THE TRANSFORMERS, series 3 08.Dark Awakening ================= (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 1.2. Send remarks, suggestions and improvements through http://www.stack.nl/~boris/feedback.php By Antoni Zalewski With (in order of voice appearance): Spike - Corey Burton Rodimus Prime - Dick Gautier (?) Quintesson 1 - ? Quintesson 2 - ? Galvatron - Frank Welker Scourge - ? Ultra Magnus - ? Cyclonus - Roger Carmel Daniel - David Mendenhall Arcee - Susan Blu Kup - ? Sweeps - ? Optimus Prime - Peter Cullen Hot Rod - Dick Gautier (?) Mausoleum computer - ? Perceptor - Paul Eiding Grimlock - Gregg Burger Springer - Neil Ross Snarl - ? Sludge - ? Blurr - John Moschitta Quintesson 3 - ? Wheelie - Frank Welker {Space; an Autobot shuttle is being pursued by Decepticovs} SPIKE The Decepticons are creaming us. RODIMUS PRIME We need cover. Head for the asteroids. QUINTESSON 1 {On screen} You see, Galvatron, we kept our word. We lead you straight to the Autobot leader. QUINTESSON 2 {On screen} And now he is yours to destroy. GALVATRON Oh, yes, you are loyal allies, so long as it suits your purposes. {Blasts screen} Fortunately, your purposes coincide with mine...for the moment. SCOURGE They're getting away! GALVATRON Launch torpedoes! {Torpedoes are launched} RODIMUS PRIME Company's coming. ULTRA MAGNUS We can't outrun them, not with an engine down. RODIMUS PRIME Then there's only one option... {The shuttle explodes as the torpedoes hit it} CYCLONUS The end of Rodimus Prime! GALVATRON Ahead full speed. I wish to examine the debris, and make certain. {D/A} ARCEE We launched the life pod just in time. ULTRA MAGNUS Yes, but without communications, it could be months until we're found. SPIKE Hah, swell. What do Daniel and I do when the air runs out? RODIMUS PRIME Well, basically you'll have two choices: suffocate or smother. Or... {pointing to screen} maybe we can dock at that...whatever up ahead. DANIEL What is it? RODIMUS PRIME We'll know when we get there, kid. Let's just hope it's friendly. {A/D} SCOURGE {Uncertain} There's something big out there. CYCLONUS Alter course to intercept? {Galvatron nods} {D/A} {An enourmous platform-type station comes into view} DANIEL It's awesome. SPIKE It's the size of...Manhattan. RODIMUS PRIME I had hoped never to see it again. DANIEL What's wrong? What is that thing? ARCEE A tomb. ULTRA MAGNUS We built it. KUP As a final resting place for the Autobots we lost in the last great war. DANIEL Like...Optimus Prime? {The Autobots nod} {The escape pod approaches the docking bay} DANIEL Do - do we have to go inside? RODIMUS PRIME Nothing in there can hurt us, Daniel. {The shuttle lands near a veil} KUP That's the Veil of Remembrance. A memorial to the Autobot heroes whose chassis and servos rest here. SPIKE I liked it better from the outside. {Daniel wanders off; he walks by the Autobot graves} DANIEL Ironhide. Ratchet. Prowl. Huffer. {We see Daniel's back. A pair of blue-and-white robot legs appear; between them we can still see Daniel; Daniel pushes a button, and the lights go out} Ugh. Oh no. {Hits button} Unh. Unh. Unh. {Lights go on; Daniel turns around and sees a devastated Optimus Prime} Aaah! Agh. {Runs away, panting; runs with his shoulder into a button; a door opens and a dead robot falls out} Aah! {Runs away again and almost crashes into a pair of gray-and-orange legs} Aah?! RODIMUS PRIME What's wrong? DANIEL {Panting} I saw him. ULTRA MAGNUS Saw whom? DANIEL Optimus. Optimus Prime! ARCEE The shadows in here can play tricks on you, Daniel. DANIEL But it was him! You believe me, don't you, dad? RODIMUS PRIME Come on, Daniel. There's only one way to find out. KUP You're gonna open his tomb? ULTRA MAGNUS A waste of energy. Our reserves... KUP We'll wait here. RODIMUS PRIME The burial chamber is on the other side of the Veil. Come on. {A/A} {The Autobots and company enter the burial chamber; they approach Optimus Prime's tomb} RODIMUS PRIME Optimus Prime. If he were alive, I'd know. The matrix would have told me, somehow. ARCEE Let's go back. RODIMUS PRIME I've got to be sure. ARCEE Rodimus, no! {Rodimus Prime opens Optimus Prime's tomb} DANIEL It's empty. I told ya! {Decepticon music starts} RODIMUS PRIME The Decepticons! {The Autobots go through the Veil, and the fighting starts} ULTRA MAGNUS There are too many of them. KUP One Decepticon is one too many. RODIMUS PRIME Take cover! GALVATRON Forward! {Blasts life pod} KUP At least this beats seein' ghosts! ARCEE {Takes a blast meant for Spike and Daniel} Aah! DANIEL Arcee! ARCEE It's okay. Only an exo-structure wound. RODIMUS PRIME Back! It's our only chance! GALVATRON We have them. Finish it! [The Decepticons chase the Autobots through the veil] {One of Galvatron's blasts throws the Autobots to the floor} [The Autobots moan a lot] GALVATRON How convenient, Rodimus. We can lay your wreckage beside that of your mentor. {Gets shot} Aarh! OPTIMUS PRIME Decepticons, leave this place...or die! GALVATRON Optimus Pri- {gets shot} -aarh! [The Sweeps flee] CYCLONUS {Dragging Galvatron with him} Cowards! Fight on! KUP Charge! [All Decepticons (Sweeps) flee] ULTRA MAGNUS Hold your fire! We've driven them off. DANIEL Yeah. Thanks to... {Optimus steps through the Veil} ...him. ************************ *** *** *** commercial block *** *** *** ************************ RODIMUS PRIME Optimus. What - what are your commands, sir? OPTIMUS PRIME {Grabs Rodimus Prime} Aarh. Arh. Is it safe? RODIMUS PRIME What? {Looks at his chest} The matrix. Yes, I've been keeping it warm for you. {Starts to take the matrix out} ULTRA MAGNUS Wait. Optimus is in no condition to assume leadership. RODIMUS PRIME Come on, guys. He's..er..shook up a little. You'd be too if you'd been dead for years. KUP That's the point, sonny. What happened, Optimus? OPTIMUS PRIME Darkness. Cold. Then, light. DANIEL Maybe he was in a, you know, a coma. SPIKE Possible. RODIMUS PRIME Hey, he's here, he's back, and who cares how? OPTIMUS PRIME Must...complete...plan. RODIMUS PRIME Yeah. What's the plan? {A/A} {We see Optimus Prime walking near a ship} ARCEE Optimus built himself an escape ship. RODIMUS PRIME Still think he's unfit to lead us? {Runs to Optimus Prime} KUP Wait, Rodimus. RODIMUS PRIME Sir, this {takes matrix} is yours. OPTIMUS PRIME Urh. No. No. No! {Accepts matrix with difficulty} HOT ROD All right, Hot Rod is back. Let's party! OPTIMUS PRIME Forgive me. HOT ROD Huh? For what? {Optimus Prime shoots Hot Rod and then the others} OPTIMUS PRIME What...have I done? {Types in command on computer console} {Plots course for mausoleum} Must...complete...mission. COMPUTER Auto destruct activated. {The mausoleum is heading for the nearby sun while Optimus Prime's ship is flying away} {A little while later} DANIEL Unh. Ah. Unh. Dad? [Everybody awakens] ARCEE Optimus...he... HOT ROD He didn't kill us; he must have some plan. KUP More like a recipe for Autobot fondue. ULTRA MAGNUS We're on a collision course with that red sun! {A/A} OPTIMUS PRIME Rodimus. Kup. Ultra Magnus and Arcee. They gave their lives so that I might return to Cybertron. PERCEPTOR Daniel? And Spike? OPTIMUS PRIME The Quintessons left no survivors. GRIMLOCK Quintessons! Me, Grimlock dump Quintessons flat into ground! [growls] OPTIMUS PRIME We will mobilise all our forces, and move against the Quintessons. SPRINGER Those five-faced tentacled slime are gonna pay for this but good! {Whispering} I mean it, Arcee. {A/D} < > The entire Autobot fleet moves to attack us. < > Precisely as we predicted. < > May I propose an anticipatory sneaker of triumf? [They have an anticipatory sneaker of triumf] {D/A} KUP Say your goodbyes, folks. We won't be seein' this place -or the heroes in it- ever again. Nobody will. ULTRA MAGNUS {Walking towards their escape ship} Let's just hope this little improvisation gets us home. SPIKE It's got to. The mausoleum is breaking up! {They all board the ship and fly away, just before the mausoleum explodes on the sun's surface} ULTRA MAGNUS Set couse for Cybertron. {A/A} {They are approaching Cybertron} ULTRA MAGNUS The retro thrusters aren't breaking fast enough! KUP Brace for crash landing! {Sludge and Snarl watch the shuttle approach; Sludge pushes Snarl out of the way just before the ship crashes through the window} ARCEE Sludge! Snarl! Are we glad to see you! SLUDGE Me, Sludge, not glad to see you. Raarh! SNARL You are dead. {Sludge and Snarl look at eachother} SLUDGE Maybe we dead. ULTRA MAGNUS What are you jammering about? KUP Never mind that, where is everybody? SLUDGE All go smash Quintessons. ULTRA MAGNUS Quintessons? What have Quintessons got to do with any of this? SNARL They kill you. Optimus Prime say so. Urh. Uh-oh; something not right. ARCEE {After watching a monitor} He's taken the whole fleet. {A/A} OPTIMUS PRIME That central planet is the Quintesson's new base. PERCEPTOR We'll send our patrols. OPTIMUS PRIME And lose the element of surprise? _I_ am in command here, Perceptor. PERCEPTOR Of...course, Prime. But... BLURR Excuse me. Priority one sign coming through for [Something that's not understandable to me] Important. This is for Prime! Message received from Cybertron: Urgent. Item: Rodimus, Ultra Magnus, Kup, Arcee, Daniel and Spike Safe. Will join fleet shortly. Recommend to hold attack [...] PERCEPTOR They're alive! OPTIMUS PRIME A cunning Quintesson trick. A fake message. But it won't help them now. Full speed ahead! < > Excellent. The Autobots have no idea that the central planet is a decoy. < > And poor Optimus still doesn't understand what's happened to him. < > How could he? Even to himself he seems...alive. < > Perhaps we should seek some cover. < > No! Place your faith in our defense systems. ? Fire! < > This won't even be a war. < > Merely an exercise in...extermination. ************************ *** *** *** commercial block *** *** *** ************************ {A lot of Autobot ships get blasted by Quintesson missiles} ARCEE We're too late. HOT ROD Radio Prime's flagship. We gotta stop him. ULTRA MAGNUS {After pushing button} Intercept One to flagship:... {A/A} BLURR [Something I can't understand] Ultra Magnus, Kup, Arcee, Daniel, Spike says imperative. Urgent. Priority One. No kidding. Hold attack! And can they come aboard? OPTIMUS PRIME They live? Aarh. Aarh. Arh. Ah. Impossible. Another Quintesson trick. {Into intercom} Destroy the interceptor. {The interceptor is blasted; the ones inside are blown through a rupture in the hole} PERCEPTOR {Pushes other robot away to look through telescope} Increase magnification... Identification: positive. Rescue teams, stand by. < > A complication? < > Ninety-six percent probability this discovery will only confuse the Autobots more. < > And our defenses will still force them toward the detonator. < > And once they are in range... {Simulation of the sun going nova on screen} < > ...there can be no escape. {D/A} WHEELIE [Incomprehensible again; I hate Blurr and Wheelie!]. Rodimus is alive! HOT ROD I don't care how...turn this ship around. I'm goin' Optimus-hunting. SPRINGER The blast doors to the command center are locked! HOT ROD {Smashes doors} Optimus? Front and center. OPTIMUS PRIME {Approaching} I've been waiting. HOT ROD I - I'm taking command. OPTIMUS PRIME What?...Took...you stlong. Aarh. What...did they...do to me? {We see those familiar flashback waves} < > And some lingering remnants of his memory, and personality. < > But without our circuit implants, he would be utterly mindless, an ordinary machine. < > A robotic zombie. {Those waves again} OPTIMUS PRIME Aarh! HOT ROD You're very sick. Let me help. OPTIMUS PRIME I..have to...arh. {Shoots at Hot Rod} HOT ROD I don't wanna fight you. OPTIMUS PRIME Then...stop me! HOT ROD How? What do I do? OPTIMUS PRIME Please, Rodimus! Argh. Aarh. No. No! {Looks around for Hot Rod, who has disappeared into the smoke, and then sneaks up on him from behind} HOT ROD Haha. Fooled you! OPTIMUS PRIME Not again! Matrix makes me too strong. HOT ROD Now THERE's a unique complaint! Urh. OPTIMUS PRIME {Holding Hot Rod in a Nelson} Ooh. If you lose...Autobots all destroyed. HOT ROD {Breaks free of Optimus Prime's hold, and throws him against into a wall} {Optimus Prime's left arm is torn from him by the force of the impact} HOT ROD Thanks for the tip. {Optimus Prime is still lying against the wall, with only one arm left} HOT ROD Optimus, can we stop now? OPTIMUS PRIME Raa-aah! {Jumps forward, kicking Hot Rod} You...should...have_finished_ME_! HOT ROD Believe me, I tried. OPTIMUS PRIME {Points his gun at Hot Rod; just as he is about to shoot, light from the matrix comes through a hole in his chest} Until all..are..one. Monsters. They made me their weapon, to destroy the very ones I loved in life. {Putting the matrix inside Hot Rod} But _you_ will save them, Rodimus..Prime. {Leaves} {Arcee, Ultra Magnus, Kup and Spike arrive} ARCEE Rodimus. ULTRA MAGNUS Thank the stars we found you in time. RODIMUS PRIME Optimus! KUP The ship's bein' blown to pieces. We're evacuatin'. {A/A} OPTIMUS PRIME {In the control center of his flagship} Optimus Prime to Autobot fleet: return to Cybertron. That is my final command. {The fleet turns around} < > What? < > The Autobot fleet is escaping. < > And their flagship is on a collision trajectory with the detonator. < > Direct all firepower on the flagship. Obliterate it! {Despite all firepower, the flagship keeps flying} < > It's not stopping! < > No Autobot could survive that. OPTIMUS PRIME {Who now looks REALLY devastated} Until all are one. {Holds the throttle firmly in its place} {The flagship hits the detonator, and the suns go nova} KUP Goodbye, old friend. {Spike and Arcee try to comfort Daniel, who is crying} ULTRA MAGNUS This nova will be his memorial. RODIMUS PRIME I don't know if I'll ever be the leader that you were, but for sure, I'm gonna try. So long...Prime. 28.DARK AWAKENING [Antoni Zalewski] The two different endings of "Dark Awakening" date from the two different times it was first shown. When it was shown during the first week of post-movie episodes, Optimus Prime's face appears over the background ex- plosion, and Rodimus says "Goodbye, Prime," or words to that effect. This episode wasn't shown again until just before "The Return of Optimus Prime"; this time, Rodimus' voice-over was deleted, and a new one by the narrator was put in-- something like "But is this the real end of Optimus Prime? Tune in tomorrow to see the exciting 'Return of Optimus Prime'!" [Julie Lim, ] -- Boris Ammerlaan * bammerla@cs.ruu.nl * Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht,Netherlands **************************************************************************** "I'm sick of being responsible for the preservation of the universe and its outlying suburbs." --- Hot Rod, 'The Burden Hardest To Bear" "We're trapped! We'll be killed!" "Remarkable; the woman is clairvoyant." --- Japanese woman & Scourge, 'The Burden Hardest To Bear'