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Transformers Season 2 Episode 24

The Core

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AIRED: 10/29/85

A means to forcibly use Devastator for the side of good is found. This proves quite fortuitous, as Megatron and the Decepticons are embarking on a new, dangerous plan. Regardless of the consequences to the planet, they want energy from the Earth's core itself. Worse, they have nearly drilled the whole way there. A showdown is looming underground, but both sides' attempts to use Devastator for their benefit spell disaster for all of them. Can both sides save the day and themselves from Devastator?moreless

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The Autobots try and get the Constructicons on their side, while the Decepticons drain energy from the Earth's core - AGAIN!

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By Roy_Stantz, Sep 04, 2007

This is Roy Stantz, roving reporter for TV.com, and today, we review the Transformers episode "The Core".

The Decepticon plot of the week involves the Constructicons drilling into the Earth's core under Megatron's orders. Starscream is worried about how he and the other Decepticons are gonna get off Earth when it dies. Megatron shows him a hidden Space Bridge.

A small Autobot unit of Jazz, Prowl, Gears, Sunstreaker, and Mirage happen to just be in the neighbourhood, and they battle with the Constructicons. But the combined might of Devastator sends the Autobots running.

Back at Autobot Headquarters, Wheeljack and Chip Chase unveil their latest invention, the Dominator Disks, which will put the Constructicons under their control.

That night, the Autobots return to the drilling site and successfully attach the disks onto each of the Constructicons. Starscream wants to stop them, but Megatron isn't worried, because he has already built an over-ride device. When the time is right, the Decepticons will retake control of Devastator when the Autobots' guard is down.

The Autobots, with help from Devastator, defeat the Decepticons by sealing them inside their drill site cave. The Autobots leave to deal with repairs and the Decepticons continue drilling in secret. After repairs are made, the Autobots return to finish off the Decepticons. Megatron uses his over-ride device but it conflicts with the Dominator Disks and drives Devastator completely berserk. To make matters worse, the drill is nearing the Earth's core and threatens to destroy the entire planet on contact. The Autobots and Decepticons team up, combining the over-ride device with the Dominator Disks to completely neutralize all the effects on the Constructicons and return them to normal.

Megatron orders Devastator to destroy the drill before it reaches the core. Devastator does so, as Megatron and the other Decepticons flee. Devastator emerges from the drilling tunnel, wondering when Megatron went. The Autobots tell him he fled, but Devastator will not believe it and follows his leader. Chip laments, hoping that Devastator might have stayed with the Autobots, but Optimus Prime tells him that there's always hope.

The story of the Autobots trying to turn Devastator good again is interesting, but dragged down by a lame "Let's try and drain energy from the Earth's core AGAIN" plot. The Constructicons interacting at the end, with Scavenger basically telling them all he loves them, was a nice bit of characterization. The Constructicons, despite the confusion of their origin, were pretty interesting in that they were shown to be sympathetic towards the Autobots on multiple occasions ("The Master Builders", "The Secret of Omega Supreme"). A shame nothing ever came of that concept. Overall, this episode's greatest detractor is the animation by Akom and an evil scheme recycled from "Fire in the Sky".moreless
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Arthur Burghardt	Devastator
Casey Kasem	Cliff Jumper / Telatran-1 / Bluestreak / Dr. Archeville
Christopher Collins	Starscream / Wheeljack / Defensor / Reflector / Sparkplug Witwicky
Corey Burton	Spike Witwicky, Brawn, Shockwave, Sunstreaker, Wideload
Dan Gilvezan	Bumblebee / Hot Spot / Rollbar / Snapdragon / Goldbug
Don Messick	Gears / Ratchet / Scavenger

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Michael Horton

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TRIVIA (18)
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- Goofs: When a tremor hits Autobot headquarters, Chip falls out of his wheelchair. But when Optimus Prime picks him up in the next shot, the chair is missing.
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- Devastator chest plate is colored green instead of black (20:38).
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- Megatron's Decepticon logo is colored red instead of his usual color (20:10).
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- Skywarp only has one Decepticon logo on his wings (18:40).
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- Skywarp should be standing next to Soundwave not Starscream (18:39).
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- Starscream has no Decepticon logos on his wings (14:27).
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- Devastator hits Skywarp and he immediately changes colors that resemble Thudercracker (12:45).
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- Huffer and Sideswipe were not part of the squad that Optimus took to the Decepticon's base yet they are shown fighting Devastator.
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- Jazz is missing his Autobot logo from his chest (7:07).
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- Starscream only has one Decepticon logo present on one of his wings (3:11), (6:40) and (10:03).
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- Starscream is missing his Decepticon logos from his wings (2:10).
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- Megatron is missing his Decepticon logo from his chest (1:55).
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- Why would Megatron order Mixmaster to repair Scavenger out in the open where they could be spotted?
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- While Mirage is invisible in the cave, he sees Starscream yelling orders to three Constructicons. This would be impossible because the other Autobots were fighting all of the Constructicons as Devastator outside when he regroups with them.
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- In addition to the previous submission, Hook not only made up the head of Devastator, but his chest and shoulders as well. By removing Hook both Bonecrusher and Scavenger should have fallen off, as they connect to the shoulders.
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- During one scene Hook disengages from Devastator and yet none of the other Constructicons do the same. Is it possible for Devastator to function without his head unit (Hook)?
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- In one shot, Gears' truck mode is completely red.
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- In one shot, Prowl's vehicle mode is drawn in Bluestreak's style.
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- Ironhide: What's wrong, Chip?
  Chip: I was kinda hoping Devastator would join the Autobots for good...but I guess that's just a dumb dream.
  Optimus: Hang on to your dreams, Chip. The future is built on them.
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- Starscream: This is like shooting Dynametal ducks in a Beryllium barrel. And I mean dead ducks!
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- Wheeljack: He did it! He welded the perimeter of the micro-circuit!
  Hook: Of course I did it. I can perform flawlessly to within a 5000th of a Cybertronic mini-inch.
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NOTES (3)
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- This is the first and only episode of the series Chip appears without Spike.
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- This is the first time that Optimus Prime uses the crane of his trailer. He uses it in this episode as an elevator to his comrades.
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- According to "The Secret of Omega Supreme", the Constructicons were reprogrammed to the side of evil using Megatron's Robo-Smasher, and according to Omega, the effects could never be reversed. Maybe Chip found a way.
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