Transformers: Cybertron
“Fallen” – Episode 1
Transcription by Brandon Williams
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Hot Shot: I can’t believe this, Jetfire. I can’t believe we’re abandoning Cybertron.
Jetfire: You can’t think like that, Hot Shot. We’ll come back and beat this thing.
Hot Shot: But how? Hey, now what’s it doing? Look out!
Starscream: Heh, heh, heh, heh… Target practice!
Hot Shot: Yah! Ugh! Ugh.
Starscream: So long, Hot Shot! It’s been real…
Overhaul: Errrrrr… Ahhh!
Starscream: Aahh!
Overhaul: Starscream!
Optimus Prime: Hhh. An open attack isn’t his style.
Starscream: Hhh.
Overhaul: I can’t… hold ‘im! Aah!
Optimus: Look out!
Hot Shot: Aah!
Optimus: This is just a distraction! Everyone back to headquarters! Optimus Prime, transform!
Starscream: No! Not so fast, Prime!
Landmine: Hrrr-yah!
Hot Shot & Jetfire: Double attack!
Overhaul: Make that triple!
Starscream: Null Cannon!
Overhaul, Hot Shot & Jetfire: Whoaaa!
Starscream: You’re next, old man.
Landmine: Landmine’s the name… And you’d better remember it!
Starscream: Oh, I will. I’ll put it on your tombstone!
Landmine: What was that about tombstones? Whoa, whoa…! What in blazes?! Huh-hey, the whole place is comin’ apart! Urgh!
Starscream: Bon voyage, old man! Null Cannon!
Landmine: Helllppp meeee…!
Vector Prime: I will do what I can.
Landmine: Whoaaaa…
Vector Prime: It is done.
Jetfire: Landmine!
[Transition]
Coby: You sure you’re ready for some big air, Dad?!
Coby’s Father: I was born ready!
Coby: That’s my old man! Haha! Whoa! See ya at the finish line!
Coby’s Father: Is that any way for a boy to treat his father?
[Transition]
Coby’s Mother: Hey guys, you’d better come get some barbecue before Bud eats it all!
Coby’s Father: What?!
Lori: Well, I should’ve known it was you. My family was up here for the peace and quiet. Not for Motocross!
Coby: Well, you disturbed my peace with your big fat mouth!
Lori: I did what?!
Coby: And the view!
Bud: Ahem… Lori… When life gives you lemons… Make orange soda!
Lori: Orange… soda?
[Transition]
Lori: Okay Coby, maybe I was out of line before but now you’re just being silly.
Coby: Any reasonable person would have the same opinion.
Lori: Chocolate!
Coby: Strawberry!
Lori: Chocolate!
Coby: Wrong!
Lori: You’re wrong!
Bud: What is with you guys?
Coby: You’re wrong!
Bud: Whoa… Cool… Hello? Are you guys hearing that?
Coby & Lori: Huh? Ahh…
Lori: That sound…
Coby: Yeah…
Kids: Whoa!
Lori: Okay, does that happen around here often?
Coby: Let’s check it out!
Bud: Hey, wait for me!
Coby: Whoa…!
Lori: What — is — that?
Coby: A machine… But I think it’s alive.
Landmine: Ugh… uhh.
Bud: A giant robot!
Landmine: Ughh…
[Transition]
Bud: Hold it a second! Okay, his foot’s almost clear! Give it some gas!
Landmine: Urghh… ugh…
Bud: We did it!
Landmine: What happened?
Coby: Hey! Don’t try to move! You might hurt yourself!
Landmine: Agh, this ain’t nothin’. Where am I?
Coby: The Rocky Mountains! C – Colorado!
Landmine: Earth, huh? Never been there. Look it, I’m not supposed to be here.
Coby: C’mon, we’ll head for the deep forest!
Landmine: Good thinking. You’re all right, kid.
Coby: What the heck took you so long?!
Lori: I had to change. Now I’m dressed for robot repair.
Coby: Female of the species.
[Transition]
Coby: Sure you’re okay?
Landmine: Well, something in my arm doesn’t feel quite right. But I can manage.
Coby: Let me take a look.
Coby & Lori: Whoa…
Lori: That must really hurt.
Coby: I can fix this.
Lori: An alien robot?
Coby: Wires, relays and valves… Piece o’ cake!
Landmine: Ughhh.
Coby: Just relax, Mr. Robot-sir. I know I can do this!
Landmine: So, uh, you guys ain’t really afraid of me?
Lori: Well, yeah, at first.
Bud: I wasn’t!
Lori: I guess it’s true, we didn’t know anything about you, but we could see that you needed help. So we had to do something. I mean, we couldn’t just leave you there, Mr. Robot.
Landmine: The name’s Landmine.
Lori: Pleased to meet you, Landmine. Now how did you wind up sitting in crater in the middle of nowhere?
Landmine: Well, I come from a planet called Cybertron, not all that far from here, galactically speaking. Used to be a beautiful place, but centuries of war had taken its toll. My people are called Autobots and my leader is called Optimus Prime…
[Flashback]
Optimus: How are we doing, Scattorshot?
Scattorshot: The sensor probes are patched into the main grid.
Hot Shot: We’re receiving the data. Red Alert is reporting in from the remote station.
Optimus: Right. Go ahead.
Red Alert: It’s… not good. As we feared, the destruction of Unicron has created a massive black hole. We’re looking at the planet Moratorus. Thankfully, it’s uninhabited.
Landmine: (VO) The unthinkable had finally happened. Our war against the Decepticons had created a monster. We had blown a hole in the uniberse itself! A massive hole that could rip planet’s apart in seconds!
Bud: (VO) Black hole?! Whoa, cool!
Lori: (VO) That’s not ‘cool,’ Bud. It’s horrible! What if that happened to us? Everything — gone, in a matter of minutes.
Landmine: (VO) It was horrible, and we knew that Cybertron would be next. We had to do something.
[Transition]
Optimus: Autobots, as you all know, our planet is in great danger. Rest assured, we will find a solution to the terrible crisis that is facing us. However, to ensure the safety of each and every Autobot, we have no choice but to temporarily evacuate Cybertron. Jetfire?
Jetfire: Right!
Optimus: Jetfire has been to our new home and brought back scan data of typical vehicles. This one’s called a fire engine. Ahh! Optimus Prime, transform!
Hot Shot: Awesome!
Jetfire: I was thinking of you guys when I scanned these.
Hot Shot: That is so me! Suh-weet!
Overhaul: Rough and tough!
Hot Shot: Hot Shot, transform! Built for speed!
Overhaul: Overhaul, transform! Ready to kick butt!
Jetfire: Jetfire, transform! Attractive, yet functional! And don’t everybody pick the same one, there’s plenty of vehicles of Earth.
Optimus: Everyone will scan a new form to conceal our presence on Earth. This is rule number one — from now on, we are robots in disguise!
[End Flashback]
[Transition]
Landmine: Optimus thought you humans would be scared of us.
Lori: Thousands of giant robots? Uh, yeah! We probably would be.
Landmine: Oh, yeah, haha. I see your point. But we had no place else to go, the space bridge terminal was the only way to evacuate everyone and it wasn’t easy. I’m not even sure if everyone got away in time!
[Flashback]
Overhaul: Hurry, everyone!
Bud: (VO) So to get away from the black hole, everybody had to leave the planet?
Landmine: (VO) Yup, right then.
Overhaul: Huh?
Optimus: What’s going on?!
Scattorshot: It’s some kinda warp… And it’s right on top of us!
Landmine: (VO) We were speechless! Nobody had ever seen anything like it. That was nothing compared to what happened next.
Bud: What? What?!
Landmine: (VO) Hold your horses, I’m getting to that. It was a spaceship. Not a modern spaceship, this one was made of gears and clockwork and stuff. Then…
Vector Prime: Vector Prime, transform!
Optimus: Are you a friend or a foe?
Hot Shot: He looks… ancient. Really ancient.
Vector Prime: I am Vector Prime, keeper of space and time.
Optimus: Vector Prime?
Vector Prime: We must act quickly if we are to save Cybertron. Listen now to my tale… Years ago, the Cybertronians imagined spacebridges that could connect the entire universe. Ships sent out into the galaxy, each carrying a Cyber Planet Key, a tiny fragment of the spark of Primus — the very lifeforce of Cybertron. Each key contained enough power to turn any planet into a mirror image of Cybertron. But somehow, Cybertron lost contact with the fleets and the Cyber Planet Keys were lost forever.
Optimus: And these keys can stop the black hole?
Vector Prime: Indeed. We must find the Cyber Planet Keys and open the Omega Lock, restoring the power of Primus. Do you doubt my words? Do you doubt Primus?
Optimus: How can we find these keys?
Vector Prime: With this map.
[End Flashback]
Landmine: Vector Prime said he had to synchronize the map or something. I didn’t really get it. Anyway, that’s where we were when the Decepticons attacked.
Lori: What do Decepticons look like?
Landmine: Kinda like us… but they’re evil…
[Transition]
Bulldog: Bulldog to Motherhead. I’m bringing this bird back to the nest, over.
Motherhead: Roger that, Bulldog. You’re cleared on 109er. Over.
Bulldog: Huh? Motherhead, am I alone up here?! I got — whoa!
Motherhead: Please repeat last message, over.
Bulldog: It’s on my fix now with some kinda beam! [Not sure.]
Thundercracker: Oh, yeah! Now this is a shape that can do some damage! Megatron told ol’ Thundercracker to look for Autobots, and darned if I didn’t just find me one! I can’t just shoot ‘im in the back! Wouldn’t be civil! I’ll give him a heads up first, then I’ll shoot ‘im in the back! Hey there! Autobots!
Lori: A talking plane?
Landmine: Decepticon…
Coby: Bad guys?
Thundercracker: Here’s a little going away present!
Landmine: Get down!
Coby: That guy’s a lousy shot!
Thundercracker: Oh, man! That was a waste of perfectly good missiles! I’ll get ’em this time!
Optimus: I hope you don’t mind if butt in!
Thundercracker: Where the heck did he come from?!
Bud: A talking, flying fire engine?
Lori: I think that’s the leader of the Autobots.
Coby: Landmine, is that really Optimus Prime?
Landmine: Yeah…
Thundercracker: Oh man! I gotta turn this here table.
Optimus: Take your best shot.
Thundercracker: I got ‘im! I got — whoooaaa! What the?!
Optimus: That was your best shot Thundercracker? That’s just sad. Here’s mine.
Thundercracker: How’s this?
Optimus: Gee, nice fireworks. Decepticon in the corner pocket!
Thundercracker: Aaaaaahhhh!
Optimus: Optimus to search team. I’ve found Landmine!
Jetfire: Oh, that’s great news, Optimus. We’re on our way.
[Transition]
Coby: My name’s Coby, and this is my brother…
Bud: I’m Bud!
Lori: I’m Lori.
Jetfire: Ehhh, I’m Jetfire.
Hot Shot: Hot Shot.
Overhaul: The name’s Overhaul.
Scattorshot: Scattorshot. Pleased to meet ‘cha.
Landmine: You guys know me.
Jetfire: Optimus, we have to tell them… about what happened to the map.
Optimus: Look, I didn’t want to have to tell any humans about the danger until we had time to forumlate a plan. But you are right, these kids are part of this now. The Decepticons have stolen the map, while we went out to fight Starscream.
[Flashback]
Vector Prime: Just a few more moments… It is done.
Scattorshot: I’m glad. Now let’s bug out!
Vector Prime: Bug…?
Scattorshot & Vector Prime: Aaah!
Scattorshot: What’s going on?! Nooo! Vector Prime! Run! Ugh!
Vector Prime: Who are you?
Megatron: Vector Prime-sir, we must act quickly, before those fiendish Autobots return.
Vector Prime: I don’t understand.
Megatron: Those evil Transformers would steal the power of Primus. We must find the Cyber Planet Keys first. Give me the map.
Scattorshot: No… Don’t!
Vector Prime: I — Perhaps you are right…
Megatron: Heh…
Vector Prime: No! You are the evil one! Ugh! You shall — ugh!
Megatron: Erggh!
Vector Prime: Aahh! Ugh!
Megatron: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! You pathetic old fool! Why this was almost too easy for me.
Optimus: It’s not over yet, Megatron!
Megatron: Optimus Prime! Heh, heh, heh, heh. Oh, how I have looked forward to this moment.
Optimus: Errr-aaaaaaahhh!
Megatron: Eraugh!
Optimus: Optimus Prime, super mode!
Megatron: What?! So…
Optimus: If you think you’re leaving here with that map, Megatron, you’ve got another thing coming! This is your last chance, Megatron. Hand over that map!
Megatron: Hmm. Hmmm?!
Scattorshot: Aaah!
Megatron: Heh, heh, heh…
Scattorshot: Urgh…
Optimus & Scattorshot: Ergghh…
Megatron: Errrr… Yah!
Optimus & Scattorshot: Aaah!
Megatron: Ha, ha! Oh, you cannot defeat me, Optimus Prime. And once I possess the power of Primus, I shall make the universe tremble!
Vector Prime: No! Raugh!
Megatron: Be gone, old man! Rrgh!
Vector Prime: Aah! Aaah! Aaaah!
Hot Shot: Hey!
Jetfire: The Decepticons are getting away!
Megatron: The map is mine! And you Autobots are doomed! Hahaha…
[End Flashback]
Coby: So, Vector Prime, sir… You can’t make another map?
Vector Prime: No, young one, I cannot.
Lori: But there has to be another way! You’ve collected the data once, can’t you do it again?
Vector Prime: Perhaps, but the black hole grows ever larger, we may not have time to make another. Mini-Cons, come forth!
Coby: Ah! Hey! Ugh!
Jolt: Mini-Cons, begin scanning! Jolt, transform!
Coby: Whoa, who are these guys?
Jolt: Mini-Con Data Retrieval Team, at your service. I am Jolt, and these are Six-Speed and Reverb, ready for action.
Lori: Where do we start?
Jolt: What is our current location?
Coby: Planet Earth.
Jolt: Never heard of it!
Bud: Oh, you’re killin’ me here…
Jolt: Ohhh! Your shirt!
Lori: Uh, what?
Vector Prime: By the Allspark…
Lori: What? It’s not even mine. I borrowed it from my brother.
Vector Prime: It bears the image of the Omega Lock!
Lori: But this is just a picture of an album cover of a rock group my brother likes. It’s supposed to be a symbol from Atlantis or something.
Optimus: But what could it mean?
Vector Prime: It means that the Omega Lock may well be hidden here on Earth. And with it, a duplicate map.
[End]
Episode Notes
-This is a hybrid of episodes 1 and 2 from Galaxy Force.
-Coby and Megatron have different voice actors for this episode, and Vector Prime uses the English accent he will use later on in the series.
-Jolt is an Earth pop culture, so he is likely lying when he said he’s never heard of Earth.
-Landmine is able to remember the scene where they are selecting vehicle modes, but was not present.