Beast Wars: Transformers (1996) s03e09 Episode Script

[dramatic music]
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- [roaring]
- BEAST WARS!
BEAST WARS!
- [hissing]
- BEAST WARS!
- ENERGY GRIDS HOLDING.
IT'S NO QUANTUM SURGE, BUT IT SHOULD DO THE TRICK.
ON-LINE!
- ENERGY SURGE DETECTED AT VECTOR 0-1-0.
- HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT!
[screaming]
- BLACKARACHNIA!
- SILVERBOLT! NO! YOU--
- [yells]
- WAY TO GO, BOWSER.
YOU JUST BLEW A DECA-CYCLE OF HARD WORK.
AND I'M STILL THE SAME OLD ME.
- WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE MATRIX ARE YOU DOING?
- GOING TRANSMETAL.
AND IF YOU HADN'T DISRUPTED THE ENERGY FLOW
FROM THAT ALIEN GIZMO, IT MIGHT HAVE WORKED!
- ARE YOU MAD? YOU COULD HAVE DAMAGED YOURSELF!
OR WORSE!
- I FIGURED IF MEGATRON COULD USE I
TO CREATE A TRANSMETAL, SO COULD I.
IT'S NOT LIKE I HAVEN'T-- AAARGH!
- BLACKARACHNIA! WHAT'S WRONG?
WHAT IS IT, RHINOX?
- THE PRED SHELL PROGRAM THEY IMPLANTED IS DETERIORATING.
IF IT CONTINUES, IT WILL INFECT HER MAXIMAL CORE CONSCIOUSNESS.
- OH.
SOUNDSSERIOUS.
- BLACKARACHNIA.
- GUESS USING THE TRANSMETAL DRIVER ON MYSELF
WASN'T SUCH A GOOD IDEA.
- I THOUGHT YOU WERE SMARTER THAN THAT.
AND HOW DID YOU GET THE DRIVER?
- IKIND OF BORROWED IT.
- WHY?
- DUH, TRANSMETALS HAVE MORE POWER.
I WANTED IT.
- THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD US. WE COULD HAVE HELPED.
- OH, YEAH, SURE.
LIKE YOU WERE GONNA HELP THE PRED GET MORE POWERFUL.
- MAXIMAL OR PREDACON, YOU'RE ONE OF US.
YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT BY NOW. - ENOUGH!
OUR ONLY CONCERN NOW IS BLACKARACHNIA'S WELL-BEING.
- YOU'RE RIGHT. RHINOX?
- I CAN'T STOP THE DETERIORATION.
BUT I COULD TRY SEVERING THE PRED-SHELL PROGRAM
FROM HER CORE CONSCIOUSNESS.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS
IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
- AND IF WE DON'T TRY?
- SHE'LL GO INSANE, AND EVENTUALLY,
HER ENTIRE CORE WILL BE WIPED.
SHE'LL BE A BLANK.
- UGH. GREAT CHOICE.
BE A MAXIMAL, OR DROOL OIL FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
- WE WANT TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.
- IT'LL TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO GET THE PROBE READY.
- WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE READY.
- ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
- I ALWAYS FIGURED IF ANYONE SURVIVED THE BEAST WARS,
IT'D BE ME.
LOOKS LIKE I WAS WRONG.
- YOU MUSTN'T SAY SUCH THINGS. RHINOX WILL FIND A WAY.
TRUST IN HIM.
- TRUST ISN'T EASY FOR A PREDACON.
- YOU'RE ONLY A PREDACON BECAUSE OF TARANTULAS.
INSIDE YOU'RE A MAXIMAL.
WHEN THIS IS OVER, YOU'LL BE ONE AGAIN.
AS YOU WERE MEANT TO BE.
- EASY FOR YOU TO SAY. YOU ENJOY THIS HERO STUFF.
ME? I'M A BAD GIRL AT HEART.
- OH, I KNOW YOUR HEART.
AND WHEN I LOOK INTO IT I SEE NO EVIL.
ONLY LOVE.
- SAPPY AS ALWAYS.
WHAT DID I EVER SEE IN YOU ANYWAY?
OH, YEAH. I REMEMBER.
[crackling]
- NO!
- HOW DO YOU FEEL?
- UGH. LIKE SOMEONE'S BEEN PLAYING SQUASH THE SPIDER
WITH AN ENERGON BALL.
- THEN WE BETTER START.
- ARE YOU READY?
- ALL EXCEPT FOR ONE THING. DECRYPT DATATRAX WIDOW'S EDGE.
PREPARE FOR DIRECT DOWNLOAD.
THE ARC'S ACCESS CODES.
I FIGURE YOU HAVE THE BEST CHANCE
OF KEEPING THEM AWAY FROM MEGA-EGO.
- YOU COULDN'T PAY ME TO LET THAT SPIDER
INSIDE MY PROCESSOR.
- SHUT UP, RATTRAP!
- LISTEN TO HIM, RAT, IF YOU VALUE YOUR SPARK.
- WAS THAT A THREAT? - COUNT ON IT!
- THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP.
- SPARE ME THE MAXIMAL MUSH,
AND LET'S GET THE BALL BEARING ROLLING.
SEE YA SOON, BOYS
IF YOU'RE LUCKY.
- ENGAGE REMOTE NETWORK.
LOCK DOWN.
POWER UP TRANSMISSION WARP.
- RETURN TO ME SOON, BELOVED.
- SHUT DOWN ON MY MARK.
MARK.
STASIS LOCK DISABLED.
BEGINNING PROGRAM REMOVAL.
[alarm]
computer: ATTENTION. ATTENTION.
ATTENTION.
SHELL PROGRAM T-70 IN JEOPARDY.
- BLACKARACHNIA?
TARANTULAS TO MEGATRON.
- AH, LIEUTENANT. WHAT NEWS?
- I'VE JUST LEARNED THE MAXIMALS ARE TAMPERING
WITH BLACKARACHNIA'S SHELL PROGRAM.
- IMPOSSIBLE!
THEY WOULDN'T CHANCE THAT UNLESS--
UNLESS SHE'S PASSED THE ACCESS CODES ON TO SOMEONE ELSE.
- OPTIMUS, NO DOUBT.
- OF COURSE.
WHICH FITS IN NICELY WITH OUR LITTLE PLAN FOR HIM.
BUT WHAT OF BLACKARACHNIA?
- SHE'LL NEVER SURVIVE THE ATTEMPT.
THE SHELL I IMPLANTED IN HER HAS CERTAIN
SAFEGUARDS. HEH HEH.
- EXCELLENT.
BUT JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE,
I BELIEVE WE'LL GIVE THE MAXIMALS
SOMETHING ELSE TO WORRY ABOUT.
YES. [toy squeaks]
- SLAG!
THIS IS TARANTULAS'S WORK.
WE HAVE TO INTERCEPT I
BEFORE IT REACHES HER CORE CONSCIOUSNESS!
NOT TOO SHABBY.
WHAT THE SLAGGIN'--
computer: ALERT. POWER DISRUPTION.
SYSTEMS DESTABILIZING.
- RHINOX, DO SOMETHING!
- QUIT YAPPING AND MAN THE LAB CONSOLE.
I NEED BACK-UP!
- RATTRAP, REPORT!
- WHOO-HOO!
OH, WE GOT PREDS POPPIN' UP FROM UNDER EVERY ROCK!
I'M BRINGING THE AUTOGUNS ON-LINE.
- [cackling]
- INCREASE EMERGENCY POWER FLOW TO 9.6.
- YES. YES, IT'S DONE.
- RATTRAP?
- I CAN'T GET A GOOD FEED ON THEM WITH THE AUTOGUNS.
THEY'RE SHOOTING FROM COVER,
AND AS FAR AS I CAN TELL THEY'RE AIMING AT THE WALLS.
- THEY'RE TRYING TO DISRUPT OUR POWER.
SOMEHOW THEY KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'VE GOT TO ENGAGE THEM.
OPTIMUS PRIMAL, MAXIMIZE!
- [growling]
- SPREAD OUT!
DRAW THEIR FIRE AWAY FROM THE BASE.
- IGNORE THE MAXIMALS. CONTINUE TO TARGET THE BASE.
- SYSTEMS ARE STABLE. KEEP THE POWER LEVEL UP.
- YOU CAN RELY ON ME.
- THIS IS MORE FUN THAN STRIPPIN' A MAXIMAL'S CIRCUITS!
[cackling]
- FUN'S OVER, SLIME-BUCKET!
- HERE, TANKIE, TANKIE, TANKIE. [giggling]
POP GOES THE
CRAB CAKE.
[cackling]
- LET THE TRAITOR BE DESTROYED!
YOUR POWER IS USELESS AGAINST THE ROYALTY, FOOL!
computer: TARGET ACQUIRED. - HUH?
WHOA!
- THIS IS THE LAST ONE. KEEP THE POWER STEADY.
STEADY.
[alarm blaring]
UH-OH.
WE GOT TROUBLE.
- GOODBYE, MY TREACHEROUS CREATION.
- GOTCHA NOW.
- [grunt]
computer: SYSTEM DISRUPTION.
- WHAT'S HAPPENED?!
- I'VE GOT TO GET BACK IN BEFORE--
NO!
RHINOX, WHAT'S HAPPENED?
computer: REPROGRAMMING ABORTED.
[flat lining]
- TOO LATE.
I'M
SORRY.
- BLACKARACHNIA?
- I'LL LET OPTIMUS KNOW.
- TARANTULAS!
- [cackling]
THE TRAITOR IS DONE FOR. BACK TO BASE!
- HOLD YOUR FIRE! THEY'RE WITHDRAWING.
- HOO-HOO!
HEY, DID WE WHIP THEIR TAILS OR WHAT?
- TELL ME ABOUT IT!
[cheering]
- NO. SOMETHING IS WRONG.
RHINOX?
- I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SAY IT, BUT, UH
I'M GONNA MISS HER.
- I KNOW I WILL. SHE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL.
- WE SHOULD HAVE TRUSTED HER MORE.
IF ONLY BECAUSE SILVERBOLT LOVED HER.
- YEAH.
WHERE IS THE BIRD-DOG ANYWAY?
- HE COULDN'T HAVE--
OH, NO.
- TARANTULAS
SHE'SGONE.
AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU!
SILVERBOLT, MAXIMIZE!
YOU'VE TWISTED YOUR LAST INNOCENT LIFE, SPIDER!
- AH, THE AVENGING HERO. [cackling]
[yelling]
- [screams]
- BLACKARACHNIA.
- AH, SUCH PAIN. I MUST HELP DEEPEN IT.
- [howling]
- NOW THAT'S NOT VERY MAXIMAL OF YOU.
[chuckling].
- HMM. THIS WILL HARDLY BE ANY FUN AT ALL.
- YEAH FOR YOU, CREEPAZOID!
BLACKARACHNIA, MAXIMIZE!
- [gulp]
- LOVE THE NEW LOOK. GOODBYE!
- [squeals]
YOU MISSED.
AND YOU'RE UGLY.
SOME CRABS NEVER KNOW WHEN TO LET IT GO.
HMMPH. NOT TOO SHABBY.
- BLACKARACHNIA?
- YOU'RE NOT GONNA QUIT ON ME NOW, BOWSER.
NOT WHEN I'VE HAD MY NAILS DONE AND EVERYTHING.
I WISH I COULD EXPLAIN IT.
ONE MINUTE, I WAS TUMBLING DOWN A DARK PIT.
THE NEXT, THERE WAS THIS LIGHT!
THEN I SAW SILVERBOLT IN DANGER.
- AND RUSHED OFF ON YOUR OWN AS USUAL.
NOT A VERY MAXIMAL APPROACH.
- EVEN IF I'M GOOD, I'M STILL BAD.
- AND STILL AS WELCOME AS MOONLIGHT.
WHEN I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONE, I
- YOU DON'T GET RID OF A PRIZE LIKE ME THAT EASY, JOJO.
BUT IF I KEEP HAVING TO SAVE YOU WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO SAVE ME,
MY FUTURE MAY BE IN DOUBT.
SOKNOCK IT OFF!
- I'M SORRY, BUT I WILL EVER BE YOUR CHAMPION, MILADY.
- AH. THE WAY YOU TALK.
TRANSMETAL POWER-- BETTER GET USED TO IT.