Transformers: Energon
“Energon Stars” – Episode 2
Written by Voicebox
Transcription by Brandon Williams

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Demolishor: Go ahead. You’re clear to enter. Hmm… Who was that?

Sally: Alexis!

Alexis: Sally!

Sally & Alexis: Hahahaha!

Alexis: Ohhh! You are great, Sally.

Sally: Well, thank you. Boy, y’know, I thought I would never get in here to see you because of Demolishor standing guard back at the entrance.

Alexis: That reminds me. We have to round up everyone for a meeting.

Sally: Wha — I thought we’d have time together… But I guess you have tons of VIP work to do. Hey, have you seen my brother around?

Alexis: Yeah, sure. He’s around. And he’ll be at the meeting.

Sally: He’ll show up, but I bet he won’t listen to anything you say.

Alexis: Huh?

Kicker: Man, I can’t believe Dad made this battlesuit for me. It’s like loaded with everything I’ll ever need. And it fits perfect! I’m ready for anything. Huh? Oh no! We must be under attack again! I gotta hurry up and — eggh! Aaah! Owww!

Intercom Voice: Attention all Ocean City residents, please assemble immediately in sector 14A.

Kicker: Is that it?

[Commercial]

Tidal Wave: Tidal Wave… Tidal Wave… Tidal Wave… (Continues)

Demolishor: Look! That’s Tidal Wave! And what happened to ‘im?

Hot Shot: I don’t know, but he — but he sounds weird.

Demolishor: Whoa! Check ‘im out!

Optimus: Zoom in.

Hot Shot: Th… They’re eating Energon!

Optimus: That’s what it looks like.

Miranda: Kicker!

Kicker: Uhh?

Alexis: What you have just witnessed was the latest satellite transmission we’ve received from Cyber City on Mars, that was attacked yesterday. Obviously, those Transformers were after our Energon, Optimus.

Optimus: Go on, Alexis.

Alexis: We scanned our databased and we’ve deduced that our enemy is a high-tech pack of androids called Terrorcons. But where they come from precisely, we still haven’t been able to pinpoint.

Optimus: And if that’s the case, then we can assume their next target is gonna be the Energon mines here on Earth.

Alexis: And you’d be correct, but… We have a serious problem, because we are bound by the Earth Federation Treaty. Under section 47F, it states that Transformers cannot take up arms against other Transformers.

Kicker: You can’t be serious!

Alexis: Huh?

Hot Shot, Demolishor & Optimus: Huh?

Kicker: So what are we supposed to do, just sit back and watch?!

Sally: Cool it, Kicker.

Alexis: Kicker!

Kicker: Answer me!

Alexis: We have rules we must follow. And while certain rules sometimes don’t make any sense, we can’t attack unless we are under a serious threat. To organize a first strike assault would clearly be a violation of our treaty. Sorry, Kicker.

Kicker: Bah, please! Gimme a break, Alexis! We’re like sittin’ ducks here waiting to — ugh…

Alexis: Huh?

Kicker: Hhh?! Hey! Would ya put me down, Optimus?! Ahh… C’mon! I’m serious! Ahh! Errgh!

Alexis: Unfortunately, that leaves us with only one clear cut option… To evacuate immediately. Otherwise, we can’t guarantee the safety of anyone here on Earth.

Kicker: Forget it! I’m not going anywhere, because Earth is my home! And I’ll take on these flying creeps myself!

Hot Shot: Hhhh…

Ironhide: What’s his problem?

Optimus: Alexis…

Alexis: Huh?

Optimus: Don’t worry about Kicker. He can stay behind with my men and I.

Alexis: But Optimus…

Optimus: Trust me. He’ll be safe and we need him for his ability to detect Energon. And I promise you, we will not violate the treaty. We are here to defend Earth, not to attack our enemy.

Alexis: You’re right. I really doubt anyone could convince Kicker to leave here, Optimus.

Optimus: You know, I’d think you just might be right about that.

Alexis: Hey, thanks a lot. And you be careful.

Optimus: Right. And as for you, you’d better follow orders.

Kicker: Aaah… Ehhh! You can’t make me leave! Hehhh? What did you say?

Strongarm: I wonder if the Omnicons are gonna be evacuating.

Skyblast: Don’t worry about them, Strongarm. We’ve got enough to keep us busy. Now let’s get back to work. C’mon!

Strongarm: Ehhh, I hate being a grunt.

Kicker: (VO) I’m counting on you to explain why I’m not leaving to my mom, Alexis.

Sally: You stay outta trouble, okay, Kicker?!

Kicker: Don’t worry about me! Just go! Oh man, it’s gonna be weird without them.

Ironhide: Okay Kicker, listen up. Optimus gave me very strict orders to keep an eye on you.

Kicker: Awww, gimme a break!

Ironhide: I don’t like this any better — than you do, kid. Hey! Are you listening?!

Kicker: Whatever.

Optimus: Attention, men. We are moving to defcon level four. Repeat, defcon level four. We have not verified the location or the numbers of enemy troops about the attack Cybertron City. We do know they are after Energon. All humans have been successfully deployed to safe shelters outside the city. That is all.

Misha: Did you hear that, Kicker?

Kicker: Yeah, yeah… But you know what? I am so tired of speeches, Mika!

Misha: I guess I’m tired of them too. And that’s why I’m staying behind, just like you! What do ya think?

Kicker: No, you can’t! You gotta get outta here right now! It’s way too dangerous!

Misha: Don’t worry about me, Kicker. I’ll be all right. Really!

Kicker: Ehh?

Misha: Hello?! Kicker?! Are you still there?! Kicker?!

Kicker: Yeah, I’m still here. You just be careful, okay, Mika?

Misha: I will. And, you too.

Ironhide: Humans. Always getting so emotional. What a complete waste of energy. I mean, what’s even worse, Optimus assigns me to guard one. Hmm.

Ironhide: (VO) I should be fighting with the others, but no. I should be on Optimus’ team, but no…I should have the Spark of Combination that Primus gave to Optimus… But no! I got nothin’! But one day, I will!

Ironhide: Huh? Nah, who am I kidding? I’m the low-man on the totem pole ariund this place.

Kicker: Hey Iron-head, aren’t ya supposed to be babysitting me?

Cyclonus: Hahahahahahahahahahaha! Oh, boy, I can hardly wait for the battle to get started! Will they hit here? Or here?! Or here?! Hahaa! Ahaahahaha! Hahahaha! I’m tickling all over! Hahahahaahaha! Whoooohahahahahaha! Aaahh! Oohhh…. no! Aaaaaaaaahhhh…. Come and get it!

Optimus: The moon? I thought for sure their next target would be Earth.

Inferno: Our moonbase just radioed for backup, Optimus.

Optimus: Jetfire, can I count on you?

Jetfire: Yessir. Are you sure you have enough firepower here on Earth?

Optimus: I think we’ll be fine. And use the spacebrige, I think it’ll be easier than raising the city for you to launch.

Jetfire: Yessir, I’m on my way.

Optimus: Inferno, you provide cover for Jetfire while he launches just incase we come under fire.

Inferno: Right.

Kicker: Hey, hold up.

Jetfire: Huh?

Ironhide: Mind if we tag along?

Optimus: Why, Ironhide?

Ironhide: I wanna earn my Combination Spark so I can combine with Hot Shot, sir.

Optimus: No! And that’s final. Understand, Ironhide? I’ve teamed you up with Kicker.

Ironhide: But sir!

Jetfire: No buts, pal. You’re on babysittin’ duty, or don’t you think you can handle that?

Kicker: You think I’m a baby that needs sitting? Well, I’ll show you what I’m made of! I’m going with you to kick some Terrorcon butt!

Jetfire: Optimus!

Optimus: Hhh… I just don’t know what to do with that kid. Okay, he’s all yours, Jetfire.

Kicker: You heard the dude. Let’s roll.

Ironhide: All right! Can’t believe I got that monkey off my back.

Jetfire: Jetfire!

Kicker: Ughhhh… Egghhhhh!

Jetfire: And we have lift off!

[Commercial]

Optimus: All systems go to elevate Cyber City. Activate spacebridge.

Ironhide: Huh?

Hot Shot: Well, it’s time to go, Ironhide.

Ironhide: Right, sir!

Hot Shot: And if you do a good job, buddy, I’ll make sure Optimus knows about it.

Ironhide: Are you serious, sir?!

Hot Shot: Yeah…

Ironhide: Oh — you don’t know how much I appreciate that, sir. And I promise, I’ll do my best!

Hot Shot: Hey, just relax. Would ya quit callin’ me “sir?” We’re movin’ out, Inferno!

Inferno: Roger that!

Optimus: Wait.

Inferno: Huh?

Optimus: I’m expecting something.

Hot Shot: But sir, they’re waiting for us on the moon!

Optimus: Nevermind. It’s here.

Demolishor: You’re… bringing the Omnicons with us, Optimus?

Strongarm: Give me a break. There’s no way I’m going anywhere near a battle.

Skyblast: Instead we brought you some newly processed Energon chips to give you a boost!

Ironhide: Serious?!

Optimus: Don’t move.

Ironhide: Huh? What — just happened to me?

Hot Shot: What’s this?

Optimus: Those are Energon cells.

Skyblast: Well, let me just put it this way, Hot Shot. We’ve just boosted your power big time!

Hot Shot: Oh, all right!

Strongarm: But remember to use it sparringly, because it might not last through an entire battle, ‘kay?

Optimus: Okay, men. Let’s move out!

Jetfire: Yeah, baby! Bullseye!

Kicker: We got another bogey at two o’clock. And now we got one on our tail. Let’s sink it, Jetfire!

Jetfire: Hang on! Way to go, kid! You’re one wicked wingman.

Kicker: Yeah, but we can’t hold them off much longer! Where Optimus? Jetfire! Incoming! Whoaaa!

Jetfire: Whoa! That was a close one!

Kicker: Ehh? Dive! Come on, Jetfire! Get in the game! Oh no! Incoming from all sides! Sharp left, Jetfire, and don’t try anything fancy!

Jetfire: Say goodbye!

Kicker: Looks like we’ve got backup.

Optimus: Jetfire, Kicker, give me an update.

Kicker: They’ve found the Energon!

Jetfire: Optimus, we’ll handle the perimeter. You head down and see if you can save the Energon!

Optimus: I’m on it. Hot Shot, Ironhide, time to transform.

Hot Shot & Ironhide: Yessir!

Optimus: Optimus Prime, transform!

Hot Shot: Hot Shot, transform!

Ironhide: Ironhide, transform!

Hot Shot: They’ve taken a serious beating, sir.

Ironhide: Huh?

Hot Shot: Aw, man, that was close. They just keep on coming!

Optimus: Okay, men. The Energon mine should be just ahead.

Ironhide: I’ll go, sir. Cover me.

Optimus: All right, Ironhide. But remember, don’t rely too heavily on your Energon and be careful.

Ironhide: Yessir! Gimme your best shot, you useless Terrorcons. You can’t stop me! Whoa! Okay, maybe I take that back. Hhh. This is it… And boy, what a mess… Huh? This has gotta be the elevator shaft. Hrrrr-ugh! Well… I guess it’s now, or never. Yaaaaaahooowwww! Ughhh! Hhhh! Sorry boys, but you’re tresspassing! Hey! another step and you get blasted! Huh?! Aaah! Hey! Ugh! Ah! Ah! Ah Ah!

Optimus: Yaaaaaaaaaahh! Huh? Hot Shot, I’ve used all my Energon!

Hot Shot: Hmm? I’m tapped too, sir. This doesn’t look good. Optimus! It’s Jetfire and Kicker!

Kicker: Hey guys… It doesn’t look like there’s too many of them out here.

Hot Shot: What about below the surface?

Jetfire: No clue, but I’m gonna find out.

Optimus: Right behind you.

Ironhide: Hyaaah! Huh! Huh! Huh! Huh! These bite-sized pains are getting on my nerves! And even if I’m out of Energon, you’re going down! Now, who wants a piece of me, huh?

Kicker: What the? No, Ironhide! Don’t do it! Don’t touch it!

Ironhide: Huh? Aaaaahh! Hwaaahhh!

Kicker: That was dumb. He knows he can’t handle Energon before it’s refined. Ironhide! Hhh?

Optimus: Ironhide, are you all right?

Kicker: Huh? What? Yeah, he’s fine. Thanks to me.

Optimus: Hhh, that’s a relief. What?

Jetfire: I got ’em! You’re not goin’ anywhere, creeps!

Hot Shot: Ironhide! Are you okay?

Ironhide: Yeah, I’m fine, Hot Shot… I just had a little — accident.

Hot Shot: Huh?

Jetfire: Huh? Aww, no! They’re coming out of the woodwork! Aw, man. They got away.

Optimus, Hot Shot & Ironhide: Transform!

Hot Shot: Just hang in there, okay, Ironhide?

Ironhide: It’s all my fault we lost the battle.

Hot Shot: It’s nobody’s fault! Now get that through your head. Understand?
Ironhide: Thanks, Hot Shot, but I know I screwed up the mission and I can’t but blame —

Kicker: — Ehhh, would ya chill out already?

Ironhide: How could I have been such an idiot and touched the Energon like that without even thinking first?!

Kicker: Yeah, well, you work that out.

Optimus: Kicker!

Kicker: What?!

Optimus: I ordered you to team up with Ironhide, or did you forget that?

Kicker: Ah, gimme a break.

Optimus: If you want to ignore my orders, then I have no choice but to send you back to your mother!

Kicker: Hmm?! You wouldn’t!

Optimus: Try me.

Kicker: Errr… Errr. Okay, partners. I’ll go talk to him then. So, how’s it going, big guy?

Ironhide: Did you just kick me, huh?

Kicker: Ugh! Did you like that?

Ironhide: How’d you like it if I kicked you back?

Kicker: Errr… Well, it looks like you’re back to normal. Heheheheh…

Ironhide: Why you little… You’re gonna pay for this! Okay, I’ve had just about enough of you, kid! Hey, get back here…

Optimus: Well, it looks like things are back to normal again.

Demolishor: So Optimus… What happened on the moon?

Optimus: Huh?

Jetfire: If I were you, Demolishor, I’d show a little more respect to your leader.

Demolishor: Sorry, but you’re still Autobots to me, Jetfire. Cyclonus was working on the moon. What’s his status, Optimus?

Hot Shot: We… never saw him.

Demolishor: What? Serious? You mean to say there was no trace of him – or Tidal Wave?

Jetfire: To be honest… We never had a chance to search for them, Demolishor.

Demolishor: No way. We’ve got to go back.

Optimus: Hang on a minute.

Jetfire: What is it, sir?

Optimus: Nothing…

Q-3: So, what is it that Optimus Prime is thinking? A penny for your thought, Autobot.

Q-2: I think I know! Maybe he’s starting to smell the stench of the great Decepticon army rising from the ashes to challenge his authority! Hahaha!

Q-1: But do not let me get ahead of myself, he still has a new enemy to deal with. An enemy so powerful, it will make the Decepticons look like mere children’s playthings. Waaa-aaargggghhh!

Q-3: Allow me to introduce you to your new adversary, Optimus Prime. An entity so powerful, you won’t know what hit you!

Q-2: Oh joy! I can hardly wait for the games to begin: Aahahahahahaha! Hahahahaha!

[End]

Episode Notes
-Demolishor’s line “You’re… bringing the Omnicons with us, Optimus?” most likely originally belonged to Ironhide, as Demolishor was not present in the scene. But due to Demolishor’s Japanese name being Ironhide, they might have thought they hadn’t changed it from the Japanese Ironhide yet, and then changed it to Demolishor.

-Strongarm’s voice is not pitched properly in the first scene he appears in, although it is the same character as later on, with a different pitch.

-Due to a mistranslation, Misha is referred to as “Mika” in this episode, pronounced “Mike-ah”. In later episodes, it is pronounced “Meek-ah” and then finally settles on the correct name and pronunciation, “Misha,” which I have labelled the character as.

-At the beginning of the episode, as Alexis enters Ocean City, Demolishor asks “who was *that?*” Due to the fact that the two characters have some history, the line was most likely meant to be delivered differently, more as if he recognizes her, but forgets who she is.

-Kicker’s like “okay, partners” was delivered as if he is calling the Autobots all his partners, but was probably intended as if he was accepting that he and Ironhide were partners.