Beast Wars: Transformers (1996) s03e01 Episode Script
Optimal Situation
[dramatic music]
♪
- [roars]
- [growls]
- BEAST WARS!
BEAST WARS!
[tires squeal]
- [hisses]
- [roars]
- BEAST WARS!
- LAST TIME, ON BEAST WARS
- THE ARK
WHEN IT EXPLODES IN 1984,
OUR ANCESTORS INSIDE THE SHIP WILL AWAKEN
AND START THE GREAT WAR.
- YOU HAVE THE CODES, DON'T YOU?
- COMPUTER, DECRYPT AND TRANSMIT ACCESS CODE NOW.
- ACKNOWLEDGED.
- WE HAVE TO GET MEGATRON OUT OF THERE!
THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE DEPENDS ON IT!
[screams]
TIME ITSELF-- IT'S ALL BEING DESTROYED!
- STAY GOOD-BYE TO UNIVERSE, MAXIMALS.
THE FUTURE HAS CHANGED.
YES. THE AUTOBOTS LOSE.
EVIL TRIUMPHS.
AND YOU
YOU NO LONGER EXIST!
[thunder rumbling]
[sinister laughter]
FAREWELL, MAXIMALS.
WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF OPTIMUS PRIME,
THE DECEPTICONS AND THE PREDACONS
NOW TAKE THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACES
AS RULERS OF CYBERTRON.
I, MEGATRON, HAVE TRIUMPHED.
YES.
- NO.
YOU FORGET [laughs]
I WAS A MAXIMAL PROTOFORM.
TELETRAAN I, ACTIVATE.
[force field crackling]
- [screams]
[groans]
- [groans]
- BLACKARACHNIA!
STAY BY ME!
WHATEVER THIS STORM IS, I WILL PROTECT YOU.
- NO, BOWSER BOY, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH.
JUST SHUT UP AND FOLLOW ME.
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- IT'S NOT WHAT I'M DOING.
IT'S WHAT I'M UNDOING!
[beeping]
- AUXILIARY LIFE SUPPORT ON.
- IT'S-- [groans]
DONE!
THE TIME STORM,
IT--IT APPEARED TO HAVE STABILIZED SOMEWHAT.
- BUT BIG MAC HERE'S STILL FADING.
REALITY IS STILL IN FLUX.
- SILVERBOLT, WHAT--
[gasps]
WELL, THAT'S JUST PRIME.
- OR WHAT'S LEFT OF HIM ANYWAY.
OH--
- HE'S OUR ANCESTOR. WE GOT TO GO GET HIM REPAIRED
OR WE'RE GONERS.
- WE'LL NEVER MAKE IT.
HIS SPARK IS ALREADY JOINING THE MATRIX.
WITH THE REPAIR TRAUMA, WE'LL LOSE HIM FOR SURE.
- THEN WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE IT.
- HIS SPARK CAN'T EXIST OUTSIDE A LIVING BODY.
- I KNOW.
- WHAT ARE YOU? NUTS?
YOU CAN'T HOLD TWO SPARKS IN YOUR BODY!
- THIS SPARK HAS THE MATRIX WITH IT.
IT'S TOO POWERFUL.
- LIKE WE HAVE A CHOICE?
[groaning]
[screams]
[grunts]
- [gasps]
QUICKLY, GET THAT REPAIR EQUIPMENT ONLINE!
- [groans]
- groans
ATTENTION, WASPINATOR, INFERNO.
- [burbles]
- WE MUST FINALIZE OUR VICTORY.
CONVERGE ON MY POSITION.
- [groans]
COMING, MY QUEEN.
[ominous music]
♪
- [groaning]
- HURRY!
- UGH, THIS TECHNOLOGY IS 4 MILLION YEARS OLD.
IT TAKES TIME.
- TIME YOU DON'T HAVE, SHE-SPIDER.
- YOU'LL HAVE TO SHOOT THROUGH ME, RODENT.
- DON'T TEMPT ME!
- KNOCK IT OFF!
WE GOT BIGGER PROBLEMS.
- [moaning]
- BIG BOT, WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU?
- [groaning]
[screaming]
- ATTENTION ALL PREDACONS,
PULL YOURSELVES TOGETHER.
OUR SITUATION HAS ALTERED.
- SETTING REGENERATION TO MAXIMUM.
- YOU GOTTA LOVE THESE OLD MACHINES.
[chuckles] CRUDE BUT THE PARTS ARE CHEAP.
- GUYS, CHECK OUT BIG BOT.
BIG BOT? HOW DO YOU FEEL?
- [groans]
- IN A WORD, PRIME.
- BUT NOT FOR LONG. NO.
THIS HAS BEEN BUT A TEMPORARY DELAY.
OPEN FIRE!
[gasps] - NOT HERE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND? TAKE IT OUTSIDE.
RHINOX, KEEP THOSE REPAIRS GOING.
- AH, I SEE WE HAVE A NEW OPTIMAL OPTIMUS
TO DEAL WITH.
AND CARRYING PRIME'S SPARK AS WELL.
- I SAID, OUTSIDE!
- YOU WOULDN'T DARE FIRE IN HERE.
IT MIGHT UPSET HISTORY.
- WE HAVE 4 MILLION YEARS
TO CLEAN YOU OFF THE WALLS, MEGATRON.
I MIGHT RISK IT.
- I WILL PROTECT YOUR ROYALTY.
- NO, INFERNO. NOT THIS TIME.
THIS IS NOT THE END OF IT. OPTIMAL OPTIMUS. NO.
THE UNIVERSE COWERED ONCE AT THE NAME OF MEGATRON,
AND IT SHALL DO SO AGAIN!
- FREEDOM IS THE RIGHT OF ALL SENTIENT BEINGS, MEGATRON.
- THEN THEY'D BETTER STAY OUT OF MY WAY.
- OH, FOR BOOTING UP COLD, WILL YOU JUST SHOOT HIM?
- I'M TRYING NOT TO RESORT TO THAT.
- [groans] THEN I WILL.
- NO!
- WASPINATOR, COVER FIRE. DO IT!
[screaming]
- THIS PLACE REMAINS A TARGET, OPTIMUS.
I WILL BE BACK.
- OUR BASE!
IT'S UNGUARDED!
DON'T LET HIM ESCAPE!
- YOU HEARD HIM, MOVE. MOVE!
I CAN HANDLE THIS.
- BLACKARACHNIA?
- ALREADY GONE, BONEHEAD.
WHAT SAY WE DO THE SAME?
- CONGRATULATIONS, MAXIMALS.
YOU SHALL HAVE THE HONOR OF BECOMING
THE FIRST CYBERTRONIAN FOSSILS.
[dramatic music]
- [roars]
- [groans]
OH, MAN.
I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT WE'RE TRAPPED LIKE RATS!
- STAY CLOSE, MAXIMALS.
IT'S TIME TO TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT.
- [laughs]
- YOU!
- [groans]
[breathing heavily]
[groans]
WELL, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT,
YOU METAL MEGALOMANIAC?
WHAT? THAT I WOULD DIE FOR YOUR INSANE AMBITION?
- FROM THEN ON NOW, BLACKARACHNIA.
THERE WILL BE NO MORE BETRAYALS.
- [screams]
- BLACKARACHNIA?
- THEY'RE HEADED FOR OUR BASE!
- WHICH MEANS NO TIME TO LOSE!
CHEETOR, YOU'RE WITH ME.
- JUMPING GYROS, OPTIMUS SURE LEARNS
A NEW BODY FAST!
- YEAH, WELL, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
HE CHANGES 'EM OFTEN ENOUGH!
NOW GET MOVING!
- [groans]
- ARMOR CONSTRUCTION,
COMMENCING.
- JUST A FEW MORE CYCLES SHOULD DO IT.
NOW IF OPTIMUS CAN BRING THAT SPARK BACK IN ONE PIECE
- YO, UH, BIG GREEN.
YEAH, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT,
BUT I THINK THE BIRD DOG'S GOT A SITUATION HERE.
- [gasps]
BLACKARACHNIA
OH, DARK POISON OF MY HEART,
ABIDE WITH ME YET A WHILE.
- YOU GOT A WAY WITH WORDS, ROVER.
AH--
YOU ALMOST MAKE ME WISH I WAS A BETTER GIRL.
- BUT YOU ARE.
FOR AT THE LAST MOMENT, YOU MADE A STAND AGAINST EVIL.
- [groans] I WAS SAVING MY OWN SHELL.
- AND WITH IT, THE UNIVERSE. AND ME.
UNDERSTAND THIS.
LIKE NEVER BEFORE, MY LIFE, MY HEART ARE NOW YOURS.
- YOU REALLY MEAN IT, DON'T YOU?
- WITH ALL MY SPARK.
- [groans]
- BLACKARACHNIA!
PLEASE JOIN ME.
IN THIS LAST DARK MOMENT,
SAY THAT YOU WILL BE A MAXIMAL.
- FOR YOU, ROVER,
I JOIN YOUR SIDE, BUT AS A PREDACON.
GOOD-BYE.
[mechanical humming fades]
- [shudders] BLACKARACHNIA.
NO!
- YEESH. WHERE'S MY CYBER VIOLIN?
- VERY TOUCHING, SILVERBOLT,
BUT SHE'S JUST IN STASIS LOCK. - YEAH.
SO IF YOU CAN STOP CRUSHING HER TO YOUR MANLY TORSO PLATE
FOR A WHILE, WHAT SAY WE START THE REPAIRS?
- OH. [clears throat]
YES, VERY WELL.
- HURRY BACK WITH THAT SPARK, OPTIMUS.
OR NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE MATTERED AT ALL.
- [warbles] OH, NO.
[groans]
- [screams]
- IT'S OVER NOW, MEGATRON!
- IS IT?
RAMPAGE, AS I INSTRUCTED,
NOW!
- [growls]
[groans]
[screams]
AHH BAH!
[groans]
- NO!
- [gasps]
- [howling laughter]
[splashes]
- TALK ABOUT YOUR CRISPY, ICE-COLD SLAG.
WHAT DO WE DO NOW, BIG BOT?
- FOR NOW, REGROUP
AND RETURN A PRECIOUS CARGO TO ITS RIGHTFUL VESSEL.
- [giggles]
- [sighs]
HE'S BACK IN NORMAL STASIS.
AND REALITY HAS BEEN RESTORED.
- YEAH. AND NOW ALL WE GOT TO DO
IS KEEP IT THAT WAY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MILLION YEARS.
SHEESH. NO PROBLEM.
- RATTRAP IS CORRECT.
THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO, MAXIMALS
- AHEM.
- AND PREDACON,
IS FORTIFY THIS PLACE.
MEGATRON WILL BE BACK,
SO START ROUNDING UP ALL THE SALVAGE YOU CAN FIND.
WE'RE MOVING IN.
♪
- [roars]
- [growls]
- BEAST WARS!
BEAST WARS!
[tires squeal]
- [hisses]
- [roars]
- BEAST WARS!
- LAST TIME, ON BEAST WARS
- THE ARK
WHEN IT EXPLODES IN 1984,
OUR ANCESTORS INSIDE THE SHIP WILL AWAKEN
AND START THE GREAT WAR.
- YOU HAVE THE CODES, DON'T YOU?
- COMPUTER, DECRYPT AND TRANSMIT ACCESS CODE NOW.
- ACKNOWLEDGED.
- WE HAVE TO GET MEGATRON OUT OF THERE!
THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE DEPENDS ON IT!
[screams]
TIME ITSELF-- IT'S ALL BEING DESTROYED!
- STAY GOOD-BYE TO UNIVERSE, MAXIMALS.
THE FUTURE HAS CHANGED.
YES. THE AUTOBOTS LOSE.
EVIL TRIUMPHS.
AND YOU
YOU NO LONGER EXIST!
[thunder rumbling]
[sinister laughter]
FAREWELL, MAXIMALS.
WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF OPTIMUS PRIME,
THE DECEPTICONS AND THE PREDACONS
NOW TAKE THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACES
AS RULERS OF CYBERTRON.
I, MEGATRON, HAVE TRIUMPHED.
YES.
- NO.
YOU FORGET [laughs]
I WAS A MAXIMAL PROTOFORM.
TELETRAAN I, ACTIVATE.
[force field crackling]
- [screams]
[groans]
- [groans]
- BLACKARACHNIA!
STAY BY ME!
WHATEVER THIS STORM IS, I WILL PROTECT YOU.
- NO, BOWSER BOY, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH.
JUST SHUT UP AND FOLLOW ME.
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- IT'S NOT WHAT I'M DOING.
IT'S WHAT I'M UNDOING!
[beeping]
- AUXILIARY LIFE SUPPORT ON.
- IT'S-- [groans]
DONE!
THE TIME STORM,
IT--IT APPEARED TO HAVE STABILIZED SOMEWHAT.
- BUT BIG MAC HERE'S STILL FADING.
REALITY IS STILL IN FLUX.
- SILVERBOLT, WHAT--
[gasps]
WELL, THAT'S JUST PRIME.
- OR WHAT'S LEFT OF HIM ANYWAY.
OH--
- HE'S OUR ANCESTOR. WE GOT TO GO GET HIM REPAIRED
OR WE'RE GONERS.
- WE'LL NEVER MAKE IT.
HIS SPARK IS ALREADY JOINING THE MATRIX.
WITH THE REPAIR TRAUMA, WE'LL LOSE HIM FOR SURE.
- THEN WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE IT.
- HIS SPARK CAN'T EXIST OUTSIDE A LIVING BODY.
- I KNOW.
- WHAT ARE YOU? NUTS?
YOU CAN'T HOLD TWO SPARKS IN YOUR BODY!
- THIS SPARK HAS THE MATRIX WITH IT.
IT'S TOO POWERFUL.
- LIKE WE HAVE A CHOICE?
[groaning]
[screams]
[grunts]
- [gasps]
QUICKLY, GET THAT REPAIR EQUIPMENT ONLINE!
- [groans]
- groans
ATTENTION, WASPINATOR, INFERNO.
- [burbles]
- WE MUST FINALIZE OUR VICTORY.
CONVERGE ON MY POSITION.
- [groans]
COMING, MY QUEEN.
[ominous music]
♪
- [groaning]
- HURRY!
- UGH, THIS TECHNOLOGY IS 4 MILLION YEARS OLD.
IT TAKES TIME.
- TIME YOU DON'T HAVE, SHE-SPIDER.
- YOU'LL HAVE TO SHOOT THROUGH ME, RODENT.
- DON'T TEMPT ME!
- KNOCK IT OFF!
WE GOT BIGGER PROBLEMS.
- [moaning]
- BIG BOT, WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU?
- [groaning]
[screaming]
- ATTENTION ALL PREDACONS,
PULL YOURSELVES TOGETHER.
OUR SITUATION HAS ALTERED.
- SETTING REGENERATION TO MAXIMUM.
- YOU GOTTA LOVE THESE OLD MACHINES.
[chuckles] CRUDE BUT THE PARTS ARE CHEAP.
- GUYS, CHECK OUT BIG BOT.
BIG BOT? HOW DO YOU FEEL?
- [groans]
- IN A WORD, PRIME.
- BUT NOT FOR LONG. NO.
THIS HAS BEEN BUT A TEMPORARY DELAY.
OPEN FIRE!
[gasps] - NOT HERE.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND? TAKE IT OUTSIDE.
RHINOX, KEEP THOSE REPAIRS GOING.
- AH, I SEE WE HAVE A NEW OPTIMAL OPTIMUS
TO DEAL WITH.
AND CARRYING PRIME'S SPARK AS WELL.
- I SAID, OUTSIDE!
- YOU WOULDN'T DARE FIRE IN HERE.
IT MIGHT UPSET HISTORY.
- WE HAVE 4 MILLION YEARS
TO CLEAN YOU OFF THE WALLS, MEGATRON.
I MIGHT RISK IT.
- I WILL PROTECT YOUR ROYALTY.
- NO, INFERNO. NOT THIS TIME.
THIS IS NOT THE END OF IT. OPTIMAL OPTIMUS. NO.
THE UNIVERSE COWERED ONCE AT THE NAME OF MEGATRON,
AND IT SHALL DO SO AGAIN!
- FREEDOM IS THE RIGHT OF ALL SENTIENT BEINGS, MEGATRON.
- THEN THEY'D BETTER STAY OUT OF MY WAY.
- OH, FOR BOOTING UP COLD, WILL YOU JUST SHOOT HIM?
- I'M TRYING NOT TO RESORT TO THAT.
- [groans] THEN I WILL.
- NO!
- WASPINATOR, COVER FIRE. DO IT!
[screaming]
- THIS PLACE REMAINS A TARGET, OPTIMUS.
I WILL BE BACK.
- OUR BASE!
IT'S UNGUARDED!
DON'T LET HIM ESCAPE!
- YOU HEARD HIM, MOVE. MOVE!
I CAN HANDLE THIS.
- BLACKARACHNIA?
- ALREADY GONE, BONEHEAD.
WHAT SAY WE DO THE SAME?
- CONGRATULATIONS, MAXIMALS.
YOU SHALL HAVE THE HONOR OF BECOMING
THE FIRST CYBERTRONIAN FOSSILS.
[dramatic music]
- [roars]
- [groans]
OH, MAN.
I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT WE'RE TRAPPED LIKE RATS!
- STAY CLOSE, MAXIMALS.
IT'S TIME TO TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT.
- [laughs]
- YOU!
- [groans]
[breathing heavily]
[groans]
WELL, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT,
YOU METAL MEGALOMANIAC?
WHAT? THAT I WOULD DIE FOR YOUR INSANE AMBITION?
- FROM THEN ON NOW, BLACKARACHNIA.
THERE WILL BE NO MORE BETRAYALS.
- [screams]
- BLACKARACHNIA?
- THEY'RE HEADED FOR OUR BASE!
- WHICH MEANS NO TIME TO LOSE!
CHEETOR, YOU'RE WITH ME.
- JUMPING GYROS, OPTIMUS SURE LEARNS
A NEW BODY FAST!
- YEAH, WELL, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?
HE CHANGES 'EM OFTEN ENOUGH!
NOW GET MOVING!
- [groans]
- ARMOR CONSTRUCTION,
COMMENCING.
- JUST A FEW MORE CYCLES SHOULD DO IT.
NOW IF OPTIMUS CAN BRING THAT SPARK BACK IN ONE PIECE
- YO, UH, BIG GREEN.
YEAH, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT,
BUT I THINK THE BIRD DOG'S GOT A SITUATION HERE.
- [gasps]
BLACKARACHNIA
OH, DARK POISON OF MY HEART,
ABIDE WITH ME YET A WHILE.
- YOU GOT A WAY WITH WORDS, ROVER.
AH--
YOU ALMOST MAKE ME WISH I WAS A BETTER GIRL.
- BUT YOU ARE.
FOR AT THE LAST MOMENT, YOU MADE A STAND AGAINST EVIL.
- [groans] I WAS SAVING MY OWN SHELL.
- AND WITH IT, THE UNIVERSE. AND ME.
UNDERSTAND THIS.
LIKE NEVER BEFORE, MY LIFE, MY HEART ARE NOW YOURS.
- YOU REALLY MEAN IT, DON'T YOU?
- WITH ALL MY SPARK.
- [groans]
- BLACKARACHNIA!
PLEASE JOIN ME.
IN THIS LAST DARK MOMENT,
SAY THAT YOU WILL BE A MAXIMAL.
- FOR YOU, ROVER,
I JOIN YOUR SIDE, BUT AS A PREDACON.
GOOD-BYE.
[mechanical humming fades]
- [shudders] BLACKARACHNIA.
NO!
- YEESH. WHERE'S MY CYBER VIOLIN?
- VERY TOUCHING, SILVERBOLT,
BUT SHE'S JUST IN STASIS LOCK. - YEAH.
SO IF YOU CAN STOP CRUSHING HER TO YOUR MANLY TORSO PLATE
FOR A WHILE, WHAT SAY WE START THE REPAIRS?
- OH. [clears throat]
YES, VERY WELL.
- HURRY BACK WITH THAT SPARK, OPTIMUS.
OR NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE MATTERED AT ALL.
- [warbles] OH, NO.
[groans]
- [screams]
- IT'S OVER NOW, MEGATRON!
- IS IT?
RAMPAGE, AS I INSTRUCTED,
NOW!
- [growls]
[groans]
[screams]
AHH BAH!
[groans]
- NO!
- [gasps]
- [howling laughter]
[splashes]
- TALK ABOUT YOUR CRISPY, ICE-COLD SLAG.
WHAT DO WE DO NOW, BIG BOT?
- FOR NOW, REGROUP
AND RETURN A PRECIOUS CARGO TO ITS RIGHTFUL VESSEL.
- [giggles]
- [sighs]
HE'S BACK IN NORMAL STASIS.
AND REALITY HAS BEEN RESTORED.
- YEAH. AND NOW ALL WE GOT TO DO
IS KEEP IT THAT WAY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MILLION YEARS.
SHEESH. NO PROBLEM.
- RATTRAP IS CORRECT.
THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO, MAXIMALS
- AHEM.
- AND PREDACON,
IS FORTIFY THIS PLACE.
MEGATRON WILL BE BACK,
SO START ROUNDING UP ALL THE SALVAGE YOU CAN FIND.
WE'RE MOVING IN.