Regeneration (Prime)
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| "Regeneration" | ||||||
| Season | 2 | |||||
| No. in season | 25 | |||||
| Production company | Hasbro Studios | |||||
| Airdate | October 26, 2012 | |||||
| Written by | Marsha Griffin | |||||
| Directed by | Todd Waterman | |||||
| Animation studio | Polygon Pictures | |||||
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The quest for the Omega Lock takes the Autobots and the Decepticons to Cybertron for a battle.
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Synopsis
Miko is already making plans to move in with Bulkhead on Cybertron while Jack is feeling left out of the loop. Ratchet points out they no longer have the Omega Keys, let alone any way to get to Cybertron. They speculate that Starscream has used the keys to bargain his way back with the Decepticons. While they're wondering why Starscream didn't just try to sell the keys to the highest bidder, they are contacted by Dreadwing, who requests a meeting. Bridging out to a remote location, they find Dreadwing, who presents them with the Forge of Solus Prime. Disillusioned by the fate of his brother, Dreadwing no longer believes in the Decepticon cause, though he's not interested in joining the Autobots either.
Back at base, the Autobots wonder what Megatron will do with the Omega Keys, and Optimus Prime believes he will use them to restore Cybertron for political points. Optimus is aware that Megatron doesn't know of the existence of the Omega Lock, which is needed to use the keys. He reveals to the others that Alpha Trion entrusted him with knowledge of the Lock and its location on Cybertron during the message stored in the Star Saber. Optimus starts using the Forge to modify the GroundBridge.
Dreadwing returns to the Nemesis where Megatron encounters him in a corridor and makes sure to stress that the Decepticons must be united to restore Cybertron. For his part, Dreadwing intends to personally reach out to Starscream. In the medical bay, Knock Out has just finished restoring Starscream's T-Cog when Dreadwing arrives and immediately attempts to kill Starscream. As Knock Out flees, Dreadwing advances on the patient with his sword, but as he raises his sword, Megatron arrived and demands he stand down. Dreadwing refuses, and Megatron is forced to blast a hole through him with Dreadwing's own cannon. Megatron then promptly warns the relieved Starscream to never make him regret killing his former second-in-command.
The Autobots wonder why Optimus has been hiding things from them. Smokescreen points out that Megatron would have learned about the Omega Lock by now if Optimus had been more open.
Knock Out and Starscream work on studying the Omega Keys in an attempt to discover how they work. Starscream resorts to hitting one against the table, and then against Knock Out, and they inadvertently discover that the keys lock together. By combining all four, they reveal a holographic map of Cybertron with a location marker on it. Pleased, Megatron orders the space bridge fired up.
Optimus finishes turning the GroundBridge into a space bridge. The base sensors detect the Decepticon space bridge firing up, and the Autobots realize that time is short. Optimus believes they still have the element of surprise. The Autobots pull the various Iacon relics they possess from storage. Meanwhile, Megatron leaves Starscream in command of the ship and takes a platoon of Vehicons with the Omega Keys through the space bridge. As the Autobots likewise fire up their space bridge, Optimus uses the Forge to recreate the Star Saber, and they too head through. Megatron and his men soon stand at the edge of the Sea of Rust.
Jack gives Ratchet a call, as school's out and he, Miko and Raf haven't been picked up by the Autobots yet. Ratchet merely tells them the others are busy and hangs up.
As Megatron and his men walk through the Sea of Rust, Smokescreen rises out of the ground and attacks them from behind. Bumblebee drops scrap on them using the polarity gauntlet, Bulkhead zaps them with the Immobilizer, and Arcee smashes through them while wearing the Apex Armor. Megatron himself faces Optimus and the Star Saber, and while the pair fight, the other Autobots take back the Omega Keys. With a swipe of his blade, Optimus sends Megatron flying so the Autobots can retreat. As Megatron orders his men to follow, Smokescreen phases out of some nearby scenery and drops the spark extractor before disappearing again. The device obliterates the Vehicons before Megatron hurls the Dark Star Saber, impaling it. Megatron orders Starscream to send reinforcements, but Starscream and Soundwave have an even better idea.
The Autobots reach the Omega Lock, an unassuming dimple on the landscape. The Keys glow, and the location transforms, creating a huge ring over their heads that fills with a shimmering energy field. Megatron arrives and demands they hand over the Keys. While the Autobots are wondering what motivation Megatron could give them for doing that, a space bridge opens and Starscream, Knock Out and Soundwave step out, carrying the three kids in airtight containers. Megatron threatens to expose all three to Cybertron's toxic atmosphere unless they return the Keys to him.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Humans |
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Quotes
"Then I appeal to you again. Join us and help end this conflict once and for all."
"Betraying my kind is not the same as accepting yours."
- —Optimus Prime appeals to Dreadwing, to no avail.
"Rise and shine! Your T-Cog transplant was a success! Yes, I am just that good."
- —Knock Out
"There must be something I can do! Some form of reparation I can offer you to alleviate your anguish!"
"YOUR SPARK WILL SUFFICE!"
- —Starscream and Dreadwing
"Do not ever make me regret which one of you I spared."
- —Megatron to Starscream, right after blowing a hole through Dreadwing's chest.
"Megatron must be stopped, no matter the cost."
- —Optimus Prime makes the obligatory shoutout.
"I will have those keys or I will have your sparks!"
"I can help with the last part."
- —Megatron and Smokescreen
Notes
Continuity notes
- Dreadwing gives the Autobots the Forge of Solus Prime, last seen being used to forge Megatron's Dark Star Saber in "Alpha/Omega". Optimus uses it to convert the GroundBridge into a space bridge and reforge the Star Saber, the latter of which was destroyed in that episode. Megatron himself references the event in battle with Optimus.
- Dreadwing attempts to kill Starscream for desecrating his twin's body in "Shadowzone", which he learned about in the previous episode.
- Every relic which has been collected by the Autobots thus far sees action. This is also the first actual use of the spark extractor.
- The research on the Autobots' human allies, first mentioned in "Hard Knocks", sees fruition in this episode.
- The spark extractor's effectiveness on the Vehicon troopers kind of puts an end to the ambiguity as to if they are living Cybertronians or drones, doesn't it?
- The fact that it took the Decepticons a full fifty-one episodes to locate the kids is kind of sad. Put aside for the moment the fact that Silas found Jack's home address in an hour or so based on a facial scan in "Crisscross", and Soundwave's had his picture of the kids since the opening story arc. Consider:
- The concrete ditch where Bumblebee and Arcee fought Vehicons in the opening arc was, as confirmed in "The Human Factor", within line of sight of Raf's house.
- Knock Out confronted Jack and Bumblebee street racing on the outskirts of Jasper, Nevada in "Speed Metal".
- Airachnid was working with Silas during the aforementioned "Crisscross" episode. Even if she didn't know Jack's address, she knew Jack and his mother lived within a short driving distance of their trap site.
- And while Agent Fowler supposedly "relocated" Raf's family after "The Human Factor", he was still going to the same school as Jack and Miko in this episode, meaning it wasn't a particularly thorough relocation.
- So congratulations, Soundwave and Starscream, for taking months to complete a task even a lab rat finished in under a day.
Transformers references
- The Omega Lock was previously seen in the Cybertron cartoon, where it was also used to restore life to Cybertron.
- Optimus declares "Megatron must be stopped, no matter the cost!"
Errors
- As in "Inside Job", Megatron still has his fusion cannon when he transforms into vehicle mode, despite the arm it was attached to being removed.
- The Star Saber and Dark Star Saber vanish when their owners transform, even though both weapons are nearly as tall as their owners and shouldn't fit within their vehicle modes.
- When the Polarity Gauntlet saw action on Earth for the first time in "Metal Attraction", it affected both the bots around and the metal in the environment. When Bumblebee used it to pull the Omega Keys from the Vehicons, none of the bots around were affected, not even the reinforced Arcee.
Trivia
- Despite the rather high stakes, no one on Team Prime thinks to contact Wheeljack. This is indirectly addressed in the following episode.
Foreign localization
French
- Title: "Retour sur Cybertron" ("Back to Cybertron")
- Original airdate: ?
German
- Title: "Regeneration" ("Regeneration")
- Original airdate: 26 February 2013
Japanese
Brazilian Portuguese
Italian
- Title: "Rigenerazione" ("Regeneration")
- Original airdate: 18 February 2013
Home video releases
- DVD
2012 — Transformers Prime — Season Two (Shout! Factory)
2013 — Transformers Prime — Vol. 26 (Avex Trax) — Japanese audio only.
2014 — Transformers Prime — Volume 5: Advance on Cybertron (Madman Entertainment)
2014 — Transformers Prime — Folge 12: Die Entscheidung (EDEL:kids) — English and German audio.
2014 — Transformers Prime — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment)
2014 — Transformers Prime — Saison 2 Vol. 4: Bataille épiques (Primal Screen)
2015 — Transformers Prime — Season 2 Vol. 4: Darkest Hour (Primal Screen)
2015 — Transformers Prime — Intégrale Saison 2 (Primal Screen)
2015 — Transformers Prime — Stagione 2 Vol. 4: L'ora più buia (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio.
2015 — Transformers Prime — The Complete Season 2 (Primal Screen)
2015 — Transformers Prime — La Seconda Stagione Completa (Primal Screen) — English, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish and Norwegian audio.
- Blu-ray
2012 — Transformers Prime — Season Two (Shout! Factory)
2015 — Transformers Prime — Season Two Collection (Madman Entertainment)