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Transformers Armada Season 1 Episode 49

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AIRED: 12/9/03

Galvatron decides to join forces with the Autobots. He shows no tolerance for dissent among Decepticons on the subject, and praises the fallen Starscream. Inside Unicron's core chamber, Thrust and Sideways fuse the 3rd Mini-Con weapon, the Star Saber, into the ground, awakening Unicron and blowing off the rest of the moon's surface to reveal his full planet mode. Its gravity pull on Cybertron increases, drawing shards of debris up into Unicron's maw. The Autobots and Decepticons evacuate Cybertron in their space ships, protected by the glowing space Mini-Cons. The Autobots, humans, and Mini-Cons from the Axalon board Galvatron's ship. After a brief face-to-face pause, Optimus Prime and Galvatron share an historic handshake "to Unity", joined by Perceptor representing the Mini-Cons. Unlikely Autobot-Decepticon pairs share further handshakes including Hotshot & Demolishor, Cyclonus & Sideswipe, and Tidal Wave & Jetfire. Prime and Galvatron command all their ships toward Unicron then give a simultaneous order to fire; but witness no damage. Hotshot, Sideswipe, Demolishor, and Cyclonus lead a small landing party to Unicron for reconaissance. They encounter trouble with laser defenses and Unicron's surface begins to reconfigure! Aboard the command ship, Galvatron is willing to sacrifice troops by firing on Unicron while he's transforming, but Prime insists they send a rescue team. The landing party eventually work as a team, with cross-faction rescues of Blackout (Demolishor's Mini-Con) and Sideways. Jet Optimus appears, dodges Unicron's lightning blasts, and saves the surviving members of the landing party from laser defenses, only to be targetted himself. Galvatron appears and destroys the laser defense unit, then can't believe he just saved Optimus Prime! They both grab their troops and escape the planet in its final transformation sequences, then witness from afar, the gigantic Unicron: robot mode!moreless

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Kirby Morrow	Rad
Scott McNeil	Jetfire
David Kaye	Megatron/Galvatron
Matt Hill (III)	Carlos
Mark Acheson	Unicron
Andrew Francis	Billy

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- So we've seen Swindle, Blackout, and we can guess that Leader-1 is around 'cause Galvatron is seen in full-blast-mode, so what happened to Longarm and Jolt?
  Longarm and Jolt risked their lives to change hot shot and the others to new forms.(Red armor)
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QUOTES (3)
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- Galvatron: I can't believe I just rescued Optimus Prime!
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- Sideways: ALL HAIL UNICRON!!!
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- "I can't believe I just rescued Prime!" Galvatron
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NOTES (16)
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- It seems that Starscream achieved in death what he could not achieve in life: Galvatron's respect.
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- Part of Unicron's defense system included several spherical devices with cannons in them. This is the form Unicron's Mini-Con Deadend takes in the toyline.
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- Another G1 character aboard the Decepticon ship is Soundwave.
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- Starscream's sword-weapon is shown sticking out of the ground on Cybertron.
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- Unicron's transformation carries on for 7 TV minutes!
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- G1 characters (or miscolored similarities) Blast-off (yellow), DeadEnd (white), and Breakdown are on board Galvatron's ship during the armistice.
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- G1 character Freeway shows up as a Mini-Con.
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- The Autobot-Decepticon armistice meeting is viewed by Transformers watching several monitors. It was probably broadcast to all ships.
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- G1 characters Blitzwing, Astrotrain (yellow), Boneccrusher (purple), and Onslaught were originally in the landing party. Most got blasted by Unicron's defenses.
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- Unicron's transformation includes scenes highly reminiscent of Transformers: the Movie, like his right hand emerging.
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- Cyclonus, the smart-mouthed Decepticon, claims he can't stand a smart-mouthed Autobot, and calls himself "a lean, mean, fighting machine".
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- Unicron breaks out of his moon shell!
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- First appearance of Unicron in robot form.
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- The Autobots and the Decepticons make their alliance with each other.
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- First aired on YTV on November 14th, 2003.
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- First aired on Sky One in the UK on September 30th, 2003.
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