Revisiting BEAST WARS

Post by **onslaught86** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:56 pm

I'd agree with that too, and I consider myself a Tigatron fan. Wish he had his katanas from the manga, heh. Ronin Tigatron is a great idea.

Mako Crab · Post by **Mako Crab** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:06 pm

Double Jeapordy
written by Jesse Winfield

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Hot, oily sex falls from the sky and her name is Blackarachnia! We all know who she is, so an introduction isn't really necessary. Good thing to, as this episode has almost nothing to do with her just like Tigatron's introductory episode had nearly nothing to do with him.

I do find it amusing to note that, as the only Transformer to have such an incredibly developed set of golden breasts, that she's shown to be clearly... ehhh.... flat while still a protoform. She's just one of those girls that bloomed overnight!

Interestingly enough, this episode begins in snow-covered region with Dinobot and Primal closing in on the fallen stasis pod. This time the Predacons get it and the Maximals limp home badly beaten. It almost seems as though they purposely recreated the final scene from "Fallen Comrades" and puntuated it with a Predacon victory this time out. Primal especially takes a nasty, nasty fall that I love. As if getting shot in the back and plummeting wasn't bad enough, he bounces off the side of a ledge and flails wildly the rest of the way down.

Later at the Axalon there's trouble brewing. Seeing as how their last few missions have all been ambushed and foiled by Predacons (the other incidents occuring off-screen before the episode began), Primal's suspicion points towards Rattrap. Rhinox pipes up right away in defense of the rat. Nice to see.
*thinks back to "Chain of Command"*
Yeah, Rhinox totally voted for Rattrap.

Primal's not so convinced though and orders Rattrap on a solo scouting mission into the dreaded... Sector 12!! I am so glad it's 12 and not 7. I can't tell you how sick I am already of seeing stupid little references and nods to Sector 7 from the 2007 movie. Enough already! It wasn't that cool! Sector 12 is much cooler. It's a lava field covered by one big energon storm! Rock your socks off! And it's in range of the Predacon base, so if Rattrap survives the ordeal, obviously he's a Predacon. If not, then it means he's a Maximal. Hm... the logic here is... bad. Of course, it's both Primal's and Rattrap's intention that he side with the Predacons, so no harm there.

The show's been over for 12 years! Spoilers be damned!

*ahem* Okay. Oh yeah! And over at the Predacon base Tarantulus has reprogrammed the Maximal protoform to be a Predacon. Introducing femme fatale, Blackarachnia! Immediately Megatron thinks something is up since Tarantulus chose a spider beast mode for her. Building his own arachnid army, I see. I'll bet she turns out to be a loyal recruit in the battles ahead... *snicker*

Meanwhile in Sector 12 there's all of nothing happening. Rattrap sounds convincingly put-out as he reports in, wheeeen... Terrorsaur goes on the attack! Funny bit back at the Axalon; they're still listening to everything that's happening and Rhinox tells Dinobot:

Rhinox: "Told you he was no Predacon clone."

It almost makes me wonder if "Double Dinobot" was supposed to air before this episode the way I always thought "Power Surge" was supposed to come after this one. Food for thought. I can't recall if Blackarachnia or Tigatron were in "Double Dinobot" but it's definitely something to look out for now.

So Terrorsaur is trashing Rattrap and just as he's about to deliver the finishing blow, Rattrap pleads for mercy. He says he'll do anything, even become a Predacon. The Maximals listening in over the open comm. line are in shock. And my favorite part; the camera closes in on the intercom as Terrorsaur lets out a psychotic laugh that lights the board up red. For some reason this always seemed more chilling than if they had just shown Terrorsaur himself.

Terrorsaur accepts Rattrap's terms and takes him back to the Predacon base. Once there, he demands leadership of the Predacons. Megatron is not pleased by this and tries to tell the fool that Rattrap is just a spy looking to work his way into their ranks. Before he can say much more, Rattrap nails him from behind with a taser of some sort that drops the big lizard to the floor. Incapacitated and unable to transform, he's thrown in the brig. Rattrap is imprisoned alongside him while the other Predacons discuss matters of leadership. It's almost a throw-away liine to allow Rattrap the chance to roam around on his own, but I like that Tarantulus feels that such things shouldn't be discussed in front of Maximals, or even Maximal defects.

At the Axalon the other Maximals are suffering a blow to their morale. First they lost Blackarachnia and now Rattrap too. Rhinox and Cheetor are most obviously affected, opting to just let Rattrap go (Rhinox' voice is so sullen!). Both Primal and Dinobot think he's too dangerous a tool in Predacon hands, so it's their job to capture the traitor and bring him in to face justice.

So Rattrap and Megatron are in the brig. And what a nice brig it is. Two cages suspended over a lava pit. Makes escape fun. Megatron scoffs at the laughable cage and simply opens the cell door by voice command. Silly Terrorsaur. You'll have to be a lot smarter than that to outwit Megatron. He calls a floating platform over and quickly vanishes to other parts of the base.

Rattrap has his own lockpick- literally. In moments he has the cage door open and leaps across the lava pit to a ventilation shaft. Oh, but how, oh how, is he supposed to find his way through this place? A rat! A real rat! Rattrap decides to follow it. I mean, it's practically a comrade in arms! It even waves him to follow, how cool is that?!

Sneaking, sneaking... sneaks under some grates and overhears the other Predacons still bickering about who should be leader. Scorponok refuses to follow Terrorsaur. Blackarachnia thinks he's a stubborn idiot, and Tarantulus absolutely loves how direct and forceful she is. Whoa, there, Tarry!
Rattrap keeps navigating the maze and comes to a communications room where he observes Waspinator checking for activity on all Maximal frequencies. Nothing happening. Waspy leaves and Rattrap leaps from his high perch down to the console. And no one heard that?! Dude, Waspy couldn't be more than 15 feet away! Thick doors, I guess. Anyway, he rips open the console and discovers a Maximal decoder chip inside. So now he's discovered how the Predacons have been able to intercept their transmissions and ambush their last few missions. Nifty. He pockets the decoder chip and signals Primal, who's waiting nearby outside the Predacon base with the other Maximals.

They all want to know what the blinking red light on Primal's (monkey) chest was all about, but he brushes it off. No time for that now, it's time to fight! They start blasting holes in the hull of the crashed ship!
Inside, the whole place is rocking and Terrorsaur is a frazzled wreck with no clear ideas on what to do. Just then Megatron hovers into view behind him. He screeches in terror, but Megs is in a happy mood. He decides to let Terrorsaur handle the problem and lets him know right away what a screw-up he thinks he is.

Terrorsaur: "Megatron?!?! You... you will allow me to lead?"
Megatron: "A wise tyrant always allows a fool to take the lead in a crisis."

One of my favorite bits in early Beast Wars. So what's the fools' orders? Rush the enemy! Frontal assault! Let's rock this joint! The Preds all come running out the front door, guns blazing, and I love that even though Megatron thinks it's a horrible plan concocted by a horrible leader, he's out there fighting anyway.
OMG, Waspy gets blasted to hell by Rhinox's chainguns of doom again!
Primal takes to the air and as a proof of loyalty, Rattrap is ordered to shoot him down. He fires several times, each time missing, but one last shot nails him. The Maximals are in shock! And so am I. For the first time ever I noticed that Terrorsaur grabbed Rattrap by the shoulder and corrected his aim, so that he'd actually hit Primal. It's so quick that it's easy to miss. And then you have the Maximals all shouting, "Rattrap?! So it's true!" and it's easy to think that he really did shoot Primal intentionally.

Cool bit! Primal hits the ground and Blackarachnia's right there to finish him off, when her weapon is shot out of her hand by Cheetor. With calm rage she focuses her attention on Cheetor and walks towards him. The cat charges in firing, blasting off the spider legs on her right arm, then her left arm. She continues walking forward unphased. He keeps running and at the last possible second she brings her boot up into his face! That cat is DOWN! She has a perfect opportunity to finish him off just like she was about to do to Primal, but chooses to... run away from the battlefield? Huh?

Battle, battle, battle! In a final test of loyalty Rattrap is forced to shoot Dinobot or reveal he's a Maximal spy. The jig is pretty well up, so he blows off Terrorsaur's head and Dinobot then proceeds to beat the scrap out of Megs. The Maximals drag Rattrap back to base to face his punishment!!!
And Terrorsaur's already suffering his defeat.

Megatron: "A lost battle. A missing Blackarachnia. And who knows what damage done to the base!"

Yeah, no one's going to follow him anymore. Back at the Axalon Dinobot is ready to kill Rattrap on the spot when Primal reveals the whole ruse. It was just a big trick to fool the Preds into letting Rattrap into their base. Of course, they couldn't tell anyone about it, because they wanted it to be as realistic as possible. Uh huh... for dramatic purposes it works, but during the battle you'd think the game's over and he might as well drop the act. Dramatic story-telling versus logic. Eh... it's a trade-off. Maybe he just had to keep up the ruse until he could get back over to the Maximal side of the battlefield. I don't know. But it's okay, because this episode is OV-AH!

Good ep. I really like the whole sequence where Rattrap sneaks around the Predacon base and through the ventilation shafts, evading traps and Tarantulus and... I forgot to mention that during the review, didn't I? Damn.
Blackarachnia, female robots, and boobs. Large, golden boobs. While some people may prefer to debate the logistics of even having female robots, I'm more interested in social norms. Her protoform started out as a standard, flat-chested blank slate. Could mean something. Maybe nothing. Don't know. As a Predacon, Blackarachnia has prominent boobs. When she becomes a Transmetal 2 Maximal much later in the show, she undergoes a dramatic breast reduction. And again as a Technorganic Maximal in Beast Machines her bust line shrinks even further. So what's going on? Is it Maximal programming that gives her a more conservative figure? Is Predacon programming more prone to endowing their women, thus painting Predacons as more pig-headed? I have no idea, but there it is.

Oh! And where did Blackarachnia disappear to? I've had a long-time theory that she accidentally discovered the entrance (or one of many entrances) to Tarantulus' secret underground lair during the battle. Remember in "The Web" that one of the entrances was right under a large boulder. And then the very next time we see Blackarachnia it's sneaking up on Tarantulus in his lair. Possible, possible, yes. And since it's never ever mentioned again in the rest of the series, that's the theory I'm sticking with.

NEXT UP: "Power Surge" (finally!)

Post by **onslaught86** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:15 am

Aww, no Terrorsaur-correcting-Rattrap's-aim screencap?

Mako Crab · Post by **Mako Crab** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:26 am

Well, since you asked.

It's not a very exciting picture, or I might've included it in the original batch. Not post-card worthy.

Starath · Post by **Starath** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:21 pm

Gomess wrote:STARATH WHERE IS MEGATRON GENDER CONFUSION FIC

>=O

o_o Kyaaaa! I was paying attention. Honest. >.>

Female beast mode or not, Megatron's definitely a mech. He's hot like that.

These screenshots are really nice, Mako. Although I have moved on to other things (*cough*Animated*cough*) I still have a soft spot for Beast Wars. Tis where everything TF started for me.

You know, *headscratch* I always did wonder where BA went at the end of "Double Jeopardy". She just *poof*, disappeared. I figure she must have realized what idiots the other Predacons were and ditched em. xD

Mako Crab · Post by **Mako Crab** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:17 am

Seriously! It's no wonder she had no respect for Megatron as a leader. Her very first day alive and she sees an idiot like Terrorsaur bring him down. Is it any wonder she thought she could do a better job?

And, I too am loving, LOVING, Animated. It's easily the most fun I've had with a TF show since Beast Wars ended.

Starath · Post by **Starath** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:45 pm

Oh, I completely agree with you on that count. Animated is sort of like G1 crossed with BW's great writing. It's second in line for Best TF Show Ever in my mind.

I'm not sure that Black Arachnia thought she could be a better leader. Rather, she probably thought "They're ALL idiots, I'm better off on my own." She knew better than to openly defy Megatron, unlike Terrorsaur or Tarantulas.... She got him when she could, even if it still had bad consequences.

Mako Crab · Post by **Mako Crab** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:08 pm

I was just thinking of scenes like in "The Trigger" when she came into some power and declared that she would rule the Predacons. Other than that, and maybe a couple off-handed remarks, yeah, she was smart and kept her ambitions for leadership to herself.

Mako Crab · Post by **Mako Crab** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:20 pm

Been away from this for too long. I blame it all on college and Megaman 9. I can't actually play MM9, but just seeing that it was being made inspired me to go back through and play the entire Megaman X series. And now that I've beaten all 8 Megaman X games, I can get back to Revisiting Beast Wars!

Power Surge
written by Larry DiTillo

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You know, this episode is tidy enough that I don't think a super detailed play-by-play is necessary. Just the facts, ma'am. So here we go.

Terrorsaur is cruising the skies, munching on eagles and generally loving being a Predacon, when he spots a floating mountain.
He lands on the mountain to investigate. It's filled, filled, FILLED to brimming with giant energon crystals. He attempts to scan the mountain and is hit by a crazy wave of super energon.
OH. YEAH.
Terrorsaur is super charged! The first thing he does is tear through the sky at mach 4 back to Predacon territory.
When he gets back home, he challenges Megatron to a duel. Surprisingly, Megatron accepts but quickly finds out that Terrorsaur is more than ready for him. Megatron is reduced to a smoldering pile of scrap metal.
Terrorsaur claims leadership, but he's hit in the gut by a sudden pain. The super energon in his system is wearing off and he needs to get back to the mountain.
He takes off. Tarantulus follows in secret. Scorpy and Waspy retrieve the wreckage that is Megatron and toss him in a CR tank.
Meanwhile... Cheetor has witnessed all of this and reports the news to his Maximal friends. They punch up the computer and track two Predacon signatures heading for exactly the spot where Cheetor claimed the floating mountain was.
Primal and Rattrap take off to put a stop to it.
Terrorsaur lands back on the mountain and recharges. Primal taunts him and engages him in battle. They're flying all over the place, giving Rattrap just enough time to sneak in and plant some explosives.
With the charges set Rattrap makes for a quick escape when he's pounced on by Tarantulus. They fight and it doesn't end so well for the spider, who plummets off the mountain and far, faaaar below.
Meanwhile, Primal is holding his own but it's clear he's no match for Terrorsaur. Luckily Terrorsaur is experiencing yet another energon drain and must recharge again. Optimus is pretty well crippled, so he's not worried about the gorilla going anywhere.
He gets back to the center of the mountain and spots the charges that Rattrap planted. They've almost reached zero on the timer! Terrorsaur flies in a mad panic away from the mountain!
Primal finds Rattrap elsewhere on the mountain. In his current state Primal can't fly, so they both jump for it just as the mountain explodes into a hail of raw energon shards (good gawd!).
Primal catches a tree branch on the way down, reducing his arms to, "refried rubber bands," and we get one of my favorite exchanges in Beast Wars history.

Rattrap: "You do know that was crazy, right?"
Primal: "Eh, sometimes crazy works."

Terrorsaur returns to the Predacon base. Things didn't go his way but he's happy that at least he got rid of Megatron. That is, until he discovers a very angry, very much alive Megatron waiting for him. Terrorsaur turns pale and gulps in terror.

The end!

And some quick things about this episode:
The whole reason I kept putting this one off until after "Double Jeapordy" was for the scene where Terrorsaur arrives to challenge Megatron to a duel.

Megatron: "I thought you'd already learned your lesson about challenging me, Terrorsaur."
Terrorsaur: "Today I'm the teacher, if you have the courage!"
Megatron: "Very well. I could use some amusement."

That one line throws the whole episode off if we're going by the original airing order, which places this episode before "Double Jeapordy". The thing is, Terrorsaur never challenged Megatron before "Double Jeapordy", so he'd have to be referring to some off-screen instance. It's entirely possible that this is the case, but I always felt that the line was making a direct reference to his failed coup in "Double Jeapordy". It just helps solidify continuity between episodes a bit more too.
Tigatron being absent from the episode means nothing, since that cat is still cooling out up in the snow fields. All bases are covered and now Megatron's line makes sense. Yay!
I also like how Megatron accepts Terrorsaur's challenge for leadership. It's interesting. At first he gives him an opportunity to back down. When that fails, Megatron gladly accomodates Terrorsaur's battle-lust. I think it's interesting when you compare his reaction to how he handled Dinobot's challenge for leadership in the first episode. Rather than fight, he had Scorponok blast Dinobot over the horizon. Dinobot survived and went on to become a Maximal; something I'm sure Megatron realizes he could've prevented if he had simply accepted the challenge and beaten Dinobot. It seems both that Megatron doesn't want to repeat his mistake and he really doesn't think of Terrorsaur as any kind of threat (he'll learn to stop under-estimating his adversaries eventually).

Couple other things I like: right after Terrorsaur beats Megatron to a pulp, he instantly takes up saying, "Yeees," the way Megatron always did. It's just a classic little play on character types that I like.
I also like that as Terrorsaur begins to give his first orders (before he's interupted by searing pain), that he was going to bring Waspinator along with him on whatever mission he had in mind. It plays into the whole partnership thing they sort of had going on in previous episodes (Beast Wars part 2, Fallen Comrades, etc.). It's almost sad then, that Waspinator helps Scorponok restore Megatron back to power, considering how little Megatron values Waspy. At least with Terrorsaur there was a chance Waspinator would outrank Scorponok and be his flying partner.

You will notice that this is the last time Terrorsaur ever attempts to dethrone Megatron. Maybe once seeing how the others chose to repair Megatron, he knew there was no point. How do you lead when every last person is against you, even your flying buddy?

Oh! And because I love harping on this issue, and because Beast Wars did it so well- one of the main reasons I LOVE this Megatron so much is that he's not a super invincible god of destruction. He *CAN* be beaten by people other than Optimus Prime (Primal in this case). Last episode he got dropped by Rattrap, the smallest of all the Maximals. This episode he gets blown to pieces by Terrorsaur. It throws a bit of randomness and chance into the stories when literally anyone could be the hero. We now know that not every fight will boil down to Primal fighting off Megatron. It could be Tigatron or Rhinox or even Rattrap. Hell, it could be a monkey kid but that's another story.
It seems the japanese TF shows have this complex where only the two faction leaders are ever allowed to confront one another. If anyone else but Prime faces down Megatron (in Energon or Cybertron, for example), they're going to get stomped on hard. End of story. It makes the stories predictable and builds Megatron up to an annoying level of supremacy.
With Beast Wars it's anybody's game. And that's just the way I like it.

With Cheetor; I like that we get the usual gig where he reports the floating mountain and, of course, Rattrap doesn't believe him. And then when Cheetor is proven right, it's still up to Primal and the doubting Rattrap to go to the mountain while Cheetor stays behind. Usually in these types of stories Cheetor would've gone along to deliver the big, "I told you so," but not this time. He has a moment close to this inside the base when they detect Terrorsaur and Tarantulus heading to the area that Cheetor claimed the mountain was in, but at that point in time Rattrap was still something of a skeptic. The, "I told you so," didn't have much weight to it at that time.
It's cool also that when Cheetor describes the mountain, Rhinox doesn't dismiss the idea at all. Rather, he tries to figure in his head how something like that could've happened and hits upon the right idea. The guy is smart, tough, and a great friend. He's quite possibly the best, most positive incarnation I've ever seen of the brainy stereotype.

Oh what else, what else? I think that pretty much wraps it up for this one. A simple, by-the-numbers episode with a smattering of good humor and some fun moments for all the characters involved.

NEXT UP: A Better Mousetrap (one of my favorites!)

This one's for Raksha. I know she'll like it.

Mako Crab · Post by **Mako Crab** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:04 pm

A Better Mousetrap
written by Chris Allen Weber & Karen Willson

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I've said a few times in these reviews that the Maximals are such great characters, that they could carry an entire episode on their own without the Preds putting in an appearance. Well this is the episode that *almost* proves it.

Two plots today; the main plot deals with the new home security system that Rhinox is installing in the Axalon and how it goes haywire. The subplot deals with a bomb that the Predacons are planting beneath the Axalon and plays such a menial role in the overall events, that it could be removed completely and we'd still have a solid story.

So let's start with the subplot. Lovely opening shot panning across the rocky valley that the Axalon crew calls home, but instead of stopping at the ship, the camera keeps panning down the waterfall to a tiny cave in the side of the rock wall. Inside the cave we find Terrorsaur, Waspy, and Blackarachnia, who decided to return from parts unknown. No word on where she disappeared to after "Double Jeapordy" or what she's been up to, so you'll have to come up with an answer on your own. Anyway Waspy's been digging a hole into the rock and it looks like he's been doing most of the work. He gets fed up and buzzes away leaving just Terrorsaur and Blackarachnia to finish the job. Wait... I mean just Terrorsaur. Doesn't seem Blackarachnia's into the idea of hard labor and aims her weapon at his head. For a second it looks like he's considering putting up a fight but decides against it and starts digging the hole bigger.

Waspy is detected within minutes with all his buzzing around in plain view. It seems he's just flying in circles though, so maybe he thinks he's found some kind of zone where he can't be detected. The Maximals did say that these off-and-on Predacon sightings had been going on for three days, so who knows. Optimus Primal meets up with a dizzy Tigatron, who's been watching Waspy buzz in circles for hours (okay, maybe not hours but long enough!). Primal decides to shake up their visitor in order to see where he runs.

He blasts into the air like a rocket and grazes Waspy, giving the guy some wicked whiplash! Then he mockingly taps Waspy on the head and waves to him. Poor Waspy just about has a heart attack and flees at top speed.

Waspy: "Waspinator must warn others!"

Aww, what a guy! After all the grief he's put up with today, no less! And he's on the run! And Primal's in pursuit! And, and, aaaaand... that bug is really agile. Not even Primal can keep up with his crazy maneuvering. Within seconds the Wasp is gone and Primal grazes the side of a mountain. Yeah, that kind of hurts doesn't it? Not so funny when it's not happening to Wile E. Coyote, is it? Yeah, that's right. Primal lands and regroups with Tigatron. About that time Primal gets a call from the other Maximals. It seems they're locked out of the house and they need a spare set of keys. Primal flies off to help them out but not before we get this bit of dialogue:

Primal: "I'll send some back-up."
Tigatron: "RrreoW! I hunt better alone!"

Well geez, fine then. Have fun hunting alone. Hope you don't run into more Preds than you can handle. Prick. So now it's just Tigatron and he's stalking around the mountainside until he picks up a strange scent. He discovers that a cave entrance has been cloaked by a hologram and heads inside to investigate. Funny thing about this scene; after he goes through the hologram, the false image begins to waver again. I always thought that someone was sneaking in behind Tigatron and that he was going to be in big trouble. Not the case at all. Oh well.

He finds the three Predacons hanging out and putting the finishing touches on their bomb. Blackarachnia activates it just as Tigatron jumps out of hiding and starts blasting away. They all scatter, allowing him the opportunity to yank the giant tunig fork bomb out of the wall and run off with it. Oh yeah, and everyone's chasing after him! Tigs has a great stride and if I could have taken one decent picture of it, you know I would have. Anyway, the Preds chase him outside but they've lost sight of him. Oh! And there's an awesome moment where I swear it's like they're posing for Charlie's Angels! Turns out Tigatron's hiding right above them on the rocky mountainside and throws the tuning fork into the ground at Blackarachnia's feet. She screams and grumbles and all three Preds make a hasty retreat.

And the bomb goes off, bringing down a gigantic chunk of rock and mountain with it. Tigatron crawls free from the rubble to be greeted by the faces of his Maximal friends. Aww. But it seems they have a problem of their own...

While all that was going on, it seems that the new home security system, Sentinel, has gone crazy. It had something to do with Rattrap ticking off Dinobot. One thing led to another and the entire control panel was destroyed. So now Sentinel thinks all the Maximals are intruders. Everyone else ran for their lives, but Rattrap stayed behind inside the Axalon to try and shut Sentinel down. Oh. Yeah. And because it was his fault.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

I love this part of the episode! We get to go all through the Axalon and get a good look around! There's just so much to this ship! It's got air ducts, unused hallways, elevator shafts, access panels, and more crawl spaces than you could ever hope for! It feels like this is the first time we've really gotten to see more of the ship than just a room or the bridge.

Anyway, Rattrap is making his way past all the traps and defenses, and for the most part it's a cake-walk. He's enjoying himself and makes light of Rhinox's basic security system. Oooh, but you know... you should never underestimate the rhino. It seems that Sentinel is a learning defensive system and the more Rattrap continues to evade its traps, the more lethal the responses become.

After narrowly dying once or twice, Rattrap makes it to the core computer that controls Sentinel. The entire room lights up with weapons and defensive energy grids. Suddenly it's not all fun and games anymore. Sentinel doesn't give Rattrap a moment to breath and keeps him swinging through the air, leaping, running, and dodging for his life. And just when it looks like maybe the rat has a handle on things, the UPGRADED weapons systems come online to shut him down. Yeah, tha's right! Because it wasn't already lethal enough! Rattrap gets pinned beneath a heavy girder just inches away from the emergency shut-off button that will put Sentinel down. The hovering laser systems move in for the kill, begin charging up with that unmistakable *hum* that you know means death. Rattrap's fingers- just centimeters away! *Hummmmmmmmmmmmm* Milimeters! *Hummmmmmmmmmmmm!!!* Oh Hell!!!

The Maximals standing vigilant outside the Axalon see the force-field surrounding the ship go down. Good news, yeah? Maybe not. Rhinox explains that the shields wouldn't have dropped unless Sentinel deemed the threat neutralized. So... Rattrap's dead? ... Dead?

The Maximals all hang their heads. Dinobot rattles off a few back-handed compliments but Rhinox isn't in the mood for it today. He offers his own sentiments and the scene fades to black...

NO!!! IT'S NOT OVER YET!!! The Axalon opens up and Rattrap rides the elevator down to the ground! He's alive! He's okay! It's all okay! Sentinel has been put down like the dog it was! Yeah! That's right! And that's all for this one! Bwahaha! Man, I just really love this episode. It's... it's just so cool. Forget my review. Go watch this thing right now.

Next up: looks like Gorilla Warfare

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