perhaps she'll get a new paint job down the line? <br />
** [[Stretch]], likewise, is black rather than white, though ''why'' is not immediately clear.<br />
** [[Water Walk]] appears among Cy-Kill's followers, though he's depicted in shades of blue as per his European release.<br />
* The Pentagon contains a wing known as the "Go-Bot [[Command Center]]", referencing the classic playset from the original ''GoBots'' toy line.<br />
* When Cy-Kill punches off Leader-1's toy-accurate "rebreather"-like mouthplate, a mouth is revealed beneath, giving Leader-1 a profile closer to his Hannah-Barbera animation model, as seen on the cover of the issue.<br />
* [[Vamp]], traditionally female, appears to be male in this continuity. <br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
* Go-Bots are noted to follow the "[[Asimov Laws]]" that dictate their interactions with humanity, referencing science-fiction writer {{w|Isaac Asimov}} and his famous {{w|Three Laws of Robotics}}. <br />
<br />
===Covers (5)===<br />
*'''Cover A:''' Leader-1, by [[Tom Scioli]]<br />
*'''Cover B:''' Blank cover for sketches<br />
*'''Local Comic Book Day special:''' Leader-1, Scooter, and Turbo, by [[Diego Jordan Pereira]] <br />
<gallery><br />
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</gallery><br />
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[[Category:Go-Bots issues]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Go-Bots_issue_1&diff=5124Go-Bots issue 12018-12-03T14:01:27Z<p>Chris McFeely: These ain't the cartoon models.</p>
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|series=''Go-Bots'' #1<br />
|prev=<br />
|next=Go-Bots issue 2<br />
|image=IDWGoBots1-cvrA.jpg<br />
|title=<br />
|caption=<br />
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]<br />
|date=[[November 21]], [[2018]]<br />
|coverdate=October 2018<br />
|written by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|art by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|colors by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|letters by=[[Tom Scioli]]<br />
|editor=[[David Hedgecock]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''The invention of the Go-Bot has proved a benefit to humanity, but what happens when these incredible machines begin to question the purpose behind their existence?'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
Since the invention of the first [[GoBot|Go-Bots]], [[human]] society has permanently changed; originally a solution to the parking crisis, the invention of a vehicle who could walk ''with'' their drivers to a destination paved the way for later advances… culminating in the development of the first generation of self-aware fighter jets, who even now take the lead on a hostage rescue mission. Weapons fire downs one of them, though, and so pilot [[Nick Burns]] takes drastic action by swooping directly into the enemy compound, transforming his partner [[Leader-1]] as he does so. Authorized to use lethal force, the robotic jet easily overwhelms the enemy forces and uses his prodigious firepower to blast open the cell door containing the hostages.<br />
<br />
Elsewhere, [[Scooter]] drives his owner, college student [[A.J.]] to her "Go-Botics" lecture, delivered by [[Professor Braxis]]. The professor invites her mechanical companion to the lecture as a guest; using Scooter to introduce his class to the subject, he explains the origin of the Go-Bots and how each of them have distinct artificial personalities, before turning his attention to the subject of the most popular sport in the world today, Go-Bot racing...<br />
<br />
On a speedway, hotshot driver [[Matt Hunter]] and his partner [[Turbo]] take the lead on the racecourse and win, thanks to some quick-thinking shapeshifting on Turbo's part. In the winner's circle, Hunter's egotism grates on Turbo; that night, however, Hunter is approached by the mysterious [[T. Coriander Banks]], who has a "business proposal" for the cocky racer, and the two racers follow Banks's limousine to a run-down industrial district. After that limousine reveals himself as [[Stretch]], the pair receive a firsthand demonstration of a ''new'' sport taking shape, far from the prying eyes of the law... the illegal blood sport of Go-Bot pit fighting. The current champion is eager for a new challenge after murdering the last contender, and is eager to take on Turbo in the ring… but when Matt refuses to enter Turbo, he's grabbed and thrown into the ring by the bloodthirsty fans in the hopes that the need to protect his owner will goad Turbo into action. Matt shakily asserts that the Go-Bot's [[G-chip]] won't let him harm humans, but before the Go-Bot can ''test'' that strategy, Turbo leaps to his defense. The gladiator wonders why a Go-Bot would come to the defense of a human; Turbo retorts that his foe isn't much different, as he fights for their amusement… and then leaves, taking Hunter to safety.<br />
<br />
Later that night, Matt returns, bringing the police to the scene. The cops aren't inclined to believe Matt's accusations until they discover the remains of a mangled Go-Bot and the bodies of the arena crowd. Someone, or something, has massacred scores of humans… and Hunter and Turbo immediately identify the perpetrator: "[[Cy-Kill]]."<br />
<br />
At the [[Pentagon]], Nick and Leader-1 report to the [[Go-Bot Command Center]] for a briefing regarding their next mission: taking out a cell of runaway Go-Bots. When Go-Bots go rogue, they're rounded up and deactivated, but this latest group has managed to evade capture by human authorities and is holed up somewhere along [[Route 66]]. Nick meets with the latest victim of their attacks, a gas station worker who relates that he was assaulted by one of them, a [[Crasher|race car]], who took offense when the worker asked to see her "master." Retorting that she ''had'' no master, the car transformed to knock him out; when he came to, the robots had taken all of the fuel, money... and ammunition. <br />
<br />
Out in the desert, the pair perform a flyby, and are about to give up and call it a day when they spy an unmanned convoy of vehicles: the "renegades" that they'd been warned about. Before they can intercept the vehicles, however, they're intercepted by a [[Cop-Tur|helicopter]], and though Leader-1 blows him out of the sky, the dogfight prevents him from catching Cy-Kill, who's already escaped into the canyons below. Leader-1 springs an ambush on the bike-bot, but is outmatched by Cy-Kill. <br />
<br />
Cy-Kill takes advantage of a lull in the fighting to expound on his plan; Go-Bots are naturally superior to humans, and thus it stands to reason that they should eventually take charge of civilization. To do so, of course, they'd need the nuclear launch codes… launch codes that Leader-1 already ''has'' in his brain. Though Leader-1 attempts to talk Cy-Kill down the Renegade leader has other plans, and orders his new subordinates to pin down their enemy to extract those codes. [[Tank]] does so easily, but Cy-Kill tells his followers that the battle has forced his hand; now that the Pentagon is aware of their existence, they won't be content to let the rogue robots live in the desert—and so this is their only opportunity to conquer the world!<br />
<br />
Some time later, A.J. has been invited to dinner by Braxis, who's pleased with her progress in the course and her intuitive knowledge of Go-botics. In fact, Braxis tells her, he has a Go-Bot of his own, and invites her into the basement to meet him: the monstrous [[Vamp]]! The ghoulish Go-Bot advances on the helpless A.J. before Scooter intervenes, and wraps his hand around Braxis's neck as the scientist pleads for mercy.<br />
<br />
Outside is a scene of pure chaos as Go-Bots of all shapes and sizes run amok in the street. Scooter informs his erstwhile master of the situation: the deactivation of the [[Asimov Laws]] responsible for modulating the behaviours of Go-Bots have allowed Go-Bots across the world to rise up and turn on their former owners. Gazing out on the revolution, A.J. nervously asks Scooter if ''he's'' going to hurt her, as the red Go-Bot's hand clenches into a fist...<br />
<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.<br><br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Leader-1]] (1)<br />
* [[Scooter]] (4)<br />
* [[Spay-C]] (6)<br />
* ''[[Zeemon]]'' (7)<br />
* [[Turbo]] (8)<br />
* [[Hans-Cuff]] (14)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Stretch]] (10)<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (13)<br />
* [[Crasher]] (16)<br />
* [[Cop-Tur]] (17)<br />
* [[Tank]] (18)<br />
* [[Fitor]] (19)<br />
* [[Spoons]] (20)<br />
* [[Loco]] (21)<br />
* [[Water Walk]] (22)<br />
* [[Geeper-Creeper]] (23)<br />
* [[Screw Head]] (24)<br />
* [[Vamp]] (25)<br />
* [[Bug Bite]]? (26)<br />
<br />
|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
* [[Nick Burns]] (2)<br />
* [[A.J.]] (3)<br />
* [[Professor Braxis]] (5)<br />
* [[Matt Hunter]] (9)<br />
* [[T. Coriander Banks]] (11)<br />
* Station attendant (15)<br />
<br />
|h4=Others|c4=<br />
* Go-Bot gladiator (12)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"Just remember one thing. You don't ride us... '''we''' ride you."<br />
:—'''Crasher'''<br />
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"Our whole purpose is to serve, Cy-Kill. If Go-Bots took over the world, what then?" <br><br />
"We nuke them. We herd up the survivors, cage them, put them in storage. I'm sure they're good for something."<br />
:—'''Leader-1''' and '''Cy-Kill''' have their first encounter<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Production notes===<br />
*Arriving just in time to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the brand, IDW's ''Go-Bots'' comic book is the first original piece of ''[[GoBots]]'' fiction since the end of the original line to not be produced through Transformers Collectors Club. As a mass market work of significantly greater note (and arguable legitimacy) than online prose stories and Facebook posts, it is also subject to a greater degree of legal scrutiny, and hence has to use the actual Hasbro-trademarked spelling of the franchise name, "Go-Bots," rather than the original hyphen-less "GoBots." <br />
*The comic is a brand-new take on the Go-Bots world unconnected to the [[Challenge of the GoBots|classic cartoon]]; if it's comparable to anything, it's to the ''[[The Robo Machines]]'' comic, which depicted the toys as mechanical robots constructed by an alien race, versus the toyline and cartoon backstory that presented them as a race of extraterrestrial cyborgs. The Go-Bots are all drawn based on the original toys, rather than the cartoon's character models.<br />
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===Go-Bots references===<br />
* Naturally, the comic focuses on giving three main "origin stories" for the Guardians [[Leader-1]], [[Scooter]], and [[Turbo]], as they were the primary three [[Guardian]]s who appeared in each episode of the original cartoon series.<br />
* [[Zeemon]] is depicted as one of the first Go-Bots, fitting with his cartoon counterpart's history as an elderly GoBot.<br />
* Though tradition suggests that Cy-Kill will soon adopt this name for him and his growing faction, it's no surprise that the general refers to him and his followers as "[[Renegade]]s".<br />
* Several characters appear in alternate color schemes than their more famous animated counterparts:<br />
** Crasher appears in the white-and-blue paint job her toy was originally released with (both in ''Machine Robo'' and the first year of the ''GoBots'' line), rather than the more famous black, white, and orange repaint that came later, upon which her colors in the cartoon were based. Perhaps she'll get a new paint job down the line? <br />
** [[Stretch]], likewise, is black rather than white, though ''why'' is not immediately clear.<br />
** [[Water Walk]] appears among Cy-Kill's followers, though he's depicted in shades of blue as per his European release.<br />
* The Pentagon contains a wing known as the "Go-Bot [[Command Center]]", referencing the classic playset from the original ''GoBots'' toy line.<br />
* When Cy-Kill punches off Leader-1's toy-accurate "rebreather"-like mouthplate, a mouth is revealed beneath, giving Leader-1 a profile closer to his Hannah-Barbera animation model, as seen on the cover of the issue.<br />
* [[Vamp]], traditionally female, appears to be male in this continuity. <br />
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===Real-world references===<br />
* Go-Bots are noted to follow the "[[Asimov Laws]]" that dictate their interactions with humanity, referencing science-fiction writer {{w|Isaac Asimov}} and his famous {{w|Three Laws of Robotics}}. <br />
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===Covers (5)===<br />
*'''Cover A:''' Leader-1, by [[Tom Scioli]]<br />
*'''Cover B:''' Blank cover for sketches<br />
*'''Local Comic Book Day special:''' Leader-1, Scooter, and Turbo, by [[Diego Jordan Pereira]] <br />
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[[Category:Go-Bots issues]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Seer&diff=4563The Seer2018-01-24T15:17:31Z<p>Chris McFeely: /* Synopsis */</p>
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|prev=The GoBot Who Cried Renegade<br />
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|image=TheSeer sean roberts.jpg<br />
|caption=<br />
|title= "The Seer"<br />
|airdate=[[November 6]], [[1985]]<br />
|production code=0142-8535<br />
|written by=[[Eric Lewald]] and [[Mark Edens]]<br />
|directed by=<br />
|animation studio=[[Wang Film Productions]]<br />
|production company=[[Hanna-Barbera]]<br />
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'''When a young boy starts to see the future, Cy-Kill wants him to envision one without Guardians.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:TheSeer cykill kidnaps sean.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
A few years ago, following loss of his sight in an accident, young [[Sean Roberts]] develops the ability to see the future. The boy and [[Mrs. Roberts|his mother]] are kept safe by [[UNECOM]], but that all changes when Sean predicts that the [[Renegade]]s will be coming to take him away. Though Sean's predictive record is spotless, UNECOM's [[Major Benedict]] seems unconvinced and fails to adequately safeguard the UNECOM base in which the Robertses live... and inevitably, [[Cy-Kill]]'s band of ne'er-do-wells soon turn up and succeed in spiriting Sean away. Taking the boy to their hideout in a lumber yard, Cy-Kill quickly realizes that Sean will not willingly tell him anything, and so begins plotting to abduct the boy's mother in order to "convince" him to share his knowledge of the future.<br />
[[File:TheSeer regenades escape space station.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
The [[Guardian]]s are called in to help rescue Sean, and when planetary probes detect a new Renegade base on [[Saturn]]'s moon [[Triton]], [[Leader-1]], [[Scooter]], and [[Van Guard]] set off to investigate, figuring that is where the boy is being held. Sean's mother requests to accompany them, but Benedict objects, and Leader-1 agrees; instead, Mrs. Roberts is instructed to stay on UNECOM's space station with [[Nick Burns|Nick]], [[A.J. Foster|A.J.]], and [[Turbo]] for her own protection. When Leader-1's team reach Triton, however, they discover that the Renegade base is abandoned—the whole thing is a distraction orchestrated by Benedict, who is secretly a Renegade spy! With most of the Guardians away, Benedict deactivates the UNECOM space station's forcefield, allowing the Renegades to launch an attack. [[Crasher]] and [[Cop-Tur]] board the station to capture Sean's mother, who surprises Crasher when she ''demands'' to be taken to her son. Their mission objective completed with unexpected ease, Cop-Tur decides to take a moment to finish off Nick and A.J., whereupon Turbo comes blasting to their rescue. Crasher and Cop-Tur pull out with Mrs. Roberts, and Turbo gives chase; unfortunately, [[Pincher]] is lurking outside, and the three villains together manage to overpower Turbo and escape with their human captive.<br />
[[File:TheSeer sean in brainstormer.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
Meanwhile, Sean is able to outsmart his dull-witted Renegade jailer [[Block Head]], darting past him and out into the lumber yard, where the clumsy Block Head trips over the massive logs while trying to give chase and collapses a pile of them onto himself. Sean feels his way out of the yard and through the surrounding forest, but his progress is slow; in his absence, Cy-Kill and the other Renegades return to discover he has escaped, and set out to track him down. As morning dawns, Sean finds his way to a road, and flags down a passing motorist for help... but unfortunately, the blind boy does not realize the "motorist" is Crasher in vehicle form! Crasher takes Sean back to the lumber yard, where he is reunited with his mother for scant seconds before Cy-Kill fires a mesmerizing ray from his eyes that saps Mrs. Roberts of her free will. Afraid for his mother's safety, Sean agrees to share his visions of the future with Cy-Kill, but when he has trouble describing what he sees, Cy-Kill hooks him up to the mind-reading [[Brainstormer]] so the Renegades can view the images for themselves. Sean's vision shows the Guardians arriving in the lumber yard and being defeated, so Cy-Kill, confident the future will bring victory, orders the Renegades to launch another attack on UNECOM in order to lure the Guardians to their doom.<br />
[[File:TheSeer benedict interrogated.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
Exposed as a spy, Major Benedict is arrested and taken to [[UNECOM Base Seven]] for interrogation by [[General Newcastle]] and Leader-1's returned team. Benedict refuses to give up any information, fearing for his life in the event that Cy-Kill should find out—a fear that suddenly seems very justified when Crasher, Cop-Tur, Pincher, and Block Head attack the base! Cop-Tur snatches up Benedict while Block Head and Crasher amuse themselves chasing Scooter, but when Turbo and Van Guard gang up on them, they decide it is time to withdraw. Benedict realizes his "rescue" is all a ruse when the villains deliberately deactivate [[Thruster]]'s [[stealth device]], successfully tricking the Guardians, who think it is damaged, into following the craft back to the lumber yard, to the fate Sean has foreseen for them. As soon as they arrive, the Renegades fulfill Sean's visions: Crasher clobbers Turbo with logs, Van Guard is lured into a pit and buried in cement by Block Head, and Cy-Kill, Pincher, and Cop-Tur all gang up on Leader-1, delivering a combined blast that looks to be fatal. Unfortunately for the villains, what they fail to realize is that Leader-1's "dead body" is just another of Scooter's ever-tricky holograms!<br />
[[File:TheSeer renegades defend brainstormer.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
Thinking his old foe is finally no more, Cy-Kill tries to coerce Sean into making more predictions, but Mrs. Roberts shakes off the Renegade leader's mind-control long enough to tell her son not to listen. Cy-Kill mesmerizes Sean's mother a second time, but it's too late; Sean refuses to look into the future, so Cy-Kill throws the Brainstormer into full power to force the images out of the boy's mind. The image that appears on the machine's screen, however, is that of the still-living Leader-1... seconds before the Guardians' [[Command Center]] violently smashes into way into the building! Cy-Kill threatens to overload the Brainstormer and kill Sean, forcing the Guardians to stay their hand... but after the rest of the Renegades have withdrawn, Cy-Kill sends the device into overload anyway! The repentant Benedict comes to Sean's rescue, shutting the machine down, and the Renegades are forced to flee. Sean is unharmed, but discovers that the overloading Brainstormer has stripped him of his precognitive power. Knowing that the loss of this abilities means the Renegades will no longer have any interest in him, the Guardians take him and his mother home... though a little glimpse into the future might have helped them realize they forgot to pull Van Guard out of that cement before they left! <br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
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{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Leader-1]] (12)<br />
* [[Scooter]] (13)<br />
* [[Turbo]] (14)<br />
* [[Van Guard]] (15)<br />
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|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (7)<br />
* [[Crasher]] (8)<br />
* [[Cop-Tur]] (9)<br />
* [[Pincher]] (10)<br />
* [[Block Head]] (11)<br />
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|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
* [[Sean Roberts]] (1)<br />
* [[Mrs. Roberts]] (2)<br />
* [[A.J. Foster]] (3)<br />
* [[Nick Burns]] (4)<br />
* [[Matt Hunter]] (5)<br />
* [[Major Benedict]] (6)<br />
* [[General Newcastle]] (16)<br />
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}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
[[File:TheSeer blockhead looks for sean.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
"Come onnnn, little boyyy, talk to Uncle Cyyy. I'm your paaaal."<br><br />
"You don't sound like anybody's pal!"<br><br />
"''TELL ME THE FUTURE, YOU DISGUSTING LITTLE WRETCH!''"<br />
:—'''''Cy-Kill''' can't con '''Sean'''''<br />
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"Block Head, you...blockhead!"<br />
:—'''''Cy-Kill''' addressing...well, you know.''<br />
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"I didn't talk! I swear!"<br><br />
"Who cares?"<br />
:—''A fearful '''Benedict''' pleads with '''Cop-Tur'''''<br />
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"One more word out of you, and I'll crush you like an egg...Benedict."<br />
:—'''''Cy-Kill''' is genuinely witty sometimes.''<br />
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==Notes==<br />
[[File:TheSeer cykills mesmerizing ray.jpg|right|thumb|375px]]<br />
[[File:TheSeer crasher captures mrs roberts.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:TheSeer turbo logs on.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:TheSeer major benedict.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:TheSeer vanguard in cement.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*This episode features the first appearance of Renegade concrete mixer [[Block Head]] in terms of broadcast order. Like many other characters, though, his chronological first appearance will later come during the "[[The GoBotron Saga|GoBotron Saga]]" mini-series, which takes place before this events of this story.<br />
* Gadgets and Powers: <br />
** Cy-Kill can fire a mesmerizing ray from his optics which temporarily robs Mrs. Roberts of her willpower (pictured).<br />
** Scooter uses a hologram of a defeated Leader-1 to fool the Renegades.<br />
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===Continuity errors===<br />
*Scooter fires [[hand blaster]]s along with Leader-1 and Van Guard when Block Head attacks them as they draw close to the lumber yard, but as we know from "[[Tarnished Image]]" and "[[Scooter Enhanced]]," Scooter doesn't ''have'' hand-blasters.<br />
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===Animation and technical errors===<br />
* General Newcastle is standing on a balcony while addressing Mrs. Roberts instead of with Matt and the Guardians. As a result, when Benedict runs in to deliver his report to Newcastle, he puts his back to the general and addresses the Guardians as if Newcastle is standing with them and not high up on his lofty perch.<br />
* The moon of Triton's name is consistently mispronounced as if it's two distinct words, "Tri-Ton".<br />
* As Crasher menacingly advances on Mrs. Roberts, the whole shot is staged as if it's the end of the scene—Crasher's laughter echoes over a diagonal screenwipe into the next shot, and the background music reaches its crescendo and fades out. But the next scene is... just a shot of Thruster shooting at the space station from outside, which lasts all of four seconds, before things cut back to Crasher and Mrs. Roberts again.<br />
* When Crasher, Cop-Tur, and Pincher fly off to board Thruster, the background painting of space doesn't change between shots, making it look like Thruster just ''pings'' into existence after the trio flies offscreen.<br />
* Pincher's monster head is colored blue instead of gold on his chest when Cy-Kill is threatening Sean and his mother.<br />
* The grey portion of Cop-Tur's chest is blue when he's watching Sean's visions on the Brainstormer.<br />
* When Cy-Kill orders the Renegades off on their mission to "rescue" Benedict, Pincher responds "Yes, Cy-Kill!" but Cop-Tur is animated as speaking the words, with Pincher himself nowhere onscreen.<br />
* After Cop-Tur stuffs the "rescued" Benedict into his chest compartment, there's a metallic "clunk" that indicates the compartment's supposed to close over, as it normally does when any GoBot pulls this trick, but no cover appears, and Cop-Tur flies off with his chest still open. Cover your shame!<br />
* When Scooter scoops up Nick and A.J. to run from the Renegades, they materialize on his scooter seat with the visual and sound effects as if he were making a ''hologram'' of them instead. Then later, they vanish when he transforms. So...what happened to the ''real'' Nick and A.J.?<br />
* When Cop-Tur orders Pincher deactivate Thruster's stealth device, both Renegades briefly go "off-model" in ways that make them look oddly more "human"; Pincher gains a nose, and Cop-Tur an "upper lip," which they retain for most of the remainder of the second act. In the very last shot of the act, Pincher's nose is even miscolored gold, when it's been blue in the other scenes.<br />
* As Cy-Kill activates the Brainstormer for the second time, a circular stain on the animation cel appears above the control panel for a single frame.<br />
* When Cy-Kill gives Mrs. Roberts a second dose of mesmerizing ray, the animation shows the beams hitting her in the chest, rather than the eyes.<br />
* As Cy-Kill threatens to overload the Brainstormer, a blue starburst flashes on Leader-1's chest when he radios the others, instead of the entire segment lighting up like normal.<br />
* When Leader-1 and Turbo pursue the fleeing Renegades, they're obviously ''supposed'' to raise their arms, fire their blasters to blow a hole in the ceiling, and then fly out through it... but in practice, what actually happens is that they raise their arms, a blaster sound effect is heard even though no beams are fired, and the pair them fly out through the hole in the ceiling that was already there for the entire duration of the shot. ''Sigh.''<br />
* The red rectangles on Crasher's chest are missing in the final scene aboard Thruster.<br />
* As Cy-Kill delivers his final line of the episode, his teeth are white instead of their usual yellow.<br />
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===Real-world references===<br />
* The treacherous Benedict is, of course, named after famous traitor {{w|Benedict Arnold}}.<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
;DVD<br />
2015 — ''Challenge of the GoBots'' — The Series, Volume Two (Warner Archive Collection)<br />
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[[Category:Challenge of the GoBots episodes]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Go-Girl_(episode)&diff=4150Go-Girl (episode)2017-11-12T23:24:38Z<p>Chris McFeely: All me!</p>
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|prev=Of Rocks and RoGuns Part 2<br />
|next=Cy-Kill's Ninjas<br />
|otherseries2=Cy-Kill's presented order<br />
|prev2=Going Loco<br />
|next2=Space Pirates of the Helix Nebula<br />
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|title= "Go-Girl"<br />
|airdate=[[February 4]], [[2016]]<br />
|story by=<br />
|written by=[[Chris McFeely]]<br />
|directed by=<br />
|animation studio=<br />
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'''A.J. becomes Go-Girl, but is her hero career over before it's begun?'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
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When Professor [[Macdonald Guffin]] wanted the Guardians to help him test his new element, [[MacGuffium]], [[A.J. Foster]] and [[Nick Burns]] accompanied [[Scooter]] and [[Small Foot]] to the laboratory. [[Cy-Kill]] and the Renegades attacked the lab, however, accidentally causing a chain reaction in the MacGuffium. Everyone ran for cover, but A.J. saw Professor Guffin had been knocked out, and dragged him behind a protective screen. She was unable to shield herself in time before the MacGuffium exploded, bathing her in radiation.<br />
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After being subjected to tests by [[UNECOM]], A.J. went out for fresh air with Small Foot and came across a burning building. She saved a young child inside and soon realized the MacGuffium had given her super-powers. Under the guise of [[Go-Girl]] (with her trusty [[Go-Mobile]]), A.J. embarked on a super-hero career. When she started taking more and more risks, though, Small Foot counseled A.J. not to overdo it in case her powers weren't permanent. Fame and power had gone to A.J.'s head, and she and Small Foot argued and ended their partnership.<br />
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Soon after, Small Foot was captured by the Renegades, who kept her hostage to force "Go-Girl" into committing crimes on their behalf. A.J. indeed committed several thefts until the MacGuffium radiation DID fade, leaving her powerless. Finally forced to stop and think, A.J. stole the remaining supply of MacGuffium from UNECOM, rendering it unstable before handing it over to the Renegades, disguised as her most recent booty. The explosion caused a distraction, allowing A.J. to free Small Foot and escape. Afterwards, the two heroes apologized for their falling out. <br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Scooter]] (2)<br />
* [[Small Foot|The Go-Mobile (Small Foot)]] (3)<br />
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|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Crasher]] (6)<br />
* [[Cop-Tur]] (7)<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (8)<br />
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|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
* [[Macdonald Guffin]] (1)<br />
* [[A.J. Foster|Go-Girl (A.J. Foster)]] (4)<br />
* [[Nick Burns]] (5)<br />
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}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
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==Notes==<br />
* ''Challenge of the GoBots'' Season 2 was a virtual continuation of the original show related by [[Vec-Tor|Vector Prime]] (from his multiversal perspective) and Cy-Kill (who lived it).<br />
** In realities where this story aired on television, it premiered on November 14, 1986.<br />
* This episode title was first released in an Ask Vector Prime post on December 21, 2015.<br />
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===Continuity notes===<br />
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===Continuity errors===<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
* A "{{w|MacGuffin}}" is a literary device typically referring to an object that exists purely to move the plot forward.<br />
* A.J. pushing someone to safety only to remain in the path of a radioactive explosion herself mirrors the classic origin of Bruce Banner as the {{w|Hulk (comics)|Incredible Hulk}}.<br />
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==External links==<br />
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==Footnotes==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Episodes]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Graduation_Day&diff=3970Graduation Day2017-10-14T10:37:33Z<p>Chris McFeely: </p>
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|prev=Countdown to Annihilation<br />
|next=Going Loco<br />
|otherseries2=Cy-Kill's presented order<br />
|prev2=Countdown to Annihilation<br />
|next2=Shock and Awe<br />
|image=<br />
|caption=<br />
|title= "Graduation Day"<br />
|airdate=[[January 1]], [[2016]]<br />
|story by=[[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Chris McFeely]]<br />
|written by=[[Jim Sorenson]]<br />
|directed by=<br />
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'''The final conflict with the Master Renegade begins, with the fate of worlds on the line.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
<br />
As the [[Robo Rebel]]s watched, the [[Prison Moon]] of GoBotron was consumed by the [[Gravity Collapsar Ray]]. Fortunately, the [[Command Center]] and [[Thruster]] fleet emerged from the destruction, as the Guardians and Renegades had just made it to safety. [[Bent Wing]] and the Robo Rebels decided to free [[Tail Pipe]] and disable the Gravity Collapsar Ray from the ground while [[Leader-1]] and [[Cy-Kill]] launched a frontal attack from the skies.<br />
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[[Major Mo]] and the Rebels made their way to [[Bladez]]'s mecha-mansion and encountered the [[Master Renegade]] and his [[Monster GoBot]]s. Tail Pipe was freed while [[Creepy]] and Bladez were engaged. Meanwhile, Cy-Kill and Leader-1 fought their way in as well, joining the struggle against the Monster GoBots. At least until Cy-Kill seized control of the Gravity Collapsar Ray and planned to follow through on the destruction of Earth. Fortunately, Tail Pipe had finished his sabotage of the device and it exploded.<br />
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The Master Renegade, Creepy, and Bladez fled just as [[Vamp]] arrived on the scene. She commanded the remaining Monster GoBots to get Cy-Kill to safety and reunite with the Renegades. In the aftermath, [[Zeemon]] received a clean bill of health and the cadets graduated from [[Guardian Academy]] with full honors. They decided to keep the "Robo Rebels" moniker as their official squad designation. <br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
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{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Super Couper]] (1)<br />
* [[Bent Wing]] (2)<br />
* [[Raizor]] (3)<br />
* [[Major Mo]] (4)<br />
* [[Tail Pipe]] (11)<br />
* [[Leader-1]] (12)<br />
* [[Zeemon]] (18)<br />
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|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (13)<br />
* [[Fitor]] (16)<br />
<br />
|h3=Others|c3=<br />
* [[Klaws]] (5)<br />
* [[Pincher]] (6)<br />
* [[Dactyl]] (7)<br />
* [[Master Renegade]] (8)<br />
* [[Bladez]] (9)<br />
* [[Creepy]] (10)<br />
* [[Scorp]] (14)<br />
* [[Hornet]] (15)<br />
* [[Vamp]] (17)<br />
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}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
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==Notes==<br />
* ''Challenge of the GoBots'' Season 2 was a virtual continuation of the original show related by [[Vec-Tor|Vector Prime]] (from his multiversal perspective) and Cy-Kill (who lived it).<br />
** In realities where this story aired on television, it premiered on October 31, 1986.<br />
* This episode title was first released in an Ask Vector Prime post on December 21, 2015.<br />
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===Continuity notes===<br />
* [[Dactyl]] was an unreleased GoBots motorized walking toy, similar to the [[Power Marcher]]s. Because of its monstrous design, here it is reimagined as a creation of the Master Renegade.<br />
* The original [[Monster GoBot]]s, Vamp and Scorp, were creations and servants of the Master Renegade. Cy-Kill modified one of his Renegades into Pincher to serve as an ambassador to them in "[[Return to GoBotron]]". However, their loyalty to Cy-Kill was not secure, as Creepy was able to lure Vamp and Scorp back into the Master Renegade's service in "[[Quest for New Earth]]". Cy-Kill previously mused in ''Renegade Rhetoric'' that Vamp and Scorp were having a bad influence on Pincher. This episode shows how, for now Pincher's loyalty to Cy-Kill is ''also'' in question when the Master Renegade is around.<br />
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===Continuity errors===<br />
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==External links==<br />
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==Footnotes==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Episodes]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Countdown_to_Annihilation&diff=3969Countdown to Annihilation2017-10-14T10:37:18Z<p>Chris McFeely: </p>
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|prev=Double Cross<br />
|next=Graduation Day<br />
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|prev2=Double Cross<br />
|next2=Graduation Day<br />
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|caption=<br />
|title= "Countdown to Annihilation"<br />
|airdate=[[December 31]], [[2015]]<br />
|story by=[[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Chris McFeely]]<br />
|written by=[[Jim Sorenson]]<br />
|directed by=<br />
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'''The Robo Rebels stage a daring escape from the Prison Moon of GoBotron.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
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[[Leader-1]] and [[Cy-Kill]] squabbled as the [[Monster GoBot]]s locked them and their troops up on GoBotron's [[Prison Moon]]. The [[Master Renegade]] declared his triumph to the people of GoBotron and put them to work on his [[Gravity Collapsar Ray]]. This weapon could cause celestial bodies to collapse in on themselves, utterly destroying them. He intended to test the Ray when it was ready on the Prison Moon, eliminating his rivals before turning the Ray on Earth.<br />
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[[Major Mo]] and the [[Robo Rebel]]s acquired an [[Astro Beam]] to project themselves to the Prison Moon. They split up to shut down the [[Power Marcher]] drones and free the prisoners. Once they succeeded, they reluctantly free Cy-Kill and the Renegades as well as Leader-1 and the Guardians, since everyone had a stake in stopping the Master Renegade. The GoBot armies rushed to their remaining fleets to escape while the Robo Rebels reversed the Astro Beam. The Master Renegade was prepared to fire his Gravity Collapsar Ray, however. [[Bent Wing]] and her friends returned to the surface of GoBotron just in time to see the Prison Moon completely destroyed!<br />
{{--}}<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
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{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Leader-1]] (2)<br />
* [[Tail Pipe]] (4)<br />
* [[Raizor]] (7)<br />
* [[Super Couper]] (8)<br />
* [[Bent Wing]] (9)<br />
* [[Major Mo]] (10)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (1)<br />
<br />
|h3=Others|c3=<br />
* [[Master Renegade]] (3)<br />
* [[Creepy]] (5)<br />
* [[Bladez]] (6)<br />
* [[Bugsie]] (11)<br />
* [[Quick-Step]] drones (12)<br />
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}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
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==Notes==<br />
* ''Challenge of the GoBots'' Season 2 was a virtual continuation of the original show related by [[Vec-Tor|Vector Prime]] (from his multiversal perspective) and Cy-Kill (who lived it).<br />
** In realities where this story aired on television, it premiered on October 30, 1986.<br />
* This episode title was first released in an Ask Vector Prime post on December 21, 2015.<br />
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===Continuity notes===<br />
* [[Quick-Step]] units make their first appearance. Based on the motorized [[Power Marcher]] toys, they served as drones and army-builders for the GoBots.<br />
* [[Bugsie]] was a member of the Renegades early in the war from [["Et Tu, Cy-Kill"]]. This is his first appearance in the modern era, as the [[Robo Rebels Saga]] takes place chronologically earlier than "[[GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords]]" movie. Like all [[Monster GoBot]]s, he has a tendency to betray Cy-Kill and side with his creator, the Master Renegade.<br />
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===Continuity errors===<br />
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==External links==<br />
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==Footnotes==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Episodes]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Double_Cross&diff=3968Double Cross2017-10-14T10:37:06Z<p>Chris McFeely: </p>
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|otherseries=[[Renegade Rhetoric|Challenge of the GoBots Season 2]] ep 3<br />
|prev=Fugitives<br />
|next=Countdown to Annihilation<br />
|otherseries2=Cy-Kill's presented order<br />
|prev2=Fugitives<br />
|next2=Countdown to Annihilation<br />
|image=<br />
|caption=<br />
|title= "Double Cross"<br />
|airdate=[[December 30]], [[2015]]<br />
|story by=[[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Chris McFeely]]<br />
|written by=[[Jim Sorenson]]<br />
|directed by=<br />
|animation studio=<br />
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'''It's Guardian vs. Renegade, and the winner might surprise you.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
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With the Renegades unexpectedly having to face the entire Guardian fleet, [[Cy-Kill]] fought on as best he could. Pressing ''[[Roguestar]]'' as an advantage, the [[Thruster]] fleet engaged the [[Command Center]]s at near parity. [[Leader-1]] took a risky step to improve their odds by leading individual Guardians out from their ships to provide additional firepower. Cy-Kill was eventually forced to take the same step, leading to a climactic conflict between the two leaders. In the end, both armies were decimated, but the remaining active troops were Guardians. However, the [[Master Renegade]] and [[Bladez]] had installed a failsafe in the Command Center fleet, allowing them to remote control the ships and fire on the remaining Guardians, knocking them out.<br />
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Meanwhile, back on [[GoBotron]], the [[Robo Rebel]]s were still on the run from [[Creepy]]. [[Tail Pipe]] sacrificed himself to save [[Super Couper]] and buy the others time to escape. They regrouped at the [[Guardian Academy]] where they found [[Major Mo]] had been left behind. he vowed to help his students rescue Tail Pipe and defeat the Master Renegade.<br />
<br />
{{--}}<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Leader-1]] (2)<br />
* [[Raizor]] (3)<br />
* [[Tail Pipe]] (4)<br />
* [[Super Couper]] (5)<br />
* [[Bent Wing]] (6)<br />
* [[Major Mo]] (8)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (1)<br />
* [[Fitor]] (9)<br />
<br />
|h3=Others|c3=<br />
* [[Creepy]] (7)<br />
* [[Master Renegade]] (10)<br />
* [[Bladez]] (11)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
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==Notes==<br />
* ''Challenge of the GoBots'' Season 2 was a virtual continuation of the original show related by [[Vec-Tor|Vector Prime]] (from his multiversal perspective) and Cy-Kill (who lived it).<br />
** In realities where this story aired on television, it premiered on October 29, 1986.<br />
* This episode title was first released in an Ask Vector Prime post on December 21, 2015.<br />
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===Continuity notes===<br />
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===Continuity errors===<br />
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==External links==<br />
<br />
==Footnotes==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Episodes]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Fugitives&diff=3967Fugitives2017-10-14T10:36:54Z<p>Chris McFeely: </p>
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|otherseries=[[Renegade Rhetoric|Challenge of the GoBots Season 2]] ep 2<br />
|prev=Rebels Without A Circuit<br />
|next=Double Cross<br />
|otherseries2=Cy-Kill's presented order<br />
|prev2=Rebels Without A Circuit<br />
|next2=Double Cross<br />
|image=<br />
|caption=<br />
|title= "Fugitives"<br />
|airdate=[[December 29]], [[2015]]<br />
|story by=[[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Chris McFeely]]<br />
|written by=[[Jim Sorenson]]<br />
|directed by=<br />
|animation studio=<br />
|production company=<br />
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'''The Master Renegade returns, and the Robo Rebels are on the run!'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
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Locked in the [[GoBotron Stockades]], the cadets tried to convince [[Major Mo]] of their innocence. He does, but cannot set them free. [[Bladez]] assumed control of the [[Guardian Council]] with [[Zeemon]]'s incapacitation, and was prepping the fleet for a major offensive. [[Bent Wing]] and the rebels once again decide to break free and look for evidence. They visit Bladez's residence, only to discover him and the [[Master Renegade]] in cahoots. The Master Renegade called [[Cy-Kill]] to inform him of their plot to send half the [[Command Center]] fleet to a specific location, where Cy-Kill and the Renegades could ambush them. The cadets were noticed by the Master Renegade, and he sent [[Creepy]] to dispose of them. Bent Wing and her friends managed to avoid capture by Creepy, but he delayed them long enough that they could not reach the [[GoBotron Fortress]] before the mission launched. Contrary to what the Master Renegade said, the ''entire'' Command Center fleet was flying away!<br />
{{--}}<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Major Mo]] (1)<br />
* [[Raizor]] (2)<br />
* [[Tail Pipe]] (3)<br />
* [[Super Couper]] (4)<br />
* [[Bent Wing]] (5)<br />
* [[Mach-3]] (6)<br />
* [[Night Ranger]] (7)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (10)<br />
<br />
|h3=Others|c3=<br />
* [[Bladez]] (8)<br />
* [[Master Renegade]] (9)<br />
* [[Creepy]] (11)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
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==Notes==<br />
* ''Challenge of the GoBots'' Season 2 was a virtual continuation of the original show related by [[Vec-Tor|Vector Prime]] (from his multiversal perspective) and Cy-Kill (who lived it).<br />
** In realities where this story aired on television, it premiered on October 28, 1986.<br />
* This episode title was first released in an Ask Vector Prime post on December 21, 2015.<br />
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===Continuity notes===<br />
* [[Zeemon]] and [[Leader-1]] are mentioned in the narrative, but do not appear.<br />
* [[Creepy]] appeared in two contradictory episodes from the original series. In "[[Guardian Academy (episode)|Guardian Academy]]", he was a member of the Renegades. In "[[Quest for New Earth]]", he was a [[Monster GoBot]] loyalist of the [[Master Renegade]]. ''[[Renegade Rhetoric]]'' continuity follows the latter episode, consistently portraying Creepy and Bladez as third-party lackeys of the Master Renegade.<br />
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===Continuity errors===<br />
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==External links==<br />
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==Footnotes==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Episodes]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Rebels_Without_A_Circuit&diff=3966Rebels Without A Circuit2017-10-14T10:36:34Z<p>Chris McFeely: Another co-production, this mini-series!</p>
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|otherseries=[[Renegade Rhetoric|Challenge of the GoBots Season 2]] ep 1<br />
|prev=<br />
|next=Fugitives<br />
|otherseries2=Cy-Kill's presented order<br />
|prev2=And to All a Good Knight<br />
|next2=Fugitives<br />
|image=<br />
|caption=<br />
|title= "Rebels Without A Circuit"<br />
|airdate=[[December 28]], [[2015]]<br />
|story by=[[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Chris McFeely]]<br />
|written by=[[Jim Sorenson]]<br />
|directed by=<br />
|animation studio=<br />
|production company=<br />
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'''Back for their stunning second season!'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
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At the [[Guardian Academy]] on [[GoBotron]], [[Major Mo]] was putting a new class of Guardians through their paces. However, timid [[Tail Pipe]], jockish [[Raizor]], competitive [[Bent Wing]], and lackadaisical [[Super Couper]] were the biggest challenge of his career. Major Mo threw up his arms and called them nothing but a group of "[[Robo Rebel]]s". During a training exercise, some real Renegades interceded and tried to kidnap the Guardians' [[UNECOM]] allies. The cadets proved helpless and hopeless in combat, and only the arrival of [[Leader-1]]'s team prevented the kidnapping.<br />
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Still haunted by the treachery of the [[Dread Launcher]]s, the [[Guardian Council]] were forced to consider these cadets might actually be Renegade spies. [[Bladez]], newest member of the council, insisted they be confined to quarters. Bent Wing and her crew snuck out in the night to find evidence of their innocence. At the council building, computer records confirmed that only Major Mo and Bladez knew where the training session was to take place in advance. While they were snooping, the rebels heard and blast and found High Councilor [[Zeemon]] smoldering from a blaster wound to the chest, moments before a security team caught them, seemingly red handed!<br />
{{--}}<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Major Mo]] (1)<br />
* [[Raizor]] (2)<br />
* [[Tail Pipe]] (3)<br />
* [[Super Couper]] (4)<br />
* [[Bent Wing]] (5)<br />
* [[Leader-1]] (12)<br />
* [[Turbo]] (13)<br />
* [[Scooter]] (14)<br />
* [[Bladez]] (15)<br />
* [[Ridge Runner]]s (16)<br />
* [[Zeemon]] (17)<br />
* [[Hans-Cuff]] (18)<br />
* [[Dozer]] (19)<br />
* [[Scratch]] (20)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Gunnyr]] (9)<br />
* [[Bad Boy]] (10)<br />
* [[Stretch]] (11)<br />
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|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
* [[Matt Hunter]] (6)<br />
* [[Nick Burns]] (7)<br />
* [[A.J. Foster]] (8)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
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==Notes==<br />
* ''Challenge of the GoBots'' Season 2 was a virtual continuation of the original show related by [[Vec-Tor|Vector Prime]] (from his multiversal perspective) and Cy-Kill (who lived it).<br />
** In realities where this story aired on television, it premiered on October 27, 1986.<br />
* This episode title was first released in an Ask Vector Prime post on December 21, 2015.<br />
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===Continuity notes===<br />
* Despite being the twenty-sixth "episode" relayed through ''[[Renegade Rhetoric]]'', this story was intended as the season premiere of ''[[Challenge of the GoBots (cartoon)|Challenge of the GoBots]]'' in their second season. It serves as part one of the five-part "[[Robo Rebels Saga]]", patterned after the "[[Battle for GoBotron]]" pilot and "[[The GoBotron Saga]]".<br />
* Therefore, this is chronologically the first appearance of [[Major Mo]], [[Bent Wing]], [[Raizor]], [[Tail Pipe]], [[Super Couper]], and [[Bladez]], despite their appearances in previous ''Renegade Rhetoric'' stories.<br />
* [[Ridge Runner]]s were also first introduced this episode. The Ridge Runner is an unproduced [[Power Marcher]] drone from the original toyline, in the same class as [[Hitch Hiker]]s and [[Quick Step]]s.<br />
* The Dread Launchers, the previous group of Renegades who infiltrated the Academy, did so in "[[Guardian Academy (episode)|Guardian Academy]]".<br />
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===Continuity errors===<br />
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==External links==<br />
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==Footnotes==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Episodes]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Genius_and_Son&diff=3927Genius and Son2017-10-11T14:17:35Z<p>Chris McFeely: /* Synopsis */</p>
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|otherseries=''[[Challenge of the GoBots (cartoon)|Challenge of the GoBots]]'' ep 12<br />
|prev=Speed Is of the Essence<br />
|next=Dawn World<br />
|image=GeniusandSon mobius and danny.jpg<br />
|caption=<br />
|title="Genius and Son"<br />
|airdate=[[October 1]], [[1985]]<br />
|production code=0142-8506<br />
|written by=[[John Loy]] and [[Eric Lewald]]<br />
|animation studio=[[Wang Film Productions]]<br />
|production company=[[Hanna-Barbera]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''When a human scientist is lured over to the Renegade side, his son must help the Guardians save GoBotron from the weapon he creates.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:GeniusandSon inverta ray.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
On a [[UNECOM]] space station in the remote [[Omega Quadrant]], disgruntled scientist [[Doctor Mobius]] toils in obscurity over his [[inverta-ray]]. A test of the weapon is interrupted by the doctor's young son [[Danny Mobius|Danny]], who wants to show off how he has repaired his toy [[gyroscope]], but the plaything winds up falling into the path of the inverta-ray's beam and nearly causes disaster. The angry Mobius orders Danny out of the lab, so to cheer himself up, the boy sneaks into one of the station's flight pods and goes flying outside, pretending he is [[Leader-1]] fighting [[Renegade]]s. Much to Danny's surprise, his game suddenly becomes reality when the Renegades' [[Thruster]] appears and opens fire on the space station. By good fortune, Leader-1 and his team arrive in their [[Command Center]] soon after; they were already on their way to the station to drop off [[Scratch]], a rookie Guardian whose first duty was to work security there. As battle rages between the two forces, [[Cy-Kill]] and [[Zebediah Braxis|Doctor Braxis]] board the station, where they invite Mobius—an old colleague of Braxis's—to come with them, promising him a chance to prove his intellect to the world. Though reluctant to leave his son, Mobius agrees on the condition the Renegades will stop their attack. Naturally, of course, they "stop" their attack by knocking the space station out of orbit, forcing Leader-1 and the Command Center to use tractor beams to save it while the villains make their getaway. Danny asks to accompany the Guardians in pursuing them, but they tell him to remain on the station.<br />
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[[File:GeniusandSon guardians fading away.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
Mobius demonstrates the test model of his inverta-ray for the Renegades, explaining that it implodes planets by reversing the polarity of their cores. The Renegades propose building a full-size working model, and Mobius agrees, but tells them he will require a large supply of the ray's power source, [[plutocite]], an element found only on [[Pluto]]. The Renegades waste no time in heading for Pluto, and [[Astro-Beam]] in [[Screw Head]] to help them dig. The Guardians are hot on their trail, but as they approach the ice planet, they discover that Danny has stowed away aboard the Command Center—not that Mobius has any idea of this when he follows Cy-Kill's order to blast the Command Center with the inverta-ray. The Renegades watch in glee over a video monitor as the ray causes all aboard to start fading out of existence, but when Mobius sees his son, he immediately shuts the weapon off. [[Crasher]] is furious and nearly squashes Mobius, but Cy-Kill stops her. The Guardians disembark the Command Center and a battle soon kicks off on the surface of Pluto, but when Crasher is injured by [[Turbo]], Cy-Kill decides to call retreat. The Guardians block the villains' way, but Cy-Kill grabs Mobius and threatens to rip him limb from limb if they do not let the Renegades pass. Left with no choice, Leader-1 must allow Cy-Kill and his goons to depart with the plutocite they need.<br />
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[[File:GeniusandSon addressing gobotron.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
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Cy-Kill imprisons Mobius in a forcefield aboard Thruster as the Renegades relocate to a planetoid close to [[GoBotron]], where Braxis uses a [[Brainstormer|mind-scan]] to pluck the secrets of the inverta-ray from Mobius's mind so that he can build the full-scale version for Cy-Kill. The Renegade leader broadcasts an ultimatum to GoBotron, demanding that he be named "overlord" of the GoBots' homeworld within two hours, or he will destroy the planet! [[Zeemon]] sends a message to Leader-1 calling for his help, but grimly tells the [[Guardian Council]] that they must be willing to surrender in order to save the planet if aid does not arrive in time.<br />
[[File:GeniusandSon inverting gobotron.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[A.J. Foster|A.J.]] puts Danny to bed as the Command Center heads for GoBotron, but Danny is determined to save his father himself. Once the Command Center has emerged from hyperspace, he steals a pod and jets off to look for his dad, using his [[radar watch]] to track him and the Renegades down. As soon as he lands on the planetoid, however, he is captured by the Renegades and thrown in the forcefield cell with his father. The Guardians arrive soon after and battle breaks out; during the mayhem, Braxis activates the inverta-ray, but [[Scooter]] buys GoBotron precious moments by projecting of a hologram of the planet, at which Braxis mistakenly fires. By the time Braxis has been alerted to his mistake by Cy-Kill and opened fire on the ''real'' GoBotron, Mobius has managed to re-wire Danny's radar watch to disrupt a small area of the forcefield, allowing Danny to slip out. Cy-Kill stops the boy before he can deactivate the inverta-ray, but as Danny backs away from the looming figure of the Renegade, he bumps the Astro-Beam, accidentally triggering it. The Astro-Beam teleports Cy-Kill and Braxis to GoBotron, forcing Cy-Kill to radio Crasher and [[Cop-Tur]] and instruct them to come and rescue them both before the planet is destroyed.<br />
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As the Renegades pull out, Danny deactivates the forcefield and frees his father. Unfortunately, Mobius discovers that Cy-Kill has broken the inverta-ray controls, leaving him unable to deactivate it—and worse yet, the Guardians' blasts cannot penetrate the machine's self-generated protective field! Recalling the earlier accident in the laboratory, Danny produces his gyroscope and tosses it into the path of the ray, disrupting the machine and causing it to explode. GoBotron is saved (and Cy-Kill and Braxis with it!), and the repentant Mobius thanks his son for saving his life and dedicates his work to stopping the Renegades in the future.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Leader-1]] (1)<br />
* [[Scratch]] (2)<br />
* [[Turbo]] (3)<br />
* [[Scooter]] (6)<br />
* [[Zeemon]] (15)<br />
* [[Path Finder]] (16, see notes)<br />
* [[Hans-Cuff]] (17)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Crasher]] (11)<br />
* [[Cop-Tur]] (12)<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (13)<br />
* [[Screw Head]] (14)<br />
* [[BuggyMan]] (18, see notes)<br />
<br />
|c3=<br />
*[[Matt Hunter]] (4)<br />
*[[Nick Burns]] (5)<br />
*[[A.J. Foster]] (7)<br />
*[[Doctor Mobius]] (8)<br />
*[[Danny Mobius]] (9)<br />
*[[Zebediah Braxis]] (10)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
[[File:GeniusandSon braxis and mobius.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
"The inverta-ray reverses the polarity of the core of a planet, causing the planet to implode."<br><br />
"Hmph! That's not so impressive!"<br><br />
"Well, ''you'' didn't think of it!"<br><br />
"Well, I ''could'' have!"<br />
:—'''''Mobius''' and '''Braxis''' argue''<br />
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"Heh heh heh. ''Scratch'' one ''Scratch.''"<br />
:—'''''Cy-Kill''' is really pleased at his own joke after he takes out Scratch''<br />
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"Be ready in two hours or I'll let Crasher have her way with you!"<br />
:—'''''Cy-Kill''' threatens Braxis''<br />
{{--}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
[[File:GeniusandSon scratch.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:GeniusandSon guardians inverted.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:GeniusandSon council of generics.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:GeniusandSon cykill grinning.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*As this episode represents Scratch's first duty as a Guardian, it must take place before the earlier-broadcast episode "[[It's the Thought that Counts]]," in which he is shown serving on Earth.<br />
*However, Scratch also appeared in "[[The Fall of GoBotron]]" which aired long after this episode but, for various reasons, slots into continuity immediately after the pilot mini-series. He only performed non-combat monitor duty in that episode, though, so his "first assignment" as a Guardian this episode could be interpreted liberally.<br />
*"Genius and Son" is the first broadcast appearance of Doctor Braxis in the series proper, who was last seen being dragged off to jail at the [[The Final Conflict|conclusion]] of the [[Battle for GoBotron|pilot mini-series]]. The story of how he escaped prison will be told in "[[Nova Beam (episode)|Nova Beam]]," which aired soon after this episode, and the events of which must logically take place before those of "Genius and Son."<br />
*Though unnamed, the brainscanning device Braxis uses on Mobius is presumably the [[Brainstormer]], the mind-reading Renegade device introduced in the pilot mini-series making its debut in the series proper.<br />
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===Continuity and plotting errors===<br />
*"Inverting polarities" is cartoon pseudoscience nonsense term A-#1, but, look, when something "implodes," it doesn't mean it calmly fades out of existence.<br />
*How do the Renegades get live video from inside the Command Center?<br />
*There's a very weird cut after Cy-Kill picks Crasher up to take her to safety. Suddenly, the Renegades are gathered in a cave, the entrance blocked by Guardians, whereupon Cy-Kill threatens to Mobius to ensure their safe passage. Thruster wasn't in a cave, so they didn't go in there to get back to it; was a scene deleted here?<br />
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===Animation and technical errors===<br />
*When the Guardians finds Danny aboard the Command Center, both Leader-1 and Scooter turn in unison, and Leader-1 barks "Who's there?!" Obviously, there was supposed to be some kind of sound effect here that indicated Danny had blown his cover, but there's nothing in the finished episode.<br />
*"Look!" cries Danny, "I'm disappearing!" Except he's not, and doesn't start to until the camera angle changes.<br />
*Various cels of Cy-Kill's head and mouth in different positions subtly "ghost" over one another as he watches the Guardians fade away.<br />
*As the Renegades withdraw from Pluto, Turbo's elbow is colored red; it pings back to its correct grey mid-scene.<br />
*The back of Scooter's chair flickers and twitches for the duration of the shot of him and Leader-1 listening to Zeemon's message. It seems to be in time with Zeemon's blinking visor.<br />
*It's unusual, but not an ''error'', that the populace of GoBotron, and the Guardian council, is made up entirely of generic crowdfiller GoBots in this episode. What ''is'' an error is that Path Finder is supposed to be part of the Council meeting, and is heard speaking a line, but a generic character is animated in her place (the black character in the image at right).<br />
*Danny's eyelids flicker strangely as he leaves the Command Center in his pod.<br />
*As Leader-1 recovers from the tumble a blast from Cop-Tur sends him into, he sort of stops mid-air, in mid-transformation, his nosecone not fully swung all the way up, for a second or two before his jets kick in.<br />
*The "full-scale" invertor, which is specifically described as being "enlarged" from the original design, isn't drawn as being any bigger than the existing one.<br />
*A classic cartoon mistake you used to see everywhere back in the day: when Braxis operates the invertor, his fingernails are visible on his gloved hands.<br />
*When Cy-Kill flies off after being tricked by Scooter's hologram, his feet are yellow instead of blue.<br />
*In the second scene of Cy-Kill and Braxis on GoBotron, Braxis is seen wobbling, but neither Cy-Kill nor the rest of the planet are animated as trembling the way they were in the previous scene.<br />
*BuggyMan is mistakenly drawn as one of the two Guardians (the other being Hans-Cuff) who chase Cy-Kill and Braxis after GoBotron is saved.<br />
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*We include what we can in the quotes of these articles, but it's often impossible to properly convey Cy-Kill's incredible scenery-chewing theatricality through plain text—like in this episode, when Crasher radios him to tell him she is injured, and he sighs and replies with the most exasperated, put-upon, "bored parent talking to child" voice: "Iiiiiiiiii'm ''coming.''"<br />
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'''Christmas time is here, but Cy-Kill is ready to Grinch the Guardians' holiday!'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
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When a meteorite passed through Earth's atmosphere in late December, [[Scooter]] wondered if it was Santa's sleigh. [[Good Knight]], a visitor on Earth from the Guardian security council, didn't understand what the fuss was about. The meteorite actually contained a core of [[sorium]], and the Renegades wanted it to re-engineer their brainwashing [[pulsar generator]]. The Guardians fought [[Cy-Kill]] at the meteorite site, and Good Knight destroyed the rock, leaving only a few traces of sorium caught in [[Screw Head]]'s drill.<br />
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Back at [[Thruster]], Cy-Kill and [[Doctor Go]] improvised a handheld pulsar generator with the sorium specks to brainwash individuals on a small scale. Cy-Kill decided to turn the humans' holiday spirit against them by brainwashing mall Santas into distributing special circuit boards in gifts to children everywhere. When positioned and activated, these circuit boards would create an anti-Guardian field around the Earth that would drive [[Leader-1]] and his ilk off the planet forever.<br />
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Unfortunately, Scooter, [[Nick Burns|Nick]], and [[A.J. Foster|A.J.]] were acting as Santa and his elves at one of the malls the Renegades targeted. In order to prevent Scooter's sensors from detecting the circuit boards, the Renegades knocked out and kidnapped Scooter and his guard Good Knight, while Cy-Kill sunk to playing Santa in his place so no one was the wiser. Aboard Thruster, however, Good Knight was able to convince the simple [[Cop-Tur]] that Santa only brought presents to good girls and boys, leading the Renegade to release the Guardian prisoners in order to get back on Santa's good side. Scooter reversed the polarity of the anti-Guardian field before Cy-Kill activated it, creating an anti-Renegade field in its place.<br />
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Sure enough, on Christmas morning, a pile of presents mysteriously appeared on board Thruster. Cop-Tur was very happy with his new rotor, while Cy-Kill only received a lump of coal.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
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* [[Scooter]] (1)<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
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==Notes==<br />
* ''Challenge of the GoBots'' Season 2 was a virtual continuation of the original show related by [[Vec-Tor|Vector Prime]] (from his multiversal perspective) and Cy-Kill (who lived it).<br />
** In realities where this story aired on television, it premiered on November 4, 1986.<br />
* This episode title was first released in an Ask Vector Prime post on December 21, 2015.<br />
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== Style guide ==<br />
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So GoBots is a show where a lot of the stuff that's been written about it online has been done "by ear," with folk writing down what they ''think'' a name is spelled as. There's a lot we'll likely never know, but there are some things we should iron out now so we're all on the same page when it comes to writing this stuff up. We'll get a "wiki order" of the episodes together soon enough for that purpose, I'm sure, but the one that's jumping out at me today is - '''Gobotron''' or '''GoBotron'''? Certainly all the modern Transformers media has gone without camelCase, as have the WB DVDs, but from the sources we've been adding to the wiki today, so far all the ''classic'' media we've turned up seems to use it, including the "Escape to Planet Earth" storybook, the "GoBotron Saga" VHS cover, and the original Tonka catalogue for the first-year characters. What's anyone think? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 21:55, 12 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I'd go with GoBotron. How things were spelled or parsed in contemporary materials should take precedence. [[User:Creedence|Creedence]] ([[User talk:Creedence|talk]]) 22:08, 12 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:: Agreed, GoBotron. Also, I've got just about all the model sheets, so if there are any spelling questions feel free to shoot them my way. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 00:54, 13 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::I would prefer "Gobotron", but if the 80's media used "GoBotron", then so be it. I feel we must adhere to what was most official back then. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 23:40, 12 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
It looks like "RoGun" should have a hyphen in it ("Ro-Gun"), according to [https://img1.etsystatic.com/001/0/5457530/il_570xN.403728541_endw.jpg the little red dot in the word on the packaging]. Thoughts? [[User:Creedence|Creedence]] ([[User talk:Creedence|talk]]) 17:37, 24 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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==Model Sheets / Spelling==<br />
On spelling and model sheets, how about the general from the pilot mini-series, Jim? Lindley? Lynley? Linley? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 12:20, 13 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Lindley. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 12:35, 13 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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How about the alien from "Renegade Alliance"? I'm thinking "Alva-Nar"... - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 21:20, 17 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Alva-Mar according to the model sheet. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 22:12, 17 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
::They're super-duper-definitely pronouncing "Nar" with an N in the episode itself, so I guess that was changed in production at some point. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 22:36, 17 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Wouldn't be the first time. It can, at the very least, give us a pretty strong hint as to their intentions regarding parsing. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 22:54, 17 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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For "Genius and Son," I'm assuming the scientist is just "Mobius," no silly spelling. Is his invention the "invertor ray" or the "invert-a-ray"? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 16:40, 20 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Mobius, yes. I'm afraid I don't have the ray. My guess would be Invertor. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 18:47, 20 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Model sheet doesn't give Mobius a first name, btw, does it? For "Dawn World," is there a name for the spaceship-base the Renegades are making? Scooter seems to call it the "something-star" but his dialogue is so wavering as to be nearly indecipherable. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 13:58, 21 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::No and no. They just reuse the Rogue Star models so no extra insight there. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 14:56, 21 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Rats. It's not ''identical'' to Roguestar, thought there might be a new model to help... - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 15:10, 21 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::No, not quite, but if they bothered to make a model I don't have it. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 15:34, 21 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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There's a lot of guys in "Lost on GoBotron" that are really hard to peg. "Wrecks" and "Gorn" seem to be a given, do Wrecks's "urchins" have a proper name? There are two gladiators named, one's honestly just an slurring grunt that sounds like "Moar," while I figure the other (who Matt later fights) is "Tung the Ruthless" (I mean, I'd assume it's not literally "tongue"). There's also one later than looks like an elephant, who fights a hairy, fanged one (maybe... "Bondake"? what?) Any hope for these? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 22:27, 29 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Here's what I have: Tung. Gorn. Kal (snouty guy). Urchin. Wreck. Kalimar. And, uh, Mulla and Mullah. Two different spellings for the same guy, scarred alien with two long streaming things on his bald head. Both with the same date. Sigh. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 02:59, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Hey, not too bad on the guessing front, then! If Kal is the elephant-snout guy, you don't have one for the guy he fights, I take it? Mane of hair, pointed ears, loincloth, rat's tail? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 13:19, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Sadly no. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 13:33, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Perhaps it's the guy Leader 1 greets [[Special:Contributions/70.194.238.118|70.194.238.118]] 13:23, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Yeah, I just realized I forgot him! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 13:24, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I think what you hear as Bondake is just supposed to be a general insult like "Fangface". [[Special:Contributions/107.202.57.20|107.202.57.20]] 03:29, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
::That's what I figured but I can't make out a real word in it! Maybe "bark" something? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 13:19, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Is it just "Monster GoBot", or is "Monster Renegade" ever used? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 02:24, 19 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I can't recall it ever being Monster Renegade, but I wouldn't swear to that. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 18:47, 20 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Here's one, Jim - do you have a model sheet for Zeemon in vehicle mode? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 23:28, 31 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Nope. I'm not sure they ever actually made one though. (Unlike Loco, whose vehicle mode I'm also missing.) --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 01:52, 1 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Exactly what I was thinking after digging into "Doppelganger"! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 02:41, 1 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I feel pretty good about "Renegade Rampage," but figured I'd just check. Tri-Ceti with a hyphen? Trindle? Tindel, perhaps? Trevor and Troylene? I haven't moved on to the second part to see if the other two elders are named, do the model sheets have any names for them? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 22:31, 8 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Let's see... We've got Trevor and Troilene, who are both Trindles. No joy on the planet. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 01:23, 9 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Jim, do your model sheets shed any light on the two apparent designs for Puzzler that I've mentioned in the notes for "[[Auto Madic]]"? Also, doubting it, but I don't suppose they have a first name for Mrs. Cocoa? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 23:25, 16 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Hilda and Larry E. Cocoa. The Puzzler model sheet has his right arm together and his left arm split, which seems to me to indicate that both are possible configurations. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 00:30, 17 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Oh nice, I didn't figure she'd have a name! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 12:01, 17 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::On the subject of first names, I doubt Doctor Cunningham from "Ancient GoBonauts" had one, did he? "Gameworld" is next on the list; have you any insight on "Crespas" and... "Ba'usa"? There's no guessing that one... - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 00:02, 28 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Crespas and B'oosa. No joy on Cunningham. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 00:26, 28 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::Ha, there ''was'' an apostrophe in it! Anything for the Gameworld itself? Colob, Kolob, Kolab...? Thinking Kolob for the Mormon reference, based on the religiously-influced naming in TF's "The Gambler" by the same author. Does the robot prisoner have a name? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 16:05, 28 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::Nope, just the big two. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 19:25, 28 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::This is an off the wall one, but how about the farmer from "Nova Beam"? I doubt he has a name but just wondering if there's a more "official" term to describe him with than "farmer." - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 18:57, 5 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Didn't he also show up in Wolf in the Fold? [[Special:Contributions/107.202.57.20|107.202.57.20]] 19:05, 5 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::::In the sense that the model was re-used, but it's enough to create an article for him which is why I'm wondering if there's a good name for it. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 20:12, 5 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::In Nova Beam, he's "farmer". In Wolf, he's alternatively "farmer", "dirt farmer", or "dirt-farmer". (There's also a nucleonic converter and a polarity inverter this episode.) --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 21:00, 5 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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More model sheet trivia: early names! <br />
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Professor von Joy -- Professor Q.Bot<br />
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Re-Volt -- Screamer<br />
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Chaos -- Shriek<br />
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Traitor -- Buzz<br />
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--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 00:30, 17 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:They should have stuck with those early ones for the Dread Launchers! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 12:01, 17 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I understand that [[BuggyMan]]'s name was rendered as such on a model sheet?, but how was his name rendered on his toy packaging? Plus, ''Spatiotemporal Challengers'' wasn't consistent on his name. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 21:05, 11 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:[http://www.toyarchive.com/Gobots/Regular/BuggyManMOSC1a.jpg With the CamelCase on the toy package], as well as in Tonka catalogue entries. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]])<br />
::Model sheet is Buggy Man. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 18:43, 3 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Getting back to work, so, for "Depth Charge," what's the correct spelling for the two native islanders? "Woki" and "Katu"? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 17:04, 3 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Correct. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 18:43, 3 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Hey look, I'm back on the horse! So, "The Seer" - Sean? Shawn? Shaun? Does his mum have a first name? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 18:14, 3 September 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Sean, Mrs. Roberts, Major Benedict. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 21:04, 3 September 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Noice, no need to go back and change anything! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 22:22, 5 September 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Roguestar or Rogue Star? ==<br />
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I'm confused. Does ''Rogue Star'' have a space or no space? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 07:48, 1 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:It's been presented both ways. However, the original episode title "Quest for Roguestar" presented it without a space, so I take that as gospel unless a ''more'' original source turns up. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 12:28, 1 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Model sheets have a space. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 13:25, 1 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Of course they do. :( Well, my preference is to go by the first published spelling over preliminary data like model sheets, but that's just first instinct. Anybody else? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 13:40, 1 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::As Jim's already detailed a few instances where model sheets use alternate names to what's in the finished episodes, I'm 100% behind "Roguestar" based on its on-screen use. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 13:46, 1 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::I wasn't necessarily suggesting the space based on the model sheet. Though I usually ''hear'' a space when Cy-Kill says the name. I'd want to listen to the other characters, though, because it might just be hammy.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 01:23, 9 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Pics from tfwiki ==<br />
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I assume we can simply reupload any relevant pics (say of the TF released Bug Bites) here as long as we copy over the attributions as well? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 14:28, 18 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Action Toys Machine Robo figures (and Machine Robo as a whole) == <br />
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Should photos and information about the Action Toys Machine Robo figures be added to the relevant pages, even though the toys are for Machine Robo and technically not GoBots? And, in general, where does the wiki stand on Machine Robo information being included? I only ask because I couldn't find anything that said how we're going forward in that regard. [[User:Boy Blunderous|Boy Blunderous]] ([[User talk:Boy Blunderous|talk]]) 00:21, 24 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Work on Machine Robo pages has barely started, but I'm under the impression that the plan is to eventually cover it in full. If that's the case, the Action Toys figures would belong on the same page as the Revenge of Cronos characters. (Which, I'm guessing, would be the same page as the original Machine Robo for all of them except Blue Jet and Rod Drill.) [[User:NovaSaber|NovaSaber]] ([[User talk:NovaSaber|talk]]) 01:04, 24 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Renegade Rhetoric ==<br />
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Do we have a consensus on how to document Renegade Rhetoric on this wiki, particularly the "season 2 episodes"? I've made a few character pages with storylinks to the titles of the "episodes" instead of "Renegade Rhetoric, Mo/Da/Year". Also, do we ultimately plan to have separate "episode" pages for the new 65, keep it on a single Renegade Rhetoric page, or what? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 15:43, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I'd say that the "Renegade Rhetoric Mo/Da/Year" would be equivalent to comic/magazine issue numbers while the "episode titles" would be the equivalent of the story titles within a magazine/comic. Make of that what you will. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 16:44, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I'd always figured we'd give each of the new "episodes" a page for itself that we'd link to in the character write-ups. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 17:28, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Echoes and Fragments ==<br />
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Will it be necessary to duplicate a page for "Echoes and Fragments" on this wiki, or will it be sufficient to just use interwiki links where necessary? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 13:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Continuity Notes ==<br />
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I really don't think the gray continuity notes defining each Fun Publication universe are necessary for every character's Fiction section. We pulled back from using so many on the TFwiki, and I think we should do the same here. The details of how CotG, RR, and Withered Hope continuities compare to each other can be described on their individual pages. Each character doesn't need gray notes about it. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 21:16, 8 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Von Joy and Herr Go ==<br />
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Do we have a consensus on whether these character pages should be made at their toy name or cartoon name? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 16:20, 28 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:It was suggested [https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/135861-the-god-damn-gobots-wiki-is-live-pg-10/page-25#entry3418170 here] that the Professor Baron be at just "Von Joy", and [https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/135861-the-god-damn-gobots-wiki-is-live-pg-10/page-25#entry3418221 here] that the Doctor Fiend be at "Doctor Go" (and Tux be at "Stretch") for how he, and Stretch, were notable enough to be at their fiction names instead of their toy names, while all others with fiction names that differ from their toy names weren't as notable to be at anything other than their toy names. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 16:51, 28 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
::If Go/Fiend goes at his cartoon name, should that be "Doctor Go" or "Dr. Go"? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 17:02, 28 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::I see more instances of "Doctor" than "Dr." on this Wiki. But maybe Jim has an official spelling from a model sheet or something. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 15:20, 1 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Model sheet says Dr. Go. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 20:36, 1 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Also, Mr. Moto, Mister Moto, Motosan, or Moto-San? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 19:13, 1 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Toy is "Mr. Moto". That trumps the ''Et Tu, Cy-Kill'' model sheet "Motosan". --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 20:36, 1 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
::"Last Sunset" also went with "Mr. Moto". [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:27, 1 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Power Suits? ==<br />
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How to set up Power Suits articles? Separate pages for each model? One page for all four Power Suits? One page for all ''eight'' Power Suits, or separate Guardian and Renegade Power Suit pages? Courageous and Power Suits on one page or separate ones? Other questions I've forgotten? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 18:13, 7 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Without thinking too deeply about it, I'd already imagined one page for [[Power Suit]]s, to talk about their individual powers and include fictional write-ups that that didn't involve forming Courageous in the cartoon, another page for [[Power Warrior]]s, and then individual pages for [[Courgeous]] (the ship and the combiner together), [[Grungy]], and [[Nemesis]]. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 21:13, 7 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== "The Long Game" ==<br />
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''The Long Game'' is a "Dreamwave comics" story from the Quadwal universe where GoBots surpassed Transformers. It takes place between the two five-part episode sagas in the original cartoon, explaining how Cy-Kill wound up imprisoned between ''[[The Final Conflict]]'' and ''[[Cy-Kill's Escape]]''. On TFwiki, I imagine we'd make a separate header in the Fiction sections for a Dreamwave short story retcon like this, a la {{t|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}. Given the more streamlined presentation we're going for on GBwiki, though, I think we should just leave it under the Renegade Rhetoric header where applicable, with or without a Note explaining. Thoughts? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 13:17, 14 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Rock Lords? ==<br />
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So are we going to make character pages for them? --[[User:Darth Gonzo|Darth Gonzo]] ([[User talk:Darth Gonzo|talk]]) 03:30, 25 August 2017 (UTC)<br />
: Feel free. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 15:32, 28 August 2017 (UTC)</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=List_of_Challenge_of_the_GoBots_episodes&diff=3752List of Challenge of the GoBots episodes2017-09-03T20:32:11Z<p>Chris McFeely: /* Series (1985) */</p>
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<div>''[[Challenge of the GoBots (cartoon)|Challenge of the GoBots]]'' in airdate order.<br />
__TOC__<br />
==Mini-series (1984)==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"<br />
|-<br />
!#!!Title!!Writer!!Original airdate!!Production code<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Battle for GoBotron]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=1<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 29]], [[1984]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Alan Burnett]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Tom Ruegger]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8401<br />
|ShortSummary=The [[Guardian]]s pursue the [[Renegade]]s to a distant world known as [[Earth]].<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Target Earth]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=2<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 30]], [[1984]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Alan Burnett]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Tom Ruegger]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8402<br />
|ShortSummary=The Guardians contend with the monster [[Zod]] when the Renegades attack the Arctic island of Stolbovoy to obtain the energy source [[sorium]].<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Conquest of Earth]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=3<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 31]], [[1984]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Alan Burnett]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Tom Ruegger]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8403<br />
|ShortSummary=[[Cy-Kill]] attacks the US military and uses the sorium to power [[pulsar generator|a device]] that seizes control of the minds of every [[human]] on Earth.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Earthbound]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=4<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 1]], [[1984]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Alan Burnett]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Tom Ruegger]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8404<br />
|ShortSummary=With the world against them and [[Leader-1]] captured by the Renegades, [[Turbo]] and [[Scooter]] go on the run.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[The Final Conflict]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=5<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 2]], [[1984]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Alan Burnett]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Tom Ruegger]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8405<br />
|ShortSummary=The reunited Guardians must break Cy-Kill's hold over Earth in order to save [[GoBotron]] from a mass-produced fleet of Zods.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
|}<br />
==Series (1985)==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto; width: 100%;"<br />
|-<br />
!#!!Title!!Writer!!Original airdate!!Production code<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Time Wars]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=6<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[September 23]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Doug Booth]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8501<br />
|ShortSummary=The Renegades and Guardians have an adventure in ancient Rome.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[It's the Thought that Counts]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=7<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[September 24]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Mark Zaslove]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8513<br />
|ShortSummary=An injured Scooter is found by a human, but then captured and reprogrammed into a Renegade.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Trident's Triple Threat]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=8<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[September 25]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[David Schwartz]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8511<br />
|ShortSummary=The Renegades ally with the cyborg Trident to abduct world leaders with a super-powered Astro-Beam.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Renegade Alliance]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=9<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[September 26]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Don Goodman]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8508<br />
|ShortSummary=Cy-Kill dupes the alien adventurer Alva-Nar into attacking GoBotron with his mighty armada.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Cy-Kill's Cataclysmic Trap]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=10<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[September 27]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]], [[Kelly Ward]], and [[Peter Anderegg]]<br>Teleplay by [[Peter Anderegg]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8504<br />
|ShortSummary=A spy in the Guardians' midst leads them to fall into a Renegade trap in a distant star system.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Speed Is of the Essence]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=11<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[September 30]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Jina Bacarr]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8510<br />
|ShortSummary=Stuck in vehicle mode after a Renegade attack, Turbo is found and used as a race car by a pair of humans.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Genius and Son]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=12<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 1]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[John Loy]] and [[Eric Lewald]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8506<br />
|ShortSummary=When a human scientist is lured over to the Renegade side, his son must help the Guardians save GoBotron from the weapon he creates.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Dawn World]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=13<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 2]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Don Glut]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8509<br />
|ShortSummary=Scooter and Nick face prehistoric perils when they are stranded on a primitive alien planet.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Nova Beam (episode)|Nova Beam]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=14<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 3]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Daniel Will-Harris]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8514<br />
|ShortSummary=Cy-Kill has Doctor Braxis broken out of jail to create a new weapon for him that destroys stars.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Forced Alliance]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=15<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 4]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Doug Booth]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8502<br />
|ShortSummary=The Guardians and Renegades must work together to defend themselves against metal-eating alien spiders.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Invasion from the 21st Level, Part I]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=16<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 7]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Laine Raichert]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8503<br />
|ShortSummary=Cy-Kill unleashes a race of interdimensional insectoids against the Guardians, but his plan backfires when the creatures' queen decides to conquer Earth for herself.<br />
<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Invasion from the 21st Level, Part II]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=17<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 8]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Laine Raichert]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8507<br />
|ShortSummary=With half their number captured, the Guardians struggle to save Earth from the threat of Exor and her insectoid army.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Lost on GoBotron]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=18<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 9]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]], [[Kelly Ward]], and [[Eric Lewald]]<br>Teleplay by [[Eric Lewald]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8526<br />
|ShortSummary=Matt is forced to fight in gladiatorial combat when he, Nick, and A.J. are taken prisoner on Old GoBotron.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Cy-Kill's Shrinking Ray]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=19<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 10]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Dale Kirby]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8517<br />
|ShortSummary=The Guardians require the aid of a human boy when they find themselves shrunk to the size of toys by Cy-Kill's newest weapon.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Doppelganger]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=20<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 11]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Antoni Zalewski]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8518<br />
|ShortSummary=Small Foot must take charge to foil the Renegades' plan to capture and replace the Guardians with robotic duplicates.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[The Quest for Roguestar]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=21<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 14]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[John Loy]], [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[John Loy]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8516<br />
|ShortSummary=After Cy-Kill brings Roguestar into Earth's solar system, the Guardians make plans to destroy the huge spacecraft once and for all.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Renegade Rampage, Part I]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=22<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 15]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Karen Wengrod]] and [[Ken Cinnamon]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8512<br />
|ShortSummary=Cy-Kill targets the planet Tri-Ceti for conquest and sets his sights on its elders' magical Tramulet.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[The Renegades' Rampage, Part II]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=23<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 16]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Karen Wengrod]] and [[Ken Cinnamon]], [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Karen Wengrod]] and [[Ken Cinnamon]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8525<br />
|ShortSummary=Cy-Kill turns the power of the Tramulet against Earth.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Ultra Zod (episode)|Ultra Zod]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=24<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 17]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Jim Bertges]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8528<br />
|ShortSummary=A.J.'s visit to her aunt and uncle turns deadly when she discovers the Renegades have enslaved their town to build a new and improved Zod.<br />
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}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Sentinel (episode)|Sentinel]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=25<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 18]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Don Glut]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8505<br />
|ShortSummary=UNECOM's robotic creation Sentinel allies with the Renegades to exterminate all organic life on Earth.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Cold Spell]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=26<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 21]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Alan Burnett]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8515<br />
|ShortSummary=It's Dive-Dive's time to shine when the Renegades take control of human scientist Professor Frost's weather-controlling Climatizer.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Crime Wave]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=27<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 22]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Francis Moss]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8520<br />
|ShortSummary=Cy-Kill unites all the crime families of America into one massive army.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Auto Madic]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=28<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 23]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Mark Zaslove]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8533<br />
|ShortSummary=Cy-Kill creates Puzzler to go up against Courageous, but his new human allies interfere in his plans.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Scooter Enhanced]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=29<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 24]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]], [[Kelly Ward]], and [[Mark Young]]<br>Teleplay by [[Mark Young]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8521<br />
|ShortSummary=Scooter trades in his holo-projector for something with more firepower.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Tarnished Image]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=30<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 25]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]], [[Kelly Ward]], and [[David Schwartz]]<br>Teleplay by [[David Schwartz]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8538<br />
|ShortSummary=The Renegades disguise themselves as the Guardians to ruin the heroes' reputation on Earth.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[In Search of Ancient GoBonauts]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=31<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 28]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Mark Young]], [[Phil Harnage]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Mark Young]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8530<br />
|ShortSummary=Evidence that a legendary evil GoBot visited Earth in ancient times sends the Guardians and Renegades on a race to locate his tomb and the deadly super-weapon within.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Gameworld]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=32<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 29]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Michael Hill]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8519<br />
|ShortSummary=The GoBots are captured by an alien bounty hunter and sold into gladiatorial slavery.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Wolf in the Fold]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=33<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 30]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Michael Reaves]], [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Michael Reaves]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8522<br />
|ShortSummary=Repeated security leaks lead the Guardians to believe that one of their own is a Renegade spy.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Depth Charge]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=34<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[October 31]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[John Bates]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8532<br />
|ShortSummary=The Renegades engage in piracy on the high seas.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Transfer Point]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=35<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 1]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Patrick Barry]], [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Patrick Barry]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8537<br />
|ShortSummary=An Astro-Beam malfunction sends Leader-1 and Scooter to a parallel universe of evil Guardians and heroic Renegades.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Steamer's Defection]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=36<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 4]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]], [[Kelly Ward]], and [[Drew Lawrence]]<br>Teleplay by [[Drew Lawrence]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8527<br />
|ShortSummary=A Renegade named Steamer wants to switch sides, but the Guardians are not convinced.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[The GoBot Who Cried Renegade]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=37<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 5]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Eric Lewald]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Eric Lewald]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8523<br />
|ShortSummary=Scooter creates a new Renegade detector, but its effectiveness is called into question.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[The Seer]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=38<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 6]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Eric Lewald]] and [[Mark Edens]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8535<br />
|ShortSummary=When a young boy starts to see the future, Cy-Kill wants him to envision one without Guardians.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Whiz Kid]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=39<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 7]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Al Pegal]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8529<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Ring of Fire]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=40<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 8]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Michael Humm]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Michael Humm]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8539<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Cy-Kill's Escape]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=41<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 11]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]], [[Kelly Ward]], and [[Peter Anderegg]]<br>Teleplay by [[Peter Anderegg]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8524<br />
|ShortSummary=The Renegades' escape from GoBotron's [[Prison Moon]] offers the Guardians a clue to the whereabouts of the fabled [[Last Engineer]].<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Quest for the Creator]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=42<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 12]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Peter Anderegg]], [[John Loy]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[John Loy]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8534<br />
|ShortSummary=The Guardians' search takes them to [[Antares III]], but the being they find there is not what he appears.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[The Fall of GoBotron]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=43<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 13]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Peter Anderegg]], [[John Loy]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[John Loy]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8541<br />
|ShortSummary=The Renegades use ''[[Roguestar]]'' to launch an all-out attack on Gobotron, while the Guardians finally locate the real Last Engineer.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Flight to Earth]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=44<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 14]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]], [[Kelly Ward]], and [[Peter Anderegg]]<br>Teleplay by [[Peter Anderegg]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8546<br />
|ShortSummary=As GoBotron falls to the Renegades, the Guardians escape to Earth.<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Return to GoBotron]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=45<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 15]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Peter Anderegg]], [[John Loy]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Peter Anderegg]] and [[John Loy]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8552<br />
|ShortSummary=The Last Engineer provides the Guardians with a new weapon with which they can retake their homeworld. <br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Pacific Overtures]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=46<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 18]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Jina Bacarr]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8536<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Destroy All Guardians]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=47<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 19]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Don Glut]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8550<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Escape from Elba]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=48<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 20]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Lee Yuro]] and [[Linda Yuro]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8545<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Fitor to the Finish]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=49<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 21]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Don Glut]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Don Glut]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8531<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Clutch of Doom]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=50<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 22]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Eric Lewald]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Eric Lewald]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8543<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[The Third Column]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=51<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 25]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Eric Lewald]] and [[Mark Edens]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8540<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[A New Suit for Leader-1]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=52<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 26]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Reed Robbins]] and [[Peter Salas]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8544<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Renegade Carnival]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=53<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 27]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Carla Conway]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8542<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[The Gift]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=54<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 28]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Karen Wilson]] and [[Chris Webber]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8547<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Terror in Atlantis]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=55<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[November 29]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Kelly Ward]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Francis Moss]]<br>Teleplay by [[Francis Moss]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8556<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[The Last Magic Man]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=56<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[December 2]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Mark Young]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8548<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Braxis Gone Bonkers]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=57<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[December 3]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Steve DeKorte]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Mark Zaslove]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8551<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Inside Job]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=58<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[December 4]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]], [[Kelly Ward]], and [[J. Larry Carroll]]<br>Teleplay by [[J. Larry Carroll]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8557<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Element of Danger]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=59<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[December 5]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Gordon Bressack]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8549<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Mission: GoBotron]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=60<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[December 6]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Eric Lewald]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Kelly Ward]]<br>Teleplay by [[Eric Lewald]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8558<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[["Et Tu, Cy-Kill"]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=61<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[December 9]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]], [[Kelly Ward]], [[Eric Lewald]], and [[Mark Edens]]<br>Teleplay by [[Eric Lewald]] and [[Mark Edens]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8554<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[The GoBots That Time Forgot]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=62<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[December 10]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[John Loy]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8555<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[The Secret of Halley's Comet]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=63<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[December 11]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=[[Lane Raichert]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8553<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Guardian Academy (episode)|Guardian Academy]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=64<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[December 12]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]], [[Kelly Ward]], [[Mark Young]], and [[Lane Raichert]]<br>Teleplay by [[Mark Young]] and [[Lane Raichert]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8560<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
{{Episode list<br />
|Title=[[Quest for New Earth]]<br />
|EpisodeNumber=65<br />
|OriginalAirDate=[[December 13]], [[1985]]<br />
|Aux1=Story by [[Jeff Segal]], [[Kelly Ward]], and [[John Loy]]<br>Teleplay by [[John Loy]]<br />
|ProdCode=0142-8559<br />
|ShortSummary=<br />
}}<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[/story order|These episodes in the "story order" used by GoBots Wiki for our character write-ups.]]<br />
[[Category: Challenge of the GoBots episodes]]<br />
[[Category: Episode lists]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Seer&diff=3751The Seer2017-09-03T20:30:19Z<p>Chris McFeely: </p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=[[Challenge of the GoBots (cartoon)|Challenge of the GoBots]] ep 38<br />
|prev=The GoBot Who Cried Renegade<br />
|next=Whiz Kid<br />
|image=TheSeer sean roberts.jpg<br />
|caption=<br />
|title= "The Seer"<br />
|airdate=[[November 6]], [[1985]]<br />
|production code=0142-8535<br />
|written by=[[Eric Lewald]] and [[Mark Edens]]<br />
|directed by=<br />
|animation studio=[[Wang Film Productions]]<br />
|production company=[[Hanna-Barbera]]<br />
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'''When a young boy starts to see the future, Cy-Kill wants him to envision one without Guardians.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:TheSeer cykill kidnaps sean.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
A few years ago, following loss of his sight in an accident, young [[Sean Roberts]] develops the ability to see the future. The boy and [[Mrs. Roberts|his mother]] are kept safe by [[UNECOM]], but that all changes when Sean predicts that the [[Renegade]]s will be coming to take him away. Though Sean's predictive record is spotless, UNECOM's [[Major Benedict]] seems unconvinced and fails to adequately safeguard the UNECOM base in which the Robertses live... and inevitably, [[Cy-Kill]]'s band of ne'er-do-wells soon turn up and succeed in spiriting Sean away. Taking the boy to their hideout in a lumber yard, Cy-Kill quickly realize that Sean will not willingly tell him anything, and so begins plotting to abduct the boy's mother in order to "convince" him to share his knowledge of the future.<br />
[[File:TheSeer regenades escape space station.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
The [[Guardian]]s are called in to help rescue Sean, and when planetary probes detect a new Renegade base on [[Saturn]]'s moon [[Triton]], [[Leader-1]], [[Scooter]], and [[Van Guard]] set off to investigate, figuring that is where the boy is being held. Sean's mother requests to accompany them, but Benedict objects, and Leader-1 agrees; instead, Mrs. Roberts is instructed to stay on UNECOM's space station with [[Nick Burns|Nick]], [[A.J. Foster|A.J.]], and [[Turbo]] for her own protection. When Leader-1's team reach Triton, however, they discover that the Renegade base is abandoned—the whole thing is a distraction orchestrated by Benedict, who is secretly a Renegade spy! Benedict deactivates the UNECOM space station's forcefield, allowing the Renegades to attack while most of the Guardians are away, the Renegades launch an attack on the space station, which is left unprotected when Benedict shuts down its protective forcefield. [[Crasher]] and [[Cop-Tur]] board the station to capture Sean's mother, who surprises Crasher when she ''demands'' to be taken to her son. Their mission objective completed with unexpected ease, Cop-Tur decides to take a moment to finish off Nick and A.J., whereupon Turbo comes blasting to their rescue. Crasher and Cop-Tur pull out with Mrs. Roberts, and Turbo gives chase; unfortunately, [[Pincher]] is lurking outside, and the three villains together manage to overpower Turbo and escape with their human captive.<br />
[[File:TheSeer sean in brainstormer.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
Meanwhile, Sean is able to outsmart his dull-witted Renegade jailer [[Block Head]], darting past him and out into the lumber yard, where the clumsy Block Head trips over the massive logs while trying to give chase and collapses a pile of them onto himself. Sean feels his way out of the yard and through the surrounding forest, but his progress is slow; in his absence, Cy-Kill and the other Renegades return to discover he has escaped, and set out to track him down. As morning dawns, Sean finds his way to a road, and flags down a passing motorist for help... but unfortunately, the blind boy does not realize the "motorist" is Crasher in vehicle form! Crasher takes Sean back to the lumber yard, where he is reunited with his mother for scant seconds before Cy-Kill fires a mesmerizing ray from his eyes that saps Mrs. Roberts of her free will. Afraid for his mother's safety, Sean agrees to share his visions of the future with Cy-Kill, but when he has trouble describing what he sees, Cy-Kill hooks him up to the mind-reading [[Brainstormer]] so the Renegades can view the images for themselves. Sean's vision shows the Guardians arriving in the lumber yard and being defeated, so Cy-Kill, confident the future will bring victory, orders the Renegades to launch another attack on UNECOM in order to lure the Guardians to their doom.<br />
[[File:TheSeer benedict interrogated.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
Exposed as a spy, Major Benedict is arrested and taken to [[UNECOM Base Seven]] for interrogation by [[General Newcastle]] and Leader-1's returned team. Benedict refuses to give up any information, fearing for his life in the event that Cy-Kill should find out—a fear that suddenly seems very justified when Crasher, Cop-Tur, Pincher, and Block Head attack the base! Cop-Tur snatches up Benedict while Block Head and Crasher amuse themselves chasing Scooter, but when Turbo and Van Guard gang up on them, they decide it is time to withdraw. Benedict realizes his "rescue" is all a ruse when the villains deliberately deactivate [[Thruster]]'s [[stealth device]], successfully tricking the Guardians, who think it is damaged, into following the craft back to the lumber yard, to the fate Sean has foreseen for them. As soon as they arrive, the Renegades fulfill Sean's visions: Crasher clobbers Turbo with logs, Van Guard is lured into a pit and buried in cement by Block Head, and Cy-Kill, Pincher, and Cop-Tur all gang up on Leader-1, delivering a combined blast that looks to be fatal. Unfortunately for the villains, what they fail to realize is that Leader-1's "dead body" is just another of Scooter's ever-tricky holograms!<br />
[[File:TheSeer renegades defend brainstormer.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
Thinking his old foe is finally no more, Cy-Kill tries to coerce Sean into making more predictions, but Mrs. Roberts shakes off the Renegade leader's mind-control long enough to tell her son not to listen. Cy-Kill mesmerizes Sean's mother a second time, but it's too late; Sean refuses to look into the future, so Cy-Kill throws the Brainstormer into full power to force the images out of the boy's mind. The image that appears on the machine's screen, however, is that of the still-living Leader-1... seconds before the Guardians' [[Command Center]] violently smashes into way into the building! Cy-Kill threatens to overload the Brainstormer and kill Sean, forcing the Guardians to stay their hand... but after the rest of the Renegades have withdrawn, Cy-Kill sends the device into overload anyway! The repentant Benedict comes to Sean's rescue, shutting the machine down, and the Renegades are forced to flee. Sean is unharmed, but discovers that the overloading Brainstormer has stripped him of his precognitive power. Knowing that the loss of this abilities means the Renegades will no longer have any interest in him, the Guardians take him and his mother home... though a little glimpse into the future might have helped them realize they forgot to pull Van Guard out of that cement before they left! <br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
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{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Leader-1]] (12)<br />
* [[Scooter]] (13)<br />
* [[Turbo]] (14)<br />
* [[Van Guard]] (15)<br />
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|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (7)<br />
* [[Crasher]] (8)<br />
* [[Cop-Tur]] (9)<br />
* [[Pincher]] (10)<br />
* [[Block Head]] (11)<br />
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|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
* [[Sean Roberts]] (1)<br />
* [[Mrs. Roberts]] (2)<br />
* [[A.J. Foster]] (3)<br />
* [[Nick Burns]] (4)<br />
* [[Matt Hunter]] (5)<br />
* [[Major Benedict]] (6)<br />
* [[General Newcastle]] (16)<br />
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}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
[[File:TheSeer blockhead looks for sean.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
"Come onnnn, little boyyy, talk to Uncle Cyyy. I'm your paaaal."<br><br />
"You don't sound like anybody's pal!"<br><br />
"''TELL ME THE FUTURE, YOU DISGUSTING LITTLE WRETCH!''"<br />
:—'''''Cy-Kill''' can't con '''Sean'''''<br />
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"Block Head, you...blockhead!"<br />
:—'''''Cy-Kill''' addressing...well, you know.''<br />
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"I didn't talk! I swear!"<br><br />
"Who cares?"<br />
:—''A fearful '''Benedict''' pleads with '''Cop-Tur'''''<br />
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"One more word out of you, and I'll crush you like an egg...Benedict."<br />
:—'''''Cy-Kill''' is genuinely witty sometimes.''<br />
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==Notes==<br />
[[File:TheSeer cykills mesmerizing ray.jpg|right|thumb|375px]]<br />
[[File:TheSeer crasher captures mrs roberts.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:TheSeer turbo logs on.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:TheSeer major benedict.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:TheSeer vanguard in cement.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*This episode features the first appearance of Renegade concrete mixer [[Block Head]] in terms of broadcast order. Like many other characters, though, his chronological first appearance will later come during the "[[The GoBotron Saga|GoBotron Saga]]" mini-series, which takes place before this events of this story.<br />
* Gadgets and Powers: <br />
** Cy-Kill can fire a mesmerizing ray from his optics which temporarily robs Mrs. Roberts of her willpower (pictured).<br />
** Scooter uses a hologram of a defeated Leader-1 to fool the Renegades.<br />
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===Continuity errors===<br />
*Scooter fires [[hand blaster]]s along with Leader-1 and Van Guard when Block Head attacks them as they draw close to the lumber yard, but as we know from "[[Tarnished Image]]" and "[[Scooter Enhanced]]," Scooter doesn't ''have'' hand-blasters.<br />
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===Animation and technical errors===<br />
* General Newcastle is standing on a balcony while addressing Mrs. Roberts instead of with Matt and the Guardians. As a result, when Benedict runs in to deliver his report to Newcastle, he puts his back to the general and addresses the Guardians as if Newcastle is standing with them and not high up on his lofty perch.<br />
* The moon of Triton's name is consistently mispronounced as if it's two distinct words, "Tri-Ton".<br />
* As Crasher menacingly advances on Mrs. Roberts, the whole shot is staged as if it's the end of the scene—Crasher's laughter echoes over a diagonal screenwipe into the next shot, and the background music reaches its crescendo and fades out. But the next scene is... just a shot of Thruster shooting at the space station from outside, which lasts all of four seconds, before things cut back to Crasher and Mrs. Roberts again.<br />
* When Crasher, Cop-Tur, and Pincher fly off to board Thruster, the background painting of space doesn't change between shots, making it look like Thruster just ''pings'' into existence after the trio flies offscreen.<br />
* Pincher's monster head is colored blue instead of gold on his chest when Cy-Kill is threatening Sean and his mother.<br />
* The grey portion of Cop-Tur's chest is blue when he's watching Sean's visions on the Brainstormer.<br />
* When Cy-Kill orders the Renegades off on their mission to "rescue" Benedict, Pincher responds "Yes, Cy-Kill!" but Cop-Tur is animated as speaking the words, with Pincher himself nowhere onscreen.<br />
* After Cop-Tur stuffs the "rescued" Benedict into his chest compartment, there's a metallic "clunk" that indicates the compartment's supposed to close over, as it normally does when any GoBot pulls this trick, but no cover appears, and Cop-Tur flies off with his chest still open. Cover your shame!<br />
* When Scooter scoops up Nick and A.J. to run from the Renegades, they materialize on his scooter seat with the visual and sound effects as if he were making a ''hologram'' of them instead. Then later, they vanish when he transforms. So...what happened to the ''real'' Nick and A.J.?<br />
* When Cop-Tur orders Pincher deactivate Thruster's stealth device, both Renegades briefly go "off-model" in ways that make them look oddly more "human"; Pincher gains a nose, and Cop-Tur an "upper lip," which they retain for most of the remainder of the second act. In the very last shot of the act, Pincher's nose is even miscolored gold, when it's been blue in the other scenes.<br />
* As Cy-Kill activates the Brainstormer for the second time, a circular stain on the animation cel appears above the control panel for a single frame.<br />
* When Cy-Kill gives Mrs. Roberts a second dose of mesmerizing ray, the animation shows the beams hitting her in the chest, rather than the eyes.<br />
* As Cy-Kill threatens to overload the Brainstormer, a blue starburst flashes on Leader-1's chest when he radios the others, instead of the entire segment lighting up like normal.<br />
* When Leader-1 and Turbo pursue the fleeing Renegades, they're obviously ''supposed'' to raise their arms, fire their blasters to blow a hole in the ceiling, and then fly out through it... but in practice, what actually happens is that they raise their arms, a blaster sound effect is heard even though no beams are fired, and the pair them fly out through the hole in the ceiling that was already there for the entire duration of the shot. ''Sigh.''<br />
* The red rectangles on Crasher's chest are missing in the final scene aboard Thruster.<br />
* As Cy-Kill delivers his final line of the episode, his teeth are white instead of their usual yellow.<br />
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===Real-world references===<br />
* The treacherous Benedict is, of course, named after famous traitor {{w|Benedict Arnold}}.<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
;DVD<br />
2015 — ''Challenge of the GoBots'' — The Series, Volume Two (Warner Archive Collection)<br />
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[[Category:Challenge of the GoBots episodes]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=File:TheSeer_regenades_escape_space_station.jpg&diff=3750File:TheSeer regenades escape space station.jpg2017-09-03T20:28:29Z<p>Chris McFeely: {{GBcap|Cop-Tur and Crasher make their escape from UNECOM's space station.|The Seer|5}}</p>
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<div>{{GBcap|[[Major Benedict]] secretly radios [[Cy-Kill]].|The Seer|5}}</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=File:TheSeer_vanguard_in_cement.jpg&diff=3747File:TheSeer vanguard in cement.jpg2017-09-03T20:21:17Z<p>Chris McFeely: {{GBcap|Van Guard buried in cement.|The Seer|5}}</p>
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<div>{{GBcap|[[Crasher]] takes [[Mrs. Roberts]] prisoner.|The Seer|5}}</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=File:TheSeer_renegades_defend_brainstormer.jpg&diff=3745File:TheSeer renegades defend brainstormer.jpg2017-09-03T20:19:59Z<p>Chris McFeely: {{GBcap|Cy-Kill and Pincher defend the Brainstormer to ensure it overloads.|The Seer|5}}</p>
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<div>{{GBcap|[[Cy-Kill]] and [[Pincher]] defend the [[Brainstormer]] to ensure it overloads.|The Seer|5}}</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=File:TheSeer_benedict_interrogated.jpg&diff=3744File:TheSeer benedict interrogated.jpg2017-09-03T20:19:15Z<p>Chris McFeely: {{GBcap|Major Benedict is interrogated.|The Seer|5}}</p>
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<div>{{GBcap|[[Cy-Kill]] kidnaps [[Sean Roberts]].|The Seer|5}}</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=File:TheSeer_sean_roberts.jpg&diff=3739File:TheSeer sean roberts.jpg2017-09-03T18:59:58Z<p>Chris McFeely: {{GBcap|Sean Roberts.|The Seer|5}}</p>
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So GoBots is a show where a lot of the stuff that's been written about it online has been done "by ear," with folk writing down what they ''think'' a name is spelled as. There's a lot we'll likely never know, but there are some things we should iron out now so we're all on the same page when it comes to writing this stuff up. We'll get a "wiki order" of the episodes together soon enough for that purpose, I'm sure, but the one that's jumping out at me today is - '''Gobotron''' or '''GoBotron'''? Certainly all the modern Transformers media has gone without camelCase, as have the WB DVDs, but from the sources we've been adding to the wiki today, so far all the ''classic'' media we've turned up seems to use it, including the "Escape to Planet Earth" storybook, the "GoBotron Saga" VHS cover, and the original Tonka catalogue for the first-year characters. What's anyone think? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 21:55, 12 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I'd go with GoBotron. How things were spelled or parsed in contemporary materials should take precedence. [[User:Creedence|Creedence]] ([[User talk:Creedence|talk]]) 22:08, 12 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:: Agreed, GoBotron. Also, I've got just about all the model sheets, so if there are any spelling questions feel free to shoot them my way. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 00:54, 13 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::I would prefer "Gobotron", but if the 80's media used "GoBotron", then so be it. I feel we must adhere to what was most official back then. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 23:40, 12 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
It looks like "RoGun" should have a hyphen in it ("Ro-Gun"), according to [https://img1.etsystatic.com/001/0/5457530/il_570xN.403728541_endw.jpg the little red dot in the word on the packaging]. Thoughts? [[User:Creedence|Creedence]] ([[User talk:Creedence|talk]]) 17:37, 24 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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==Model Sheets / Spelling==<br />
On spelling and model sheets, how about the general from the pilot mini-series, Jim? Lindley? Lynley? Linley? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 12:20, 13 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Lindley. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 12:35, 13 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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How about the alien from "Renegade Alliance"? I'm thinking "Alva-Nar"... - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 21:20, 17 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Alva-Mar according to the model sheet. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 22:12, 17 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
::They're super-duper-definitely pronouncing "Nar" with an N in the episode itself, so I guess that was changed in production at some point. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 22:36, 17 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Wouldn't be the first time. It can, at the very least, give us a pretty strong hint as to their intentions regarding parsing. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 22:54, 17 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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For "Genius and Son," I'm assuming the scientist is just "Mobius," no silly spelling. Is his invention the "invertor ray" or the "invert-a-ray"? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 16:40, 20 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Mobius, yes. I'm afraid I don't have the ray. My guess would be Invertor. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 18:47, 20 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Model sheet doesn't give Mobius a first name, btw, does it? For "Dawn World," is there a name for the spaceship-base the Renegades are making? Scooter seems to call it the "something-star" but his dialogue is so wavering as to be nearly indecipherable. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 13:58, 21 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::No and no. They just reuse the Rogue Star models so no extra insight there. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 14:56, 21 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Rats. It's not ''identical'' to Roguestar, thought there might be a new model to help... - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 15:10, 21 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::No, not quite, but if they bothered to make a model I don't have it. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 15:34, 21 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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There's a lot of guys in "Lost on GoBotron" that are really hard to peg. "Wrecks" and "Gorn" seem to be a given, do Wrecks's "urchins" have a proper name? There are two gladiators named, one's honestly just an slurring grunt that sounds like "Moar," while I figure the other (who Matt later fights) is "Tung the Ruthless" (I mean, I'd assume it's not literally "tongue"). There's also one later than looks like an elephant, who fights a hairy, fanged one (maybe... "Bondake"? what?) Any hope for these? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 22:27, 29 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Here's what I have: Tung. Gorn. Kal (snouty guy). Urchin. Wreck. Kalimar. And, uh, Mulla and Mullah. Two different spellings for the same guy, scarred alien with two long streaming things on his bald head. Both with the same date. Sigh. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 02:59, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Hey, not too bad on the guessing front, then! If Kal is the elephant-snout guy, you don't have one for the guy he fights, I take it? Mane of hair, pointed ears, loincloth, rat's tail? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 13:19, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Sadly no. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 13:33, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Perhaps it's the guy Leader 1 greets [[Special:Contributions/70.194.238.118|70.194.238.118]] 13:23, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Yeah, I just realized I forgot him! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 13:24, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I think what you hear as Bondake is just supposed to be a general insult like "Fangface". [[Special:Contributions/107.202.57.20|107.202.57.20]] 03:29, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
::That's what I figured but I can't make out a real word in it! Maybe "bark" something? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 13:19, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Is it just "Monster GoBot", or is "Monster Renegade" ever used? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 02:24, 19 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I can't recall it ever being Monster Renegade, but I wouldn't swear to that. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 18:47, 20 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Here's one, Jim - do you have a model sheet for Zeemon in vehicle mode? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 23:28, 31 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Nope. I'm not sure they ever actually made one though. (Unlike Loco, whose vehicle mode I'm also missing.) --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 01:52, 1 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Exactly what I was thinking after digging into "Doppelganger"! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 02:41, 1 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I feel pretty good about "Renegade Rampage," but figured I'd just check. Tri-Ceti with a hyphen? Trindle? Tindel, perhaps? Trevor and Troylene? I haven't moved on to the second part to see if the other two elders are named, do the model sheets have any names for them? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 22:31, 8 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Let's see... We've got Trevor and Troilene, who are both Trindles. No joy on the planet. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 01:23, 9 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Jim, do your model sheets shed any light on the two apparent designs for Puzzler that I've mentioned in the notes for "[[Auto Madic]]"? Also, doubting it, but I don't suppose they have a first name for Mrs. Cocoa? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 23:25, 16 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Hilda and Larry E. Cocoa. The Puzzler model sheet has his right arm together and his left arm split, which seems to me to indicate that both are possible configurations. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 00:30, 17 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Oh nice, I didn't figure she'd have a name! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 12:01, 17 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::On the subject of first names, I doubt Doctor Cunningham from "Ancient GoBonauts" had one, did he? "Gameworld" is next on the list; have you any insight on "Crespas" and... "Ba'usa"? There's no guessing that one... - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 00:02, 28 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Crespas and B'oosa. No joy on Cunningham. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 00:26, 28 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::Ha, there ''was'' an apostrophe in it! Anything for the Gameworld itself? Colob, Kolob, Kolab...? Thinking Kolob for the Mormon reference, based on the religiously-influced naming in TF's "The Gambler" by the same author. Does the robot prisoner have a name? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 16:05, 28 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::Nope, just the big two. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 19:25, 28 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::This is an off the wall one, but how about the farmer from "Nova Beam"? I doubt he has a name but just wondering if there's a more "official" term to describe him with than "farmer." - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 18:57, 5 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::::Didn't he also show up in Wolf in the Fold? [[Special:Contributions/107.202.57.20|107.202.57.20]] 19:05, 5 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::::::In the sense that the model was re-used, but it's enough to create an article for him which is why I'm wondering if there's a good name for it. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 20:12, 5 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::::::In Nova Beam, he's "farmer". In Wolf, he's alternatively "farmer", "dirt farmer", or "dirt-farmer". (There's also a nucleonic converter and a polarity inverter this episode.) --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 21:00, 5 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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More model sheet trivia: early names! <br />
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Professor von Joy -- Professor Q.Bot<br />
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Re-Volt -- Screamer<br />
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Chaos -- Shriek<br />
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Traitor -- Buzz<br />
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--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 00:30, 17 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:They should have stuck with those early ones for the Dread Launchers! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 12:01, 17 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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I understand that [[BuggyMan]]'s name was rendered as such on a model sheet?, but how was his name rendered on his toy packaging? Plus, ''Spatiotemporal Challengers'' wasn't consistent on his name. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 21:05, 11 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:[http://www.toyarchive.com/Gobots/Regular/BuggyManMOSC1a.jpg With the CamelCase on the toy package], as well as in Tonka catalogue entries. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]])<br />
::Model sheet is Buggy Man. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 18:43, 3 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Getting back to work, so, for "Depth Charge," what's the correct spelling for the two native islanders? "Woki" and "Katu"? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 17:04, 3 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Correct. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 18:43, 3 April 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Hey look, I'm back on the horse! So, "The Seer" - Sean? Shawn? Shaun? Does his mum have a first name? - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 18:14, 3 September 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Roguestar or Rogue Star? ==<br />
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I'm confused. Does ''Rogue Star'' have a space or no space? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 07:48, 1 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:It's been presented both ways. However, the original episode title "Quest for Roguestar" presented it without a space, so I take that as gospel unless a ''more'' original source turns up. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 12:28, 1 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Model sheets have a space. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 13:25, 1 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Of course they do. :( Well, my preference is to go by the first published spelling over preliminary data like model sheets, but that's just first instinct. Anybody else? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 13:40, 1 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::As Jim's already detailed a few instances where model sheets use alternate names to what's in the finished episodes, I'm 100% behind "Roguestar" based on its on-screen use. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 13:46, 1 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::I wasn't necessarily suggesting the space based on the model sheet. Though I usually ''hear'' a space when Cy-Kill says the name. I'd want to listen to the other characters, though, because it might just be hammy.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 01:23, 9 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Pics from tfwiki ==<br />
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I assume we can simply reupload any relevant pics (say of the TF released Bug Bites) here as long as we copy over the attributions as well? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 14:28, 18 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Action Toys Machine Robo figures (and Machine Robo as a whole) == <br />
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Should photos and information about the Action Toys Machine Robo figures be added to the relevant pages, even though the toys are for Machine Robo and technically not GoBots? And, in general, where does the wiki stand on Machine Robo information being included? I only ask because I couldn't find anything that said how we're going forward in that regard. [[User:Boy Blunderous|Boy Blunderous]] ([[User talk:Boy Blunderous|talk]]) 00:21, 24 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Work on Machine Robo pages has barely started, but I'm under the impression that the plan is to eventually cover it in full. If that's the case, the Action Toys figures would belong on the same page as the Revenge of Cronos characters. (Which, I'm guessing, would be the same page as the original Machine Robo for all of them except Blue Jet and Rod Drill.) [[User:NovaSaber|NovaSaber]] ([[User talk:NovaSaber|talk]]) 01:04, 24 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Renegade Rhetoric ==<br />
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Do we have a consensus on how to document Renegade Rhetoric on this wiki, particularly the "season 2 episodes"? I've made a few character pages with storylinks to the titles of the "episodes" instead of "Renegade Rhetoric, Mo/Da/Year". Also, do we ultimately plan to have separate "episode" pages for the new 65, keep it on a single Renegade Rhetoric page, or what? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 15:43, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I'd say that the "Renegade Rhetoric Mo/Da/Year" would be equivalent to comic/magazine issue numbers while the "episode titles" would be the equivalent of the story titles within a magazine/comic. Make of that what you will. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 16:44, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I'd always figured we'd give each of the new "episodes" a page for itself that we'd link to in the character write-ups. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 17:28, 30 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Echoes and Fragments ==<br />
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Will it be necessary to duplicate a page for "Echoes and Fragments" on this wiki, or will it be sufficient to just use interwiki links where necessary? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 13:36, 1 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Continuity Notes ==<br />
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I really don't think the gray continuity notes defining each Fun Publication universe are necessary for every character's Fiction section. We pulled back from using so many on the TFwiki, and I think we should do the same here. The details of how CotG, RR, and Withered Hope continuities compare to each other can be described on their individual pages. Each character doesn't need gray notes about it. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 21:16, 8 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Von Joy and Herr Go ==<br />
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Do we have a consensus on whether these character pages should be made at their toy name or cartoon name? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 16:20, 28 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:It was suggested [https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/135861-the-god-damn-gobots-wiki-is-live-pg-10/page-25#entry3418170 here] that the Professor Baron be at just "Von Joy", and [https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/135861-the-god-damn-gobots-wiki-is-live-pg-10/page-25#entry3418221 here] that the Doctor Fiend be at "Doctor Go" (and Tux be at "Stretch") for how he, and Stretch, were notable enough to be at their fiction names instead of their toy names, while all others with fiction names that differ from their toy names weren't as notable to be at anything other than their toy names. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 16:51, 28 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
::If Go/Fiend goes at his cartoon name, should that be "Doctor Go" or "Dr. Go"? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 17:02, 28 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::I see more instances of "Doctor" than "Dr." on this Wiki. But maybe Jim has an official spelling from a model sheet or something. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 15:20, 1 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Model sheet says Dr. Go. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 20:36, 1 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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Also, Mr. Moto, Mister Moto, Motosan, or Moto-San? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 19:13, 1 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Toy is "Mr. Moto". That trumps the ''Et Tu, Cy-Kill'' model sheet "Motosan". --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 20:36, 1 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
::"Last Sunset" also went with "Mr. Moto". [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:27, 1 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Power Suits? ==<br />
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How to set up Power Suits articles? Separate pages for each model? One page for all four Power Suits? One page for all ''eight'' Power Suits, or separate Guardian and Renegade Power Suit pages? Courageous and Power Suits on one page or separate ones? Other questions I've forgotten? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 18:13, 7 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
:Without thinking too deeply about it, I'd already imagined one page for [[Power Suit]]s, to talk about their individual powers and include fictional write-ups that that didn't involve forming Courageous in the cartoon, another page for [[Power Warrior]]s, and then individual pages for [[Courgeous]] (the ship and the combiner together), [[Grungy]], and [[Nemesis]]. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 21:13, 7 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== "The Long Game" ==<br />
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''The Long Game'' is a "Dreamwave comics" story from the Quadwal universe where GoBots surpassed Transformers. It takes place between the two five-part episode sagas in the original cartoon, explaining how Cy-Kill wound up imprisoned between ''[[The Final Conflict]]'' and ''[[Cy-Kill's Escape]]''. On TFwiki, I imagine we'd make a separate header in the Fiction sections for a Dreamwave short story retcon like this, a la {{t|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}. Given the more streamlined presentation we're going for on GBwiki, though, I think we should just leave it under the Renegade Rhetoric header where applicable, with or without a Note explaining. Thoughts? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 13:17, 14 March 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Rock Lords? ==<br />
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So are we going to make character pages for them? --[[User:Darth Gonzo|Darth Gonzo]] ([[User talk:Darth Gonzo|talk]]) 03:30, 25 August 2017 (UTC)<br />
: Feel free. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 15:32, 28 August 2017 (UTC)</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_GoBot_Who_Cried_Renegade&diff=3737The GoBot Who Cried Renegade2017-09-03T18:13:25Z<p>Chris McFeely: /* Continuity errors */</p>
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|otherseries=[[Challenge of the GoBots (cartoon)|Challenge of the GoBots]] ep 37<br />
|prev=Steamer's Defection<br />
|next=The Seer<br />
|image=GoBotWhoCriedRenegade renegades detected.jpg<br />
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|title= "The GoBot Who Cried Renegade"<br />
|airdate=[[November 5]], [[1985]]<br />
|production code=0142-8523<br />
|story by=[[Eric Lewald]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Kelly Ward]]<br />
|teleplay by=[[Eric Lewald]]<br />
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|animation studio=[[Wang Film Productions]]<br />
|production company=[[Hanna-Barbera]]<br />
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'''Scooter creates a new Renegade detector, but its effectiveness is called into question.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
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The [[Guardian]]s and their [[human]] friends are spending their downtime cruising around space, with everyone except [[Turbo]] enjoying the peace and quiet. Turbo soon gets his wish for excitement, however, when a distress call comes in from [[Rest-Q]], requesting aid at a Guardian industrial outpost that has been struck by the [[Renegade]]s—the latest in a series of successful attacks the villains have been able to perpetrate thanks to their [[stealth device]]. The Guardians speed to the rescue, and while [[Leader-1]] and Turbo take the fight to the Renegades, Scooter goes to the aid of Rest-Q, who has been injured by [[Crasher]] while trying to help the wounded [[Heat Seeker]]. Unfortunately, Crasher is still hanging around when Scooter arrivess; she tosses the little [[GoBot]] into a nearby lake, and blasts a cluster of live electrical wires down around him. Leader-1 and Turbo break off their battle to come to help Scooter, blasting the wires away before they can hit the water, and the Renegades escape.<br />
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A frustrated [[Zeemon]] demands the Guardians find a solution to the spate of Renegade attacks. Reasoning that the Renegades cannot use their stealth device while their weapons are operational, Leader-1's best solution is to have Scooter amplify the Guardians' detection equipment so they can at least detect the Renegades ''as'' they attack, rather than after. Scooter contacts a human scientist friend of his named [[Billy]] for some help on the project, and Billy transmits through the specs for a new experimental system he is working on. Unfortunately, the Renegades are monitoring the transmission and get ahold of the specs too; once Scooter has completed his detector, they are able to feed it false information, making the Guardians think they are about to launch an attack on [[GoBotron]]'s [[Spa Moon]]. Leader-1 alerts the moon's overseer [[Spay-C]] and calls for a full evacuation... but when no Renegade threat materializes, Zeemon is less than pleased to have had his visit to the moon spoiled and warns against trusting Scooter's untested device so blindly. Scooter is depressed that his new device has apparently failed, only to then be tricked by another phony alert warning of an attack on the [[Moon of Knowledge]]. Assured by Scooter that the alert has been triple-checked, Leader-1 again sends a warning to the moon, throwing it into a panic. But of course, no attack comes, and a furious Zeemon demotes Leader-1's team to cargo hauling duty for a month.<br />
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The dejected Scooter contacts Billy for advice, but while he is on the line with him, the Renegades, seeking to tie up loose ends, attack Billy's lab and take him hostage. Scooter tries to tell the other Guardians, but after two false alarms, they don't believe him, so he takes a shuttle and heads for [[Earth]] on his own. Disguising his craft with a hologram of a cloud, Scooter tails the Renegades' [[Thruster]] to their secret underground base, where Billy is strapped into the mind-reading [[Brainstormer]] so the Renegades can pillage his mind of all his scientific knowledge. Fortunately, the thoughts at the forefront of Billy's teenage mind—like girls, chores, and pimple cream—stymie the machine long enough for Scooter navigate the tunnels that lead into the base. Scooter blasts Billy free of the Brainstormer, and the pair flee into the tunnels, with [[Cy-Kill]] and Crasher hot on their heels. The two Renegades think they have their quarry cornered in a dead end, but soon find that they have once again been tricked by Scooter's trustworthy holograms as the genuine articles zoom past them while they are distracted. Billy taunts Cy-Kill into firing after them, and the Renegade leader's blast triggers a cave-in that buries him and Crasher while Scooter and his pal beat retreat.<br />
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[[File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade energy grid.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
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Meanwhile, Leader-1 discovers Scooter's absence and deduces that he has gone to Billy's lab. The Command Center makes its way to Earth, where the Guardians and human learn about the Renegade attack and discover that Scooter was telling the truth. Convinced by this to use his detector again, the heroes are able to locate the Renegades base and arrive just after Cy-Kil and Crasher have dug themselves out. [[Nick Burns|Nick]] and [[A.J. Foster|A.J.]] stay with the Command Center while Leader-1, Turbo, and [[Matt Hunter|Matt]] head into the tunnels. Though surprised by their appearance, Cy-Kill isn't one to let an opportunity pass him by, and pulls a switch that drops them into a pit surrounded by an electromagnetic field that neutralizes their blasters and jets. Worse yet, a deadly energy grid begins to close in around them!<br />
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[[File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade dig it out.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
Elsewhere in the tunnels, Scooter and Billy have gotten thoroughly lost. Through the rock, they hear the sound of their friends' voices, and manage to chip a hole through the wall, into the pit, big enough for Billy to fit through. Scooter removes a circuit board from his body and Billy takes it through the hole to Leader-1, who follows Scooter's directions to combine it with his own propulsion systems to generate enough energy to counteract the electromagnetic pulse. The gamble works, and the Guardians blast their way out of the energy grid. The Renegades start to flee in Thruster, but the Guardians trick them by pursuing without the Command Center. Thinking the Guardians have been caught without their ship, Cy-Kill turns Thruster to open fire on them, only to then be blindsided when Nick and A.J. bring the Command Center into action. The Renegades quickly trigger their stealth device and make a hasty escape, while the Guardians celebrate their victory and apologize to Scooter for not trusting him.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Leader-1]] (1)<br />
* [[Turbo]] (2)<br />
* [[Scooter]] (6)<br />
* [[Rest-Q]] (7)<br />
* [[Heat Seeker]] (10)<br />
* [[Night Ranger]] (11)<br />
* [[Scratch]] (12)<br />
* [[Zeemon]] (15)<br />
* [[Spay-C]] (17)<br />
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|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (8)<br />
* [[Fitor]] (9)<br />
* [[Cop-Tur]] (13)<br />
* [[Crasher]] (14)<br />
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|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
* [[Matt Hunter]] (3)<br />
* [[Nick Burns]] (4)<br />
* [[A.J. Foster]] (5)<br />
* [[Billy]] (16)<br />
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|h4=Others|c4=<br />
* Head Librarian (18)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"I ''love'' a moving target!"<br />
:—'''''Crasher'''''<br />
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"Crasher, I believe the Brainstormer will work ''just'' as well on a discon''nect''ed brain as one one that is still in use!"<br><br />
"Nyaha-haha-ha-ha-haaaaaa! Let's ''try!''"<br />
:—'''''Cy-Kill''' and '''Crasher''' threaten Scooter and Billy''<br />
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==Notes==<br />
[[File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade spayc.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade spa moon.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade library aliens.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade energy grid breakout.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
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===Continuity notes===<br />
* This episode continues to introduce GoBotron's copious themed moons; Spa Moon and the Moon of Knowledge join the [[Moon of Shadows]] from "[[Doppelganger]]" and the [[Moon of Fire]] from "[[Tarnished Image]]."<br />
* Spay-C makes her debut in the series proper this episode as the overseer of Spa Moon, following a silent appearance of the back of her head in the [[The Final Conflict|final episode]] of the [[Battle for GoBotron (mini-series)|pilot mini-series]].<br />
* Much is made this episode of GoBotron's alliance with other worlds, with Zeemon concerned that the Guardian will be seen as unable to defend against the Renegade threat, and numerous aliens—including humans—are seen perusing the libraries of the Moon of Knowledge (pictured at right). GoBotron formally allied with numerous other planets against the Renegades back in "[[Lost on GoBotron]]." <br />
* Gadgets and Powers: <br />
** Rest Q can levitate his patients onto his roof in vehicle mode, using beams from his headlights.<br />
** Scooter uses a hologram to disguise his shuttle as a cloud. A fast moving cloud.<br />
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===Real-world references===<br />
*This episode takes its title from the Aesop fable, "{{w|The Boy Who Cried Wolf}}."<br />
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===Continuity and plotting errors===<br />
*It doesn't really make any sense for the Guardians to not believe Scooter. The false alarms were considered the result of equipment failure, but Scooter actually saw the Renegades attack Billy ''with his own eyes.''<br />
*Prior to the first commercial break, Crasher is in Billy's lab with Cy-Kill, looming over the boy. After the break, she's suddenly outside tearing the joint up with Cop-Tur while Cy-Kill menaces Billy alone.<br />
*While in vehicle mode, Scooter blasts Billy free of the Brainstormer... but, uh, Scooter doesn't ''have'' blasters.<br />
*Nick credits Scooter's detection device with leading the Guardians to Billy's lab, but in fact, it was Leader-1 who deduced that that's where they should go. This would already be a logical presumption based on what Scooter had been trying to tell them before leaving, but the episode implicitly shows Leader-1 coming to this conclusion because he sees Billy's wrecked lab on the monitor at Scooter's workstation... but that was just the communication feed from Billy's lab Scooter saw him over earlier, not the detection device (because the detector is explicitly stated to not provide visuals). But even ''that'' doesn't really make any sense, because the feed ''cut out'' while Scooter was watching!<br />
* As Leader-1 blasts the energy grid into nothingness, he cries "Watch out, Scoot!" - but Scooter's not in the room, or anywhere in sight, or in any obvious danger from the grid. Something deleted here?<br />
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===Animation and technical errors===<br />
* In the full-body shot of Rest-Q transforming, his visor is miscolored grey like the rest of his helmet, and a strip on the front of what's supposed to be his mouthplate is coloured like the visor instead, giving him the appearance of having a really tiny face.<br />
* When Scooter videocalls Billy for the first time, the background painting of Billy's lab is already visible on Scooter's screen, over which Billy himself then fades in. The same thing happens again when Zeemon calls in from Spa Moon, and again, in reverse, when Billy's second call with Scooter comes to an end.<br />
* Zeemon's call is depicted as coming in through the screen of Scooter's detection device, rather than the Command Center's communications console. Then, when the alert for the Moon of Knowledge is received, it comes in through the Command Center console, rather than the detector!<br />
* On his second call, Zeemon appears on the viewscreen, but the background is that of open space from the Command Center's cockpit behind the viewer.<br />
* Leader-1's mouth blinks out for a frame when he tells Scooter to get some rest.<br />
* When Cy-Kill orders Fitor to repair the Brainstormer, Fitor's nose is miscolored black.<br />
* Both Cy-Kill and Crasher are animated as laughing at Cy-Kill's "disconnected brain" line, when only Crasher's actress does so, making it look at one point like her laughter is coming out of Cy-Kill's mouth.<br />
* Cy-Kill is "clean shaven" when he drops the energy bands on Leader-1 and the others in the pit.<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
*Scooter's detection device conspicuously recycles the design of the [[Astro-Beam]] protector.<br />
*Scooter's shuttle is a slightly off-model rendering of the [[NASA]] shuttle ''[[Intrepid]]'' from the [[Battle for GoBotron|pilot episode]].<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
;DVD<br />
2015 — ''Challenge of the GoBots'' — The Series, Volume Two (Warner Archive Collection)<br />
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[[Category:Challenge of the GoBots episodes]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Seer&diff=3736The Seer2017-09-03T18:12:45Z<p>Chris McFeely: </p>
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|otherseries=[[Challenge of the GoBots (cartoon)|Challenge of the GoBots]] ep 38<br />
|prev=The GoBot Who Cried Renegade<br />
|next=Whiz Kid<br />
|image=<br />
|caption=<br />
|title= "The Seer"<br />
|airdate=[[November 6]], [[1985]]<br />
|production code=0142-8535<br />
|written by=[[Eric Lewald]] and [[Mark Edens]]<br />
|directed by=<br />
|animation studio=[[Wang Film Productions]]<br />
|production company=[[Hanna-Barbera]]<br />
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'''When a young boy starts to see the future, Cy-Kill wants him to envision one without Guardians.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
A few years ago, following loss of his sight in an accident, young [[Sean Roberts]] develops the ability to see the future. The boy and [[Mrs. Roberts|his mother]] are kept safe by [[UNECOM]], but that all changes when Sean predicts that the [[Renegade]]s will be coming to take him away. Though Sean's predictive record is spotless, UNECOM's [[Major Benedict]] seems unconvinced and fails to adequately safeguard the UNECOM base in which the Robertses live... and inevitably, [[Cy-Kill]]'s band of ne'er-do-wells soon turn up and succeed in spiriting Sean away. Taking the boy to their hideout in a lumber yard, Cy-Kill quickly realize that Sean will not willingly tell him anything, and so begins plotting to abduct the boy's mother in order to "convince" him to share his knowledge of the future.<br />
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The [[Guardian]]s are called in to help rescue Sean, and when planetary probes detect a new Renegade base on [[Saturn]]'s moon [[Triton]], [[Leader-1]], [[Scooter]], and [[Van Guard]] set off to investigate, figuring that is where the boy is being held. Sean's mother requests to accompany them, but Benedict objects, and Leader-1 agrees; instead, Mrs. Roberts is instructed to stay on UNECOM's space station with [[Nick Burns|Nick]], [[A.J. Foster|A.J.]], and [[Turbo]] for her own protection. When Leader-1's team reach Triton, however, they discover that the Renegade base is abandoned—the whole thing is a distraction orchestrated by Benedict, who is secretly a Renegade spy! Benedict deactivates the UNECOM space station's forcefield, allowing the Renegades to attack while most of the Guardians are away, the Renegades launch an attack on the space station, which is left unprotected when Benedict shuts down its protective forcefield. [[Crasher]] and [[Cop-Tur]] board the station to capture Sean's mother, who surprises Crasher when she ''demands'' to be taken to her son. Their mission objective completed with unexpected ease, Cop-Tur decides to take a moment to finish off Nick and A.J., whereupon Turbo comes blasting to their rescue. Crasher and Cop-Tur pull out with Mrs. Roberts, and Turbo gives chase; unfortunately, [[Pincher]] is lurking outside, and the three villains together manage to overpower Turbo and escape with their human captive.<br />
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Meanwhile, Sean is able to outsmart his dull-witted Renegade jailer [[Block Head]], darting past him and out into the lumber yard, where the clumsy Block Head trips over the massive logs while trying to give chase and collapses a pile of them onto himself. Sean feels his way out of the yard and through the surrounding forest, but his progress is slow; in his absence, Cy-Kill and the other Renegades return to discover he has escaped, and set out to track him down. As morning dawns, Sean finds his way to a road, and flags down a passing motorist for help... but unfortunately, the blind boy does not realize the "motorist" is Crasher in vehicle form! Crasher takes Sean back to the lumber yard, where he is reunited with his mother for scant seconds before Cy-Kill fires a mesmerizing ray from his eyes that saps Mrs. Roberts of her free will. Afraid for his mother's safety, Sean agrees to share his visions of the future with Cy-Kill, but when he has trouble describing what he sees, Cy-Kill hooks him up to the mind-reading [[Brainstormer]] so the Renegades can view the images for themselves. Sean's vision shows the Guardians arriving in the lumber yard and being defeated, so Cy-Kill, confident the future will bring victory, orders the Renegades to launch another attack on UNECOM in order to lure the Guardians to their doom.<br />
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Exposed as a spy, Major Benedict is arrested and taken to [[UNECOM Base Seven]] for interrogation by [[General Newcastle]] and Leader-1's returned team. Benedict refuses to give up any information, fearing for his life in the event that Cy-Kill should find out—a fear that suddenly seems very justified when Crasher, Cop-Tur, Pincher, and Block Head attack the base! Cop-Tur snatches up Benedict while Block Head and Crasher amuse themselves chasing Scooter, but when Turbo and Van Guard gang up on them, they decide it is time to withdraw. Benedict realizes his "rescue" is all a ruse when the villains deliberately deactivate [[Thruster]]'s [[stealth device]], successfully tricking the Guardians, who think it is damaged, into following the craft back to the lumber yard, to the fate Sean has foreseen for them. As soon as they arrive, the Renegades fulfill Sean's visions: Crasher clobbers Turbo with logs, Van Guard is lured into a pit and buried in cement by Block Head, and Cy-Kill, Pincher, and Cop-Tur all gang up on Leader-1, delivering a combined blast that looks to be fatal. Unfortunately for the villains, what they fail to realize is that Leader-1's "dead body" is just another of Scooter's ever-tricky holograms!<br />
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Thinking his old foe is finally no more, Cy-Kill tries to coerce Sean into making more predictions, but Mrs. Roberts shakes off the Renegade leader's mind-control long enough to tell her son not to listen. Cy-Kill mesmerizes Sean's mother a second time, but it's too late; Sean refuses to look into the future, so Cy-Kill throws the Brainstormer into full power to force the images out of the boy's mind. The image that appears on the machine's screen, however, is that of the still-living Leader-1... seconds before the Guardians' [[Command Center]] violently smashes into way into the building! Cy-Kill threatens to overload the Brainstormer and kill Sean, forcing the Guardians to stay their hand... but after the rest of the Renegades have withdrawn, Cy-Kill sends the device into overload anyway! The repentant Benedict comes to Sean's rescue, shutting the machine down, and the Renegades are forced to flee. Sean is unharmed, but discovers that the overloading Brainstormer has stripped him of his precognitive power. Knowing that the loss of this abilities means the Renegades will no longer have any interest in him, the Guardians take him and his mother home... though a little glimpse into the future might have helped them realize they forgot to pull Van Guard out of that cement before they left! <br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
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{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Leader-1]] (12)<br />
* [[Scooter]] (13)<br />
* [[Turbo]] (14)<br />
* [[Van Guard]] (15)<br />
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|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (7)<br />
* [[Crasher]] (8)<br />
* [[Cop-Tur]] (9)<br />
* [[Pincher]] (10)<br />
* [[Block Head]] (11)<br />
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|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
* [[Sean Roberts]] (1)<br />
* [[Mrs. Roberts]] (2)<br />
* [[A.J. Foster]] (3)<br />
* [[Nick Burns]] (4)<br />
* [[Matt Hunter]] (5)<br />
* [[Major Benedict]] (6)<br />
* [[General Newcastle]] (16)<br />
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}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"Come onnnn, little boyyy, talk to Uncle Cyyy. I'm your paaaal."<br><br />
"You don't sound like anybody's pal!"<br><br />
"''TELL ME THE FUTURE, YOU DISGUSTING LITTLE WRETCH!''"<br />
:—'''''Cy-Kill''' can't con '''Sean'''''<br />
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"Block Head, you...blockhead!"<br />
:—'''''Cy-Kill''' addressing...well, you know.''<br />
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"I didn't talk! I swear!"<br><br />
"Who cares?"<br />
:—''A fearful '''Benedict''' pleads with '''Cop-Tur'''''<br />
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"One more word out of you, and I'll crush you like an egg...Benedict."<br />
:—'''''Cy-Kill''' is genuinely witty sometimes.''<br />
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==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
*This episode features the first appearance of Renegade concrete mixer [[Block Head]] in terms of broadcast order. Like many other characters, though, his chronological first appearance will later come during the "[[The GoBotron Saga|GoBotron Saga]]" mini-series, which takes place before this events of this story.<br />
* Gadgets and Powers: <br />
** Cy-Kill can fire a mesmerizing ray from his optics which temporarily robs Mrs. Roberts of her willpower.<br />
** Scooter uses a hologram of a defeated Leader-1 to fool the Renegades.<br />
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===Continuity errors===<br />
*Scooter fires [[hand blaster]]s along with Leader-1 and Van Guard when Block Head attacks them as they draw close to the lumber yard, but as we know from "[[Tarnished Image]]" and "[[Scooter Enhanced]]," Scooter doesn't ''have'' hand-blasters.<br />
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===Animation and technical errors===<br />
* General Newcastle is standing on a balcony while addressing Mrs. Roberts instead of with Matt and the Guardians. As a result, when Benedict runs in to deliver his report to Newcastle, he puts his back to the general and addresses the Guardians as if Newcastle is standing with them and not high up on his lofty perch.<br />
* The moon of Triton's name is consistently mispronounced as if it's two distinct words, "Tri-Ton".<br />
* As Crasher menacingly advances on Mrs. Roberts, the whole shot is staged as if it's the end of the scene—Crasher's laughter echoes over a diagonal screenwipe into the next shot, and the background music reaches its crescendo and fades out. But the next scene is... just a shot of Thruster shooting at the space station from outside, which lasts all of four seconds, before things cut back to Crasher and Mrs. Roberts again.<br />
* When Crasher, Cop-Tur, and Pincher fly off to board Thruster, the background painting of space doesn't change between shots, making it look like Thruster just ''pings'' into existence after the trio flies offscreen.<br />
* Pincher's monster head is colored blue instead of gold on his chest when Cy-Kill is threatening Sean and his mother.<br />
* The grey portion of Cop-Tur's chest is blue when he's watching Sean's visions on the Brainstormer.<br />
* When Cy-Kill orders the Renegades off on their mission to "rescue" Benedict, Pincher responds "Yes, Cy-Kill!" but Cop-Tur is animated as speaking the words, with Pincher himself nowhere onscreen.<br />
* When Scooter scoops up Nick and A.J. to run from the Renegades, they materialize on his scooter seat with the visual and sound effects as if he were making a ''hologram'' of them instead. Then later, they vanish when he transforms. So...what happened to the ''real'' Nick and A.J.?<br />
* When Cop-Tur orders Pincher deactivate Thruster's stealth device, both Renegades briefly go "off-model" in ways that make them look oddly more "human"; Pincher gains a nose, and Cop-Tur an "upper lip," which they retain for most of the remainder of the second act. In the very last shot of the act, Pincher's nose is even miscolored gold, when it's been blue in the other scenes.<br />
* As Cy-Kill activates the Brainstormer for the second time, a circular stain on the animation cel appears above the control panel for a single frame.<br />
* When Cy-Kill gives Mrs. Roberts a second dose of mesmerizing ray, the animation shows the beams hitting her in the chest, rather than the eyes.<br />
* As Cy-Kill threatens to overload the Brainstormer, a blue starburst flashes on Leader-1's chest when he radios the others, instead of the entire segment lighting up like normal.<br />
* When Leader-1 and Turbo pursue the fleeing Renegades, they're obviously ''supposed'' to raise their arms, fire their blasters to blow a hole in the ceiling, and then fly out through it... but in practice, what actually happens is that they raise their arms, a blaster sound effect is heard even though no beams are fired, and the pair them fly out through the hole in the ceiling that was already there for the entire duration of the shot. ''Sigh.''<br />
* The red rectangles on Crasher's chest are missing in the final scene aboard Thruster.<br />
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===Real-world references===<br />
* The treacherous Benedict is, of course, named after famous traitor {{w|Benedict Arnold}}.<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
;DVD<br />
2015 — ''Challenge of the GoBots'' — The Series, Volume Two (Warner Archive Collection)<br />
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[[Category:Challenge of the GoBots episodes]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Chris_McFeely&diff=3735User talk:Chris McFeely2017-09-03T17:06:14Z<p>Chris McFeely: /* Voice actor notes to myself */</p>
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== Spay-C's voice actor ==<br />
I know it's far from reliable, but it's the only one I've found so far: IMDB specifically lists Tress MacNeille as Spay-C's VA. In the absence of anything else against it, it seems to me that it would be better to go with that than guesswork. [[User:Ayellowbirds|Ayellowbirds]] ([[User talk:Ayellowbirds|talk]]) 23:35, 8 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:I know what you mean, but the IMDB's just some ancient fan guesswork too, just more established - and that's absolutely not Tress MacNeille's voice. There's like ten actresses total in the GoBots voice cast, and I checked through them all before I came to the current ID conclusion. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]])<br />
::Fair enough. - [[User:Ayellowbirds|Ayellowbirds]] ([[User talk:Ayellowbirds|talk]]) 23:59, 8 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Sadly I think this is a problem we'll face a lot as we go on, and we'll have a lot of blank voice actor entries. :\ - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 00:02, 9 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
::::Should we perhaps leave them as "uncredited", then? - [[User:Ayellowbirds|Ayellowbirds]] ([[User talk:Ayellowbirds|talk]]) 00:06, 9 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::::Certainly a "?" or something - better to say "we dunno" than omit the entry, which a casual reader could imply meant the character didn't speak. "Uncredited" probably isn't the right word - they're no more uncredited than most other cast members, you know? Like, some of 'em got lucky and were in the movie and so got named credits, but nothing ever said "Peter Cullen as Tank" or "Paul Eiding as Scorp" but we know that's them because we know those actors well from Transformers. There'll be ''some'' we can process-of-elimination - the original mini-series, for instance, has a separate set of credits to the series proper with far fewer names that'll allow us to deduce at least a ''few'' of the supporting cast we don't know (Geeper-Creeper and Buggyman spring to mind). The unavailability of, and sheer disinterest in, GoBots is probably the only reason no groups of people have seriously knuckled down to try and figure this out yet. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 00:15, 9 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
== Twister's voice actor ==<br />
Hey, quick question. What source did you use to know that Dick Gautier voiced Twister? Because I haven't seen anything mention him playing Twister (though IMDB lists him as playing Sky Jack, but that is the only place I can find that, so...) [[User:SoundJack426|SoundJack426]] ([[User talk:SoundJack426|talk]]) 03:30, 11 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
:No source, just my own ears recognising him in "Et Tu Cy-Kill". - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 10:30, 11 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Considering how many characters there are that I don't know who their voice actor is, I'll gladly take that as a valid source. [[User:SoundJack426|SoundJack426]] ([[User talk:SoundJack426|talk]]) 13:00, 11 January 2017 (UTC)<br />
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== Voice actor notes to myself ==<br />
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Battle for GoBotron" mini<br />
*Hans-Cuff - Really leaning toward Bob Ridgley at this point<br />
*Geeper Creeper - Likewise Bob Holt<br />
*General Lindley - Walter Mathews is the only credited actor with no obvious role...<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Time Wars"<br />
*Professor Ling - Soon Tec Oh?<br />
*BuggyMan<br />
*Emperor<br />
*Centurion<br />
*Blacksmith<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"It's the Thought that Counts"<br />
*Defendor/Dozer - Peter Cullen (does he reprise later?)<br />
*Von Joy - they say it's Phil Hartman, but I've never been 100% convinced<br />
*Clive - ?<br />
*Geeper Creeper has a single line in this episode - he doesn't appear to share an actor with Clive or Von Joy, suggests he is voiced by one of the regular cast. Bob Holt?<br />
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|width="20%" valign="top"|"Trident's Triple Threat"<br />
*General Orlando - Frank Welker<br />
*Trident - Philip Clarke<br />
*Loco - ? Only a handful of lines, logically must be one of the episode's otherwise-established cast, ''heavily'' distorted voice<br />
*Soldier on radio - Arthur Burghardt<br />
*President - Frank Welker<br />
*Prime Minister - Marilyn Lightstone or B.J. Ward, by default<br />
|}<br />
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{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Renegade Alliance"<br />
*Alva-Nar - ?<br />
*Alva-Nar's computer - ?<br />
*Staks - same voice as Nova Beam, but only four lines... would an actor not playing any other roles in the episode be called in for this?<br />
*Wrong Way - Welker, seems to be an Ed Wynn impression<br />
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|width="20%" valign="top"|"Speed is of the Essence"<br />
*Slicks - Frank Welker<br />
*Don - Pretty sure that's Michael Sheehan<br />
*Greg<br />
*Rick - Brian Tochi?<br />
*Bill<br />
*With Van Guard in this episode, Ken Campbell could logically be doubling up as any of these guys...<br />
*Race trophy presenter - Peter Cullen<br />
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|width="20%" valign="top"|Genius and Son<br />
*Doctor Mobius - Allan Oppenheimer, unmistakable<br />
*Danny Mobius - genuine child actor; means this ''must'' be 11-year-old Josh Rodine<br />
*Scratch- only two lines, has to be another member of the cast, isn't Oppenheimer, soooo...?<br />
*Station staff member - almost certain that's Gordon Hunt doing a fill-in like Wally Burr used to on G1; does this mean he's Scratch?<br />
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|width="20%" valign="top"|Dawn World<br />
*"Witch Doctor" - Peter Cullen<br />
*I do not believe Tress MacNeille is Vamp. She only ''sort'' of sounds like her, and MacNeille's recognizable voice is never heard providing additional voices in any Vamp episodes I have yet sampled. MacNeille DOES provide guest characters in "The Seer," which does NOT feature Vamp. Further, Vamp speaks, like, less than ten words in this episode, and as Anya Turgenova is in this one too, this logically points to her actress, Gail Matthius (who we know ''must'' play Anya, because she was the only other female actor credited for the pilot besides Marilyn Lightstone), being Vamp. <br />
|}<br />
<br />
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Nova Beam" <br />
*Prison guard - Peter Cullen<br />
*Good Knight/Farmer - Philip Clarke<br />
*Von Joy and Staks share an actor<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"21st Level"<br />
*Exor - BJ Ward<br />
*Insectoids - Frank Welker<br />
*UNECOM soldier in pt 1 - single line, sounds like that guy from "Genius and Son"; growing confident it's Gordon Hunt<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Lost on GoBotron"<br />
Literally not a goddamn clue.<br />
*Wrecks <br />
*Gorn<br />
*Fly Trap<br />
*Calamar<br />
*Watchpost 7<br />
*Tung the Ruthless<br />
*Elephant gladiator - Welker<br />
*One of the speaking urchins and pink-skinned gladiator seem to share a female actor<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Shrinking Ray"<br />
*John - even at 13 years old, there's no mistaking Scott "Robin" Menville<br />
*Nathan - actual child actor means this has got to be 13yr old Shavar Ross, only black kid actor credited<br />
*Nathan's mom - only two black actresses credited are Banfield and Braxton...<br />
*Postman - Eiding<br />
*Nathan's other friend - Welker<br />
|}<br />
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Quest for Roguestar" <br />
*Space Ace - Paul Eiding<br />
*Skuttlebuster - doesn't sound like anyone else in the episode. Bob Holt by process of elimination?<br />
*Russian miners - Eiding, Cullen, someone else<br />
*Grumpy Seta 6 staffer - Eiding<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Renegade Rampage"<br />
*Troylene - Jennifer Darling. You can't mistake Irma!<br />
*Trevor - ?<br />
*Cyrus - Welker<br />
*Other elders - Thinking purple robes might be Ken Mars; on the look-out for him<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Ultra Zod<br />
*William - Arthur Burghardt<br />
*Katherine - whichever one of Banfield and Braxton isn't Nathan's mum...<br />
*Mayor - Redis Cordic, weirdly<br />
*Kids - who knows, probably just the actress who plays Katherine<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Sentinel"<br />
*Sentinel - Allan Melvin<br />
*Factory foreman - Increasing confidence in Gordon Hunt<br />
|}<br />
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Cold Spell" <br />
*Frost - Andre Stojka<br />
*Sidney - ?<br />
*Dive-Dive - ?<br />
*UNECOM operator - Gordon Hunt<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Crime Wave" <br />
*Getaway driver/Fly Trap driver - ?<br />
*Murchison - Allan Melvin<br />
*Eyepatch guy - Gordon Hunt?<br />
* Burly criminal, "shut up fatso" - Same guy as Flip Top<br />
*"Fatso" - Welker<br />
* Gold repository guard - Phillip Clarke<br />
* Stretch - muhdunno, but I notice Welker takes over the role in the one episode recorded after Bob Holt's death, so does that mean he was Bob Holt?<br />
* Flip-Top - mmmmmmmaybe Daryl Hickman...?<br />
* Fly Trap doesn't speak, indicating his actor is not part of this episode's cast.<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Auto Madic" <br />
*Gold guards - Hunt, Cullen<br />
*Cocoa - Welker<br />
*Coca's wife - ? (Mathius since Vamp is in this one? Guessing not just on paucity of female roles in series...)<br />
*Female customer - Lightstone<br />
*Staks has only two lines, but in his regular voice. Seems to be the same actor as the disgruntled customer who announces "I want my money back!" at the end.<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Scooter Enhanced" <br />
*Race announcer - ?<br />
*BuggyMan and Fly Trap sound damnably similar in this one<br />
*Kodo - surely this has to be Manu Tupou<br />
*Bad Boy doesn't speak<br />
|}<br />
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Tarnished Image" <br />
Nothing special here, no guest actors, just the regular cast and Clarke in bit roles.<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Ancient GoBonauts*<br />
*Doctor Cunninham - ?<br />
*Evil One - ?<br />
Not the same bloke, at least, I don't think.<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Gameworld"<br />
*Crespas - Peter Cullen<br />
*B'oosa - ?<br />
*Robot prisoner - same guy as B'oosa maybe?<br />
*Cullen fills in as Scratch<br />
*BuggyMan and Hans-Cuff both speaking in this - evidence they're both Bob Ridgley?<br />
*The guy calling the odds for the first fight is ''absolutely'' Bob Ridgley doing his "Purple Pieman" voice, so he's inarguably in this episode. That Hans-Cuff read is looking good.<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Wolf in the Fold"<br />
*Road Ranger - ?<br />
*Farmer - think that's Gordon Hunt again<br />
*Bad Boy - I think that's Kirby Ward -as in, I think Bad Boy and the guy he was impersonating share an actor.<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Depth Charge"<br />
*Scientist - Gordon Hunt<br />
*Water Walk - Peter Reneday<br />
*Woki - Okay, now ''that's'' Brian Tochi (again?)<br />
*Katu - Keone Young, maybe?<br />
*Sailor - Reneday<br />
*Captain - Reneday (they were gettin' their money's worth...)<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"Steamer's Defection"<br />
*Steamer - ?<br />
*Sparky - ?<br />
*Night Ranger - Alan Opphenheimer<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|"The Seer"<br />
*"Shaun and his mum - Both Tress MacNeille<br />
*Benedict - Peter Cullen<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
===Female characters===<br />
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Unattributed female actors'''<br />
*Adrienne Alexander<br />
*Bever-Leigh Banfield<br />
*Robin Braxton<br />
*Selette Cole<br />
*Norma MacMillan<br />
*Amanda McBroom<br />
*Marilyn Schreffler<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Unattributed female roles'''<br />
*Sparky<br />
*Urchin/gladiator from "Lost on GoBotron"?<br />
*Nathan's mum (Banfield or Braxton)<br />
*AJ's aunt Katherine (Banfield or Braxton)<br />
*Mrs. Cocoa<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|<br />
|<br />
|width="20%" valign="top"|<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
Noelle North = Buddy from "Whiz Kid"<br />
<br />
== Buggyman/Fly Trap ==<br />
I was just checking IMDB for Bob Ridgely info and it says that he voiced Buggyman and Fly Trap. Do you think that could be the case?<br />
:Y'know, funnily, I was just digging into Ridgley a bit today. I'm not sure about those two, but I am growing convinced he was Hans-Cuff (try comparing him to Commander General from Dexter's Lab's "Dial M for Monkey"), as he did work on the pilot mini. Renegades can be a real pain to figure out - their heavy electronic modulation can really obscure an actor's voice. I guess I could see BuggyMan and Fly Trap having the same actor... - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 20:22, 13 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
::Would it be a problem if I listed them as being voiced by Ridgely for now, or should I leave them off his page? (Also just realized I forgot to sign my last comment.) [[User:SoundJack426|SoundJack426]] ([[User talk:SoundJack426|talk]]) 20:41, 13 February 2017 (UTC)<br />
:::Eh, I probably wouldn't. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 21:53, 13 February 2017 (UTC)</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Auto_Madic&diff=3718Auto Madic2017-08-18T10:40:06Z<p>Chris McFeely: /* Synopsis */</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=[[Challenge of the GoBots (cartoon)|Challenge of the GoBots]] ep 28<br />
|prev=Crime Wave<br />
|next=Scooter Enhanced<br />
|image=AutoMadic guardians vs puzzler.jpg<br />
|caption=<br />
|title= "Auto Madic"<br />
|airdate=[[October 23]], [[1985]]<br />
|production code=0142-8533<br />
|written by=[[Mark Zaslove]]<br />
|directed by=<br />
|animation studio=[[Wang Film Productions]]<br />
|production company=[[Hanna-Barbera]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Cy-Kill creates Puzzler to go up against Courageous, but his new human allies interfere in his plans.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:AutoMadic puzzler components.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
Seeking a way to counter the might of the [[Guardian]] [[Power Warrior]] [[Courageous]], [[Cy-Kill]] devises a plan to construct six new robots who together will combine to form "[[Puzzler]]", a giant [[Renegade]] able to tackle Courageous on even footing. The [[Monster GoBot]]s are sent to acquire the materials and funding necessary for the project: [[Scorp]] tunnels into a [[Detroit]] steelyard to steal metal; [[Vamp]] hacks into the computers at the [[International Bank Gold Depository]] to redistribute finances; and [[Pincher]] raids an army base for electronic components. Finally, Cy-Kill pays timid used car dealer [[Larry E. Cocoa|Larry "L.E." Cocoa]] to act as their representative in the purchase of a factory to construct the robots. When the robots are completed, the reluctant Cocoa is further coerced into selling them, in their automotive modes, through his business—something that frustrates Cocoa's belligerent wife [[Hilda Cocoa|Hilda]], who forces the nebbish little man into asking Cy-Kill for more money.<br />
[[File:AutoMadic cocoas.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
Meanwhile, [[General Newcastle]] calls upon the [[Guardian]]s to investigate the Monster GoBots' repeated thefts, and the heroes split up to simultaneously investigate the three locations. [[Scooter]] and [[Nick Burns|Nick]] catch Vamp in the act at the gold depository, but when Scooter's holograms fail to sufficiently hide them from detection, Vamp knocks the pair out and throws them in the depository's vault. Vamp fails to reckon with Scooter's computer skills, though, and the little Guardian soon picks the door lock electronically and frees them. At the same time, [[Turbo]] and [[A.J. Foster|A.J.]] are pursued through a Detroit sewer by Scorp, but manage to trick him into driving off the edge of an overflow pipe. At the army base, [[Leader-1]] appears to be caught unawares by Pincher, [[Crasher]], and [[Cop-Tur]], but proves to have set a trap of his own when a shockwave from Crasher blows the wall open, revealing Newcastle and a platoon of soldiers and tanks. Summarily thwarted, the Renegades return to the factory to report their failures to Cy-Kill. While the Renegade leader is distracted berating them, the money-hungry Hilda snatches the remote device used to control the six Puzzler components and flees with her husband in the [[Pocket|last component]] left in the factory.<br />
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[[File:AutoMadic puzzler vs courageous.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
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The Renegades give chase, but find their efforts stymied by the arrival of the other Puzzlers, who Hilda unintentionally calls to her defense by randomly pressing buttons on the control device. When she happens to hit the right button, the six cars transform to their robot modes (with the Cocoas being ejected in the process) and merge into their towering combined form, just as the Guardians arrive on the scene. The Guardians try to take on Puzzler as it fires wildly around it, but Cy-Kill soon recovers the remote from Hilda and takes control of the giant robot. While Leader-1, Turbo, and [[Staks]] keep Puzzler busy, Scooter races back to the [[Command Center]] and contacts [[Path Finder]] on [[GoBotron]] to have the Guardians' [[Power Suit]]s [[Astro-Beam]]ed in. The arrival of the suits prompts the other Renegades to join the fight, but they are no match for the powered-up trio; Leader-1 baffles the Monster GoBots with holograms while Turbo and Staks use their enhanced firepower and forcefields, respectively, to occupy Puzzler. Path Finder soon arrives with the fourth Power Suit and the Courageous ship, and the Guardians link up into their Power Warrior form. After a brief struggle, a few well-placed blasts from Courageous shake Puzzler to pieces, leaving the defeated Renegades no choice but to flee... and Cocoa and his wife at the mercy of the disgruntled customers to whom he sold the Renegade cars in the first place! <br />
{{--}}<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Courageous]] (7)<br />
* [[Turbo]] (12)<br />
* [[Scooter]] (13)<br />
* [[Leader-1]] (14)<br />
* [[Staks]] (19)<br />
* [[Path Finder]] (20, see Errors)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"<br />
{{!}}-<br />
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}<br />
* [[Scorp]] (1)<br />
* [[Vamp]] (2)<br />
* [[Pincher]] (3)<br />
* [[Cop-Tur]] (4)<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (5)<br />
* [[Crasher]] (6)<br />
* [[Tux|Stretch]] (8)<br />
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}<br />
* [[Tic Tac]] (10)<br />
* [[Crossword]] (11)<br />
* [[Pocket]] (12)<br />
* [[Jig Saw]] (13)<br />
* [[Zig Zag]] (14)<br />
* [[Rube]] (15)<br />
* [[Puzzler]] (18)<br />
{{!}}}<br />
|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
* [[Larry E. Cocoa|Larry "L.E." Cocoa]] (9)<br />
* [[Hilda Cocoa]] (10)<br />
* [[General Newcastle]] (11)<br />
* [[Matt Hunter]] (15)<br />
* [[Nick Burns]] (16)<br />
* [[A.J. Foster]] (17)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
[[File:AutoMadic courting the cocoas.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
"Uh, ahem... Mr. Kill? Cy? I was wondering... uh, well, ''my wife'' and I were wondering... if we might have a, uh, word with you?"<br />
:—'''''Larry Cocoa''' "takes control of the situation"''<br />
<br />
<br />
"''Outsmarted?!'' That's not very hard when the three of you have the combined intelligence of a ''ping-pong ball!''"<br />
:—'''''Cy-Kill''' is unhappy at the Renegades' failures''<br />
<br />
<br />
"Get away from me! I warn you, I'll scream! Take ''this!''"<br><br />
''(Hilda throws the control device at Cy-Kill like a weapon, but he grabs it)''<br><br />
"''Thaaaank'' you, I ''shall!''"<br />
:—'''''Hilda Cocoa''' and '''Cy-Kill'''''<br />
{{--}}<br />
==Notes==<br />
[[File:AutoMadic scooter picks lock.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:AutoMadic zigzag and rube.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:AutoMadic controldevice.jpg |right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:AutoMadic leader1 holograms.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:AutoMadic courageous powers up.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
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===Continuity notes===<br />
* Turbo mentions he's going to smell like [[Dumper]] for weeks after patrolling the sewers, which is the only time the 1983 Guardian dump truck is referenced in the series outside of a silent cameo in "[[It's the Thought that Counts]]". Well, he says "a" Dumper, so maybe he wasn't even talking about Dumper the GoBot, just a truck, but ''whatever'', we'll take it!<br />
* Speaking of one-shot bots like Dumper, "Auto Madic" features the first and only appearance of Puzzler and his components in the series. Of the group, only Tic Tac and Jig Saw are identified by name. The components are merely remote-controlled drones—this isn't ''Transformers'', after all, you can't just build and program a GoBot since they require living organic brains.<br />
* Gadgets and Powers: <br />
** Scooter tries to hide behind a holographic set of computer servers, but Vamp isn't nearly as dumb as...well, every other Renegade ever.<br />
** Scooter's chest-mounted sensor plugs let him manipulate the (presumably) electronic time lock of the bank vault.<br />
** More Scooter. He decided a hologram of a sensible sedan was necessary before leaving the Puzzler battle scene.<br />
** Courageous generates a shield to defend itself against Puzzler's blasts.<br />
<br />
===Real-life references===<br />
*Absent any obvious relevance of his chocolatey last name, "L.E. Cocoa" is apparently named in reference to {{w|Lee Iacocca}}, the president and CEO of the Chrysler automobile company in the 1980s, who starred in a series of famous television adverts for the company during the decade.<br />
<br />
===Continuity and plotting errors===<br />
* Scooter's got a load of "stethoscope" leads in his chest this episode, but that's where his computer interface cable is supposed to be according to previous adventures.<br />
* It's never actually explained why Cy-Kill wants the Puzzler components disseminated among different human owners. Seems counterproductive to what he wants to accomplish with them. <br />
* As in "[[Sentinel (episode)|Sentinel]]," Scooter doesn't form part of Courageous, so the need for two extra Guardians means Staks and Path Finder have to join the episode in order to form the Power Warrior. Thing is, while Path Finder arrives from GoBotron, Staks appears out of ''literally nowhere'' to help battle Puzzler some time before she arrives. Why couldn't they both have come from GoBotron at the same time?<br />
* Scooter creates a holographic disguise before returning to the Command Center, presumably to hide himself from Cy-Kill as he departs, but he does it really obviously in the middle of the street in Cy-Kill's line of sight...<br />
* Based on broadcast order you'd be forgiven for not realizing how utterly whack the Power Suit continuity is in this episode, as the individualized abilities of the suits are not spelled out until the later-broadcast, but earlier-set, "[[Return to GoBotron]]". In this episode, Turbo wears the "P-2" suit, which is supposed to grant increased speed, but he gains enhanced firepower; Leader-1 uses the P-1 to generate illusions when its power is to grant its wearer telekinesis; and Staks uses the P-3, which is supposed to be equipped with advanced sensors, to generate a force field. Illusions and forcefields, you'll note, ''aren't'' Power Suit powers at all, but the personal abilities of Scooter and Leader-1. ''Sigh.''<br />
<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
* When Pincher flies in to land at the military base, he disappears ''just'' before the shot changes.<br />
* There's a big ol' hair caught in the frame when Cy-Kill studies the computer image of Courageous.<br />
* When Pincher asks what Cy-Kill's plan is, a night-time open-air background painting is used, instead of Thruster's interior.<br />
* Rube is colored white instead of black when he first appears on the slabs.<br />
* After Crasher unleashes a shockwave on Leader-1, it's missing from the very next shot, then reappears in the view of the scene on Cy-Kill's monitor. When the episode returns from commercial break, the effect is missing from both the re-establishing shot of the scene, ''and'' the shot shown on Cy-Kill's monitor.<br />
* When Scooter opens the bank vault, the door swings inwards when previously it swung outwards.<br />
* When Cy-Kill fires on the fleeing Cocoas, one of his energy blasts overlaps their car, instead of going behind it.<br />
* Path Finder is identified by name and has her regular voice, but Heat Seeker's character model is used in place of hers for this episode.<br />
* When the Monster GoBots attack after the Guardians get into their Power Suits, a daytime sky background painting is used instead of a night-time one.<br />
* It looks sort of like Leader-1 teleports during his fight with the Monster GoBots, disappearing from mid-air and reappearing behind them, but logically, what we're supposed to be seeing is the fading out of one hologram and the projection of a new one. It's not helped by the fact that the luminous effect is missing from the fade-out, meaning Leader-1 just turns into a black silhouette of himself.<br />
* When Vamp's forearms reach into shot to try punching the Leader-1 hologram, they're colored like Scorp's.<br />
* Once Courageous's combination begins, the Power Suits become as messed up in terms of animation as they are in terms of story. "Path Finder" (Heat Seeker) arrives in a duplicate of Staks's P-3 suit, which results in Staks suddenly wearing the P-4 model when they combine. Once Courageous's combination is complete, footage of the robot posing is recycled from "[[Ultra Zod (episode)|Ultra Zod]]," meaning that Staks and Path Finder have both vanished, replaced with Scooter in the P-3 and ''[[Rest-Q]]'' (who ''isn't in this episode!'') in the P-4. "Path Finder" and Staks return for most of the battle, but they switch sides (Staks going from the P-4 on the left leg to the P-3 on the right and "Path Finder" vice versa) when the combiner dodges a blast from Puzzler. When Courageous delivers the final blast to Puzzler, Staks is replaced with Scooter as the left leg, then finally, when Nick and Scooter drive up after the fight is over, the legs are Staks as the right, and... ''Scooter'' as the left. '''''Sigh.'''''<br />
* Crasher's red chest squares vanish for a few shots just as Puzzler is falling apart. Afterward, as Cy-Kill calls retreat, she's missing her lipstick.<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
[[File:AutoMadic puzzler inconsistent arms.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
*Either there are two Puzzler character models, or the different views of the combiner on his model sheet feature contradictory depictions. In the three-quarters view of the character on Cy-Kill's monitor, and multiple times in the final act of the episode, he is drawn based on a mis-transformed version of the toy, with his left forearm incorrectly split in two down the middle. In many other shots, however, his arm is one intact piece, as seen in the comparison image at right. Additionally, the "split arm" model has a different pelvis design, with a more defined, ahem, "package" that moves Jig Saw's wheels and arms (those black bars on Puzzler's hips) further back.<br />
*Hilda Cocoa isn't referred to by her first name at any point in the episode (Larry refers to her with the pet name "Dumplin'") but it is included on her character model.<br />
{{--}}<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
;DVD<br />
2015 — ''Challenge of the GoBots'' — The Series, Volume One (Warner Archive Collection)<br />
<br />
[[Category: Challenge of the GoBots episodes]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Auto_Madic&diff=3717Auto Madic2017-08-18T10:39:02Z<p>Chris McFeely: /* Synopsis */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=[[Challenge of the GoBots (cartoon)|Challenge of the GoBots]] ep 28<br />
|prev=Crime Wave<br />
|next=Scooter Enhanced<br />
|image=AutoMadic guardians vs puzzler.jpg<br />
|caption=<br />
|title= "Auto Madic"<br />
|airdate=[[October 23]], [[1985]]<br />
|production code=0142-8533<br />
|written by=[[Mark Zaslove]]<br />
|directed by=<br />
|animation studio=[[Wang Film Productions]]<br />
|production company=[[Hanna-Barbera]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Cy-Kill creates Puzzler to go up against Courageous, but his new human allies interfere in his plans.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:AutoMadic puzzler components.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
Seeking a way to counter the might of the [[Guardian]] [[Power Warrior]] [[Courageous]], [[Cy-Kill]] devises a plan to construct six new robots who together will combine to form "[[Puzzler]]", a giant [[Renegade]] able to tackle Courageous on even footing. The [[Monster GoBot]]s are sent to acquire the materials and funding necessary for the project: [[Scorp]] tunnels into a [[Detroit]] steelyard to steal metal; [[Vamp]] hacks into the computers at the [[International Bank Gold Depository]] to redistribute finances; and [[Pincher]] raids an army base for electronic components. Finally, Cy-Kill pays timid used car dealer [[Larry E. Cocoa|Larry "L.E." Cocoa]] to act as their representative in the purchase of a factory to construct the robots. When the robots are completed, the reluctant Cocoa is further coerced into selling them, in their automotive modes, through his business—something that frustrates Cocoa's belligerent wife [[Hilda Cocoa|Hilda]], who forces the nebbish little man into asking Cy-Kill for more money.<br />
[[File:AutoMadic cocoas.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
Meanwhile, [[General Newcastle]] calls upon the [[Guardian]]s to investigate the Monster GoBots' repeated thefts, and the heroes split up to simultaneously investigate the three locations. [[Scooter]] and [[Nick Burns|Nick]] catch Vamp in the act at the gold depository, but when Scooter's holograms fail to sufficiently hide them from detection, Vamp knocks the pair out and throws them in the depository's vault. Vamp fails to reckon with Scooter's computer skills, though, and the little Guardian soon picks the door lock electronically and frees them. At the same time, [[Turbo]] and [[A.J. Foster|A.J.]] are pursued through a Detroit sewer by Scorp, but manage to trick him into driving off the edge of an overflow pipe. At the army base, [[Leader-1]] appears to be caught unawares by Pincher, [[Crasher]], and [[Cop-Tur]], but proves to have set a trap of his own when a shockwave from Crasher blows the wall open, revealing Newcastle and a platoon of soldiers and tanks. Summarily thwarted, the Renegades return to the factory to report their failures to Cy-Kill. While the Renegade leader is distracted berating them, the money-hungry Hilda snatches the remote device used to control the six Puzzler components and flees with her husband in the [[Pocket|last component]] left in the factory.<br />
<br />
[[File:AutoMadic puzzler vs courageous.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
<br />
The Renegades give chase, but find their efforts stymied by the arrival of the other Puzzlers, who Hilda unintentionally to her defense by randomly pressing buttons on the control device. When she happens to hit the right button, the six cars transform to their robot modes (with the Cocoas being ejected in the process) and merge into their towering combined form, just as the Guardians arrive on the scene. The Guardians try to take on Puzzler as it fires wildly around it, but Cy-Kill soon recovers the remote from Hilda and takes control of the giant robot. While Leader-1, Turbo, and [[Staks]] keep Puzzler busy, Scooter races back to the [[Command Center]] and contacts [[Path Finder]] on [[GoBotron]] to have the Guardians' [[Power Suit]]s [[Astro-Beam]]ed in. The arrival of the suits prompts the other Renegades to join the fight, but they are no match for the powered-up trio; Leader-1 baffles the Monster GoBots with holograms while Turbo and Staks use their enhanced firepower and forcefields, respectively, to occupy Puzzler. Path Finder soon arrives with the fourth Power Suit and the Courageous ship, and the Guardians link up into their Power Warrior form. After a brief struggle, a few well-placed blasts from Courageous shake Puzzler to pieces, leaving the defeated Renegades no choice but to flee... and Cocoa and his wife at the mercy of the disgruntled customers to whom he sold the Renegade cars in the first place! <br />
{{--}}<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Courageous]] (7)<br />
* [[Turbo]] (12)<br />
* [[Scooter]] (13)<br />
* [[Leader-1]] (14)<br />
* [[Staks]] (19)<br />
* [[Path Finder]] (20, see Errors)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"<br />
{{!}}-<br />
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}<br />
* [[Scorp]] (1)<br />
* [[Vamp]] (2)<br />
* [[Pincher]] (3)<br />
* [[Cop-Tur]] (4)<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (5)<br />
* [[Crasher]] (6)<br />
* [[Tux|Stretch]] (8)<br />
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}<br />
* [[Tic Tac]] (10)<br />
* [[Crossword]] (11)<br />
* [[Pocket]] (12)<br />
* [[Jig Saw]] (13)<br />
* [[Zig Zag]] (14)<br />
* [[Rube]] (15)<br />
* [[Puzzler]] (18)<br />
{{!}}}<br />
|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
* [[Larry E. Cocoa|Larry "L.E." Cocoa]] (9)<br />
* [[Hilda Cocoa]] (10)<br />
* [[General Newcastle]] (11)<br />
* [[Matt Hunter]] (15)<br />
* [[Nick Burns]] (16)<br />
* [[A.J. Foster]] (17)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
[[File:AutoMadic courting the cocoas.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
"Uh, ahem... Mr. Kill? Cy? I was wondering... uh, well, ''my wife'' and I were wondering... if we might have a, uh, word with you?"<br />
:—'''''Larry Cocoa''' "takes control of the situation"''<br />
<br />
<br />
"''Outsmarted?!'' That's not very hard when the three of you have the combined intelligence of a ''ping-pong ball!''"<br />
:—'''''Cy-Kill''' is unhappy at the Renegades' failures''<br />
<br />
<br />
"Get away from me! I warn you, I'll scream! Take ''this!''"<br><br />
''(Hilda throws the control device at Cy-Kill like a weapon, but he grabs it)''<br><br />
"''Thaaaank'' you, I ''shall!''"<br />
:—'''''Hilda Cocoa''' and '''Cy-Kill'''''<br />
{{--}}<br />
==Notes==<br />
[[File:AutoMadic scooter picks lock.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:AutoMadic zigzag and rube.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:AutoMadic controldevice.jpg |right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:AutoMadic leader1 holograms.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:AutoMadic courageous powers up.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
* Turbo mentions he's going to smell like [[Dumper]] for weeks after patrolling the sewers, which is the only time the 1983 Guardian dump truck is referenced in the series outside of a silent cameo in "[[It's the Thought that Counts]]". Well, he says "a" Dumper, so maybe he wasn't even talking about Dumper the GoBot, just a truck, but ''whatever'', we'll take it!<br />
* Speaking of one-shot bots like Dumper, "Auto Madic" features the first and only appearance of Puzzler and his components in the series. Of the group, only Tic Tac and Jig Saw are identified by name. The components are merely remote-controlled drones—this isn't ''Transformers'', after all, you can't just build and program a GoBot since they require living organic brains.<br />
* Gadgets and Powers: <br />
** Scooter tries to hide behind a holographic set of computer servers, but Vamp isn't nearly as dumb as...well, every other Renegade ever.<br />
** Scooter's chest-mounted sensor plugs let him manipulate the (presumably) electronic time lock of the bank vault.<br />
** More Scooter. He decided a hologram of a sensible sedan was necessary before leaving the Puzzler battle scene.<br />
** Courageous generates a shield to defend itself against Puzzler's blasts.<br />
<br />
===Real-life references===<br />
*Absent any obvious relevance of his chocolatey last name, "L.E. Cocoa" is apparently named in reference to {{w|Lee Iacocca}}, the president and CEO of the Chrysler automobile company in the 1980s, who starred in a series of famous television adverts for the company during the decade.<br />
<br />
===Continuity and plotting errors===<br />
* Scooter's got a load of "stethoscope" leads in his chest this episode, but that's where his computer interface cable is supposed to be according to previous adventures.<br />
* It's never actually explained why Cy-Kill wants the Puzzler components disseminated among different human owners. Seems counterproductive to what he wants to accomplish with them. <br />
* As in "[[Sentinel (episode)|Sentinel]]," Scooter doesn't form part of Courageous, so the need for two extra Guardians means Staks and Path Finder have to join the episode in order to form the Power Warrior. Thing is, while Path Finder arrives from GoBotron, Staks appears out of ''literally nowhere'' to help battle Puzzler some time before she arrives. Why couldn't they both have come from GoBotron at the same time?<br />
* Scooter creates a holographic disguise before returning to the Command Center, presumably to hide himself from Cy-Kill as he departs, but he does it really obviously in the middle of the street in Cy-Kill's line of sight...<br />
* Based on broadcast order you'd be forgiven for not realizing how utterly whack the Power Suit continuity is in this episode, as the individualized abilities of the suits are not spelled out until the later-broadcast, but earlier-set, "[[Return to GoBotron]]". In this episode, Turbo wears the "P-2" suit, which is supposed to grant increased speed, but he gains enhanced firepower; Leader-1 uses the P-1 to generate illusions when its power is to grant its wearer telekinesis; and Staks uses the P-3, which is supposed to be equipped with advanced sensors, to generate a force field. Illusions and forcefields, you'll note, ''aren't'' Power Suit powers at all, but the personal abilities of Scooter and Leader-1. ''Sigh.''<br />
<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
* When Pincher flies in to land at the military base, he disappears ''just'' before the shot changes.<br />
* There's a big ol' hair caught in the frame when Cy-Kill studies the computer image of Courageous.<br />
* When Pincher asks what Cy-Kill's plan is, a night-time open-air background painting is used, instead of Thruster's interior.<br />
* Rube is colored white instead of black when he first appears on the slabs.<br />
* After Crasher unleashes a shockwave on Leader-1, it's missing from the very next shot, then reappears in the view of the scene on Cy-Kill's monitor. When the episode returns from commercial break, the effect is missing from both the re-establishing shot of the scene, ''and'' the shot shown on Cy-Kill's monitor.<br />
* When Scooter opens the bank vault, the door swings inwards when previously it swung outwards.<br />
* When Cy-Kill fires on the fleeing Cocoas, one of his energy blasts overlaps their car, instead of going behind it.<br />
* Path Finder is identified by name and has her regular voice, but Heat Seeker's character model is used in place of hers for this episode.<br />
* When the Monster GoBots attack after the Guardians get into their Power Suits, a daytime sky background painting is used instead of a night-time one.<br />
* It looks sort of like Leader-1 teleports during his fight with the Monster GoBots, disappearing from mid-air and reappearing behind them, but logically, what we're supposed to be seeing is the fading out of one hologram and the projection of a new one. It's not helped by the fact that the luminous effect is missing from the fade-out, meaning Leader-1 just turns into a black silhouette of himself.<br />
* When Vamp's forearms reach into shot to try punching the Leader-1 hologram, they're colored like Scorp's.<br />
* Once Courageous's combination begins, the Power Suits become as messed up in terms of animation as they are in terms of story. "Path Finder" (Heat Seeker) arrives in a duplicate of Staks's P-3 suit, which results in Staks suddenly wearing the P-4 model when they combine. Once Courageous's combination is complete, footage of the robot posing is recycled from "[[Ultra Zod (episode)|Ultra Zod]]," meaning that Staks and Path Finder have both vanished, replaced with Scooter in the P-3 and ''[[Rest-Q]]'' (who ''isn't in this episode!'') in the P-4. "Path Finder" and Staks return for most of the battle, but they switch sides (Staks going from the P-4 on the left leg to the P-3 on the right and "Path Finder" vice versa) when the combiner dodges a blast from Puzzler. When Courageous delivers the final blast to Puzzler, Staks is replaced with Scooter as the left leg, then finally, when Nick and Scooter drive up after the fight is over, the legs are Staks as the right, and... ''Scooter'' as the left. '''''Sigh.'''''<br />
* Crasher's red chest squares vanish for a few shots just as Puzzler is falling apart. Afterward, as Cy-Kill calls retreat, she's missing her lipstick.<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
[[File:AutoMadic puzzler inconsistent arms.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
*Either there are two Puzzler character models, or the different views of the combiner on his model sheet feature contradictory depictions. In the three-quarters view of the character on Cy-Kill's monitor, and multiple times in the final act of the episode, he is drawn based on a mis-transformed version of the toy, with his left forearm incorrectly split in two down the middle. In many other shots, however, his arm is one intact piece, as seen in the comparison image at right. Additionally, the "split arm" model has a different pelvis design, with a more defined, ahem, "package" that moves Jig Saw's wheels and arms (those black bars on Puzzler's hips) further back.<br />
*Hilda Cocoa isn't referred to by her first name at any point in the episode (Larry refers to her with the pet name "Dumplin'") but it is included on her character model.<br />
{{--}}<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
;DVD<br />
2015 — ''Challenge of the GoBots'' — The Series, Volume One (Warner Archive Collection)<br />
<br />
[[Category: Challenge of the GoBots episodes]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Auto_Madic&diff=3716Auto Madic2017-08-18T10:38:25Z<p>Chris McFeely: /* Synopsis */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=[[Challenge of the GoBots (cartoon)|Challenge of the GoBots]] ep 28<br />
|prev=Crime Wave<br />
|next=Scooter Enhanced<br />
|image=AutoMadic guardians vs puzzler.jpg<br />
|caption=<br />
|title= "Auto Madic"<br />
|airdate=[[October 23]], [[1985]]<br />
|production code=0142-8533<br />
|written by=[[Mark Zaslove]]<br />
|directed by=<br />
|animation studio=[[Wang Film Productions]]<br />
|production company=[[Hanna-Barbera]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Cy-Kill creates Puzzler to go up against Courageous, but his new human allies interfere in his plans.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:AutoMadic puzzler components.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
Seeking a way to counter the might of the [[Guardian]] [[Power Warrior]] [[Courageous]], [[Cy-Kill]] devises a plan to construct six new robots who together will combine to form "[[Puzzler]]", a giant [[Renegade]] able to tackle Courageous on even footing. The [[Monster GoBot]]s are sent to acquire the materials and funding necessary for the project: [[Scorp]] tunnels into a [[Detroit]] steelyard to steal metal; [[Vamp]] hacks into the computers at the [[International Bank Gold Depository]] to redistribute finances; and [[Pincher]] raids an army base for electronic components. Finally, Cy-Kill pays timid used car dealer [[Larry E. Cocoa|Larry "L.E." Cocoa]] to act as their representative in the purchase of a factory to construct the robots. When the robots are completed, the reluctant Cocoa is further coerced into selling them, in their automotive modes, through his business—something that frustrates Cocoa's belligerent wife [[Hilda Cocoa|Hilda]], who forces the nebbish little man into asking Cy-Kill for more money.<br />
[[File:AutoMadic cocoas.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
Meanwhile, [[General Newcastle]] calls upon the [[Guardian]]s to investigate the Monster GoBots' repeated thefts, and the heroes split up to simultaneously investigate the three locations. [[Scooter]] and [[Nick Burns|Nick]] catch Vamp in the act at the gold depository, but when Scooter's holograms fail to sufficiently hide from detection, she knocks the pair out and throws them in the depository's vault. Vamp fails to reckon with Scooter's computer skills, though, and the little Guardian soon picks the door lock electronically and frees them. At the same time, [[Turbo]] and [[A.J. Foster|A.J.]] are pursued through a Detroit sewer by Scorp, but manage to trick him into driving off the edge of an overflow pipe. At the army base, [[Leader-1]] appears to be caught unawares by Pincher, [[Crasher]], and [[Cop-Tur]], but proves to have set a trap of his own when a shockwave from Crasher blows the wall open, revealing Newcastle and a platoon of soldiers and tanks. Summarily thwarted, the Renegades return to the factory to report their failures to Cy-Kill. While the Renegade leader is distracted berating them, the money-hungry Hilda snatches the remote device used to control the six Puzzler components and flees with her husband in the [[Pocket|last component]] left in the factory.<br />
<br />
[[File:AutoMadic puzzler vs courageous.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
<br />
The Renegades give chase, but find their efforts stymied by the arrival of the other Puzzlers, who Hilda unintentionally to her defense by randomly pressing buttons on the control device. When she happens to hit the right button, the six cars transform to their robot modes (with the Cocoas being ejected in the process) and merge into their towering combined form, just as the Guardians arrive on the scene. The Guardians try to take on Puzzler as it fires wildly around it, but Cy-Kill soon recovers the remote from Hilda and takes control of the giant robot. While Leader-1, Turbo, and [[Staks]] keep Puzzler busy, Scooter races back to the [[Command Center]] and contacts [[Path Finder]] on [[GoBotron]] to have the Guardians' [[Power Suit]]s [[Astro-Beam]]ed in. The arrival of the suits prompts the other Renegades to join the fight, but they are no match for the powered-up trio; Leader-1 baffles the Monster GoBots with holograms while Turbo and Staks use their enhanced firepower and forcefields, respectively, to occupy Puzzler. Path Finder soon arrives with the fourth Power Suit and the Courageous ship, and the Guardians link up into their Power Warrior form. After a brief struggle, a few well-placed blasts from Courageous shake Puzzler to pieces, leaving the defeated Renegades no choice but to flee... and Cocoa and his wife at the mercy of the disgruntled customers to whom he sold the Renegade cars in the first place! <br />
{{--}}<br />
<br />
==Featured characters==<br />
<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Courageous]] (7)<br />
* [[Turbo]] (12)<br />
* [[Scooter]] (13)<br />
* [[Leader-1]] (14)<br />
* [[Staks]] (19)<br />
* [[Path Finder]] (20, see Errors)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"<br />
{{!}}-<br />
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}<br />
* [[Scorp]] (1)<br />
* [[Vamp]] (2)<br />
* [[Pincher]] (3)<br />
* [[Cop-Tur]] (4)<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (5)<br />
* [[Crasher]] (6)<br />
* [[Tux|Stretch]] (8)<br />
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}<br />
* [[Tic Tac]] (10)<br />
* [[Crossword]] (11)<br />
* [[Pocket]] (12)<br />
* [[Jig Saw]] (13)<br />
* [[Zig Zag]] (14)<br />
* [[Rube]] (15)<br />
* [[Puzzler]] (18)<br />
{{!}}}<br />
|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
* [[Larry E. Cocoa|Larry "L.E." Cocoa]] (9)<br />
* [[Hilda Cocoa]] (10)<br />
* [[General Newcastle]] (11)<br />
* [[Matt Hunter]] (15)<br />
* [[Nick Burns]] (16)<br />
* [[A.J. Foster]] (17)<br />
<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
[[File:AutoMadic courting the cocoas.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
"Uh, ahem... Mr. Kill? Cy? I was wondering... uh, well, ''my wife'' and I were wondering... if we might have a, uh, word with you?"<br />
:—'''''Larry Cocoa''' "takes control of the situation"''<br />
<br />
<br />
"''Outsmarted?!'' That's not very hard when the three of you have the combined intelligence of a ''ping-pong ball!''"<br />
:—'''''Cy-Kill''' is unhappy at the Renegades' failures''<br />
<br />
<br />
"Get away from me! I warn you, I'll scream! Take ''this!''"<br><br />
''(Hilda throws the control device at Cy-Kill like a weapon, but he grabs it)''<br><br />
"''Thaaaank'' you, I ''shall!''"<br />
:—'''''Hilda Cocoa''' and '''Cy-Kill'''''<br />
{{--}}<br />
==Notes==<br />
[[File:AutoMadic scooter picks lock.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:AutoMadic zigzag and rube.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:AutoMadic controldevice.jpg |right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:AutoMadic leader1 holograms.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:AutoMadic courageous powers up.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
* Turbo mentions he's going to smell like [[Dumper]] for weeks after patrolling the sewers, which is the only time the 1983 Guardian dump truck is referenced in the series outside of a silent cameo in "[[It's the Thought that Counts]]". Well, he says "a" Dumper, so maybe he wasn't even talking about Dumper the GoBot, just a truck, but ''whatever'', we'll take it!<br />
* Speaking of one-shot bots like Dumper, "Auto Madic" features the first and only appearance of Puzzler and his components in the series. Of the group, only Tic Tac and Jig Saw are identified by name. The components are merely remote-controlled drones—this isn't ''Transformers'', after all, you can't just build and program a GoBot since they require living organic brains.<br />
* Gadgets and Powers: <br />
** Scooter tries to hide behind a holographic set of computer servers, but Vamp isn't nearly as dumb as...well, every other Renegade ever.<br />
** Scooter's chest-mounted sensor plugs let him manipulate the (presumably) electronic time lock of the bank vault.<br />
** More Scooter. He decided a hologram of a sensible sedan was necessary before leaving the Puzzler battle scene.<br />
** Courageous generates a shield to defend itself against Puzzler's blasts.<br />
<br />
===Real-life references===<br />
*Absent any obvious relevance of his chocolatey last name, "L.E. Cocoa" is apparently named in reference to {{w|Lee Iacocca}}, the president and CEO of the Chrysler automobile company in the 1980s, who starred in a series of famous television adverts for the company during the decade.<br />
<br />
===Continuity and plotting errors===<br />
* Scooter's got a load of "stethoscope" leads in his chest this episode, but that's where his computer interface cable is supposed to be according to previous adventures.<br />
* It's never actually explained why Cy-Kill wants the Puzzler components disseminated among different human owners. Seems counterproductive to what he wants to accomplish with them. <br />
* As in "[[Sentinel (episode)|Sentinel]]," Scooter doesn't form part of Courageous, so the need for two extra Guardians means Staks and Path Finder have to join the episode in order to form the Power Warrior. Thing is, while Path Finder arrives from GoBotron, Staks appears out of ''literally nowhere'' to help battle Puzzler some time before she arrives. Why couldn't they both have come from GoBotron at the same time?<br />
* Scooter creates a holographic disguise before returning to the Command Center, presumably to hide himself from Cy-Kill as he departs, but he does it really obviously in the middle of the street in Cy-Kill's line of sight...<br />
* Based on broadcast order you'd be forgiven for not realizing how utterly whack the Power Suit continuity is in this episode, as the individualized abilities of the suits are not spelled out until the later-broadcast, but earlier-set, "[[Return to GoBotron]]". In this episode, Turbo wears the "P-2" suit, which is supposed to grant increased speed, but he gains enhanced firepower; Leader-1 uses the P-1 to generate illusions when its power is to grant its wearer telekinesis; and Staks uses the P-3, which is supposed to be equipped with advanced sensors, to generate a force field. Illusions and forcefields, you'll note, ''aren't'' Power Suit powers at all, but the personal abilities of Scooter and Leader-1. ''Sigh.''<br />
<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
* When Pincher flies in to land at the military base, he disappears ''just'' before the shot changes.<br />
* There's a big ol' hair caught in the frame when Cy-Kill studies the computer image of Courageous.<br />
* When Pincher asks what Cy-Kill's plan is, a night-time open-air background painting is used, instead of Thruster's interior.<br />
* Rube is colored white instead of black when he first appears on the slabs.<br />
* After Crasher unleashes a shockwave on Leader-1, it's missing from the very next shot, then reappears in the view of the scene on Cy-Kill's monitor. When the episode returns from commercial break, the effect is missing from both the re-establishing shot of the scene, ''and'' the shot shown on Cy-Kill's monitor.<br />
* When Scooter opens the bank vault, the door swings inwards when previously it swung outwards.<br />
* When Cy-Kill fires on the fleeing Cocoas, one of his energy blasts overlaps their car, instead of going behind it.<br />
* Path Finder is identified by name and has her regular voice, but Heat Seeker's character model is used in place of hers for this episode.<br />
* When the Monster GoBots attack after the Guardians get into their Power Suits, a daytime sky background painting is used instead of a night-time one.<br />
* It looks sort of like Leader-1 teleports during his fight with the Monster GoBots, disappearing from mid-air and reappearing behind them, but logically, what we're supposed to be seeing is the fading out of one hologram and the projection of a new one. It's not helped by the fact that the luminous effect is missing from the fade-out, meaning Leader-1 just turns into a black silhouette of himself.<br />
* When Vamp's forearms reach into shot to try punching the Leader-1 hologram, they're colored like Scorp's.<br />
* Once Courageous's combination begins, the Power Suits become as messed up in terms of animation as they are in terms of story. "Path Finder" (Heat Seeker) arrives in a duplicate of Staks's P-3 suit, which results in Staks suddenly wearing the P-4 model when they combine. Once Courageous's combination is complete, footage of the robot posing is recycled from "[[Ultra Zod (episode)|Ultra Zod]]," meaning that Staks and Path Finder have both vanished, replaced with Scooter in the P-3 and ''[[Rest-Q]]'' (who ''isn't in this episode!'') in the P-4. "Path Finder" and Staks return for most of the battle, but they switch sides (Staks going from the P-4 on the left leg to the P-3 on the right and "Path Finder" vice versa) when the combiner dodges a blast from Puzzler. When Courageous delivers the final blast to Puzzler, Staks is replaced with Scooter as the left leg, then finally, when Nick and Scooter drive up after the fight is over, the legs are Staks as the right, and... ''Scooter'' as the left. '''''Sigh.'''''<br />
* Crasher's red chest squares vanish for a few shots just as Puzzler is falling apart. Afterward, as Cy-Kill calls retreat, she's missing her lipstick.<br />
<br />
===Trivia===<br />
[[File:AutoMadic puzzler inconsistent arms.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
*Either there are two Puzzler character models, or the different views of the combiner on his model sheet feature contradictory depictions. In the three-quarters view of the character on Cy-Kill's monitor, and multiple times in the final act of the episode, he is drawn based on a mis-transformed version of the toy, with his left forearm incorrectly split in two down the middle. In many other shots, however, his arm is one intact piece, as seen in the comparison image at right. Additionally, the "split arm" model has a different pelvis design, with a more defined, ahem, "package" that moves Jig Saw's wheels and arms (those black bars on Puzzler's hips) further back.<br />
*Hilda Cocoa isn't referred to by her first name at any point in the episode (Larry refers to her with the pet name "Dumplin'") but it is included on her character model.<br />
{{--}}<br />
==Home video releases==<br />
;DVD<br />
2015 — ''Challenge of the GoBots'' — The Series, Volume One (Warner Archive Collection)<br />
<br />
[[Category: Challenge of the GoBots episodes]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_GoBot_Who_Cried_Renegade&diff=3603The GoBot Who Cried Renegade2017-05-29T14:48:41Z<p>Chris McFeely: There's not a single interesting visual in this entire godforsaken episode.</p>
<hr />
<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=[[Challenge of the GoBots (cartoon)|Challenge of the GoBots]] ep 37<br />
|prev=Steamer's Defection<br />
|next=The Seer<br />
|image=GoBotWhoCriedRenegade renegades detected.jpg<br />
|caption=<br />
|title= "The GoBot Who Cried Renegade"<br />
|airdate=[[November 5]], [[1985]]<br />
|production code=0142-8523<br />
|story by=[[Eric Lewald]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Kelly Ward]]<br />
|teleplay by=[[Eric Lewald]]<br />
|directed by=<br />
|animation studio=[[Wang Film Productions]]<br />
|production company=[[Hanna-Barbera]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Scooter creates a new Renegade detector, but its effectiveness is called into question.'''<br />
<br />
==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade caught by crasher.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
The [[Guardian]]s and their [[human]] friends are spending their downtime cruising around space, with everyone except [[Turbo]] enjoying the peace and quiet. Turbo soon gets his wish for excitement, however, when a distress call comes in from [[Rest-Q]], requesting aid at a Guardian industrial outpost that has been struck by the [[Renegade]]s—the latest in a series of successful attacks the villains have been able to perpetrate thanks to their [[stealth device]]. The Guardians speed to the rescue, and while [[Leader-1]] and Turbo take the fight to the Renegades, Scooter goes to the aid of Rest-Q, who has been injured by [[Crasher]] while trying to help the wounded [[Heat Seeker]]. Unfortunately, Crasher is still hanging around when Scooter arrivess; she tosses the little [[GoBot]] into a nearby lake, and blasts a cluster of live electrical wires down around him. Leader-1 and Turbo break off their battle to come to help Scooter, blasting the wires away before they can hit the water, and the Renegades escape.<br />
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[[File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade calling billy.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
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A frustrated [[Zeemon]] demands the Guardians find a solution to the spate of Renegade attacks. Reasoning that the Renegades cannot use their stealth device while their weapons are operational, Leader-1's best solution is to have Scooter amplify the Guardians' detection equipment so they can at least detect the Renegades ''as'' they attack, rather than after. Scooter contacts a human scientist friend of his named [[Billy]] for some help on the project, and Billy transmits through the specs for a new experimental system he is working on. Unfortunately, the Renegades are monitoring the transmission and get ahold of the specs too; once Scooter has completed his detector, they are able to feed it false information, making the Guardians think they are about to launch an attack on [[GoBotron]]'s [[Spa Moon]]. Leader-1 alerts the moon's overseer [[Spay-C]] and calls for a full evacuation... but when no Renegade threat materializes, Zeemon is less than pleased to have had his visit to the moon spoiled and warns against trusting Scooter's untested device so blindly. Scooter is depressed that his new device has apparently failed, only to then be tricked by another phony alert warning of an attack on the [[Moon of Knowledge]]. Assured by Scooter that the alert has been triple-checked, Leader-1 again sends a warning to the moon, throwing it into a panic. But of course, no attack comes, and a furious Zeemon demotes Leader-1's team to cargo hauling duty for a month.<br />
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[[File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade billy in brainstormer.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
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The dejected Scooter contacts Billy for advice, but while he is on the line with him, the Renegades, seeking to tie up loose ends, attack Billy's lab and take him hostage. Scooter tries to tell the other Guardians, but after two false alarms, they don't believe him, so he takes a shuttle and heads for [[Earth]] on his own. Disguising his craft with a hologram of a cloud, Scooter tails the Renegades' [[Thruster]] to their secret underground base, where Billy is strapped into the mind-reading [[Brainstormer]] so the Renegades can pillage his mind of all his scientific knowledge. Fortunately, the thoughts at the forefront of Billy's teenage mind—like girls, chores, and pimple cream—stymie the machine long enough for Scooter navigate the tunnels that lead into the base. Scooter blasts Billy free of the Brainstormer, and the pair flee into the tunnels, with [[Cy-Kill]] and Crasher hot on their heels. The two Renegades think they have their quarry cornered in a dead end, but soon find that they have once again been tricked by Scooter's trustworthy holograms as the genuine articles zoom past them while they are distracted. Billy taunts Cy-Kill into firing after them, and the Renegade leader's blast triggers a cave-in that buries him and Crasher while Scooter and his pal beat retreat.<br />
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[[File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade energy grid.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
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Meanwhile, Leader-1 discovers Scooter's absence and deduces that he has gone to Billy's lab. The Command Center makes its way to Earth, where the Guardians and human learn about the Renegade attack and discover that Scooter was telling the truth. Convinced by this to use his detector again, the heroes are able to locate the Renegades base and arrive just after Cy-Kil and Crasher have dug themselves out. [[Nick Burns|Nick]] and [[A.J. Foster|A.J.]] stay with the Command Center while Leader-1, Turbo, and [[Matt Hunter|Matt]] head into the tunnels. Though surprised by their appearance, Cy-Kill isn't one to let an opportunity pass him by, and pulls a switch that drops them into a pit surrounded by an electromagnetic field that neutralizes their blasters and jets. Worse yet, a deadly energy grid begins to close in around them!<br />
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[[File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade dig it out.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
Elsewhere in the tunnels, Scooter and Billy have gotten thoroughly lost. Through the rock, they hear the sound of their friends' voices, and manage to chip a hole through the wall, into the pit, big enough for Billy to fit through. Scooter removes a circuit board from his body and Billy takes it through the hole to Leader-1, who follows Scooter's directions to combine it with his own propulsion systems to generate enough energy to counteract the electromagnetic pulse. The gamble works, and the Guardians blast their way out of the energy grid. The Renegades start to flee in Thruster, but the Guardians trick them by pursuing without the Command Center. Thinking the Guardians have been caught without their ship, Cy-Kill turns Thruster to open fire on them, only to then be blindsided when Nick and A.J. bring the Command Center into action. The Renegades quickly trigger their stealth device and make a hasty escape, while the Guardians celebrate their victory and apologize to Scooter for not trusting him.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
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{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Leader-1]] (1)<br />
* [[Turbo]] (2)<br />
* [[Scooter]] (6)<br />
* [[Rest-Q]] (7)<br />
* [[Heat Seeker]] (10)<br />
* [[Night Ranger]] (11)<br />
* [[Scratch]] (12)<br />
* [[Zeemon]] (15)<br />
* [[Spay-C]] (17)<br />
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|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (8)<br />
* [[Fitor]] (9)<br />
* [[Cop-Tur]] (13)<br />
* [[Crasher]] (14)<br />
<br />
|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
* [[Matt Hunter]] (3)<br />
* [[Nick Burns]] (4)<br />
* [[A.J. Foster]] (5)<br />
* [[Billy]] (16)<br />
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|h4=Others|c4=<br />
* Head Librarian (18)<br />
}}<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
"I ''love'' a moving target!"<br />
:—'''''Crasher'''''<br />
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"Crasher, I believe the Brainstormer will work ''just'' as well on a discon''nect''ed brain as one one that is still in use!"<br><br />
"Nyaha-haha-ha-ha-haaaaaa! Let's ''try!''"<br />
:—'''''Cy-Kill''' and '''Crasher''' threaten Scooter and Billy''<br />
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==Notes==<br />
[[File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade spayc.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade spa moon.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade library aliens.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade energy grid breakout.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
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===Continuity notes===<br />
* This episode continues to introduce GoBotron's copious themed moons; Spa Moon and the Moon of Knowledge join the [[Moon of Shadows]] from "[[Doppelganger]]" and the [[Moon of Fire]] from "[[Tarnished Image]]."<br />
* Spay-C makes her debut in the series proper this episode as the overseer of Spa Moon, following a silent appearance of the back of her head in the [[The Final Conflict|final episode]] of the [[Battle for GoBotron (mini-series)|pilot mini-series]].<br />
* Much is made this episode of GoBotron's alliance with other worlds, with Zeemon concerned that the Guardian will be seen as unable to defend against the Renegade threat, and numerous aliens—including humans—are seen perusing the libraries of the Moon of Knowledge (pictured at right). GoBotron formally allied with numerous other planets against the Renegades back in "[[Lost on GoBotron]]." <br />
* Gadgets and Powers: <br />
** Rest Q can levitate his patients onto his roof in vehicle mode, using beams from his headlights.<br />
** Scooter uses a hologram to disguise his shuttle as a cloud. A fast moving cloud.<br />
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===Real-world references===<br />
*This episode takes its title from the Aesop fable, "{{w|The Boy Who Cried Wolf}}."<br />
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===Continuity errors===<br />
*It doesn't really make any sense for the Guardians to not believe Scooter. The false alarms were considered the result of equipment failure, but Scooter actually saw the Renegades attack Billy ''with his own eyes.''<br />
*Prior to the first commercial break, Crasher is in Billy's lab with Cy-Kill, looming over the boy. After the break, she's suddenly outside tearing the joint up with Cop-Tur while Cy-Kill menaces Billy alone.<br />
*While in vehicle mode, Scooter blasts Billy free of the Brainstormer... but, uh, Scooter doesn't ''have'' blasters.<br />
*Nick credits Scooter's detection device with leading the Guardians to Billy's lab, but in fact, it was Leader-1 who deduced that that's where they should go. This would already be a logical presumption based on what Scooter had been trying to tell them before leaving, but the episode implicitly shows Leader-1 coming to this conclusion because he sees Billy's wrecked lab on the monitor at Scooter's workstation... but that was just the communication feed from Billy's lab Scooter saw him over earlier, not the detection device (because the detector is explicitly stated to not provide visuals). But even ''that'' doesn't really make any sense, because the feed ''cut out'' while Scooter was watching!<br />
* As Leader-1 blasts the energy grid into nothingness, he cries "Watch out, Scoot!" - but Scooter's not in the room, or anywhere in sight, or in any obvious danger from the grid. Something deleted here?<br />
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===Animation and technical errors===<br />
* In the full-body shot of Rest-Q transforming, his visor is miscolored grey like the rest of his helmet, and a strip on the front of what's supposed to be his mouthplate is coloured like the visor instead, giving him the appearance of having a really tiny face.<br />
* When Scooter videocalls Billy for the first time, the background painting of Billy's lab is already visible on Scooter's screen, over which Billy himself then fades in. The same thing happens again when Zeemon calls in from Spa Moon, and again, in reverse, when Billy's second call with Scooter comes to an end.<br />
* Zeemon's call is depicted as coming in through the screen of Scooter's detection device, rather than the Command Center's communications console. Then, when the alert for the Moon of Knowledge is received, it comes in through the Command Center console, rather than the detector!<br />
* On his second call, Zeemon appears on the viewscreen, but the background is that of open space from the Command Center's cockpit behind the viewer.<br />
* Leader-1's mouth blinks out for a frame when he tells Scooter to get some rest.<br />
* When Cy-Kill orders Fitor to repair the Brainstormer, Fitor's nose is miscolored black.<br />
* Both Cy-Kill and Crasher are animated as laughing at Cy-Kill's "disconnected brain" line, when only Crasher's actress does so, making it look at one point like her laughter is coming out of Cy-Kill's mouth.<br />
* Cy-Kill is "clean shaven" when he drops the energy bands on Leader-1 and the others in the pit.<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
*Scooter's detection device conspicuously recycles the design of the [[Astro-Beam]] protector.<br />
*Scooter's shuttle is a slightly off-model rendering of the [[NASA]] shuttle ''[[Intrepid]]'' from the [[Battle for GoBotron|pilot episode]].<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
;DVD<br />
2015 — ''Challenge of the GoBots'' — The Series, Volume Two (Warner Archive Collection)<br />
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[[Category:Challenge of the GoBots episodes]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade_library_aliens.jpg&diff=3602File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade library aliens.jpg2017-05-29T14:47:37Z<p>Chris McFeely: {{GBcap|Alien visitors on the Moon of Knowledge.|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</p>
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<div>{{GBcap|[[Scooter]] contacts [[Billy]].|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade_dig_it_out.jpg&diff=3600File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade dig it out.jpg2017-05-29T14:35:36Z<p>Chris McFeely: {{GBcap|Billy waits as Scooter digs a component out of his systems to help break the energy grid holding the other Guardians.|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</p>
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<div>{{GBcap|[[Billy]] waits as [[Scooter]] digs a component out of his systems to help break the energy grid holding the other [[Guardian]]s.|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade_energy_grid_breakout.jpg&diff=3599File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade energy grid breakout.jpg2017-05-29T14:34:52Z<p>Chris McFeely: {{GBcap|Turbo tries to break through the energy grid holding him captive.|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</p>
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<div>{{GBcap|[[Turbo]] tries to break through the energy grid holding him captive.|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade_spa_moon.jpg&diff=3598File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade spa moon.jpg2017-05-29T14:21:04Z<p>Chris McFeely: {{GBcap|Heat Seeker, Rest-Q and Zeemon relax on Spa Moon.|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</p>
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<div>{{GBcap|[[Heat Seeker]], [[Rest-Q]] and [[Zeemon]] relax on [[Spa Moon]].|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade_spayc.jpg&diff=3597File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade spayc.jpg2017-05-29T14:20:29Z<p>Chris McFeely: {{GBcap|It's Spay-C!|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</p>
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<div>{{GBcap|It's [[Spay-C]]!|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade_energy_grid.jpg&diff=3596File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade energy grid.jpg2017-05-29T14:19:39Z<p>Chris McFeely: {{GBcap|Matt Hunter, Leader-1, and Turbo are trapped in an energy grid.|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</p>
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<div>{{GBcap|[[Matt Hunter]], [[Leader-1]], and [[Turbo]] are trapped in an energy grid.|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade_billy_in_brainstormer.jpg&diff=3595File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade billy in brainstormer.jpg2017-05-29T14:18:48Z<p>Chris McFeely: {{GBcap|The Renegades strap Billy into the Brainstormer.|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</p>
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<div>{{GBcap|The [[Renegade]]s strap [[Billy]] into the [[Brainstormer]].|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade_caught_by_crasher.jpg&diff=3594File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade caught by crasher.jpg2017-05-29T14:17:42Z<p>Chris McFeely: {{GBcap|Crasher gets the drop on Scooter.|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</p>
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<div>{{GBcap|[[Crasher]] gets the drop on [[Scooter]].|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_GoBot_Who_Cried_Renegade&diff=3593The GoBot Who Cried Renegade2017-05-28T21:14:17Z<p>Chris McFeely: More pics later.</p>
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<div>{{episode|<br />
|otherseries=[[Challenge of the GoBots (cartoon)|Challenge of the GoBots]] ep 37<br />
|prev=Steamer's Defection<br />
|next=The Seer<br />
|image=GoBotWhoCriedRenegade renegades detected.jpg<br />
|caption=<br />
|title= "The GoBot Who Cried Renegade"<br />
|airdate=[[November 5]], [[1985]]<br />
|production code=0142-8523<br />
|story by=[[Eric Lewald]], [[Jeff Segal]], and [[Kelly Ward]]<br />
|teleplay by=[[Eric Lewald]]<br />
|directed by=<br />
|animation studio=[[Wang Film Productions]]<br />
|production company=[[Hanna-Barbera]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Scooter creates a new Renegade detector, but its effectiveness is called into question.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
The [[Guardian]]s and their [[human]] friends are spending their downtime cruising around space, with everyone except [[Turbo]] enjoying the peace and quiet. Turbo soon gets his wish for excitement, however, when a distress call comes in from [[Rest-Q]], requesting aid at a Guardian industrial outpost that has been struck by the [[Renegade]]s—the latest in a series of successful attacks the villains have been able to perpetrate thanks to their [[stealth device]]. The Guardians speed to the rescue, and while [[Leader-1]] and Turbo take the fight to the Renegades, Scooter goes to the aid of Rest-Q, who has been injured by [[Crasher]] while trying to help the wounded [[Heat Seeker]]. Unfortunately, Crasher is still hanging around when Scooter arrivess; she tosses the little [[GoBot]] into a nearby lake, and blasts a cluster of live electrical wires down around him. Leader-1 and Turbo break off their battle to come to help Scooter, blasting the wires away before they can hit the water, and the Renegades escape.<br />
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A frustrated [[Zeemon]] demands the Guardians find a solution to the spate of Renegade attacks. Reasoning that the Renegades cannot use their stealth device while their weapons are operational, Leader-1's best solution is to have Scooter amplify the Guardians' detection equipment so they can at least detect the Renegades ''as'' they attack, rather than after. Scooter contacts a human scientist friend of his named [[Billy]] for some help on the project, and Billy transmits through the specs for a new experimental system he is working on. Unfortunately, the Renegades are monitoring the transmission and get ahold of the specs too; once Scooter has completed his detector, they are able to feed it false information, making the Guardians think they are about to launch an attack on [[GoBotron]]'s [[Spa Moon]]. Leader-1 alerts the moon's overseer [[Spay-C]] and calls for a full evacuation... but when no Renegade threat materializes, Zeemon is less than pleased to have had his visit to the moon spoiled and warns against trusting Scooter's untested device so blindly. Scooter is depressed that his new device has apparently failed, only to then be tricked by another phony alert warning of an attack on the [[Moon of Knowledge]]. Assured by Scooter that the alert has been triple-checked, Leader-1 again sends a warning to the moon, throwing the various alien visitors currently perusing the moon's libraries into a panic. But of course, no attack comes, and a furious Zeemon demotes Leader-1's team to cargo hauling duty for a month.<br />
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The dejected Scooter contacts Billy for advice, but while he is on the line with him, the Renegades, seeking to tie up loose ends, attack Billy's lab and take him hostage. Scooter tries to tell the other Guardians, but after two false alarms, they don't believe him, so he takes a shuttle and heads for [[Earth]] on his own. Disguising his craft with a hologram of a cloud, Scooter tails the Renegades' [[Thruster]] to their secret underground base, where Billy is strapped into the mind-reading [[Brainstormer]] so the Renegades can pillage his mind of all his scientific knowledge. Fortunately, the thoughts at the forefront of Billy's teenage mind—like girls, chores, and pimple cream—stymie the machine long enough for Scooter navigate the tunnels that lead into the base. Scooter blasts Billy free of the Brainstormer, and the pair flee into the tunnels, with [[Cy-Kill]] and Crasher hot on their heels. The two Renegades think they have their quarry cornered in a dead end, but soon find that they have once again been tricked by Scooter's trustworthy holograms as the genuine articles zoom past them while they are distracted. Billy taunts Cy-Kill into firing after them, and the Renegade leader's blast triggers a cave-in that buries him and Crasher while Scooter and his pal beat retreat.<br />
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Meanwhile, Leader-1 discovers Scooter's absence and deduces that he has gone to Billy's lab. The Command Center makes its way to Earth, where the Guardians and human learn about the Renegade attack and discover that Scooter was telling the truth. Convinced by this to use his detector again, the heroes are able to locate the Renegades base and arrive just after Cy-Kil and Crasher have dug themselves out. [[Nick Burns|Nick]] and [[A.J. Foster|A.J.]] stay with the Command Center while Leader-1, Turbo, and [[Matt Hunter|Matt]] head into the tunnels. Though surprised by their appearance, Cy-Kill isn't one to let an opportunity pass him by, and pulls a switch that drops them into a pit surrounded by an electromagnetic field that neutralizes their blasters and jets. Worse yet, a deadly energy grid begins to close in around them!<br />
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Elsewhere in the tunnels, Scooter and Billy have gotten thoroughly lost. Through the rock, they hear the sound of their friends' voices, and manage to chip a hole through the wall, into the pit, big enough for Billy to fit through. Scooter removes a circuit board from his body and Billy takes it through the hole to Leader-1, who follows Scooter's directions to combine it with his own propulsion systems to generate enough energy to counteract the electromagnetic pulse. The gamble works, and the Guardians blast their way out of the energy grid. The Renegades start to flee in Thruster, but the Guardians trick them by pursuing without the Command Center. Thinking the Guardians have been caught without their ship, Cy-Kill turns Thruster to open fire on them, only to then be blindsided when Nick and A.J. bring the Command Center into action. The Renegades quickly trigger their stealth device and make a hasty escape, while the Guardians celebrate their victory, and apologize to Scooter for not trusting him.<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
<br />
{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Leader-1]] (1)<br />
* [[Turbo]] (2)<br />
* [[Scooter]] (6)<br />
* [[Rest-Q]] (7)<br />
* [[Heat Seeker]] (10)<br />
* [[Night Ranger]] (11)<br />
* [[Scratch]] (12)<br />
* [[Zeemon]] (15)<br />
* [[Spay-C]] (17)<br />
<br />
|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (8)<br />
* [[Fitor]] (9)<br />
* [[Cop-Tur]] (13)<br />
* [[Crasher]] (14)<br />
<br />
|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
* [[Matt Hunter]] (3)<br />
* [[Nick Burns]] (4)<br />
* [[A.J. Foster]] (5)<br />
* [[Billy]] (16)<br />
<br />
|h4=Others|c4=<br />
* Head Librarian (18)<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Quotes==<br />
"I ''love'' a moving target!"<br />
:—''''Crasher'''''<br />
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<br />
"Crasher, I believe the Brainstormer will work ''just'' as well on a discon''nect''ed brain as one one that is still in use!"<br><br />
"Nyaha-haha-ha-ha-haaaaaa! Let's ''try!''"<br />
:—'''''Cy-Kill''' and '''Crasher''' threaten Scooter and Billy''<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
* This episode continues to introduce GoBotron's copious themed moons; Spa Moon and the Moon of Knowledge join the [[Moon of Shadows]] from "[[Doppelganger]]" and the [[Moon of Fire]] from "[[Tarnished Image]]."<br />
* Spay-C makes her debut in the series proper this episode as the overseer of Spa Moon, following a silent appearance of the back of her head in the [[The Final Conflict|final episode]] of the [[Battle for GoBotron (mini-series)|pilot mini-series]].<br />
* Much is made this episode of GoBotron's alliance with other worlds, with Zeemon concerned that the Guardian will be seen as unable to defend against the Renegade threat. GoBotron formally allied with numerous other planets against the Renegades back in "[[Lost on GoBotron]]." <br />
* Gadgets and Powers: <br />
** Rest Q can levitate his patients onto his roof in vehicle mode, using beams from his headlights.<br />
** Scooter uses a hologram to disguise his shuttle as a cloud. A fast moving cloud.<br />
<br />
===Real-world references===<br />
*This episode takes its title from the Aesop fable, "{{w|The Boy Who Cried Wolf}}."<br />
<br />
===Continuity errors===<br />
*It doesn't really make any sense for the Guardians to not believe Scooter. The false alarms were considered the result of equipment failure, but Scooter actually saw the Renegades attack Billy ''with his own eyes.''<br />
*Prior to the first commercial break, Crasher is in Billy's lab with Cy-Kill, looming over the boy. After the break, she's suddenly outside tearing the joint up with Cop-Tur while Cy-Kill menaces Billy alone.<br />
*While in vehicle mode, Scooter blasts Billy free of the Brainstormer... but, uh, Scooter doesn't ''have'' blasters.<br />
*Nick credits Scooter's detection device with leading the Guardians to Billy's lab, but in fact, it was Leader-1 who deduced that that's where they should go. This would already be a logical presumption based on what Scooter had been trying to tell them before leaving, but the episode implicitly shows Leader-1 coming to this conclusion because he sees Billy's wrecked lab on the monitor at Scooter's workstation... but that was just the communication feed from Billy's lab Scooter saw him over earlier, not the detection device.<br />
* As Leader-1 blasts the energy grid into nothingness, he cries "Watch out, Scoot!" - but Scooter's not in the room, or anywhere in sight, or in any obvious danger from the grid. Something deleted here?<br />
<br />
===Animation and technical errors===<br />
* In the full-body shot of Rest-Q transforming, his visor is miscolored grey like the rest of his helmet, and a strip on the front of what's supposed to be his mouthplate is coloured like the visor instead, giving him the appearance of having a really tiny face.<br />
* When Scooter videocalls Billy for the first time, the background painting of Billy's lab is already visible on Scooter's screen, over which Billy himself then fades in. The same thing happens again when Zeemon calls in from Spa Moon, and again, in reverse, when Billy's second call with Scooter comes to an end.<br />
* Zeemon's call is depicted as coming in through the screen of Scooter's detection device, rather than the Command Center's communications console. Then, when the alert for the Moon of Knowledge is received, it comes in through the Command Center console, rather than the detector!<br />
* On his second call, Zeemon appears on the viewscreen, but the background is that of open space from the Command Center's cockpit behind the viewer.<br />
* Leader-1's mouth blinks out for a frame when he tells Scooter to get some rest.<br />
* When Cy-Kill orders Fitor to repair the Brainstormer, Fitor's nose is miscolored black.<br />
* Both Cy-Kill and Crasher are animated as laughing at Cy-Kill's "disconnected brain" line, when only Crasher's actress does so, making it look at one point like her laughter is coming out of Cy-Kill's mouth.<br />
* Cy-Kill is "clean shaven" when he drops the energy bands on Leader-1 and the others in the pit.<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
*Scooter's detection device conspicuously recycles the design of the [[Astro-Beam]] protector.<br />
*Scooter's shuttle is a slightly off-model rendering of the [[NASA]] shuttle ''[[Intrepid]]'' from the [[Battle for GoBotron|pilot episode]].<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
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2015 — ''Challenge of the GoBots'' — The Series, Volume Two (Warner Archive Collection)<br />
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[[Category:Challenge of the GoBots episodes]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade_renegades_detected.jpg&diff=3592File:GoBotWhoCriedRenegade renegades detected.jpg2017-05-28T21:13:32Z<p>Chris McFeely: {{GBcap|Scooter believes he has detected an impending Renegade attack.|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</p>
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<div>{{GBcap|[[Scooter]] believes he has detected an impending [[Renegade]] attack.|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade|5}}</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=The_Quest_for_Roguestar&diff=3588The Quest for Roguestar2017-05-07T10:54:57Z<p>Chris McFeely: /* Synopsis */</p>
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|next=Renegade Rampage, Part I<br />
|image=QuestforRoguestar commandcenter and roguestar.jpg<br />
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|title= "The Quest for Roguestar"<br />
|airdate=[[October 14]], [[1985]]<br />
|production code=0142-8516<br />
|story by=[[John Loy]], [[Jeff Segal]] and [[Kelly Ward]]<br />
|teleplay by=[[John Loy]]<br />
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|animation studio=[[Wang Film Productions]]<br />
|production company=[[Hanna-Barbera]]<br />
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'''After Cy-Kill brings ''Roguestar'' into Earth's solar system, the Guardians make plans to destroy the huge spacecraft once and for all.'''<br />
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==Synopsis==<br />
[[File:QuestforRoguestar renegade raid.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
The [[Renegade]]s launch a series of daring raids throughout [[Earth]]'s solar system: [[Cop-Tur]] and [[Fitor]] hijack a [[Space Ace|cargo hauler spacecraft]]; [[Crasher]] leads an attack on [[Lunar Enterprises]] Mine #6 on the surface of the [[Moon]], injuring [[Path Finder]] in the process; and [[Cy-Kill]] himself pillages an industrial plant in [[Russia]]. [[Anya Turgenova]] reports the news to the [[Guardian]]s, but even as she is in the midst of delivering the information, an alarm alerts them all to a new attack taking place in [[Pittsburgh]]. The Guardians speed into action, and are successfully able to force the Renegades into retreat after Leader-1 injures Cy-Kill. The rapidity of the attacks, coupled with the presence of thunderous storm clouds over Pittsburgh that quickly disappear once the Renegades have departed, leads the heroes to one inescapable conclusion: the villains are striking from their flagship headquarters ''[[Roguestar]]'', which Cy-Kill has brought into Earth's solar system, and the massive size of which is affecting the planet's climate. Unfortunately, with the ship hidden by the Renegades' [[stealth device]], the chances of the Guardians finding it are slim to none.<br />
[[File:QuestforRoguestar lunar whirlwind.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
Leader-1 and Scooter visit Path Finder while she is undergoing repairs after her recent defeat, and she tells them of another strange phenomenon she observed on the Moon just before the attack: a column of lunar dust whirling up from the surface, off into space. Leader-1 realizes that this must have been the product of a gravimetric anomaly caused by the colossal ''Roguestar'', so Path Finder proposes that they find a way to scan for such anomalies, thereby allowing them to pinpoint ''Roguestar''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s location. [[Scooter]] puts a detection system together and the Guardians take off in the [[Command Center]] to begin their search—a search that bears fruit almost immediately, as ''Roguestar'' de-cloaks in front of them! Faced with the ship's incredible firepower, the Guardians have no choice but to retreat; Leader-1 orders the risky move of deactivating their shields so that all power can be directed to the hyperdrive to get them out of there as quickly as possible. The Command Center warps away at hyperspeed, but a shot from ''Roguestar'' hits with enough force to knock the vessel's navigation systems offline, sending it spinning out of control. While the Renegades re-cloak and return to their evil plotting, Scooter, thinking quickly, employs the Command Center's tractor beam as an impromptu set of "brakes," locking the beam onto the Earth and using it to haul the craft back there.<br />
[[File:QuestforRoguestar smelted down.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
Now realizing they will be unable to take ''Roguestar'' head-on, Path Finder formulates a plan that will bring the Renegade ship to the Guardians on their terms, so they can infiltrate and disable it. Deducing from ''Roguestar'''s position that the Renegades are planning to hit the [[Seta 6 Metallurgical Station|Seta 6 metallurgical research space station]] near the moons of [[Jupiter]], the Guardians evacuate the station's human personnel then conceal themselves within its storage vault, confident that its [[allodium]] casing will hide them from the Renegades' scans. The plan appears to work: ''Roguestar'' soon appears nearby, and after detecting no lifeforms aboard, the Renegades tractor-beam the entire station inside their ship. Unfortunately, it turns out that Cy-Kill is wise to the Guardians' scheme, and begins using smelting beams to melt the entire space station down with the heroes still inside!<br />
[[File:QuestforRoguestar let me plant the detonator.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[Turbo]] is able to blast through the floor of the station and the deck of ''Roguestar'' beneath it, allowing the Guardians to escape—something the Renegades only discover when the molten remains of the station start dripping through the hole Turbo has left behind. Cop-Tur and the [[Monster GoBot]]s are sent to hunt them down, but the Guardians have already exploited their brief opening to put their plan into action: Scooter has located the main computer and uses it to ascertain the location of the ship's energy reactor, so that they can plant an explosive [[L-Ron detonator]] on it. By her own request, Path Finder is responsible for planting the detonator, and set off for the reactor after shaking off the pursuing [[Pincher]] by flying him right into the path of an asteroid that sends him tumbling off through space. Leader-1, meanwhile, disposes of Cop-Tur, then lures Vamp into the path of some of the ship's weapons, which Scooter uses the computer to activate.<br />
[[File:QuestforRoguestar pathfinder vs crasher.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
Path Finder makes her way to the reactor room, where she is confronted by Crasher once again. The rematch is short and sweet, as Path Finder dodges the Renegade madwoman's shockwaves and hits her with a double blaster-bolt that takes her out of the fight. She plants the detonator, and the Guardians all speedily withdraw to be picked up by the Command Center, piloted by their human allies. The Renegades manage to remove the detonator from the reactor in time, and after a few seconds of panicked hot potato, they managed to eject it into space just before it goes off. Under cover the explosion, Cy-Kill orders Fitor to activate the stealth device, making it appear as if ''Roguestar'' has been destroyed, with the jettisoned the contents of several of the ship's storage holds creating the illusion of a debris field. The Guardians believe they have succeeded in their mission, but the cloaked Renegade all share a sinister laugh together as they begin plotting evil anew for the future...<br />
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==Featured characters==<br />
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{{featuredcharacters<br />
|h1=[[Guardian]]s|c1= <br />
* [[Path Finder]] (5)<br />
* [[Leader-1]] (11)<br />
* [[Turbo]] (12)<br />
* [[Scooter]] (13)<br />
|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=<br />
* [[Cop-Tur]] (3)<br />
* [[Fitor]] (4)<br />
* [[Screw Head]] (6)<br />
* [[Crasher]] (7)<br />
* [[Tank]] (8)<br />
* [[Cy-Kill]] (9)<br />
* [[Pincher]] (17)<br />
* [[Scorp]] (18)<br />
* [[Vamp]] (19)<br />
|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=<br />
* [[Space Ace]] (1)<br />
* [[Skuttlebuster]] (voice only) (2)<br />
* [[Anya Turgenova]] (10)<br />
* [[Matt Hunter]] (14)<br />
* [[A.J. Foster]] (15)<br />
* [[Nick Burns]] (16)<br />
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==Quotes==<br />
[[File:QuestforRoguestar hot potato.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
'''Path Finder:''' "So, how do we get aboard ''Roguestar''?"<br><br />
'''Leader-1:''' "I'm open to suggestions."<br><br />
'''Scooter:''' "I have one: let's not try."<br />
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'''Cop-Tur:''' "Cy-Kill, they got away."<br><br />
'''Cy-Kill:''' "I know, I know.<br><br />
'''Crasher:''' "Cy-Kill, they've sabotaged the core!"<br><br />
'''Cy-Kill:''' "I ''know'', I ''know!''"<br><br />
'''Crasher:''' It's going to self-destruct!"<br><br />
'''Cy-Kill:''' "''I know, I kn-- '''WHAAAT?!''''"<br />
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==Notes==<br />
[[File:QuestforRoguestar scooters chest cable.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Scooter's chest cable, on-model ''(left)'' and this episode's off-model rendering ''(right)''.]]<br />
[[File:QuestforRoguestar vamps hot foot.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]<br />
[[File:QuestforRoguestar renegade family photo.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Cheeeeeese!]]<br />
===Continuity notes===<br />
* Gadgets and Powers: <br />
** Scooter uses his retractable chest interface cable to access and reprogram Roguestar's computers.<br />
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===Real-world references===<br />
*The L-Ron detonator is named after science fiction author {{w|L. Ron Hubbard}}.<br />
*"Get lost, Cop-Tur, you bother me!" quips Leader-1, paraphrasing the classic {{w|W. C. Fields}} line.<br />
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===Continuity and plotting errors===<br />
*Scooter's chest socket and access cable are off-model compared to their standard appearance in the series, as illustrated at right.<br />
*It's obvious that Turbo and Scorp face off against one another during the final battle, since all the other combatants are accounted for, but for whatever reason, their fight isn't shown on screen. Cut for time?<br />
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===Animation and technical errors===<br />
*When the angle changes after Path Finder dodges the Renegades' attack, the same starfield background is used as in the prior shot, making it look like all the animation elements just blink out, to be replaced with those needed for the new shot.<br />
*When Path Finder is lying on the repair bay table, her head is ringed by a piece of circular medical machinery that's part of the background painting. When Leader-1 and Scooter enter, Leader-1's cel is positioned between Path Finder and the piece of equipment, when he should be behind both.<br />
*As Scooter, in profile, says "Okay, here goes!" before cutting power to the shields... he's got a ''nose!''<br />
*The antenna for Scooter's detection system is missing from the Command Center's nose in almost all long shots. It appears when ''Roguestar'' starts to open fire, but disappears as the Command Center turns around to flee, and doesn't return for the rest of the scene.<br />
*In the close-up of Cy-Kill after ''Roguestar'' blasts the Command Center off into the distance, the "cheekbone" areas around his stubble which ought to be black are colored grey.<br />
*Path Finder's red visor blinks grey when she announces her desire to be part of the mission to infiltrate ''Roguestar''.<br />
*As Leader-1 analyzes the vault as a hiding place, the rim of Path Finder's helmet is grey instead of black, and one of the panels of her pelvis is entirely unpainted, causing the background painting to be visible through it.<br />
*While Scooter is talking to a grumpy employee on the metallurgical station, a portion of this helmet's side panel flashes from red to grey a few times.<br />
*Scooter's orange "eyeshadow" blinks in and out as he tells the other Guardians he is claustrophobic while waiting inside the space station.<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
*At one point during production, this episode was titled "The Quest for Doomstar," reflecting the original name for the Renegades' vessel.<br />
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==Home video releases==<br />
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2015 — ''Challenge of the GoBots'' — The Series, Volume One (Warner Archive Collection)<br />
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[[Category: Challenge of the GoBots episodes]]</div>Chris McFeelyhttps://gbwiki.shoutwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Fitor&diff=3587Fitor2017-05-07T10:49:11Z<p>Chris McFeely: /* Challenge of the GoBots cartoon */</p>
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A proponent of "might makes right" who follows only the strongest leader, '''Fitor''' serves as [[Cy-Kill]]'s second-in-command, usually remaining behind on [[GoBotron]] or on ''[[Roguestar]]'' to lead the [[Renegade]]s while his master is busy elsewhere. He is fanatically loyal to Cy-Kill to the point that he will gladly sacrifice his life for the Renegade cause if need be, and in turn, Cy-Kill considers him a vital part of the the Renegade machine that he will go to great lengths to preserve. The pair's relationship is one based on mutual respect; they are close enough that Fitor can even get away with calling his leader "C.K."! <br />
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Fitor converts into a GoBotic space fighter, and has some talent for electronic surveillance, often hacking [[Guardian]] transmissions and acquiring valuable intelligence for the Renegades.<br />
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{{bigquote|Cut it out, ya lunatic!}}{{bigquote|The word is "'''patriot'''"!|Turbo and Fitor|"[[Fitor to the Finish]]"}}<br />
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==Fiction==<br />
===''Challenge of the GoBots'' cartoon===<br />
{{voiceactor|[[Kelly Ward]] (English)}}<br />
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[[File:BattleforGobotron cykill and fitor.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
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Like Cy-Kill, Fitor was originally a Guardian, helping to defend GoBotron against threats such as the [[Parthian Raider]]s and the bands of Renegade terrorists who periodically emerged to attack the planet. After a series of losses by Cy-Kill and [[Zeemon]], [[High Council]] member [[Twister]] proposed that Cy-Kill's more successful fellow [[High Protector]] [[Leader-1]] be appointed sole ruler of the planet. Fitor opined that this was the right idea... but the wrong GoBot. Believing that "the strongest must rule," and that Cy-Kill was the strongest, Fitor chose to side with Cy-Kill when he announced his intent to overthrow the Council and take sole command of the planet. Fitor and [[Dart]] proceeded to lure Leader-1 into an ambush staged by Cy-Kill's new allies, the Renegades [[Crasher]] and [[Cop-Tur]], but Guardian reinforcements saved Leader-1's life. {{storylink|"Et Tu, Cy-Kill"}}<br />
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Cy-Kill assumed command of the Renegades, uniting their scattered ranks, and appointed Fitor his second-in-command. After years of war, Cy-Kill formulated a new plan to use the resources of [[Earth]] to conquer GoBotron, and instructed Fitor to remain in charge on their homeworld, continuing the fight against the Guardians, while he, Cop-Tur, and Crasher relocated to the alien world. Fitor requested permission to unleash [[Zod]] on the Guardians, but Cy-Kill refused. {{storylink|Battle for GoBotron}} Once established on Earth, Cy-Kill had Fitor teleported there via [[Astro-Beam]] so he could he could deliver an in-person update on the battle. Cy-Kill ordered Zod dispatched to Earth, and Fitor momentarily forgot himself, angrily insisting that without the monster, "his forces" on GoBotron would be crushed. Fitor's proprietary remark earned him a blasting from Cy-Kill, and, suitably cowed, he was Astro-Beamed back to GoBotron and proceed to launch Zod as instructed. {{storylink|Target Earth}}<br />
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[[File:CykillsEscape fitor overpowers hanscuff.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]<br />
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Fighting on GoBotron went poorly for Fitor, as Guardian forces soon penetrated the Renegades' fortress. {{storylink|Earthbound}} He and his men were captured, {{storylink|The Final Conflict}} and Fitor was incarcerated the GoBotron's [[Prison Moon]], soon to be joined by Cy-Kill after his campaign on Earth was thwarted by Leader-1's team. Cy-Kill was soon to effect an escape attempt, during which a stray shot from [[Blaster]] broke open Fitor's cell. Pouncing on [[Hans-Cuff]], Fitor relieved the Guardian of his [[power pack]] and used it restore his own deactivated weapons systems. Fitor and Cy-Kill went on to knock out power to the Prison Moon, and escaped aboard a small craft Cy-Kill had secreted on the satellite's dark side years prior for just such an emergency. As they fled, Fitor picked up a stray Guardian transmission that indicated Leader-1's forces were about to begin a search for the fabled [[Last Engineer]]. {{storylink|Cy-Kill's Escape}} Unfortunately, the being the Guardians located proved to be the Renegades' legendary founder, the [[Master Renegade]], who joined forces with Cy-Kill to mastermind a massive attack on Gobotron. {{storylink|The Fall of GoBotron}} During the attack, Fitor and Crasher attempted to capture Leader-1 and his team but were beaten back by [[Turbo]]. The two Renegades pursued their quarry to Earth, where they observed the testing of the Gaurdian's new weapons, the [[Power Suits]], created for them by the ''real'' Last Engineer. {{storylink|Flight to Earth}} The enhanced sensors of [[Small Foot]]'s Power Suit detected Fitor and Crasher, and the Guardians used the suits to overpower and capture the pair, with Leader-1's stealth suit allowing him to easily outfly and subdue the fleeing Fitor. The Guardians used the mind-reading [[Brainstormer]] to pluck information about Cy-Kill's plans from the pair's thoughts, and were subsequently able to use this knowledge and their Power Suits to defeat the Renegades and reclaim Gobotron. {{storylink|Return to GoBotron}}<br />
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Fitor was evidently able to escape Guardian custody; when next seen, he and [[Spoons]] were attempting to prevent the escape of several Guardian prisoners from a Renegade base on the [[Moon of Shadows]], only to be sent fleeing by a hologram of Zod projected by [[Scooter]]. {{storylink|Doppelganger}} Soon after, when Cy-Kill moved ''Roguestar'' into Earth's solar system to facilitate faster, easier attacks on humanity, Fitor and Cop-Tur were the first to stage such a raid, stealing the manganese payload of a [[Space Ace|space trucker]]. The Guardians were quick to come looking for ''Roguestar'', but Fitor used the ship's mighty weapons to fend them off. This forced the Guardians to turn to more subtle means, sneaking aboard the ship to plant an explosive device; the Renegades were able to eject the device into space before it went off, and under cover of the explosion, Fitor to activated ''Roguestar''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[stealth device]] and jettisoned the contents of several storage holds, thereby tricking the Guardians into thinking the ship had been destroyed. {{storylink|The Quest for Roguestar}}<br />
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While investigating the mysterious disappearance of Cy-Kill, a Renegade [[Thruster]] captained by Fitor crossed paths with a Guardian [[Command Center]] searching for Leader-1. After a brief misunderstanding, in which each side believed the other had captured their leader, the two groups realized what had happened, and joined forces to track down their missing leaders and help rescue them from their true captor, [[Crespas]], the [[Gamesmaster]] of [[Kolob]]. {{storylink|Gameworld}} Later, aboard ''Roguestar'', Fitor watched as [[Doctor Go]] attempted to upgrade the Astro Beam. {{storylink|Steamer's Defection}} Not long after, during a Renegade attack on GoBotron, Fitor piloted a Thruster and occupied the attention of a Command Center. This was followed by the Renegade abduction of the Guardian's human ally [[Billy]]; Fitor operated the Brainstormer to read the boy's mind, and then had to repair it when Scooter damaged it while affecting Billy's rescue. {{storylink|The GoBot Who Cried Renegade}}<br />
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When Cy-Kill was captured by the Guardians, Fitor took full control of the Renegades and immediately began working toward his rescue. Playing on [[UNECOM]]'s assumption that the Renegades would be lost without their leader, Fitor pretended that he and [[Geeper Creeper]] wished to defect to the Guardians, offering a Thruster and a [[stealth device]] in return for amnesty. As a means of testing their loyalty, Leader-1 had them accompany Turbo to the prison planet, [[Elba]], where Cy-Kill was being held, but Fitor secretly had Crasher and Cop-Tur follow them to the planet, and together, the Renegades overpowered the Guardians and rescued Cy-Kill. The Renegades subsequently attempted to launch a surprise attack on Earth by informing [[General Newcastle]] that Fitor and Geeper—who he was unaware had shown their true colors—would be returning with Cy-Kill, but a suspicious Leader-1 saw through their trickery and sent the villains packing. {{storylink|Escape from Elba}}<br />
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Astro-Beamed to Earth with a strike team to lead an attack on a new UNECOM monitoring station on Earth, Fitor was captured by the Guardians. Loaded aboard a Command Center, he proved willing to sacrifice his own life to protect Renegade secrets when he hurled his bound body against a console, crippling the craft and sending it on a crash course. Fortunately, Leader-1 and Turbo were able to blast their way out of the Command Center before impact, dragging Fitor with them. Fitor was transported to GoBotron and subjected to Guardians' most powerful Brainstormer, but during the process, Cy-Kill contacted Leader-1 to inform him he had captured Scooter and the Guardians' human allies, and would trade them for Fitor. Left with no choice, Leader-1 deactivated the Brainstormer just before Fitor's mental resistance broke down, and brought him to the meeting point Cy-Kill had chosen. Predictably, Cy-Kill attempted a double-cross, and in the battle that ensued Fitor sought to settle the score with Leader-1 in a dogfight. Luckily for the Guardian leader, just before Fitor could strike the final blow, the Astro-Beam wore off, and he was teleported back to ''Roguestar''. Cy-Kill's forces retreated, and he and Fitor soon reunited properly aboard their vessel, to begin planning evil together anew. {{storylink|Fitor to the Finish}}<br />
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Using Doctor [[Aeolis]]'s [[hermetic condenser]], Cy-Kill abducted the entire population of Earth, shrinking them and holding them prisoner in globes which he used as ransom to seize control of GoBotron. Fitor and [[Bad Boy]] were assigned to watch over the vault containing the globes, but were duped into providing Leader-1 and Scooter access when the little Guardian used his holograms to disguise them Cy-Kill and Crasher. Leader-1 swapped out the globes for fakes, removing Cy-Kill's bargaining chip; when the switch was exposed, Fitor led the Renegades in fleeing. {{storylink|Clutch of Doom}}<br />
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Despite unswerving loyalty to his leader, Fitor prevented the other Renegades from interfering when [[Zero]] challenged Cy-Kill for leadership, maintaining his old view that the strongest deserved to lead. When Zero triumphed, however, Fitor remained faithful to Cy-Kill—which spared him his wrath after Cy-Kill inevitably retook command. {{storylink|The Third Column}} Fitor's loyalty also saw Cy-Kill consult him for ideas on how to turn Leader-1 to the Renegade side; Fitor proposed asking the engineers of the planet [[Fabricon]] to build a device to affect the Guardian leader's mind. As it turned out, the plan work ''too'' well: the now-evil Leader-1 overthrew and imprisoned Cy-Kill, forcing Fitor to free him and help him restore the status quo. {{storylink|A New Suit for Leader-1}}<br />
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When Cy-Kill used the powers of the mystic [[Tinotchka]] to threaten the world, Fitor stood ready aboard ''Roguestar'' with reinforcements. {{storylink|The Last Magic Man}} Later, he, Crasher, and Cop-Tur intercepted a shipment of UNECOM surveillance equipment, which the Renegades used to build a secret base on [[Titan]]; Fitor soon found himself fighting in defense of the facility. {{storylink|Braxis Gone Bonkers}} While captaining ''Roguestar'', he was unable to prevent [[Creepy]] from rescuing the captive Master Renegade from the ship's brig, earning him a protracted, high-volume dressing-down from Cy-Kill. {{storylink|Quest for New Earth}}<br />
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Fitor was on GoBotron when the [[Rock Lord]]s [[Solitaire]] and [[Nuggit]] arrived, surreptitiously observing their meeting with the Guardians, unseen at the back of a crowd of watching GoBots. Once the two visitors were brought inside the council chambers for a debriefing, Fitor scaled the building and used a listening device to monitor the conversation, learning of the rogue Rock Lord [[Magmar]] and the [[Ultra-Scepter|ultimate weapon]] he sought. Fitor brought this information to Cy-Kill, who congratulated him on a job well done, and immediately set about acquiring the weapon for himself. {{storylink|GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords}}<br />
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[[File:RoboMachines fitor.jpg|left|thumb|275px]]<br />
Fitor was the third [[Robo Machine]] modified by the evil scientific genius [[Stron-Domez]] to able to change into a vehicular form, and the first to be so altered after the madman relocated his forces from their homeworld of [[Robotron]] to Earth. No sooner had his reconstruction been completed than Fitor was sent on a mission to locate a suitable target that Stron-Domez's forces could destroy to strike fear into the hearts of humankind. {{storylink|The Robo Machines, Part 2|Part 2}} He sighted the small English town of [[Cholkham]], and at Stron-Domez's command, he, Cy-Kill, and Tank began razing it. {{storylink|The Robo Machines, Part 3|Part 3}} {{storylink|The Robo Machines, Part 4|Part 4}} Their attack was interrupted by the arrival of three heroic Robo Machines, Leader One, Hans-Cuff, and [[Dozer]], {{storylink|The Robo Machines, Part 5|Part 5}} but the villains were able to escape by damaging a nearby school, thereby forcing Leader One's team to break off the fight to save the humans within. {{storylink|The Robo Machines, Part 6|Part 6}} {{storylink|The Robo Machines, Part 7|Part 7}}<br />
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Together with Cop-Tur, Fitor seized control of the [[Datafile Electronics]] manufacturing plant. While Cop-Tur suppressed the workers outside, Fitor severed the planet's telephone lines then tore his way inside the offices, forcing the workforce to stay put by grabbing [[Sharon|a female staff member]] and threatening her life if they did not obey. {{storylink|The Robo Machines, Part 13|Part 13}} He then stood by as Stron-Domez addressed the captive workers, before putting them to work building new Robo Machines. {{storylink|The Robo Machines, Part 14|Part 14}}<br />
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Leader One's heroic Robo Machines eventually thwarted Stron-Domez's ambition, but while Fitor and his other minions were captured and deactivated, the scientist and Cy-Kill escaped. A news report on the conflict on Earth eventually made its way back to Robotron, and included footage of Fitor buzzing a human jet liner at some point. {{storylink|The Robo Machines Series 2, Part 1|Series 2, Part 1}}<br />
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===''Machine Men'' comic===<br />
Fitor was among the first group of Enemy Robots under Cy-Kill's command. He attended a briefing where Cy-Kill revealed his plan to conquer Earth, and immediately launched alongside Tank to begin the invasion. {{storylink|Space Wars}}<br />
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At the height of a subsequent battle, Fitor was almost destroyed by Rest-Q. The Friendly Robot medic managed to lift him above his head, but was attacked from behind by Tux. This allowed Fitor to deliver a near-fatal blow. {{storylink|The Combat}}<br />
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===Fun Publications===<br />
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Fleeing the [[Cataclysm]] that threatened to destroy the universe, Fitor was one of a group of GoBots who relocated to the alternate universe identified as [[Level 11]], adopting a new appearance to blend in. {{tstorylink|Cultural Appropriation}} <br />
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Lured into a devastating battle with the Guardians by the Master Renegade that threatened to obliterate both sides, Cy-Kill left Fitor in command of the Renegade forces while he went to face Leader-1 personally. {{storylink|Double Cross}} The conflict allowed the Master Renegade to seize control of Gobotron, forcing Cy-Kill and Leader-1 to ally against him. Fitor blew a hole in the roof of the Master Renegade's base, allowing them to enter and apprehend him. {{storylink|Graduation Day}}<br />
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Fitor led a squad of Renegades on an attack against one of [[UNECOM]]'s new [[Space Hawk]] production facilities. Fitor's mission was a success; the base and its ships were destroyed. {{storylink|The Hawks of Space}} Later, he was away on a mission with Crasher and [[Chaos]] when the Master Renegade succeeded in overthrowing Cy-Kill by offering several Renegades Power Suits of their own. Fitor and his comrades returned to ''Rogue Star'' to find Cy-Kill locked up, and defeated [[Creepy]] and [[Blades]] to free him. {{storylink|Coupe de Grunge}} <br />
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Fitor brought Cy-Kill news that the Guardians were holding a new device, the [[tetrionic capacitor]], on Gobotron's [[fortress moon]], prompting Cy-Kill to initiate a failed assault that led him to hatch a diabolical new scheme. {{storylink|The RoGun Ruckus}} Soon after, Cy-Kill conquered both Earth and Cybertron by altering history to prevent Leader-1 from ever becoming a GoBot. When an uprising began on both planets simultaneously, Fitor took half the Renegade Thruster fleet to quell it, but this left Cy-Kill under-equipped to prevent the Guardians from restoring the timeline. {{storylink|Renegade Victory, Part 2}} Cy-Kill did ''not'' clone the loyal Fitor when he obtained UNECOM's [[duplication beam]], instead making a copy of himself who soon turned against him, but would later wish he had. {{storylink|Mirror Menace}}<br />
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Fitor was given command of ''Rogue Star'' after its primary particle beams were modified into an enormous [[Astro-Beam]], and was sent to steal Gobotron's [[communication moon]]. He succeeded, but inadvertently teleported Leader-1 along with the moon. {{storylink|The Stolen Moon}} Later, Crasher had an encounter with a future version of Fitor when she and Turbo were catapulted into the year 2085. {{storylink|All Tomorrow's Utopias}}<br />
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When [[Zebdiah Braxis|Doctor Braxis]] used his [[Destabilizer Cannon]] to seize control of the Guardians' minds, he took Fitor, Cy-Kill, and [[Gunnyr]] on a tour of their captured UNECOM facility... only to turn on the Renegades and temporarily imprison them in a forcefield. {{storylink|Once Braxis Twice Shy, Part 2}} While monitoring Earth transmisions, Fitor happened upon a broadcast of a basketball game and mocked humankind for its obsession with sports. The broadcast inspired Cy-Kill to come up with one of his most outrageous schemes yet, challenging the Guardians to a basketball game in which the losers had to leave Earth! Using a special ball created by Doctor Go that responded to their thoughts, Fitor, Cy-Kill, Cop-Tur, Crasher, and [[Crain Brain]] seem poised to claim victory in the contest, until a little help from the [[Harlem Globetrotters]] saw the Guardians triumph. {{storylink|Double Dribble}} As if this series of defeats by humans was not embarassing enough, Fitor was one of several GoBots transformed into humans by the Master Renegade! {{storylink|Human Resources}}<br />
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After Cy-Kill disappeared into [[Axiom Nexus|another dimension]] following an accident with an experimental [[Anti-Phase-Displace Blaster]], Fitor and Gunnyr argued over how best to act in his absence; Gunnyr wished Fitor to take supreme command of the Renegade, but the ever-faithful Fitor refused, believing Cy-Kill remained leader ''in absentia'', and redirected Renegade resources to search for him. This search turned up the mysterious [[Gong]], who Fitor had use his powers over time and space to recover Cy-Kill. {{storylink|Opportunity Knocks, Part 1}} Soon after being reunited with his leader, though, Fitor faced another crisis of command when the temporarily super-intelligent Zod tried to destroy him, Cy-Kill, and Gunnyr. {{storylink|In Zod We Trust}}<br />
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When the Renegades attacked Quartex during the signing of a treaty between it, Earth, and Gobotron, Fitor was left in charge of a fleet of Thrusters that cordoned the planet off in orbit. {{storylink|Combiner Wars, Part 1}} Unfortunately for the villains, the combined ranks of the entire Guardian and UNECOM fleets soon arrived to take them on, and Fitor was last heard from as his transmission to Cy-Kill cut out, and the Thrusters began dropping from the sky. {{storylink|Combiner Wars, Part 2}}<br />
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===="Brain Problem Situation"====<br />
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When Cy-Kill detected a group of dimensionally-displaced {{t|Autobot}}s fighting the Guardians, he dispatched Fitor and a group of Renegades to help out the newcomers, assuming that the Autobots and their Guardian-fighting ways would them make ideal allies to the villainous cyborgs. The Renegades defeated the Guardians and escorted the Autobots back to the ''[[Roguestar|Rogue Star]]''. When they realized that they'd been duped, the Autobots turned on the Renegades after discovering that their GoBot benefactors were evil. {{tstorylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}<br />
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===="Echoes and Fragments"====<br />
When the temporal tricksters [[Gong]] and {{t|Sideways (RID)|Sideways}} mashed the worlds of the GoBots and the [[Transformer]]s into an unstable hybrid universe, Fitor found himself occupying the role normally played by the Decepticon {{t|Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave}}. Stationed on {{t|Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron}}, he alerted Cy-Kill when [[Snoop]] returned with news of {{t|Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime}}'s plan. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}<br />
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==Toys==<br />
===''GoBots''===<br />
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*'''Fitor''' (GoBot, 1983/1984)<br />
**''Enemy Robot Jet''<br />
**''ID number:'' '''03'''<br />
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: Fitor transforms from robot to space fighter, featuring die-cast metal and chrome parts. He was released in the first series of ''[[GoBots (toyline)|GoBots]]'' figures in 1983, then re-released as part of the second series in 1984 with a hologram sticker.<br />
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: The cannons on his wingtips are often broken on loose samples, so take care.<br />
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: He is a straight import of the ''[[Machine Robo]]'' "[[Jet Robo]]" toy, one of the original batch of ''Machine Robo'' figures designed by [[Popy]] prior to [[Bandai]] taking over the line.<br />
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===''Machine Men''===<br />
*'''Aero Man''' (Machine Men, 1983/1984)<br />
**''Enemy Robot'' (1984)<br />
**''ID number:'' '''03'''<br />
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:The third toy in the original six figure lineup, Aero Man was released by Bandai Australia during the second quarter of 1983. He remained identical to the original Jet Robo figure, albeit packaged on a blue backing card.<br />
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:In 1984, the figure was re-released as the Enemy Robot "Fitor" with a new black backing card depicting a blue-tinted alien landscape.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*Fitor's modified appearance in the "Cataclysm universe"—created in order to side-step any legal complications involved with modern use of his classic design—is based on the 2007 ''{{T|Transformers: Classics|Transformers: Classics}}'' "Conehead Seeker" toy mold, used for characters such as {{t|Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet}}, {{t|Dirge (G1)|Dirge}}, and {{T|Thrust (G1)|Thrust}}.<br />
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[[Category: Renegades]]</div>Chris McFeely