THE TRANSFORMERS, third series 01.Five Faces Of Darkness Part 1 ================================= (c) Marvel & Sunbow This is a "complete" dialogue transcript for research purposes and is not for sale under any circumstances. Format (c) 1994 by Boris Ammerlaan. Version 1.0. Last modified 2005/03/14 Send remarks, suggestions and improvements through http://www.stack.nl/~boris/feedback.php By Flint Dille With (in order of voice appearance): Narrator - Victor Caroli ? - ? ? - ? Bonecrusher - ? ? - ? ? - ? Astrotrain - ? Menasor - ? Devastator - ? Kickback - ? Cyclonus - Roger Carmel Sweeps - ? Announcer - ? Ultra Magnus - ? Warpath - ? Rodimus Prime - Dick Gautier (?) Bumblebee - ? Blurr - John Moschitta Perceptor - Paul Eiding Wheelie - Frank Welker Springer - ? Unidentified person 1 - ? Unidentified person 2 - ? Arcee - Susan Blu Spike Witwicky - Corey Burton Carley Witwicky - ? Kup - ? Sharkticon 1 - ? Sound - ? Scourge - ? Abdul Farcadi - ? Blaster - ? Farcadi's servants - ? Outback - ? Ramjet - ? Dirge - ? Grimlock - Gregg Burger Skuckzoid - ? Unidentified person 3 - ? ? - ? Onslaught - ? Motormaster - ? Wildrider - ? Dead End - ? Breakdown - ? {The final moments of Unicron are shown. After that a line-up of Autobots.} NARRATOR It is the year 2005. The great wars are finally over and the Autobots have won. But while the Autobots celebrate their victory with their new leader, Rodimus Prime, the surviving Decepticons, without a leader of their own, and desperately low on energon, have retreated to the burned-out planet of Char. {Scene changes to showing a desolated planet.} {Astrotrain hits the top of a mountain.} ? Look! It's Astrotrain. ? I hope he brought back some energon. ? We certainly could use the energy. BONECRUSHER The one on the left is mine! {Scavenger pulls him backwards} Agh. ? {Takes the cube from Scavenger} Give it to me! {The Constructicons fight amongst themselves; Astrotrain is reaching for the cube.} BONECRUSHER We can't let Astrotrain get the energon! ? Don't...have the energy to hold on. ASTROTRAIN Aarh. MENASOR Ooah Thoo Haiah! {Disassembles Devastator} DEVASTATOR Nah! Resist me and be...destroyed! MENASOR Aah! Ooh Hooh Hauigh! KICKBACK Hoogh Haawah. CYCLONUS Long, Sweeps. And beware of treachery. Once, Decepticons nearly held the quadrant through terror. Now, we scrap like Slargs over a few energon cubes. Is this how you honour the memory of Galvatron? Is this the fate of the mighty Decepticon empire? ASTROTRAIN In the days of Megatron it was not like this. CYCLONUS You mean Galvatron! SWEEPS Hail Galvatron! Hail Galvatron! Hail Galvatron! ASTROTRAIN Well, they were the same guy. CYCLONUS Mm, we must take desperate measures. {D/A; planet of the Games is shown. After that, parades.} [cheering] ANNOUNCER Representing the nova system of the Arcadroids. They are heavily favourite in the downhill events. ULTRA MAGNUS Fellow Olympians. May today's games occheread a new age of peace and cooperation in the galaxy. And, in the spirit of the games, let me introduce the hero of the Cybertronian Wars, the leader of the Autobots, the bearer of the matrix... {Warpath and Bumblebee are sitting in front of a television in Autobot City} WARPATH Oh, phow hoom. {The Games again.} ULTRA MAGNUS And now, to officially open these first Galactic Olympics: Rodimus Prime! RODIMUS PRIME Let's do it! ULTRA MAGNUS Didn't you want to say something about concorde, and tranquillity, and the galaxy? RODIMUS PRIME Ah, gimme a break. Start the games! [cheering] {Warpath and Bumblebee.} WARPATH Zowie! We do have an unusual leader, don't we, Blllng? BUMBLEBEE Yo, Rodimus! Hey, I thought Blurr was supposed to be on this one. WARPATH No, they got some kinda zoom-zang mission for him. {Cybertron. Perceptor, Blurr and Wheelie.} BLURR So I'm here and I wanna be there. So where does that get me? Nowhere, and nowhere isn't where I wanna be when I wanna be there. So do..what am I doing here, when here is nowhere, and nowhere isn't where I wanna be, I wanna be there? PERCEPTOR Blurr, I'm sending you and Wheelie on the most important mission of your lives. WHEELIE Microscope make small problem big to make big problem small. PERCEPTOR You're absolutely wrong, Wheelie. The fate of Autobot City rests in your hands. This is the City's transformation cog. The original was destroyed in the great battle with the Decepticons. It controls Metroplex' ability to transform. Until it is installed, the City is extremely vulnerable. BLURR Well then, why not send it galactic express? PERCEPTOR And take a chance of our enemies learning what we are sending? I think not. {Noises of a Transformer winning the game.} WHEELIE nal fun, you should have won! BLURR Don't get me started, because if you do, I'm not gonna stop, and if I don't stop, you're gonna wish you never got me started in the first place. {The Games.} ANNOUNCER And the winner was Manka Spenka, from the Arganon cluster. SPRINGER Hey, let's hear it for Arganon. Atta boy, yeah. RODIMUS PRIME Way to go, Arga! Way to go. {Some unidentified persons on an unidentified location.} UNIDENTIFIED PERSON <1> Autobots, you walk a thin line between glory and despair. Soon, you shall cross it... UNIDENTIFIED PERSON <2> Yes, we must learn what makes these humans live, and what makes them..perish. {A creature - called a "Skuckzoid" (part 2) - activates a gadget that transmits a signal to let a smoke-bomb in the Olympic Fire explode.} [Panic] ARCEE This is cooking my sensors. SPRINGER I think that's the idea! [Panic] {The Witwickies are attacked.} SPIKE I may be going down, but you're coming with me. CARLEY You aren't even denting it! ************************ *** *** *** commercial block *** *** *** ************************ SPRINGER This is gonna be a tough one. ARCEE I can't see the attackers! SPRINGER That's what makes it tough. RODIMUS PRIME Munch protons! ULTRA MAGNUS Uh, Rodimus is missing a few chips. KUP Nah, I was the same way until I got blown apart a few times. SPRINGER Cover me, I'm gonna douch the torch. {Gets shot at by Sharkticon} I said cover me, Arcee. ARCEE {Fires and hits Sharkticon} SHARKTICON 1 Aarh. ARCEE Haha, is that good enough? RODIMUS PRIME What happened to 'em all? ARCEE Looks like they either got blown away, or...vanished. RODIMUS PRIME Well, what do you think, Kup? Kup? Ultra Magnus? They're gone! CARLEY So is Spike! SPRINGER They were kidnaped. ARCEE Yeah, and only odds on who did it. RODIMUS PRIME This planet has quarantine. Nobody comes, nobody goes, until we find Kup, Spike and Magnus. ARCEE And what if we don't? RODIMUS PRIME Huh, then we'll trash every Decepticon in the galaxy. {A ship takes of} SPRINGER So much for quarantine. I need a ship! ARCEE And you'll need a gunner. {They both leave} RODIMUS PRIME Why'd I have to be the chosen one? BLURR I've been on a stupid mission, I've been on a stupider mission, but until right now, I've never been on a stupidest mission. WHEELIE Some win, some lose. Decepticons part while Autobots snooze. Look, there's Unicron's head! It's still in orbit. CYCLONUS Sweeps, move! There's nothing to fear, Unicron's dead. SOUND Haaahuumhah. CYCLONUS Must be the wind. SCOURGE There is no wind in space. CYCLONUS Cool it! CYCLONUS The memory bank must be in here. There it is. {After activating console} Find me the last visual appearance of Galvatron. {After some fighting scenes} Tracing Galvatron's trajectory, I can conclude that his remains lie on the planet Throb, circling the red giant star Hybram. Scourge, spy the planet. {Scourge looks through hole in direction of Throb and zooms in.} SOUND Mmm. SCOURGE Galvatron lives! CYCLONUS He shall lead us again. {D/A; a plane of sorts is landing.} FARCADI This is Abdul Farcadi, supreme military commander, president for life, and king of kings of the socialist, democratic federated republic of Carbommia. I give no clearance to land! Do nothing to arouse my ire! BLASTER Hold your cool, Abdul. This is Blaster blastin' at ya from Earth Defense Command - E.D.C. for short - flying carpet. We aren't looking to make no trouble. We're tryin' to find Decepticreeps and bust _their_ bubble. FARCADI I would harbour no such criminals. And I give you my word of honour! BLASTER We should trust you, and that's no lies, but these Decepticons have a good disguise. [Servants of Farcadi are laughing] FARCADI Aah! irrational. How am I to debate with fana ? BLASTER How're we gonna find the Decepticons? It's like a needle in a haystack. OUTBACK Not with my trusty Decepticon-detector. BLASTER No such thing. OUTBACK You know that, and I know that, but... FARCADI I assure you, there are no Decepticons in my country. OUTBACK Let's see if the Decepticon-detector knows something that you don't. RAMJET Somebody must have squealed on us. DIRGE Death comes to him who crosses me. RAMJET Yeah? Well, death comes to us if we don't brust outta here and get to Char. {They take off; Outback throws some explosive after them and they crash.} BLASTER Now you wanna talk, and make it snappy, 'cause my buddy here's triggerhappy. OUTBACK Where is "Char"? {A little while later, to Rodimus Prime, V.O.} ...coordinates nine zero D mark 8. RODIMUS PRIME Our charts don't show any planets in that sector. No, wait. Here it is. I thought it was a smudge in the screen. OUTBACK {V.O.} Yeah, that fits the description of Char. RODIMUS PRIME Good enough. Rodimus Prime over and out. PERCEPTOR Had I been here enduring the attack, I might be able to tell you what it is. RODIMUS PRIME Somehow it looks familiar, but it isn't any Decepticon I know. PERCEPTOR Well, strictly speaking, Rodimus, we have no evidence they were behind the attack. RODIMUS PRIME Perceptor, there's only one way to know for sure. I'm going to Char. PERCEPTOR Oh, you mustn't go alone. I'll accompany you. RODIMUS PRIME Remember what happened to the last few guys who tried to watch out for me? PERCEPTOR Uh, your point is well taken, sir. You'll take Grimlock. GRIMLOCK [ecstatic] {A/D; Springer and Arcee are still following the ship.} ARCEE He's putting up a good fight. SPRINGER Yeah, but not good enough. We'll nail him on the other side of that asteroid. SKUCKZOID They Decepticon . {Flies behind asteroid} SPRINGER Ah, the old past-the-asteroid-trick. ARCEE You'd think he'd do something more original. {Big metal claw coming from the asteroid crushes their ship} SPRINGER You got any snappy last words? ************************ *** *** *** commercial block *** *** *** ************************ SPRINGER Gotta get outta here. ARCEE Good idea! {on asteroid} Th and mechanical. SPRINGER Let's investigate. SKUCKZOID {Just below surface} Pho sai cha. I surrender, I surrender. SPRINGER {Blasts ground open to expose room below} Well, look at this. {They go in through the hole.} SKUCKZOID Chsuchs... Pho sai cha. I surrender, I surrender. By galactic agreement you are obliged to honour my surrender and_ SPRINGER I know what I'm obliged to do... {Puts barrel against throat} SKUCKZOID Howgh. SPRINGER And I don't care. SKUCKZOID They paid good money, okay? ARCEE The Decepticons? SKUCKZOID The who? Oh, I mean yes, of course, the-the Decepticons. ARCEE Since you wrecked our ship, we're gonna have to take yours. Therefore, you're gonna have to take a hike. Got it? SKUCKZOID I go_ I got it, I-I got it. {Runs away} ARCEE You know how to fly this thing? SPRINGER No problem. This'll take us right there. {Awkwark flying by Springer} ARCEE Ha ha, flown a lot o' rockaroids, have you? SPRINGER This must be a different model than I learned on. {The Skuckzoid's shuttle.} SKUCKZOID The Autobots think the Decepticons did it. {Unidentified place.} UNIDENTIFIED PERSON <3> Precisely as we had expected. SKUCKZOID {V.O.} No small hunch to me, what about my bonus? UNIDENTIFIED PERSON <3> We will let you live...unlike some less fortunate prisoners. SKUCKZOID {V.O.} Wait, just a minute. You can't do this to me. You know who I am? I'm_ {Unidentified person <3> cuts off transmission} {A/D; Char.} ? I say we pulveroverise the Autobots! I say we powderoverise 'em! ONSLAUGHT I admire your passion, my friend. But what is our hope of defeating the Autobots when we can barely sustain ourself? MOTORMASTER What we need is a strong leader. [Decepticons mumble in agreement.] Like, for instance, the Autobots used to have a great leader. {Cyclonys and the Sweeps arrive} WILDRIDER These guys better have some energon for us! DEAD END Or what? WILDRIDER Or...I'll think of something! CYCLONUS Galvatron survives! [Decepticons cheer.] With sufficient energon, we can rescue him, and the Decepticons will rise again. {Astrotrain puts some energon cubes near Cyclonus' feet.} That's it, Astrotrain. These few steps you give today, will power the Decepticons to conquest of Cybertron, and then the galaxy. Give, my fellow Decepticons, give 'til it hurts. [Decepticons making noise] DEAD END If we surrender our energon, we're doomed. BREAKDOWN And if we don't, we're doomed too. DEAD END Face it, we're doomed. MOTORMASTER What kind of an attitude is that? Here's _my_ contribution. {A ledge on a mountain nearby.} RODIMUS PRIME These guys are hurtin'. I never thought I'd feel sorry for the Decepticons. GRIMLOCK Me Grimlock not feel sorry. Me Grimlock laugh. Hahahahahahahahahaha. RODIMUS PRIME You know, they couldn't have been responsible for the kidnappings. GRIMLOCK They not, but if not they, who are? _Who are th__ RODIMUS PRIME Grimlock, sh! {Down.} CYCLONUS Autobots! {Ledge.} GRIMLOCK Me Grimlock not afraid of Decepticons. {Down.} CYCLONUS Destroy them! {Shoots ledge} {Rodimus Prime and Grimlock fall. The Decepticons approach on them.} {CREDITS}