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Beast Machines

Spark of Darkness

Season 2, Episode 10, Aired Apr 12, 2000

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Megatron is gone, but things are far from peaceful as old robot shells start attacking the Maximals.

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Jim Byrnes (I)

Thrust
Venus Terzo

Blackarachnia
Scott McNeil

Rattrap / Silverbolt [2]
David Kaye

Megatron
Garry Chalk

Optimus Primal
Ian James Corlett

Cheetor

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By vegnegun, Jun 04, 2010

Okay, I don't see why this episode got such a low score. I personally thought that this episode was excellent and was very well written. In the previous episode, you were led to believe that Megatron was finally gotten rid of once and for all. But, would it really be that easy? I think not, no! When Nightscream attacked Megatron's spark with his sonic scream, he did not destroy him like the Maximals were led to believe, but his spark was merely de-polarized and made him undetectable by Optimus, even with his connection to the Oracle.

The episode opens with a red spark flying around some pipes, shattering through them, and then goes to the maximals celebrating their victory and capture of the sparks. Optimus then sends the maximals to complete some tasks (Silverbot and Blackarachnia to see if there are any usuable bodies in the junk yard, Rattrap and Botanica to take care of the orchard, and Cheetor and Nightscream to find Obsidian and Strika). Cheetor and Nightscream convince the two Vehicon Generals (not including Thrust) and they TEMPORAILY join the Maximals. Meanwhile, Silverbolt and Blackarachnia go to the junk yard, where a "frankenstein" type robot attacks them, but Silverbolt and Blackarachnia defeat it.

Meanwhile, Rattrap and Botanica fought and... kissed? That's right, they kissed, a total twist. Later, they get attacked by a combination of broken Vehicon parts, possessed by the same entity that attacked Silverbolt and Blackarachnia.

After that incident, Cheetor, Nightscream, Obsidian, and Strika are all attacked by a Jet drone, but they win against it barely. The whole team goes back to Maul Megatron (I think that's what the Megatron head-thing was dubbed) and determine that the entitey is heading for the base. And, as predicated, it does. Rattrap realizes that the entity is simply a de-polarized spark, and finds a way to re-polarize it using a spark extractor. He fused the spark to a diagnostic drone body, making him weak? Nay nay, Megatron will kick butt no matter what he's in, even if it was a mail-box, and we all know it. Obsidian and Strika then take him away from the base, and he chews them out majorally. But, my favorite part of this episode was the ending quote that Megatron gave.

"If I am to regain control of the sparks, time for action is now!" And the episode ended with that, possibly one of the most painful cliffhangers I have ever seen.moreless
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- The Transformer body that attacks Blackarachnia and Silverbolt looks like a severely damaged version of Dinobot from Beast Wars, though it couldn't actually be him.
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- Although for a short while, Strika and Obsidian joined the Maximal side. For the very first time in both the Beast Wars series and the Beast Machine series, not once did Rattrap complain about new allies who were former enemies (again for only a short awhile).
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- Botanica: (Seeing a robot come back to life) Is that thing online? Rattrap: It's definitely on something.
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- Botanica: (After kissing Rattrap) I can't imagine where that came from. Rattrap: Yeah, must've been some kind of glitch. Botanica: We must delete it from memory. Rattrap: Yeah. Uh, done.
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- Rattrap: "And what did you do during the war, daddy?" "Well, honey, I made gardening equipment to help the troops plant petunias!" "Really, daddy!?"
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- Megatron: I will brook no failure, not from anyone, not for any reason!
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- Cheetor: What are you rebelling against? Thrust: What do you got?
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- Megatron: I live! I- (notices shadow) What? What - puny body is this!?
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- Megatron: Trapped like a rat- by a rat!
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- Cheetor: What are you rebelling against? Thrust: What do you got? Thrusts' line is taken from James Dean's character in the movie Rebel Without a Cause.
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