Beast Wars: Transformers (1996) s02e08 Episode Script
Bad Spark
"BEAST WARS"!
[ ROARS ]
[ RATTLING ]
[ CAWING ]
LONG-RANGE RECON REPORT --
THIS KITTY'S KEEN SENSE OF DISCOVERY
HAS UNCOVERED A MONDO STASIS POD.
BUT IT'S THOROUGHLY THRASHED.
IT PLOWED INTO A BIG LOAD OF RESIDUAL ENERGON.
And it's branded with a big, bad-lookin' "X."
JUST HANG ON. I'M ON MY WAY.
SILVERBOLT, YOU'RE WITH ME.
PRIMUS HELP US ALL IF THAT THING SURVIVED.
A BIG STASIS POD? HMM.
A BIG SOLDIER. YES.
BLACKARACHNIA, WASPINATOR, PREPARE FOR A RECRUITMENT DRIVE.
WHATEVER THIS PROTOFORM IS,
I WANT IT FLYING THE FLAG OF THE PREDACONS,
NOT THE MAXIMALS.
ALWAYS EAGER TO WELCOME A NEW COMRADE-IN-ARMS.
SPIDERS SPIN THEIR WEBS.
YES.
BUT I SPIN THEM LARGER.
SO THE TREACHEROUS FEMALE IS UNDERTAKING A JOURNEY.
HMM. HOW DANGEROUS.
ESPECIALLY IF I CATCH HER FIRST.
HMM.
PERHAPS IT DID EXPIRE.
WHAT IS THIS THING, BIGBOT?
THE DARK SECRET OF AXALON'S JOURNEY.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY AN ATTEMP
TO REPLICATE STARSCREAM'S MUTANT INDESTRUCTIBLE SPARK
WITH A MAXIMAL.
INDESTRUCTIBLE? [ IMITATES BUZZER ]
AFRAID NOT.
WELL, IT WAS A MISTAKE TO EVEN TRY.
THOUGH BRILLIANT, IT WAS HOPELESSLY TREACHEROUS,
AND INCAPABLE OF BEING RECYCLED.
[ GROWLING ]
IT WAS PUT ON THE AXALON FOR WHAT REASON, OPTIMUS?
TO DUMP IT.
SOMEWHERE FAR.
SOMEPLACE BARREN.
[ FARTS ]
-UGH! -OH, SORRY. [ LAUGHS ]
MY TRANSMETAL BOD'S BEEN SOAKING UP SO MUCH ENERGON,
I'M ABOUT TO BLAST ONE OFF.
HMM.
[ EXPLOSION ] WHAT?
HEY, IT WASN'T ME!
HUH?
THE PREDACONS CLAIM THAT PROTOFORM.
[ GROANS ]
WHOA!
THIS IS UNNECESSARY! ITS SPARK HAS EXTINGUISHED.
WE WERE TOO LATE!
PARDON ME IF I DON'T BUY THAT LOAD, MONKEY.
AAH!
SILVERBOLT, WIDOW ALERT!
COME ON! FIGHT BACK!
HOW FAR WILL YOU CARRY THIS SILLY CHIVALRY?
'CAUSE THIS DARK DAMSEL IS NOT IMPRESSED!
[ ENGINE REVVING ]
AAH!
YOU!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
[ GRUNTING ]
YOU'VE GOT INFORMATION I WANT.
YES. LET'S HEAR IT.
FINE, TARANTULAS.
HERE'S THE SCOOP --
MEGATRON IS A SLAG-SUCKING SAURIAN.
Got it?
[ GROWLS ] SHE'LL PAY FOR THAT.
FOOLISH SPIDER.
LET'S SEE IF PLAYING MY SHIELD
WILL IMPROVE YOUR SENSE OF REASON.
THOUGH THREATENING YOUR OWN COMRADE
IS NO DOUBT BUSINESS AS USUAL
IN THE PREDACON GUIDE TO VILLAINY
IT IS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR
IN MY BOOK!
-AAH! -AAH!
-WHOA! -WHOA!
[ GROANING ]
[ GRUNTS, GROANS ]
[ GROANS ]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
ARE YOU DAMAGED?
UH
JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE ME
INTERESTING.
WELL, I SUSPECT TARANTULAS WILL STILL COME AFTER YOU.
I EXPECT YOU'RE RIGHT.
WELL, I -- I WILL NOT LET HIM HARM YOU.
HEH. I'M COUNTING ON THAT.
NOW, WHY DON'T YOU MAKE LIKE A HERO AND FLY ME OUT OF HERE?
[ GROANS ]
I'M UNABLE.
MY WING MECHANISM IS OFFLINE.
[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]
WE MUST JOURNEY BY FOOT TO THAT MOUNTAIN PEAK ABOVE THE STORM,
WHERE WE CAN CONTACT OUR RESPECTIVE BASES.
[ SIGHS ] NOT MY FIRST CHOICE, BUT LEAD THE WAY.
AAAAH!
AAAAAH!
[ GROANING ]
OPTIMUS TO SILVERBOLT.
DO YOU READ?
IT'S LIKE I SAID, BIGBOT --
NOT FUR NOR FEATHER OF THEM ANYWHERE.
-[ GROANS ] -COME ON.
WE GOT TO LOG SOME CYCLES IN THE CR-CHAMBER
OR WE'RE NO GOOD TO ANYBODY.
WHEREVER YOU ARE, SILVERBOLT, KEEP SAFE.
AND WATCH YOUR BACK.
[ RATTLING ]
I CONSIDER MYSELF A CREATURE OF DARKNESS.
UGH!
BUT THIS PLACE IS EVEN MAKING MY SKIN CRAWL.
-TARANTULAS! -WHERE?!
DO NOT WORRY. HE HAS BEEN DISARMED.
TO SAY THE LEAST.
[ BOTH LAUGHING ]
[ BOTH LAUGHING ]
OH!
THEY -- THEY LAUGH TOGETHER.
MM. DON'T UNDERESTIMATE HER.
WITH TARANTULAS GONE,
SHE MAY RECONSIDER THE MAXIMALS' USEFULNESS.
HMM.
ACROSS HERE.
UGH!
[ GROANS ]
OH.
BEHIND YOU!
[ LAUGHS ] DON'T BE PATHETIC.
[ SNARLS ]
[ GROWLS ]
[ SNARLING ] [ GROWLING ]
AAH! [ GRUNTS ]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
I UNDERSTAND.
YOU ARE, AFTER ALL, A PREDACON.
[ GRUNTS ]
AAH!
[ GROANS ]
[ GRUNTING ]
ARE YOUDAMAGED?
JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE ME INTERESTING.
UH-HUH.
WHY DID YOU SAVE ME?
WELL, UH, THERE MIGHT BE OTHER CREATURES.
YUCK.
[ SNARLS ]
FORGET THE RESCUE PLAN, OPTIMUS,
AND START DEVISING AN ATTACK PLAN!
MEGATRON HAS LOST TWO.
WE HAVE ONLY LOST ONE.
I'LL REMEMBER THAT
NEXT TIME YOU'RE MISSING IN AN ENERGON STORM.
VICTORS DO NOT SPURN OPPORTUNITY.
[ BEEPING ]
[ GROWLS ]
IT MAY YET BE UP TO ME.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
LEST YOU FORGET, YOU WERE ORIGINALLY A MAXIMAL PROTOFORM.
DON'T EVEN GO THERE.
BUT SAVING ME WAS INDICATIVE OF YOUR MORE NOBLE HERITAGE.
SO, OBVIOUSLY --
I SAID, DROP IT!
JUST ADMIT THERE IS A SPARK OF GOODNESS DEEP INSIDE YOU,
AND THEN
[ GUNFIRE ]
SHALL I ELABORATE?
UHPERHAPS NOT.
AAH!
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
HE'S GONE INTO STASIS LOCK.
THAT EXPLOSION DIDN'T DO THIS!
NO.
NO, THIS IS THE WORK OF
OF WHAT?
PROTOFORM X.
WHAT?
I THOUGHT IT EXTINGUISHED.
APPARENTLY IT DID NOT.
AND APPARENTLY IT MAY NEVER.
INTERESTING.
HMM.
COMPUTER, FASHION FOR ME A BLADE --
UH, CURVED, VERY SHARP --
AND COMPOSED OF ENERGON.
ACKNOWLEDGED.
YOU'RE -- YOU'RE LEAVING HIM BEHIND?
OH, I WANT OUT OF HERE NOW!
[ BELLOWING ]
WHAT IS THAT?!
[ SCREAMING ]
[ SNARLING ]
[ BELLOWING ]
[ LAUGHING ]
[ LAUGHING EVILLY ]
DOWN THERE!
OPTIMUS TO BASE, SILVERBOLT AND PROTOFORM X HAVE BEEN LOCATED.
I'M TRANSMITTING COORDINATES.
COORDINATES INTERCEPTED.
GOOD.
TIME NOW FOR MY SURGICAL STRIKE.
[ GROANING ]
IS THAT FEAR YOU'RE FEELING, MAXIMAL?
MM. YES.
MY SPARK, IT FEEDS ON TERROR.
LET IT GROW. LET IT CONSUME YOUR CIRCUITRY.
FEEL IT. YES. FEEL IT.
FEEL THE FEAR!
AAAAH!
SILVERBOLT!
[ GASPING ]
AAAAAH!
IT'S -- IT'S UNSTOPPABLE.
YOUR PERSISTENCE IS FUTILE!
I RISE AGAIN!
IN THAT CASE, LET US GIVE YOU FURTHER TO FALL!
[ GASPING ]
AAAH!
COME ON, WINGS, WORK!
WORK, BLAST YOU!
WO-O-O-RK!
NOT TOO SHABBY.
BUT DON'T EXPECT ANY GUSHING GRATITUDE.
I DO NOT.
YOU ARE, AFTER ALL, A PREDACON.
SILVERBOLT!
LET HER GO.
[ GROANS ]
WHAT ABOUT OLD CRAB LEGS?
HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
I'LL NEED TO CONFER WITH RHINOX ON HOW TO HANDLE HIM.
COME ON. LET'S GET BACK TO BASE.
AH, YOU ARE MUCH MORE THAN A PREDACON, MY LADY.
SOMEDAY YOU'LL COME TO REALIZE THAT.
[ SIGHS ]
LIKE I NEEDED HIM TO CATCH ME ANYWAY.
[ GROANING ]
[ SLOSHING ]
IMPRESSIVE.
USING AN ENERGON BLADE ON ANY OTHER SPO
WOULD HAVE DESTROYED IT.
HOWEVER, IT SEEMS YOU CANNOT BE TERMINATED.
ADVANTAGE.
YAH!
OR IS IT?
[ MOANING ]
[ LAUGHS ]
WELCOME TO THE PREDACONS, RAMPAGE.
YOU SHALL BE AN HONORED MEMBER
SO LONG AS YOU NEVER FORGET ONE IMPORTANT FAC
ABOUT YOUR NEW LIFE.
IT'S MINE.
WELCOME, MY NEW SERVANT.
YES.
WELCOME TO THE BEAST WARS!
[ LAUGHS EVILLY ]
[ ROARS ]
[ RATTLING ]
[ CAWING ]
LONG-RANGE RECON REPORT --
THIS KITTY'S KEEN SENSE OF DISCOVERY
HAS UNCOVERED A MONDO STASIS POD.
BUT IT'S THOROUGHLY THRASHED.
IT PLOWED INTO A BIG LOAD OF RESIDUAL ENERGON.
And it's branded with a big, bad-lookin' "X."
JUST HANG ON. I'M ON MY WAY.
SILVERBOLT, YOU'RE WITH ME.
PRIMUS HELP US ALL IF THAT THING SURVIVED.
A BIG STASIS POD? HMM.
A BIG SOLDIER. YES.
BLACKARACHNIA, WASPINATOR, PREPARE FOR A RECRUITMENT DRIVE.
WHATEVER THIS PROTOFORM IS,
I WANT IT FLYING THE FLAG OF THE PREDACONS,
NOT THE MAXIMALS.
ALWAYS EAGER TO WELCOME A NEW COMRADE-IN-ARMS.
SPIDERS SPIN THEIR WEBS.
YES.
BUT I SPIN THEM LARGER.
SO THE TREACHEROUS FEMALE IS UNDERTAKING A JOURNEY.
HMM. HOW DANGEROUS.
ESPECIALLY IF I CATCH HER FIRST.
HMM.
PERHAPS IT DID EXPIRE.
WHAT IS THIS THING, BIGBOT?
THE DARK SECRET OF AXALON'S JOURNEY.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY AN ATTEMP
TO REPLICATE STARSCREAM'S MUTANT INDESTRUCTIBLE SPARK
WITH A MAXIMAL.
INDESTRUCTIBLE? [ IMITATES BUZZER ]
AFRAID NOT.
WELL, IT WAS A MISTAKE TO EVEN TRY.
THOUGH BRILLIANT, IT WAS HOPELESSLY TREACHEROUS,
AND INCAPABLE OF BEING RECYCLED.
[ GROWLING ]
IT WAS PUT ON THE AXALON FOR WHAT REASON, OPTIMUS?
TO DUMP IT.
SOMEWHERE FAR.
SOMEPLACE BARREN.
[ FARTS ]
-UGH! -OH, SORRY. [ LAUGHS ]
MY TRANSMETAL BOD'S BEEN SOAKING UP SO MUCH ENERGON,
I'M ABOUT TO BLAST ONE OFF.
HMM.
[ EXPLOSION ] WHAT?
HEY, IT WASN'T ME!
HUH?
THE PREDACONS CLAIM THAT PROTOFORM.
[ GROANS ]
WHOA!
THIS IS UNNECESSARY! ITS SPARK HAS EXTINGUISHED.
WE WERE TOO LATE!
PARDON ME IF I DON'T BUY THAT LOAD, MONKEY.
AAH!
SILVERBOLT, WIDOW ALERT!
COME ON! FIGHT BACK!
HOW FAR WILL YOU CARRY THIS SILLY CHIVALRY?
'CAUSE THIS DARK DAMSEL IS NOT IMPRESSED!
[ ENGINE REVVING ]
AAH!
YOU!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
[ GRUNTING ]
YOU'VE GOT INFORMATION I WANT.
YES. LET'S HEAR IT.
FINE, TARANTULAS.
HERE'S THE SCOOP --
MEGATRON IS A SLAG-SUCKING SAURIAN.
Got it?
[ GROWLS ] SHE'LL PAY FOR THAT.
FOOLISH SPIDER.
LET'S SEE IF PLAYING MY SHIELD
WILL IMPROVE YOUR SENSE OF REASON.
THOUGH THREATENING YOUR OWN COMRADE
IS NO DOUBT BUSINESS AS USUAL
IN THE PREDACON GUIDE TO VILLAINY
IT IS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR
IN MY BOOK!
-AAH! -AAH!
-WHOA! -WHOA!
[ GROANING ]
[ GRUNTS, GROANS ]
[ GROANS ]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
ARE YOU DAMAGED?
UH
JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE ME
INTERESTING.
WELL, I SUSPECT TARANTULAS WILL STILL COME AFTER YOU.
I EXPECT YOU'RE RIGHT.
WELL, I -- I WILL NOT LET HIM HARM YOU.
HEH. I'M COUNTING ON THAT.
NOW, WHY DON'T YOU MAKE LIKE A HERO AND FLY ME OUT OF HERE?
[ GROANS ]
I'M UNABLE.
MY WING MECHANISM IS OFFLINE.
[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]
WE MUST JOURNEY BY FOOT TO THAT MOUNTAIN PEAK ABOVE THE STORM,
WHERE WE CAN CONTACT OUR RESPECTIVE BASES.
[ SIGHS ] NOT MY FIRST CHOICE, BUT LEAD THE WAY.
AAAAH!
AAAAAH!
[ GROANING ]
OPTIMUS TO SILVERBOLT.
DO YOU READ?
IT'S LIKE I SAID, BIGBOT --
NOT FUR NOR FEATHER OF THEM ANYWHERE.
-[ GROANS ] -COME ON.
WE GOT TO LOG SOME CYCLES IN THE CR-CHAMBER
OR WE'RE NO GOOD TO ANYBODY.
WHEREVER YOU ARE, SILVERBOLT, KEEP SAFE.
AND WATCH YOUR BACK.
[ RATTLING ]
I CONSIDER MYSELF A CREATURE OF DARKNESS.
UGH!
BUT THIS PLACE IS EVEN MAKING MY SKIN CRAWL.
-TARANTULAS! -WHERE?!
DO NOT WORRY. HE HAS BEEN DISARMED.
TO SAY THE LEAST.
[ BOTH LAUGHING ]
[ BOTH LAUGHING ]
OH!
THEY -- THEY LAUGH TOGETHER.
MM. DON'T UNDERESTIMATE HER.
WITH TARANTULAS GONE,
SHE MAY RECONSIDER THE MAXIMALS' USEFULNESS.
HMM.
ACROSS HERE.
UGH!
[ GROANS ]
OH.
BEHIND YOU!
[ LAUGHS ] DON'T BE PATHETIC.
[ SNARLS ]
[ GROWLS ]
[ SNARLING ] [ GROWLING ]
AAH! [ GRUNTS ]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
I UNDERSTAND.
YOU ARE, AFTER ALL, A PREDACON.
[ GRUNTS ]
AAH!
[ GROANS ]
[ GRUNTING ]
ARE YOUDAMAGED?
JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE ME INTERESTING.
UH-HUH.
WHY DID YOU SAVE ME?
WELL, UH, THERE MIGHT BE OTHER CREATURES.
YUCK.
[ SNARLS ]
FORGET THE RESCUE PLAN, OPTIMUS,
AND START DEVISING AN ATTACK PLAN!
MEGATRON HAS LOST TWO.
WE HAVE ONLY LOST ONE.
I'LL REMEMBER THAT
NEXT TIME YOU'RE MISSING IN AN ENERGON STORM.
VICTORS DO NOT SPURN OPPORTUNITY.
[ BEEPING ]
[ GROWLS ]
IT MAY YET BE UP TO ME.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
LEST YOU FORGET, YOU WERE ORIGINALLY A MAXIMAL PROTOFORM.
DON'T EVEN GO THERE.
BUT SAVING ME WAS INDICATIVE OF YOUR MORE NOBLE HERITAGE.
SO, OBVIOUSLY --
I SAID, DROP IT!
JUST ADMIT THERE IS A SPARK OF GOODNESS DEEP INSIDE YOU,
AND THEN
[ GUNFIRE ]
SHALL I ELABORATE?
UHPERHAPS NOT.
AAH!
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
HE'S GONE INTO STASIS LOCK.
THAT EXPLOSION DIDN'T DO THIS!
NO.
NO, THIS IS THE WORK OF
OF WHAT?
PROTOFORM X.
WHAT?
I THOUGHT IT EXTINGUISHED.
APPARENTLY IT DID NOT.
AND APPARENTLY IT MAY NEVER.
INTERESTING.
HMM.
COMPUTER, FASHION FOR ME A BLADE --
UH, CURVED, VERY SHARP --
AND COMPOSED OF ENERGON.
ACKNOWLEDGED.
YOU'RE -- YOU'RE LEAVING HIM BEHIND?
OH, I WANT OUT OF HERE NOW!
[ BELLOWING ]
WHAT IS THAT?!
[ SCREAMING ]
[ SNARLING ]
[ BELLOWING ]
[ LAUGHING ]
[ LAUGHING EVILLY ]
DOWN THERE!
OPTIMUS TO BASE, SILVERBOLT AND PROTOFORM X HAVE BEEN LOCATED.
I'M TRANSMITTING COORDINATES.
COORDINATES INTERCEPTED.
GOOD.
TIME NOW FOR MY SURGICAL STRIKE.
[ GROANING ]
IS THAT FEAR YOU'RE FEELING, MAXIMAL?
MM. YES.
MY SPARK, IT FEEDS ON TERROR.
LET IT GROW. LET IT CONSUME YOUR CIRCUITRY.
FEEL IT. YES. FEEL IT.
FEEL THE FEAR!
AAAAH!
SILVERBOLT!
[ GASPING ]
AAAAAH!
IT'S -- IT'S UNSTOPPABLE.
YOUR PERSISTENCE IS FUTILE!
I RISE AGAIN!
IN THAT CASE, LET US GIVE YOU FURTHER TO FALL!
[ GASPING ]
AAAH!
COME ON, WINGS, WORK!
WORK, BLAST YOU!
WO-O-O-RK!
NOT TOO SHABBY.
BUT DON'T EXPECT ANY GUSHING GRATITUDE.
I DO NOT.
YOU ARE, AFTER ALL, A PREDACON.
SILVERBOLT!
LET HER GO.
[ GROANS ]
WHAT ABOUT OLD CRAB LEGS?
HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
I'LL NEED TO CONFER WITH RHINOX ON HOW TO HANDLE HIM.
COME ON. LET'S GET BACK TO BASE.
AH, YOU ARE MUCH MORE THAN A PREDACON, MY LADY.
SOMEDAY YOU'LL COME TO REALIZE THAT.
[ SIGHS ]
LIKE I NEEDED HIM TO CATCH ME ANYWAY.
[ GROANING ]
[ SLOSHING ]
IMPRESSIVE.
USING AN ENERGON BLADE ON ANY OTHER SPO
WOULD HAVE DESTROYED IT.
HOWEVER, IT SEEMS YOU CANNOT BE TERMINATED.
ADVANTAGE.
YAH!
OR IS IT?
[ MOANING ]
[ LAUGHS ]
WELCOME TO THE PREDACONS, RAMPAGE.
YOU SHALL BE AN HONORED MEMBER
SO LONG AS YOU NEVER FORGET ONE IMPORTANT FAC
ABOUT YOUR NEW LIFE.
IT'S MINE.
WELCOME, MY NEW SERVANT.
YES.
WELCOME TO THE BEAST WARS!
[ LAUGHS EVILLY ]