The Master Builder, Auto Berserk, Microbots, and Megatron’s Master Plan Parts 1 and 2

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Dodd and if you aren't listening to this podcast

clearly you are a Decepticon douchebag Hello

and welcome to the eighth episode of the TFG

one podcast recorded on March 20th 2009 I am

your host Michael Blanchard So this is Michael

Blanchard with you again for the 8th episode

of the TFG1 Podcast. This podcast has been pre

-recorded even though the release date is March

20th. I am recording this on February 23rd, 24th,

I forget, I don't know. The reason why I'm pre

-recording these episodes is because... my computer

is completely fucked I don't know what the hell's

wrong with it I was in the middle of playing

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas this morning about

to get into a car and start blowing shit up and

the computer just automatically froze the game

stopped the monitor went black and the computer

did not restart I had to hit the reset button

when I did that the computer came back on obviously

Well, it came back onto the lowest screen res

settings that's possible. So I have backed up

all my important files. There will be no supplemental

episodes for a little while. So you will only

be getting regular TFG1 episodes every other

Friday. I don't know. This has been the last

straw for me with this computer. to the point

where it's either going in the shop and getting

repaired and being repaired to the point where

it's gonna fucking work fast like it's supposed

to or It's gonna go into goddamn fucking dumpster

Yeah, I'm really really pissed this morning This

afternoon whenever the hell this is gonna air

or record. I don't know so Yeah, sorry folks,

no more supplementals for a little while. I do

have tons of plans for them, and I will do them

eventually. But right now, this is episode 8.

Let's get into some episodes today. Nothing really.

It's just a model of a solar power tower. Don't

be so modest, grapple. The real power will create

gigawatts of energy, and it'll also - Cool it,

hoist. Prime, we want to construct a full -size

tower. The energy benefits would be enormous!

I agree completely. But how do you intend to

protect it from the Decepticons? Perhaps you

didn't consider that. No, Optimus. I'm afraid

I didn't. Then I must regretfully withhold approval

of the tower. If it ever fell into Megatron's

hands... Condition magenta. Power Glide shot

down by enemy fire in Sector 3. Emergency! Emergency!

Power Glide needs help. Say no more, Prime! Let's

go, Grandpa! The action will do us a world of

good! Yeah... I suppose you're right, horse.

I should give up solar architecture and become

a grease monkey. Then my genius might be appreciated.

There. That ought to do it. Hey, hey, hey! Airborne

is reborn! Thanks a zillion! And away! you and

I got I said why don't we I heard you the first

time but you must have a glitch in your circuits

Optimus Prime said no we can't let the Decepticons

intimidate us think of the energy it would create

think of the energy it would take to build it

two of us can't do it alone yes I guess you're

right I suppose it is a selfish dream but someday

somehow My solar power is going to become a reality.

Grapple, I don't like the vibrations here. Let's

roll. Constructicons! First up today is the master

builder to synopsize this episode. We begin this

episode, Grapple and Hoist are looking at a model

of a solar power tower that Grapple has designed.

However, because he did not think about how to

protect the tower from the Decepticons, Optimus

Prime denies his request to build it until more

security measures can be taken. grapple wants

himself and hoist to build it but scrapper is

nearby listening in then hoist and grapple see

all of the Constructicons and are trapped by

the evil Decepticon builders the Constructicons

strike a deal with the unwitting foolish Autobots,

but they want proof and The Decepticon base the

Constructicons tell Megatron that they are loyal

to the Decepticon cause but they wanted to get

this solar power tower Solar power tower built

so that the Decepticons can steal the energy

it produces The Constructicons are really putting

on a show for grapple and hoist and the Autobots

know nothing about it at the Autobot headquarters

Prime and a few of the others are playing a basketball

game. Yeah, okay giant fucking robots playing

basketball When Trax gets slightly injured and

states that he has been having a hard time getting

an appointment with Hoist for repair, Prime knows

that isn't like Hoist and Spike tells the leader

that Hoist and Grapple have been gone all day.

Powerglide is sent out to find them. When Powerglide

finds them and reports back to Optimus Prime,

the leader wants to find out why Grapple and

Hoist would even want to be in an alliance with

the Decepticons. Prime assembles a raiding party

and they head out to the solar power tower. When

they get there they see no sign of either of

the missing Autobots. But there are plenty of

Decepticons and the battle begins. Optimus has

Smoke Screen confuse Devastator into destroying

the power tower. After the Decepticons are defeated

and they retreat, the Autobots begin the search.

Begin the search for Grapple and Hoist. They

find them and grapple feels so ashamed but prime

forgives them both and gives them a punishment

of cleaning up the destroyed rubble by themselves

Grapple and hoist stay behind for a few minutes

and marvel at how wonderful it would have It

was to have the solar power tower and the episode

ends now for my thoughts on this episode Grapple

is such a whiny bitch in this episode which happens

to be his and hoists first appearance I haven't

really noticed too many animation flubs in the

last few episodes I've been watching. I think

that the animation team got their acts together,

and that's a good thing. Powerglide has been

shown more and more in the last few episodes

I've watched between this episode of the podcast

and the last episode, as well as the newest Decepticon

secret jets Durge, Thrust, and Ramjet. to clear

this rock pile red alert why didn't you warn

us you want to get rid of me just like the others

do you're more damaged than I thought there's

nothing wrong with me red alert needs a complete

overhaul your logic and reason circuits are fried

you need immediate repairs Don't give me any

of that! You just want to disassemble me for

spare parts? Never! I won't let you! Wait! We

are your friends! Quickly! We must rescue him

before he makes his condition worse! Megatron

will regret... Transform? Hey, that's my car!

Put it back where you found it! Oh, sorry, Chief,

it looked like a friend of mine. No two ways

about it. I gotta take that vacation. He gave

us the sleep for his sake. I just hope we find

him. Up next is Auto Berserk to synopsize this

episode. We begin this episode. Wheeljack has

invented a machine called the Negavator. It is

a device that can negate anything in its path.

Grapple has built an excellent bunker to house

the Negavator. But Soundwave and his crazy cassettes

are spying on the Autobot operation and attempt

to steal the Negavator from Megatron. Red Alert

and Inferno are inside the bunker, guarding it,

and Red Alert is piloting the Negavator. Inferno

wants some action, but Red Alert wants him to

stay and guard the bunker. Optimus Prime stands

in front of the Negavator, so Red Alert can't

get a clear shot. Soundwave tells Rumble to eliminate

resistance. The Decepticons cannot overcome the

Autobots' firepower, and Soundwave calls for

a full retreat without getting the Negavator.

But before they leave, Rumble fires a missile

into the bunker and it hits Red Alert, causing

some damage to his brain circuits. Red Alert

thinks that everyone's out to get him, and the

electrical short in his brain isn't helping the

situation at all. Optimus Prime commands all

the Autobots, including Red Alert, to head back

to the base. While driving, Rumble and the Decepticons

are spying on the Autobots. When Rumble's foot

slips causing a rock to fall where the Autobots

are driving, Prime asks Red Alert to analyze

the noise and Red tells him what noise. It's

all clear. Then the Decepticons attack, causing

a rock slide. The Autobots are trying to help

Red Alert, but he thinks that they are after

him. And he runs from them. He hides out in a

nearby city, but the Autobot still searched for

him. All they want to do is help Red... All they

want to do is help. Red Alert out. Red Alert

hears a voice from within an empty garage and

goes in, which it turns out to be Starscream,

whom Megatron left behind. Starscream and Red

Alert team up to show up Optimus Prime and Megatron.

They attempt to steal the Nigavator. Red Alert

knows all of the secret entrances to the bunker

since he was the security director. The two robots

sneak in and get to the level 9 storage room

where the negavator is being held. The Autobots

get the notification that there is trouble and

head down to find Red Alert and Starscream working

together. The Autobots just want to help Red,

but he goes off on them, firing the Negavator.

Megatron and the other Decepticons arrive. Starscream

and Red Alert get into a scuffle. Starscream's

Null Ray has temporarily fixed Red Alert's logic

circuits, but he sends the Negavator to self

-destruct. And the Autobots attack the Decepticons.

After the Decepticons retreat and the Negavator

explodes, Inferno goes back in to save Red Alert

and they both come out okay. Red Alert attempts

to apologize, but Prime tells him not to because

it was he who insisted that they test the Negavator

in the first place. Now for my thoughts on this

episode. Well, as you can pretty much tell, this

was a specific one -shot character episode focusing

on Red Alert. The only animation flow I noticed

was at the very end of the episode where Red

Alert is in Inferno's arms saying who he... who

needs enemies when you have friends like these.

Well, after he says that, his mouth is still

moving and then it goes to black. This is basically

another filler episode, but I do have to point

out something in between this episode and the

one previously reviewed today. There are four

gay characters in season two. At least that's

the way it looks to me. Red Alert and Inferno.

and hoist and grapple. To quote Seinfeld, not

that there's anything wrong with that, I'm just

pointing it out. Simple. We use my Transmat reduction

beam to shrink down to microscopic size. Then

we crawl into Megatron and rip the blasted heart

out. Now we'll show Megatron that bad things

come in small packages. You three ready? Ready

and waiting! All set, Powerglide! In a way we

go! Decepti - Need to conserve it after tomorrow!

Go, Cybertron! Land of the Metal Moon! Looks

like they've over -energized. Now's our chance!

of Cybertron must be in Megatron's chest. And

we've got less than two hours to get to it. Why's

that? Because the Reducto -B will wear off and

will return to normal size. Now you tell us.

Yeah, and Megatron ain't big enough for the three

of us. What's that? What are they? Electrosanitizers.

They're protecting Megatron's body from microscopic

impurities. And we're the impurities! Transformers

will return after these messages. We now return

to the Transformers. Let's move! I'm sick of

hiding. Stand clear and watch how a real Autobot

handles those things. That's it. Come to papa.

Look out! Follow me! Megatron's shoulder joint.

His chest must be around here somewhere. I'm

glad you told us. I never could have figured

that out myself. Just hope he doesn't make any

sudden moves. The intelligence reports Megatron

within 100 miles and closing. ETA, 10 minutes.

We're somewhere in Megatron's neck, but it's

hard to tell which way we're moving. He's horizontal.

You mean he's asleep? Asleep nothing. He's flying.

And that's bad news for the Autobots. Look! Megatron's

brain! How come it's so quiet? Because he isn't

engaging any of his main brain functions. Then

I got a honey of an idea! Let's bash brain! No,

Brawn! It's too dangerous! Listen to Perceptor,

he's right! There! The force field's all set

to go, but it'll only - Megatron. That's five

minutes more than we'd have without it. There

he is! Ratchet, we've got a bi -perceptor more

time. Have all available Autobots ready to move

out. If you destroy his brain, he'll fall. The

impact could detonate the Cybertron? It's our

only chance. What are they? Brain impulses! Evil

brain impulses! heart of cybertron if we can

hitch a ride it'll lead us straight to it here

comes one Things like a hyperbomb, one wrong

move and the whole planet is rubble. Do you think

a mere force shield can stop me? It's us! We're

returning to our normal size! We've got to get

out of here! Now we'll see who's finished. Whoa!

Uh, excuse us. Up next is Microbots. Before I

start the synopsis for this episode, I would

just like to mention that the audio clip for

MicroBots will be extremely long, which, obviously,

you already heard the audio clip. But anyway,

sorry about that, folks. I just felt that 2,

3, 4, 5 minutes wasn't long enough to describe

what the episode was. So the audio clip for MicroBots

was 10 minutes long. Anyways, to synopsize this

episode, we begin this episode with some archaeologists

digging in South America. And they discover a

strange spacecraft. Soundwave is monitoring this,

and he brings it to Megatron's attention. The

Decepticon leader states that it is a Decepticon

ship, and you know what's inside it. At the Autobot

base, Perceptor is repairing one of Ironhide's

chips, and Braun is giving him a hard time about

not doing any real fighting. Bumblebee comes

to the defense of Perceptor when... when Optimus

Prime comes in and tells them that they all must

go to South America to see what has been discovered.

The Decepticons have blazed a trail to the excavation

site of their ship, which the Autobots follow

in on. The humans want to open the ship up, but

the Decepticons get there and blast them, scaring

them away. We find out that what's inside is

the Star Drive, the heart of Cybertron. And Megatron

has Hook implanted inside his chest plate. Megatron

now has the power that is virtually limitless

and he can destroy the Autobots with one thought

and holding out his hand. Perceptor gets an idea

to shrink himself in Braun and Bumblebee to go

inside Megatron's body and disconnect the heart

of Cybertron. And they do just that, barely escaping

with the heart as the matter reducing effect

wears off. But the heart of Cybertron is unstable

and it will explode. Braun throws it up in the

air and Prime tells Perceptor to track it when

it gets to 2 ,000 meters above the earth. Perceptor

blasts it saving the day and brawn has a newfound

respect for the microscope Robot thus ending

this episode now for my thoughts in this episode

first of all Perceptors Microscope little thingy

being a gun come on that never happened before

we I think I I know for a fact I am almost a

hundred percent sure that that has never happened

before It's never happened again. That's just

fucking ridiculous, but oh well This is another

one of those one or two characters shot Epps

Focused on Braun and perceptor and it gave some

more Cybertronian background to the Decepticons

when some Archaeologists uncover their buried

ship which carried the heart of Cybertron The

animation in this episode was fantastic. With

the Autobots micro -sized inside Megatron, it

reminded me of when Unicron ate Galvatron and

the other Autobots in the 86 movie. It seems

the episodes and seasons progress... It seems

as the episodes and season progresses, the more

character development pro... the more the character

development of each character progresses. There,

I think I said that right. Hell, I don't fucking

know. Word iron hide is surrender Autobots offer

no resistance transform and start your engines

We need all the moral support we can get Just

get them to surrender. Autobots! Follow my army!

Follow his commands, Autobots! This is humiliating.

I sure hope Ram knows what he's doing. I hope

you're wrong, Berger. I hope you're wrong. And

you, sir, what is your opinion? Are the Autobots

innocent or guilty? Uh, well, I used to think

those metal guys were okay, you know? But a -

After I've seen those tapes. Thank you, sir.

Now for another opinion. For too long, these

robots have wielded too much power on this planet.

Now, let us rid ourselves of these meddlesome

beasts! Let's proceed with the trial. Of course,

Megatron. And now, Mr. Berger, you were saying?

Yes, Your Honor. I was present when the Autobots

raided the oil fields. I watched them make energon

cubes with my own eyes. You know, something really

bugs me about Berger's testimony. What's that,

Sen? I'm not sure, but try to stall him till

I get back. Spike, where are you going? What?

What's this? There was something fishy the Autobots

never transformed, but it's still not proof This

proves the Autobots are innocent I've got to

get back to the trial Up next is Megatron's master

plan part one to synopsize this episode We begin

with the mayor of Central City unveiling a solar

power station. Wow, Central City. Is the flash

going to be in the Transformers cartoon? Nah.

Which was donated by the mayor's former opponent,

Sean Berger. But it's not a solar power plant

at all. It's a military installation holding

Berger's personal army of tanks. These tanks

attack Starscream and the rest of the Decepticon

jets. The mayor calls in the Autobots. When they

get there, they attack... The Decepticon Jet

Starscream calls for Thrust to help him because

he is getting his ass handed to him. The Decepticons

retreat and the mayor of the city wants to honor

all the Autobots at a ceremony at City Hall.

But the jealous Sean Berger demands that his

guards get out, wait, demands that his guards

get out and he wants to... What? Holy shit, hold

on folks. Oh Okay, I know what it is the at at

burgers office He's very jealous and demands

that his guards get out and that he wants to

think However, we see a cassette tape lying on

his desk He picks it up and looks at it when

it transforms into laser beak the birdbot grabs

the man and flies off with him When Laserbeak

drops him off, Megatron tricks Berger into trusting

him by telling him that the Autobots are the

evil. Berger wants him to prove that the Autobots

are evil. Megatron has a battle set up with evil

Autobots allowing Berger to film it and believe

that the Autobots are truly evil. Berger has

his cameraman interrupt the Mayor's Autobot Day

speech with the false tapes that they recorded.

Everyone watches these tapes and turns against

the Autobots. The mayor tells them not to leave

the area to which Optimus Prime replies, we are

going back to headquarters. You can reach us

there. When the Autobots return to the base,

Berger's tanks and troops surround the base and

demand that they surrender. The Autobots surrender

to the mayor and a trial is held where they are

found guilty and are banished from the planet

Earth. Spike however is gathering evidence to

prove the Autobots are innocent. Berger provides

the spaceship that the Autobots board. We find

Berger and the Decepticons at the Autobot base.

The man wants to know why Megatron... Why he

and Megatron are there. Megatron tells him that

he is changing the flight path and disabling

the communications on the Autobot ship. They

are no longer headed for Cybertron. They are

heading straight into the Sun to be destroyed

and that ends this first part of Megatron's master

plan. Now for my thoughts on this episode. Wow.

This episode was fucking amazing. Just explosive,

unbelievable action happens here. This has to

be the best plan Megatron has had so far in me

watching these cartoons again. It makes it seem

like the Autobots are headed for their doom.

can save the Autobots! I've destroyed their computer's

communications capability and retargeted them

to the sun! They will become one with Oblivion!

To be continued on tomorrow's The Transformers.

Wealthy Sean Berger, Megatron tries to prove

the Autobots are evil, but Spike discovers the

tape is a Decepticon trick. However, before he

can reveal the truth, the Autobots are found

guilty and banished from Earth. Megatron reprograms

Teletran 1, sending the Autobots on a one -way

journey into the sun. What was necessary. But

we lost and the Decepticons won! And we bought

a one -way ticket to nowhere! There's still time

to change our minds. Perhaps I did make the wrong

decision. Cliffjumper, turn us around. We're

going back to Earth. The ship isn't responding.

What? Major malfunction. Our course is locked

in. They've jammed our guidance system. Hound!

Check our destination! At once, Prime! We're

targeted for the sun! Cosmos, link up with Teletran

1. are overheating. We'll vaporize. Cosmos, take

action. Like what? If I knew, I'd do it myself.

I guess anything is better than nothing. We have

a press conference to attend. Well, Mr. Mayor?

This evidence is conclusive, Spike. How could

we have been so stupid? We gotta bring the Autobots

back! I'm afraid that's impossible, but there

may be something we can do. Yes! Thanks to my

partner, Sean Berger! Berger! Traitor! I don't

believe it! We've been working for a traitor!

Berger, you filthy swine! Nothing is more stale

than old news. Shred my paycheck, Burger. I'm

switching sides. Is anyone brave or stupid enough

to oppose us? This city is under martial law,

and I am the Marshal. I saw the end. They died

in a cosmic fu - You don't think what he said

is true, do you? There's not much room left for

hope. Oh, no. All flesh creatures shall fill

inner -john cubes at once. The Autobots may be

gone, but I still have to clear their names.

Spike! Force field, Trailbreaker. We'd be molecules

now. You did well, Trailbreaker. Cosmos, put

it in gear and let's get back to Earth. Cosmos,

we're heading back toward the sun. What's the

problem? Sorry, Prime. My navigational systems

are still controlled by Teletraan 1. Spike, I've

got to get the Autobot headquarters. Maybe I

can get Teletran to help us out of this fix.

Hmm, it's worth a try. I'll give you some cover.

It's not an auto - Teletran, I need to know about

the Autobot rocket. Who altered the flight plan?

Megatron? The rocket was sent into the sun and...

Has been destroyed? Teletran, what about Cosmos?

Has he been destroyed too? Please... see this

left over headquarters now teletran is destroyed

hey chip you tried teletran wouldn't have been

much help without the autobots anyway now there's

no hope at all hey I got control back teletran

must have canceled the override School reserves?

Have you ever seen so much energy, Starscream?

Warning, strong energy transmissions detected.

Of course, from these generators sound waves!

Negative Megatron. primitive jet engines. Jet

engines? Starscream! Just as you made the people

of Earth see us Autobots as villains, so we too

stay... Megatron's Master Plan Part 2 is up next.

To synopsize this episode, I kinda got lost in

the episode because it's such a joy and thrill

to watch, so the synopsis will be the shortest

one yet. Basically, continuing from the previous

episode, the Autobots are hurtling towards the

sun. They realize this... They realize that the

coordinates have been changed but can do nothing

about... it at the time because teletrans still

controls the ship and cosmos the Decepticons

they reveal to the humans that they are in fact

evil and want to take over the world and drain

it of energy and drain it of the energy it possesses

spike spark plug and chip are all forced to work

in an energy collecting factory along with the

rest of the humans however spike creates a diversion

so chip can escape to Autobot headquarters Megatron

sees the boy escaping and sends Thrusts after

him. Chip sneaks on the back of an outgoing truck

and gets off the truck when it stops about a

mile from the Autobot base. When he gets there,

Chip realizes that Megatron has sabotaged Teletran

1, but Thrust bursts in and gets the boy back,

but not before destroying the Autobot's computer.

By destroying Teletran 1, This lifts the hold

on the Autobot ship heading towards the Sun.

They then set coordinates to head back to Earth

and expose the Decepticons. On Earth the humans

mount an attack on the Decepticons, but they

fail. Then the Autobots arrive and Megatron is

appalled to see them. Optimus Prime says that

their demise was an illusion just like the illusion

the Decepticons created to make the humans believe

the Autobots be evil. A battle between the Autobots

and Decepticons breaks out and the Autobots end

up beating them. Berger apologizes but he still

has a lot to answer for. Prime states that made

justice be kinder to him than it was to the Autobots

and they roll for home. Now for my thoughts on

this episode. This I shouldn't have said up next

because this was the last episode of episode

8. So my thoughts are this was an excellent conclusion

to the storyline everything was paid off I didn't

notice any sound or animation flubs at all actually

for a g1 episode this two -part epic was very

crisp with both the sound and animation It is

nice to see the new characters that they have

been introducing Throughout these episodes appear

appear more and more like sea spray and warpath

Well Well that's all for this episode of the

TFG1 Podcast. Join me next time when I'll be

reviewing five more episodes from Transformers

Generation 1 Season 2. Those being the Dissertion

of the Dinobots Parts 1 and 2, Blaster Blues,

a Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court, and

the Golden Lagoon. Thank you for joining me on

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