Transformers: Armada
“Reinforcement” – Episode 20
Written by Terry Klassen and Ward Perry
Transcription by Brandon Williams

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Narrator: The war between the Autobots and the Decepticons rages on, as they struggle to retrieve the prized Mini-Cons. There are new and more powerful Mini-Cons surfacing every day. If the Decepticons prove victorious, then Megatron, and his enslaved Mini-Cons, will control the universe. The Earth’s only chance for a peaceful cosmos is for Optimus Prime and the Autobots to destroy their enemy, and free all Mini-Cons. Now, get ready for a new battle.

Megatron: Optimus, stop pretending you can defeat my army. I have the Star Saber. I am invincible.

Optimus: You’re fooling yourself, Megatron. Justice will always prevail. And if you were honest with yourself, you’d admit it.

Demolishor: The Mini-Con’s in here somewhere. I can sense it.

Megatron: You’re through, Optimus!

Hot Shot: Let’s get him, Smokescreen.

Smokescreen: Sure!

Megatron: Hahahaha. You two are practically begging for punishment. Now, which of you shall I dismantle first? Shall we vote, and make it democractic?

Carlos: Aw, man. Get a load of this, guys. It looks like we’re gonna lose another Mini-Con to those dweebs.

Rad: Maybe, but I wish you wouldn’t be so negative.

Carlos: Since the D-Cons got the Star Saber back, they’ve been getting all the Mini-Cons.

Rad: Yeah, I know.

Billy: Our chances are slim to none without the Star Saber.

Fred: No kiddin’.

Alexis: Hey, we’re supposed to be the support team cheering on the Autobots, not the other way around. They’re out there fighting, so how about a little encouragement?

Rad: I hate when she’s right, but this is one of those times.

Carlos: There goes Red Alert!

Rad: It’s an ambush.

Alexis: We’re counting on you, big guy.

Rad (VO): The Decepticons had been on a long winning streak against our guys, the Autobots. But now, more than ever, all of us at the base and on the field are determined to save the Mini-Cons.

[Transition]

Demolishor: Oooh. Ah-huh-heh-heh! I found my very own Mini-Con! Megatron will love me for this.

Red Alert: Sorry to break up the party.

Cyclonus: Duuuh?! Well, well, an Autobot! Heh, heh! Gotcha!

Rad: He’s been hit!

Alexis: Red Alert, do you read?

Carlos: Too bad. He almost had ’em all too.

Demolishor: Megatron! I’ve got great news for you! Look, I’ve found a Mini-Con!

Megatron: Haha. Yet another victory for the Decepticons. Pull out, men.

Blurr: Arrogance and pride, a tragic combination. They cause a bot to make mistakes. Like this.

Alexis: What happened to the Mini-Con?

Blurr: Transform!

Hot Shot: Who’s the new guy?

Smokescreen: A Decepticon?

Scavenger: That’s Blurr, and he’s a bit of a hot dog.

Optimus: So that’s who it is.

Rad (VO): The bot was known as Blurr, and he was summoned by Scavenger to help us against our battles with the Decepticons.

Optimus: Thanks for coming, Blurr. You’ve saved a Mini-Con from Decepticon control.

Blurr: Mind telling me what I’m supposed to be doing with this Mini-Con?

Optimus: He says his name is Incinerator. And he’s chosen you as his partner.
Hot Shot: Hi, how’s it going? I’m H–

Scavenger: You’ve raised your skills a notch I see, Blurr.

Blurr: I’m flattered you noticed.

Hot Shot: He’s on our side, isn’t he?

Kids: Nice job! / Way to go!

Carlos: So where is he?

Billy: There he is. Check out that armour.

Fred: Whoa-how! Too radical.

Billy: I saw him first!

Optimus: Kids, meet our new teammate. I’m sure you were watching him over the monitor and saw that last minute save. His name’s Blurr.

Rad: Uhh… Uh, hey, how’s it going? I’m Rad and these are my friends.

Alexis: Hi, I’m Alexis. And I already love that attitude of yours.

Carlos: You were super cool the way you snatched that Mini-Con from those guys.

Billy: Yeah, we were watching the whole thing from here.

Fred: Hey, do you happen to have a website I can check out?

Rad: That was so cool!

Carlos: Yeah, that was awesome.

Optimus: These kids are from here on Earth. They’re our good friends and have been invaluable in our battle against the Decepticons.

Megatron: You idiot! How could you have lost it?

Demolishor: Forgive me. I have no idea how it could have happened.

Megatron: If I find out that Mini-Con was the last of the three Mini-Cons that formed the Skyboom shield, then you will never step foot inside my base again.

Demolishor: Please, Megatron. Don’t banish me. Anything but that. I’ll make it up to you somehow. You know, sir, I’m your most dedicated servant. I’ve never questioned your authority and I’ve never done anything to harm you, ever.

[Transition]

Carlos: Hot Shot, come on. Let’s go hang with Blurr.

Rad: Hey Blurr, we heard Scavenger was your instructor. Was that just a rumour or what?

Carlos: We saw how he instructed. Man, his snores were rocking the house.

Alexis: Tell us about Cybertron. What’s new?

Billy: Will you take me for a spin when you transform into vehicle mode?

Fred: You’re hard as steel! I’ve still got some work to do on this bad boy here, huh.

Billy: Geez, sometimes I’m sure the guy leaves his brains at home.

Carlos: You know, you’re not gonna shape up until you stop scarfing down all that junk.

Billy: Yeah, like that’ll ever happen.

Alexis: He’s an eating machine!

Billy: Well how ’bout sharing?

Fred: No, Billy, I need the sodium! Nooo! Billy!

Hot Shot: Why didn’t somebody tell me there was a party? Was it something I said?

Carlos: Wait, where are ya going, Blurr?

Rad: Come back, we were just getting to know you.

Hot Shot: If you’re trying to give me a complex, you’re gonna have to do better than that.

Carlos: Hey, hang on. I get it. He probably just wanted to see the base. That’s all. We’ll circle around and sneak up on Blurr.

Billy: That’ll surprise him.

Fred: Slow down! Come on, wait for me, guys!

Carlos: Yo Blurr! Betcha didn’t expect to see us. Uhh, maybe this wasn’t such a good idea.

Blurr: You might find such foolishness amusing. But remember, these are serious times. There’s no room for childish pranks in an era of combat. Take my advice, and act your age.

[Transition]

Carlos: Man, what a hard-wire.

Alexis: C’mon, Carlos. Don’t take it personally.

Rad: Yeah. Lighten up.

Carlos: Easy for you. You didn’t see the guy totally balling us out.

Alexis: Couldn’t have been that bad.

Carlos: Wanna bet?

Billy: He was totally freakin’. I know. I was there.

Hot Shot: Blurr. How come you keep blowing everybody off?

Blurr: I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Hot Shot: What are ya, anti-social or something?

Blurr: How ’bout you just back off and let me do my work.

Hot Shot: How ’bout you fight for some other cause, because personally, I want a teammate who I at least like.

Blurr: I’m not here to make friends. All I’m looking for is bots I can trust in battle. That’s enough for me.

Hot Shot: Oh… yeah? Well, man. What’s up with him?

Smokescreen: Blurr’s getting to know all the staff, I see.

Red Alert: Looks like it.

Smokescreen: Hahaha. Made yourself a new friend, Hot Shot?

Hot Shot: Aw, gimme a break.

Smokescreen: What’s up with Blurr?

Red Alert: These things can take time, Smokescreen.

Demolishor: Megatron! We’ve detected another Mini-Con signal.

Megatron: We must recover it before the Autobots do. Demolishor, I will not stand for another error.

Demolishor: No, sir. Of course not. I’ll be extra careful this time.

Megatron: Move out, soldiers!

Decepticons: Yes, sir!

Megatron: …I must be imagining things…

Demolishor: Blackout, the Mini-Con is somewhere nearby. There it is.

Megatron: It must’ve revived and transformed already. Is it the final Mini-Con to the Skyboom shield?

Demolishor: Ugh.

Megatron: After him, you fools! Don’t let him get away!

Starscream: Transform!

Sideways: Transform!

Cyclonus: Transform!

Starscream: Hahahahaha!

Rad: Laserbeak, listen up! Find the Mini-Con! Oh no!

Carlos: Too late, it’s the Decepticons!

Optimus: They’re here too?

[Commercial]

Rad: Optimus, there’s two Mini-Cons headed your way. Check out the visuals from Laserbeak.

Optimus: Roger that, Rad. Transmit them anytime.

Rad: The Decepticons must’ve done this.

Cyclonus: Heheheheh!

Optimus: Listen up. We have to do everything we can to save those Mini-Cons.

Autobots: Roger that! / Yessir!

Sideways: Almost got him.

Optimus: Blurr, Hot Shot, concentrate on rescuing the Mini-Cons. The rest of you, back them up.

Scavenger, Red Alert & Smokescreen: Yessir.

Hot Shot (VO): Aw, just my luck.

Blurr (VO): Heh, heh, heh…

Cyclonus: Pry, Autobots! Pry! Haha, hahaha!

Hot Shot: No way. Stay with me. Transform!

Blurr: Take care of this one.

Red Alert: Done.

Blurr: Ground mode. Transform.

Red Alert: What’s going on? What’s he saying?

Starscream: Swindle! Powerlink.

Optimus: Oh no!

Megatron: Hahahahaha. Once again, we will take the Mini-Con from your grasp.

Optimus: We’ll just see about that!

Megatron: Haha. Impertinent fool. Do you honestly think you can withstand me, the wielder of the Star Saber?!

Optimus: Smokescreen, help Hot Shot and Blurr.

Smokescreen: I’m on my way.

Cyclonus: Haha. Just try and escape.

Hot Shot: Out of my way! Let me handle this. Hello! A little response once in a while would be nice. Hey! What’re you doing?

Rad: They’re supposed to be after the Mini-Cons, not eachother.

Billy: Must be some kind of bot testosterone thing.

Carlos: They’re definitely trying to outdo eachother.

Alexis: This is stupid. They’re supposed to be working as a team.

Billy: Yeah, but this is kinda cool too.

Cyclonus: Hahaha!

Smokescreen: Got him. Let’s blow that puppy out of the sky. Liftor, powerlink! Now’s the time to show me what you can do, Longarm! That’s one for one, partner.

Cyclonus: Lucky shot!

Smokescreen: You keep telling yourself that. Now get ready to get blasted back to Cybertron!

Cyclonus: Hahahaha! No chance!

Hot Shot: Jolt, powerlink!

Blurr: Incinerator, powerlink!

Hot Shot: I’ve got the situation under control. How’d he do that? Are you nuts? What’re you doing?

Cyclonus: Duh-whoa! I’m getting out of here while I can.

Blurr: Transform.

Hot Shot: You idiot! You almost trashed that Mini-Con.

Blurr: I hardly think so.

Hot Shot: You hardly think.

Blurr: This isn’t time for bickering. Our top priority right now is capturing that Mini-Con.

Hot Shot: Capturing’s a little harsh, don’t you think? C’mere, little guy. I won’t hurt ‘cha. What are you trying to do?

Blurr: I’m trying to seize the Mini-Con, you fool.

Hot Shot: It’s a rescue operation. Don’t shoot at him. He’s psycho! Gotcha.

Blurr: I… don’t understand. Why did you risk your life to save him?

Cyclonus: Don’t mind if I do! Ha, ha, ha! Another one for us! Losers! Ha, ha!

Hot Shot: I lost him.

Cyclonus: Megatron, I’ve got a little something for you.

Megatron: Excellent. Well done, Cyclonus. Now the Skyboom shield will be all mine.

Optimus: What?

Scavenger: I hope I just heard him wrong.

[Commercial]

Carlos: Hey, what did you think you were doing? Fighting someone on your own side.

Hot Shot: Sorry. I guess we lost our heads back there.

Rad: I’m not saying you should feel the same way about Blurr as you do with Red Alert or Optimus, but at least you’ve gotta work with him.

Alexis: How are you supposed to get anywhere if you don’t even trust one of your partners?

Hot Shot: Yeah… Got a minute? Hey Incinerator. Didn’t see ya there.

Blurr: Is there… something on your mind, Hot Shot?

Hot Shot: Sorry. I messed up bad today. It’s my fault we lost the Mini-Con. It’s just that… I didn’t want you to have all of the glory. I guess my pride got in the way, and that’s the reason I couldn’t work with you. I’m not big on making the same mistake twice. And next time, will be different. That’s it. That’s all I wanted to tell ya.

Blurr: To be honest, I really appreciate it.

Hot Shot: Well, see ya.

Blurr: I learned an important lesson today.

Hot Shot: Huh? What do you mean?

Blurr: I mean, about the Mini-Cons. I’d always thought of them as mere tools; as objects in our struggle for power. But I was mistaken. I watched you risk your own safety to save their lives. You reminded me that… Mini-Cons are our allies. Incinerator, when I saw you in action today, I realized that I’m lucky to have you as my partner.

Hot Shot (VO): Now that’s more like it.

Blurr: And then there were the humans. Apparently, I know a lot about combat and nothing about what it means to work with others.

Hot Shot: Well, I wouldn’t exactly say nothing.

Megatron: Huh? Behold, the Skyboom shield! With this, we will truly be invinicible. I can hardly wait to see Optimus’ face. Hahaha. Hahahahahaha!

Hot Shot: If there’s anything I can ever help you out with, just let me know, ‘kay?

Blurr: Thanks.

Hot Shot: Don’t worry, the kids and I will have you up to speed in no time. (VO) This guy isn’t so bad after all.

Blurr (VO): Heh, heh, heh…

Scavenger: I don’t know how strong the Skyboom might be, Optimus. But it couldn’t possibly put out more than those two.

Optimus: I’m sure you’re right about that, Scavenger. Something tells me Hot Shot and Blurr will become great partners. I have a good feeling about it.

Carlos: Hey, uh, anybody seen Hot Shot?

Optimus: Yes, he’s over there, Carlos.

Billy: Uh, oh. He’s talking with Blurr.

Alexis: I hope they’re not gonna start duking it out over that Mini-Con again.

Rad: Looks to me like they’re getting along just fine.

Hot Shot: Friends?

Blurr: Friends.

Carlos: Hey, let’s go see ’em!

Rad: Hey Blurr!

Alexis: Hot Shot!

Fred: C’mon, guys! Wait for me!

Alexis: Hot Shot!

Rad (VO): Usually, we’d be bummed out about losing another Mini-Con. But this time was different. Maybe it had something to do with having more people on our side. Or maybe it was just because… we made a new friend.

[End]