Desertion of the Dinobots, Blaster Blues, A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur’s Court, and The Golden Lagoon

Hello and welcome to the ninth episode of the

TFG1 podcast recorded on April 3rd, 2009. I am

your host, Michael Blanchard. folks and welcome

to episode 9 of the TFG1 podcast there really

is nothing going on right now as I am still pre

-recording episodes so yeah let's just get into

the episodes today Transform! No! Dinobots no

go! Me Grimlock no take orders! Never! Yes, yes,

no! Me Slag agree! Me Swoop no listen to Optimus

Prime! Grimlock our leader! To begin the episode

today we have desertion of the Dinobots part

1 to synopsize this episode We start this episode

off with the Autobots watching a demonstration

of a new fighter jet in the back of iron Okay,

never mind watching a new fire fighter jet in

the back of iron hide he has his like like tailgating

basically Okay, is blaster and sound wave in

their tape deck modes Soundwave releases ravage,

but blaster transform and goes a few rounds with

the Decepticon kitty or the The Decepticons are

creating a diversion by blowing up the prototype

jet to get the Autobots away from the research

facility. The Decepticons break in and demand

the blueprints from the humans of the fighter

jet. The Autobots crash the party, however, and

Jazz uses his sound system to distract Starscream

and Soundwave, while Hound uses a hologram of

Megatron to trick them into retreating. Mirage

and Megatron are still fighting a... and... Prime

drop kicks Megatron. I Don't know why it says

a is supposed to be and damn it son of a bitch

and Prime drop kicks Megatron then the leader

retreats At an amusement park spike spike Carly

and Bumblebee are on the Tilt -a -whirl Bumblebee

doesn't see the fun in this ride until Carly

turns off his equilibrium chip to let him have

more fun Then, they head to the airport to pick

spark plug up. While they're there, they notice

the military jets at a commercial airport. Thinking

that this is very strange, they investigate more

and find the Decepticons are there. Prime and

the others are too far away to get there in time,

so the Autobot leader contacts Wheeljack at Autobot

headquarters. Wheeljack states to Prime that

they are even understaffed at the base. Primary

Torch send the Dinobots. The Dinobots arrive

at the airport to bust into the hangar where

Megatron and the other Decepticons are. The battle

between the Dinobots and Decepticons seems too

easy. The Dinobots transform and the Decepticons

have tricked them. Skywarp and the rest of the

Decepticons fire on the Dinobots while they're

in their robot modes. The Autobots take the fallen

Dinobots back to headquarters for repairs. But

the tools that Ratchet and the gang have are

too primitive and it is taking forever to repair

the giant allies. Powerglide, Ironhide, and Grapple

are repairing things at the airport when Optimus

Prime comes up and asks them how the repair job

is going. While Grapple is too vain to realize

that he might make a mistake, and setting the

roof where he did makes the building collapse.

Grapple is such a perfectionist he thinks that

it's the end of the world and that he made the

mistake. The Decepticons are flying towards somewhere

and they all start malfunctioning and Megatron

wants to know what the reason is. Back at Autobot

headquarters the Dinobots are somewhat repaired

but refuse to take any orders from Optimus Prime

and they walk out of the base. At a power plant,

the Decepticons are re -energizing themselves.

When the Autobots come in to stop them, Jazz

can't transform and Megatron's vocal cords are

acting up. The Autobots figure out that they

are low on Cybertonium, a source of energy existing

only on Cybertrons. Spike and Carly have intercepted

a communication from Shockwave, saying that he

is sending a shipment of Cybertonium over the

space bridge. However, none of the Autobots can

get to it. Carly suggests that the Dinobots get

it because they function without the energy source.

needed to fix the Autobots. At first the Dinobots

don't want to help but then they agree to. The

Dinobots attack the space bridge where the Constructicons

are and the Dinobots get knocked into and sent

over the space bridge to Cybertron. Carly suggests

that she and Spike go to Cybertron and bring

back the Dinobots and the Cybertonium for the

Autobots. Optimus Prime says it is too risky

but in his weakened condition can't stop them

from going. The kids get past Devastator and

fly through the space bridge. When they reach

Cybertron, Shockwave informs Megatron that there

are more intruders, and the Guardian blasts the

space bridge doorway, ending this episode. Now

for my thoughts on this episode. As I've stated

many times before on the podcast, I love the

two and three Potter episodes. Just the storytelling

in them and overall character development is

fucking awesome. There was only one off model

thing in this episode that was Megatron in gun

mode. He was all gray again instead of black

and gray. As I've said before also, I love Dinobot

episodes. The Dinobots are really friggin cool.

It's just it's just great. I really don't know

what else to say In search of the cybertonium

needed to revive the energy depleted Autobots

spike and Carly follow the runaway Dinobots to

Cybertron There they encounter their deadly foe

shockwave As for you Dinobots Up next is Desertion

of the Dinobots Part 2. To synopsize this episode...

This episode starts off with Spike and Carly

attempting to get away from Sharkwave. They escape

into the Cybertronian Master Computer and Spike

attempts to call Earth with the thumb radio that

Sparkplug gave him. They need Teletran to guide

them out of the areas they are in. Sparkplug

tells them where they are and Carly tries to

bypass the computer so they can control the space

bridge, but an electrical current comes down

the line and shocks her. This also knocks her

off the ledge and she slides further down into

the computer's power core. Carly has twisted

her ankle and cannot get back up. the ledge where

Spike is, so he slides down to her. Sparkplug

tells them that the Teletran is located at an

exit at the bottom of the room. Spike and Carly

get out of the Master Computer Room and are heading

towards the Cybertonium Pits when the Sentinel

Guardian robots come after them. They narrowly

escape the Sentinel Robot and get into Wheeljack's

lab, but something is trying to break in and

Spike looks for a weapon. It turns out to be

Swoop. He tells the story of what has happened

to the Dinobots. Teletran 1 will lead the humans

and Swoop to the Cybertronium pits. However,

with the depth that they have descended to within

the planet, the thumb radio is no longer working.

Spike and Carly follow Swoop, and they go through

a maze of tunnels. Some heat -seeking missiles

come after them. Swoop tries to fly out of where

they are. However, his busted wing will not allow

him to fly. He crashes to the ground. Swoop forgets

that he can transform, and they find a viewing

room and watch Cybertron's history. The humans

get captured, but they escape with the Dinobots

and head for the surface. The Dinobots and humans

get into the space bridge and get back to Earth

safely, landing near Autobot headquarters. They

get all the Cybertonium needed to repair the

Autobots. and Optimus Prime makes Spike and Carly

honorary Autobots. The Dinobots agree to take

orders from the Autobots until next time when

Grimlock no feel like it and the episode ends.

Now for my thoughts on this episode. This episode

showcased the vastness of Cybertron and I liked

seeing that. Also, the Spike -Carly relationship

seems to be blossoming. This was mainly a Dinobot

-centric episode as you can tell by the title.

But it was nice to see Shockwave at length and

not just for 5 or 10 seconds at a time. We never

see what happened to the Decepticons. I wonder

if they ever got repaired. Hmm, I don't know.

You'll have enough to conquer you! Don't move,

Megatron! Say, Prime, what do you say we turn

this place into Radio Moon, with a loony -loona

lineup of hip hits? Yeah, give me some company

out here! Hey, how about it, Prime? I did save

the day. Yes, Blaster. But remember, your volume,

like any capability, is also a responsibility.

You must decide when is the right time. Up next

is Blaster Blues to synopsize this episode. Excuse

me. To start off this episode, we see Spike,

Carly, and Blaster at a rock concert to which

Blaster transmits the sound back into Autobot

headquarters. The rest of the Autobots in Omega

Supreme are attempting to test out some equipment

when the transmission from Blaster comes in.

The only one who can dig the sound is Jazz. The

Decepticons attack the observatory where a professor

is testing out a Voltronic. Galaxer or something.

I don't know some some death ray or some I don't

know what the hell it is The Autobots get the

distress call and head out to stop the Decepticons

However, they are too late astrotran and the

Decepticons escape earth with the Voltranic Yeah,

Voltranic Galaxer. Yeah, that's what it's called

The Autobots are out and about searching for

the Decepticons, but no one has seen them Blaster

and Cosmos find the Decepticons in deep space,

and the Autobot spies are detected and astrotray

is sent after them. The triple changer uses a

tractor beam to capture Blaster and Cosmos. With

Blaster and Cosmos welded to the radio wave disruptor

that the Decepticons have built, it causes all

kinds of radio wave interference. All communications

on Earth have been cut off by the Decepticons.

The Autobots soon realize this and attempt to

go out and stop the Decepticons evil plan. The

Decepticon jets attack the Autobots whom are

trying to help the humans who are trapped in

the snow. Blaster gets through to Powerglide

and Carly realizes that the signal is coming

from the moon. Omega Supreme is the only one

who has enough energy to make it to the moon

to save Blaster and Cosmos. Once they're on the

moon, the Autobots free Blaster. Okay, free blaster

in cosmos and blaster overloads the airwave disruptor

so that the earth can have its communications

back Optimus Prime tells blaster that with any

power that there also must come Responsibility

in using it and the episode ends with blaster

turning up the volume and prime calling out his

name Now for my thoughts on this episode It was

very nice to have a blaster -centric episode.

He and Jazz are so similar in character traits

as far as they both like loud music. Also, as

far as the war of the tape decks and cassettes,

it was nice to see about two seconds of blaster

and sound wave going at it. And if they don't

get this thing they call energy, I fear they'll

pe - It's not much of a ring, but... it's called

the dragon mound well I created it to use as

a time -traveling device but then a wandering

dragon decided to make it his home we never saw

him that's because he's been out visiting relatives

Up next is a Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's

court. To synopsize this episode. To begin this

episode, Warpath and Hoist are fighting Starscream,

Rumble, and Ravage in Ramjet. The Decepticons

pick up some strange energy readings and head

inside a nearby temple where a Warpath traps

them. Starscream sees that Rumble has found some

sort of energy source, and he pushes Rumble out

of the way after pressing all the buttons on

the state On the stone, a strange energy burst

takes them back through time, to days of knights

and kings, and the like. They are confused as

to where they are, the Decepticons and the strange

knight that stops them become allies against

the red knight a girl is spying on them, and

she attempts to escape back to her father's palace,

but is almost caught by ravage when Spike appears

with hoist and warpath. Apparently, They cleared

the rumble the rumble funny on the others rubble.

It's supposed to be rubble not rumble damn it

On the other side of the time warp the Autobots

side with the red knight in the Decepticon side

with his enemy a just in a jousting tournament

begins rumble and ramjet Versus warpath and the

red knight, but Starscream has had enough and

kidnaps the daughter of the Red Knight. The Decepticons

create an energy conductor so that they can recharge

themselves. Sarwagon, the enemy of Nimue's father,

has come to the cell where she is being held

and tells her that he has been such a fool. It

was to change. The two rulers, the Autobots and

a wizard, combine their forces and defeat Starscream

and the rest of the Decepticons. They then head

back through the time portal where both Autobots

and Decipicons return. Starscream tackles Megatron

because he is so glad to be back. This ruins

Megatron's shot and he is growling at Starscream

as the episode ends. Now for my thoughts on this

episode. This episode was very well written,

I thought. It captured the essence of Camelot

and the knights and the ladies of that time period

as well as the dragons and jousting and sword

fighting and all that good stuff. Just everything

was spot on as far as even as the way people

spoke. This is my favorite. Oh crap. Oh shit.

Why is it every time I go to record an episode

I start fucking yawning or sneezing or sniffling

or whatever? This isn't my favorite TFG one episode

in the series, but probably my favorite out of

the episodes that I reviewed today And lastly

today we have the Golden Lagoon. To synopsize

this episode, we start off this episode with

a Perceptor Beachcomber Sea Spray Power Glide

and Warpath. On an exploration mission, Perceptor

finds some gold and silver scraps on a rock nearby.

Blitzwing, Thrust, and Ramjet attack the Autobots

that are out. They attack them. The Autobots

are outnumbered and Perceptor calls for Beachcomber,

but he is nowhere to be found. Beachcomber has

found a hidden paradise that has what he calls

Electrum in it. It is a giant pool of the stuff.

All of a sudden the area becomes unstable and

Beachcomber gets out of there quickly. Thrust

finds the Electrum pool and bathes in it. Back

at the battle, Beachcomber comes to the aid of

the other Autobots. But thrust in his golden

state shows up and appears to be invincible.

At the Decepticon base, thrust brings his captives

to Megatron and tells him of the Electrum Pool.

The Decepticons head to the pool and bathe in

the strange golden Electrum, becoming invincible.

Power Glide and the others get reinforcements

to rescue Perceptor and Sea Spray. See what I

mean, folks? I don't know what it is. It's not

that I'm... I don't know, I think reading just

makes me tired. Of course, you know, if I had

a co -host, I wouldn't have to read from a script.

Well, not all the time, would I? Okay. Power

Glide and the others get reinforcements to rescue

Perceptor and Seaspray. They head out to get

their captured friends when... when the now invul...

when now the invulnerable Decepticons attack.

The Autobots are puzzled at this occurrence and

can do nothing against the Decepticons. At the

Decepticon base we see Starscream attempt to

make Sea Spray and Perceptor fight each other.

Soundwave reports this to Megatron who has captured

Beachcomber and brings him back to the base.

Megatron tells Starscream that he's been a fool

because of his actions. He shall lead the first

attack against Omega Supreme. The Decepticons

make short work of Omega, and the other Autobots

at the Ark learn from Mirage about the Electrum,

and Optimus Prime states that they must find

it before the Decepticons can. Strike again.

Powerglide sees the Golden Decepticons flying

and follows them. He spots the Golden Lagoon,

and the Decepticons bathing in it. Sea Spray

and the other Captives escape. They head back

to the Golden Lagoon to get some of the Electrum.

Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots arrive,

and Beachcomber dives in first. to hide the fact

that he knew about the Golden Lagoon before anyone

else did. The battle rages on and neither Autobot

or Decepticon can harm one another until the

Electrum starts wearing off of the Decepticons.

The Decepticons destroy the Golden Lagoon in

retreat. The episode ends with Beachcomber saying,

we won as we are shown the destruction of the

paradise that was. Now for my thoughts on this

episode. I was going to say at first that we

only see Optimus Prime in three of five episodes

I've reviewed today, but he comes in at the end

of this one. It's nice to see more obscure character

-centric episodes with characters we don't see

that much like Sea Spray, Perceptor, and the

like. We've seen Omega Supreme before but I still

like the character He was even curious if TF

animated used the same voice actor because they

sound very similar However, it was not in G1

Omega was voiced by Jack angel and animated.

He was voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson Seeing

the golden optimist prime was very very cool

I really didn't have too much else to say about

this episode As I've said before I don't know

what I think it's because I'm reading from scripted

pages that I've written that after a while like

right now when I yawn and stuff like that I'm

sorry about that folks but I don't know what

it is just weird my chair is not cooperating

with me I think I need to go get it fixed too

between having the fucking computer Well, the

replacement chair, it doesn't cost me anything,

thank God. Good thing for insurance. But anyway,

so, yep, that's all the episodes for today. 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 God Gambit, Make Tracks,

Child's Play, Quest for Survival, and The Secret

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Prime, transform and roll out. And thank you

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