01x16 - Credulous

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NARRATOR:

The w*r between the Autobots

and the Decepticons rages on

as they struggle to retrieve

the prized Mini-Cons.

The side who wins is the side

that collects the most.

And if the Decepticons

prove victorious,

then Megatron

and his corrupt Mini-Cons

control the universe.

The Earth's only chance

for a peaceful cosmos

is for Optimus Prime

and the Autobots

to destroy their enemy.

Now get ready

for a new battle.

♪ Transformers ♪

You'll have

to get through me first

if it's the Mini-Con

you're after!

( Demolisher and Cyclonus

grunt )

Where is Scavenger

when you need him?

DEMOLISHER:

There's no sign of him

anywhere, Megatron, sir.

CYCLONUS:

Probably ran away with his tail

between his legs.

STARSCREAM:

I wouldn't put it past him.

( all gasp )

Are you gonna have a tea party

or fight?

Sideways, move.

SIDEWAYS:

On it.

( grunting )

This game

is far too unbalanced.

Leaving one choice.

Transform.

I never issued any orders

to evacuate, you fool.

Fire. Snap out of it, men.

Strafe that Autobot.

DEMOLISHER:

We don't stand a chance

against the same sword

that inflicted

much damage on you.

CYCLONUS:

Ah, give him a break.

He's still licking his wounds

from the last battle.

Is absolutely everyone

trying to undermine me?

Ugh.

Surprise.

( Cyclonus and Demolisher gasp )

MEGATRON:

Follow me.

Smokescreen,

Hot Shot and Sideways

can take care

of the Decepticons.

Meanwhile,

we'll go after the Mini-Con.

Roger, sir.

( a*tillery fire )



( all panting )

Transform.

( engine revs )

Ah!

Looks like I got you

cornered.

( all grunting )

Nice move, Sideways.

We shut them down,

hard and fast.

CARLOS:

Serious thrashing, Hot Shot.

FRED:

I love that save-the-universe

stuff.

I mean, way cool.

Hey, Red Alert.

All that training you did

really paid off.

Yeah. Now he seems

totally in control

when he's using

the Star Saber.

RAD:

Hot Shot's ultra stoked now.

RED ALERT:

Perhaps, but Hot Shot

still has

a long ways to go.

As long as he doesn't place

too much confidence

in the sword, he shouldn't

get himself into trouble.

♪ Transformers ♪

( grunting )

Meddling matrix.

Today's the day I will finally

exact my revenge

for the humiliation

you have caused me.

SIDEWAYS:

Found it, Hot Shot.

Ah!

SIDEWAYS:

The Mini-Con.

Nice job of multi-tasking.

The Mini-Con?

It belongs to me.

( grunts )

Oh, no, you don't,

Megatron-- Aah!

( Demolisher and Cyclonus

guffawing )

Hyperdrive.

( whirring )

( both gasp )

( yelling )

What's your status

back there?

( grunting )

I'll take this,

thank you.

Not on my internal clock.

( grunting )

( grunting )

I've taken the Mini-Con,

men.

Now let's move out,

on the double.

No chance.

Let go. Release me at once,

or I'll freeze your startup disk

for eternity.

SIDEWAYS:

Hot Shot!

Sideways.

I'm coming for you.

Hyperdrive!

We're going for a ride.

( gasps )



( screams )

( dramatic theme playing )

An interesting

turn of events.

( dramatic theme playing )

Hot Shot,

where are you?

I can't see him

anywhere, sir.

( Optimus sighs )

Hot Shot and Sideways

warped with Megatron?

ALEXIS:

Seeing Hot Shot

and the others disappear

was like a scene

from an old sci-fi flick.

And there was nothing

any of us could do about it.

Release me at once,

you intrusive virus.

( Sideways grunts )

You all right?



MEGATRON: Awaken Mini-Con.

I command you.

We've gotta stop him.

We have nothing to fear.

Obey my command.

Hurry and awaken for me.

( Megatron grunts )

Oh, curse you.

( grunts )



( glass shatters )

Let this serve as a warning.

I will not be deceived.

I told you your chance

to defeat them would come.

Huh?

( wind gusting )

As long as you hold the Star

Saber, you'll be invincible.

Huh. It works for me.

SIDEWAYS:

Invade the Decepticon base

and you can annihilate

your enemy with one strike.

Yeah, the problem is finding out

where their base is.

You'll learn soon enough.

And then you'll have

your chance.

Yeah?

I remember now.

Luck day for me,

unlucky for you.

Come on, Star Saber.

It's time to shut down

this user's past-due account.

( grunts )

( chuckles )

Aah! How did an Autobot

get in here?

MEGATRON:

Enough talk. Open fire, men.

♪ Transformers ♪

RAD:

Hot Shot and Sideways

must've accidentally warped back

to the Decepticon base.



BILLY: Meaning?

Where're they at now?

CARLOS:

At the Decepticon base, doofus.

Where else?

Sure hope they're okay.

I'm getting worried.

They'll be fine. We're talking

about Hot Shot here.

Nobody can touch him when

he's armed with the Star Saber.

Yeah, and let's not forget

Sideways is there with them too.

They probably have

those Decepticons

thrashed from one end of their

base to the other by now.

CARLOS:

Probably?

Hot Shot's definitely

broken them down

into microchips already.

I think I can smell

burning alloy from here.

Me too.

( all laugh )

SMOKESCREEN ( laughing ):

Optimus, I say we go

to the Decepticon base at once.

ALEXIS:

I'm with you, Smokescreen.

They need our help.

We don't know

where their base is,

so pursuit

is hardly an option.

RAD:

We're supposed to just sit here

and wait?

Red Alert, can't you use

all the data we have

to triangulate the approximate

coordinates of their base?

I'll give it a try,

Optimus.

♪ Transformers ♪

( distant a*tillery fire )

SCAVENGER:

Hmm.

Looks like they had quite

the little battle here.

Sideways, over here.

( laser g*n firing )

Taste laser,

virus threat!

MEGATRON:

Now.

( grunting )

Huh.

Those cowards

got out of town,

but they left us

a run of their base.

You think?

I wouldn't be so sure of that.

Check it out.

( suspenseful theme playing )

HOT SHOT:

Wait'll I tell Optimus.

Hey, we're on the moon.

So that's where their base

is located.

Huh?

Lucky us.

They left us a trail.

I don't know, Hot Shot.

Could be a trap.

Hey, who cares

if it is some kind of trap?

The Star Saber will be able

to handle things.

Come on.

SIDEWAYS:

He's gonna regret

placing all his confidence

in the sword.

( suspenseful theme playing )

( Megatron laughing )

MEGATRON:

Welcome, you foolish Autobots.

We have you

completely surrounded.

Now, the Star Saber,

if you don't mind.

Hand the sword over at once,

and you might be lucky enough

to escape

with your miserable lives.

The sword's staying with me,

pal.

Now get your microprocessors

out here.

( Megatron laughs )

MEGATRON:

Want to play the hard way,

do you?

Well, suits me just fine.

I'd love the chance

to initialize your disk.

Huh?

HOT SHOT:

What's the deal?

He's talking like

he's holding

all the cards.

I gave you fair warning,

Hot Shot.

Sideways was right.

This is a trap.

HOT SHOT:

Sideways, over here!

They've got us outnumbered

and surrounded.

I guess these creeps

do have a brain between them.

SIDEWAYS:

We don't stand much

of a chance.

HOT SHOT:

You said it.

Let's bolt out of here

and recalculate our options.

I'll take out the two behind me,

you blast through the others.

Now.

Hyperdrive. Coming through.

Drop or be dropped,

scuzzy breath.

( gasps )

Optimus. Hope you didn't

take it personally.

♪ Transformers ♪

( rock theme playing )

( radar beeps )

RED ALERT:

I'm drawing blanks.

I can't calculate

where the Decepticons warped to.

SMOKESCREEN: Now what, Optimus?



(Optimus sighs )

OPTIMUS:

We don't have any other option,

except to wait.

I tell you,

there's nothing to worry about.

Yeah, chill out.

You're making me nervous.

Quit stressing.

( chuckles )

What are you doing here,

Optimus?

Yo, Sideways,

hold your fire.

It's Optimus and the guys

from the base.

( grunting )

SIDEWAYS:

Think again, Hot Shot.

HOT SHOT:

What's that supposed to mean?

Why's he firing

on our own guys?

Huh?

Optimus,

watch where you're aiming.

Am I losing it,

or is he trying to pop me?

Hey, I told you

I was sorry.

Hot Shot,

these are just holograms.

HOT SHOT:

The Decepticons are using

the images as a front.

Me and my bright ideas.

SIDEWAYS:

Quick, down here.

They might be holograms,

but their lasers sure are real.

They must have a simulator

in the core.

So all we gotta do

is knock out their simulator

to put an end to movie.

SIDEWAYS:

Check it out.

Looks like the fake Optimus

can't get enough of himself.

I'll go over the top

and keep them busy.

You stay back

and find that simulator.

Gotcha.

Watch your back, though.

Wouldn't wanna see you

get hurt.

I'll be fine.

Come on, boys,

follow the white light.

( Hot Shot grunting )

They may be nothing more

than a light show,

but it still feels good

to take out the enemy.

This is officially

getting freaky.

And I sure hope

this doesn't hurt.

Huh?

Right. Thank me later.

I'm almost done

with these holograms.

Although I did think

that last guy was kind of cool.

I must find a way

to take the Star Saber

from that annoying Autobot.

Yeah,

but the sword's so powerful,

we'll never be able

to get close to it.

MEGATRON:

What are you suggesting?

That we allow that amateur

to keep the Star Saber

for himself?

CYCLONUS:

Do we have any choices, here?

Without the Star Saber,

Hot Shot is nothing more

than a mediocre.

No, a less-than-average

soldier.

He's only the most powerful

because he possesses the sword.

Wouldn't any of you want

to trade places with him?

STARSCREAM:

So the one who takes it

from Hot Shot gets to keep it?

MEGATRON:

Starscream.

CYCLONUS:

What moon rock have you been

hiding under?

STARSCREAM:

What do you have to say,

Megatron?

MEGATRON:

The warrior who is strong

enough to take the Star Saber

is certainly worthy

of keeping it himself.

( grunts )

( grunts )

Hop on, Hot Shot.

Right.

Let's do it.



( engine revs )

( tires screeching )

The Star Saber's

gonna be mine.

( Cyclonus guffawing )

STARSCREAM:

Not if I can help it.

Sideways,

you go after Megatron.

I'll take out the others.



Right.

( grunting )

( screams )

( grunting )

HOT SHOT:

What do you say

to a little mano a mano?

Yeah, whatever it takes

to get that sword back from you.

And I will get it back.

Megatron, game's over.

Hmm.

( grunting )

No one humiliates Megatron

and lives to tell the tale.

SIDEWAYS:

Oh, no?

That's not

what I've been hearing.

( mimicking Sideways ):

Oh, no? That's not

what I've been hearing.

( grunts )

( grunts )

( panting )

( snickering )

You've defeated me

for the last time, I'm afraid.

( panting )

( yelling )

( grunting )

Trust me, Starscream,

the Star Saber

belongs to me alone,

making me invincible.

MEGATRON:

Think again.

SIDEWAYS:

Megatron!

HOT SHOT:

Sideways.

He's taken you prisoner?

I'm sure you realize

the implications.

Why, you scuzzy--

( grunting )

Stand down.

You're in the way,

Starscream.

Hot Shot, over here,

nice and slow.

Hand over the sword,

and don't think

about pulling any stunts.

After all, you wouldn't want

anything to happen

to your precious friend

over a little hardware,

would you?

HOT SHOT:

Oh, great.

The old

"sacrifice your partner

or lose the w*apon" gag.

Now what do I do?

( sighs )

Star Saber,

I vowed to work with you

to preserve peace and justice

across the universe.

But what about Sideways?

I can't sacrifice him,

or anyone.

I hope you can understand.

Forgive me

for breaking my promise.

Don't do it, Hot Shot.

You'll regret it.

( grunting )

Nothing's worth

a partner's life.

I can't do it.

( chuckles )

Oh, what a sublime show

of courage and sentiment.

I can hardly wait to see

what happens in the next act.

That's far enough.

Drop the sword

and back away.

( grunts )

I warn you,

don't try anything foolish.

You have my word.

Now release my partner.

Back away, I said.

( suspenseful theme playing )

Go to your precious friend.

You'll have an eternity

to relive this

picture-perfect moment.

You're not hurt,

are you, Sideways?

I'll live.

Why'd you give up

the sword for me?

( chuckling )

Return to me,

Jetstorm, Runway, Sonar.

( grunting )

Over here.

Powerlink Star Saber.

( grunting )

( gasping )

At last, the Star Saber is mine

once again.

( cackles )

What did you betray me for,

Sideways?

I told you

you'd regret it.

Huh?

( sighs )

You were a Decepticon

all along.

I trusted you, and you've been

deceiving me all this time.

How could I have been

so stupid?

I should've known it.

( yelling )

( grunting )

No, you don't.

( grunts )

I've lost my Star Saber.

( chuckling )

Meet the new unparalleled power

of the universe.

It's mine. The sword's back

with its rightful master.

It was a trap.

I can't believe

I didn't realize it until now.

Which is why you of all bots

don't deserve to possess

the sword.

( grunts )

Gotcha.

Still reeling from the shock

of it all, are you now?

Why don't I help bring you back

to reality?

CYCLONUS:

I'd be glad to lend a hand.

( guffawing )

Give the Autobot some special

Decepticon attention.

( Hot Shot groaning )

( all laughing )

( sighs )

Congratulations are in order,

Starscream.

What are you looking at

anyway?

One guess.

SCAVENGER:

Don't tell me you're going

to let the him go.

( Megatron laughs )

Don't be absurd.

Now, hand it over.

But you said

I could keep it.

Yes, I suppose I did.

Of course.

Then do me a little favor.

I need to you put that punk

out of his misery.

STARSCREAM:

Yes, sir.

Stop right there.

There's no need

to finish him off.

( snickers )

( grunts )

( both laugh )

( snickering )

( beeping )

ALL:

Hot Shot.

( groans )

Red Alert,

he needs tech support.

RED ALERT:

Right.

ALEXIS:

We'd never seen Hot Shot

so badly damaged before.

It was quite a while

before he was back online

and could tell us

what had happened

with Sideways

and the Star Saber.

( laughing )

( grunts )

Now that I have this sword

in my possession,

I am undeniably

the most powerful warrior

in the universe!

( grunts )

( snickering )

♪ Transformers ♪

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